Leadership Approaches and Change Management Report for Businesses

This report delves into the crucial role of leadership in organizational change and development, focusing on how leaders influence decision-making, goal setting, and overall business strategies. It examines various leadership approaches, including Laissez–Faire (delegative), Participative, and Autocratic styles, within the context of businesses like Lycamobile and Talk Talk Group. The report highlights how these different approaches impact the implementation of change, the involvement of employees, and the overall effectiveness of the business. It emphasizes the importance of adapting leadership styles to suit specific situations within the organization. The conclusion underscores the essential role of change in business development and the significant impact that leadership styles have on business operations and functions.

Understanding and
Leading Change
Task -3

Cover Content
• Introduction
• Leadership Approaches to Change
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
Each and every organization need the changes as organisational changes are very
important as well as effective for the system of business. Where the managers and
leaders play an vital role in business which focuses on attaining the focuses on
increasing their followers effectively with the help of using the effective
approaches as well as the strategies in their organization. As in the management,
leadership play an important role in operations and function of business as it takes
the effective and profitable decisions for the organization.

Leadership Approaches
In each and every business organization, the leaders plays an vital and important role in the
business for overall development and growth of employees as well as the organization. The rate
of development of change depends on the different approaches and styles of leaders adopt while
preforming their task and also while reducing the issues as well as the problems occur within the
business organization for adopting and accepting the change in business. In context of
Lycamobile and his competitor Talk Talk Group , leaders of the company adopt effective
leadership approaches. The approaches of leadership are Laissez–Faire, Participative, Autocratic
and some of approaches are described as follows:

Laissez–Faire
Laissez–Faire: This leadership style is also known as delegative leadership
approach in which leaders are allows the group members to make the decisions. In
context to company Lycamobile and Talk Talk Group, the leaders easily adopt this
leadership style, where they give the responsibility and authority to their
employees for making the effective and profitable decision together.

Participative
Participative: This type of leadership approach is effective It is the type of
leadership approach effective only when the organization structure is huge like
Lycamobile and Talk Talk Group. In context to this style, the leaders of the
company examine and analysis the problems and issues arises in the organisation,
which is faced the their employee during the adoption and implementation of
change in business.

Autocratic
Autocratic: This leadership style is opposite to the participative style of
leadership. In this approach the leaders of the Lycamobile and Talk Talk Group
organization do not involve any one in the decision making. Only the leader has
the authority to take all the decisions of the organisation, for performing the
functions and activities of the organisation. They make the decision them selves
only as they do not take any opinion, views and suggestions from their employees
and followers.

Conclusion
As per the above report, it is concluded that changes in organization play an
essential role in the development of the business. In this report, it considered the
leadership approaches and style which is very important for the company as
leaders helps the business in decision making, setting goals, objectives. It also
notices that changes has vast impact on the operation and function of the business
as well as their strategies. As the leadership style and roles & responsibility of
leaders changes according to the situation occur in the business business
effectively.

References
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