Leadership Development Report: Case Study and Recommendations, T1 2019

This report presents a detailed analysis of a leadership development case study, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of a Managing Director. The report explores the differences between leadership and management duties, highlighting challenges in communication, coordination, and ethical considerations. It examines legal and ethical concerns, offering recommendations for improving leadership behaviors, conflict resolution, and teamwork. The report emphasizes the importance of trust, commitment, effective communication, and creative freedom in fostering organizational growth. The analysis provides insights into how effective leadership can enhance the skills and confidence of the team, ultimately contributing to overall organizational success.

Leadership Development
Report on a Case Study
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Leader of an organisation is an individual who
influences his followers to work effectively for the
achievement of the specific goal (Harvard
Business Review , 2019).
Leadership is the leader, who has the abilities to
influence, guide and helps the employees of the
organisation working under him (Techtarget,
2019).
In this Report, there is a detailed explanation of
the leadership along with the managerial duties
performed by the MD in the Case Study, “A
meeting of the minds?”.
Introduction

The Leadership
and
Management Duties
differences faced by the leader
(Case Study)

Counting vs. Creating idea
In the case study, the leader is facing the
problem that he was not able to convey his idea
of meeting to the managers in a proper way as
the agenda for the meeting is not been fulfilled
is an appropriate manner and the meeting ends
with the unnecessary discussion.
Effective Communication vs. Coordination
In the case study, the leader is facing the
problem in both the aspects as he has
organised the meeting to establish effective
communication and coordination in between
both the companies of Italy and Lithuania.
However, he was not able to establish these
aspects fully.

Managing
Director
Response on
Legal and

Legal Concerns
Legal Concerns of the
organisation is related to the
corporate governance and the
managing director and the
leader of the company has the
legal responsibility to
participate in corporate
governance (The Economic
Times , 2019).

Ethical Concerns
Ethical Concerns of the organisation is
related to the “Code of Business
Conduct” and the managing director
and the leader of the company has to
follow them. The code of conducts
includes the ethical responsibilities,
conflicts of interest, corporate
opportunities, confidentially, fair
dealing and compliance procedures
(NCBI, 2019).

Recommendations
“Leadership behaviour, attitude and
style”
a.Trust your team: The leader of the
organisation should always trust his team
and give them liberty by trusting on their
innovative ideas (Business Leadership
Qualities , 2019).
b.Stick to your commitment: The leader
should always stick to the commitment and
always keep promises of the team (CMOE,

“Conflict resolution”
a. Listen: The leader of the company must have the
practice of listening to the views of team
(Jokanović, 2017).
b. Stay calm: The leader should always have the
quality to stay calm in any complicated situation
(Entrepreneur, 2019).
“Developing teamwork”
Effective communication: The leader
should always have effective
communication (Forbes , 2019).
Creative Freedom: The leader of the
company should always give the freedom to
the team to think creatively (The Balance
Career , 2019).

Summary
In the above discussion, it can be seen
that the leader should have the
capabilities that can help the leader in
improving the abilities, skills and
confidence of the team in the
organisation. This leadership
development helps in expanding the
capacity of the leader to perform the
roles of leadership in the organisation

In addition, there is the
explanation of Leadership and
Management Duties differences
faced by the Managing director
as the leader of the team.
Moreover, there is the
description of the responses of
MD towards the legal, ethical
and strategic concerns.
Therefore, effective leadership
will help organisational growth.