Analysis of Leadership Challenges in Achieving Organizational Goals

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TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Leadership Challenges.....................................................................................................................4
Literature Review............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10
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Introduction
This report shows the various leadership challenges in order to make an effective leader. This
leadership challenges can make any individual a perfect leader who can lead their team and
organization towards success. Leaders can achieve extraordinary things if they practice these
leadership challenges regularly. In this report, various articles explain the importance of a perfect
leader and leadership challenges in order to accomplish the goals of the company. A leadership
challenge is a vital approach to the development of leadership. Leadership challenges allow the
organization in order to develop the performance of the team, in maintaining a healthy working
environment in the organization and have a bigger impact on the leaders.
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Leadership Challenges
In order to develop effective leaders, leadership challenges can be practiced on a daily basis by
the individuals. Leadership is a set of behavior which can be learned, teach and measure and with
the help of these leadership challenges, a leader can achieve astonishing things in the association
(Ahlam, et. al., 2018). With the help of leadership challenge, any individual can become an
effective leader regardless of their age, position, tenure, and ability they possess. An effective
leader is a key aspect behind the successful performance of the team members and also plays an
important role in the overall performance of the association. The overall objective of the
leadership challenges is to develop an effective leader in the organization in order to achieve the
goals of the company. Leadership challenges are modular in nature and as a result, it can be
implemented at any structural level. With the help of leadership challenges, organizations can be
able to achieve leadership needs (Gentry, et. al., 2014). There are many things which can be done
like organizing a 1 day or 2-day workshop in order to train leadership skills to new individuals.
Leadership skills help the individual to perform better for the organization. Flexibility in
leadership challenges is the key to the success of every organization. Every organization has its
unique leadership challenges and these challenges depend on the objectives of the company,
change in the culture and future of the company. In the last few years, it has been found out that
leadership challenges help the leaders to produce more productivity in their work, encourage
their team members to perform better and also help in maintaining a healthy working
environment in the organization. Leadership challenges will remain an evidence-based technique
in order to develop leadership.
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Literature Review
According to the author Megheirkouni, (2018), leadership plays an important role in the success
of the organization. Organizations have created many strategies, processes, and activities in order
to develop effective leaders. These strategies are a business strategy, selection of participants,
requirements for learning, design of various learning and development programs. Business
strategy is a way by which leaders use the company resource in order to take a competitive
advantage over the company rivals. Business strategies find out the future of the company in the
market and also the evaluation of business with the new suppliers, buyers, and new entrants.
Every organization has unique business strategies in order (Megheirkouni, 2017). Leadership
strategy plays an important role in accomplishing the business strategies of the company. It has
been found out that diverse leadership skills and capabilities are required for different business
types. After the identification of the leadership needs, it is important for the HR managers to
select effective individuals in order to attend the leadership and development programs.
Leadership programs include persons from a different level of leadership within the association.
Leadership development practices assess the association in shaping business strategies in order to
adopt new products (Fausing, et. al., 2015). Business strategies, environment, and skills of the
individuals can affect the development of leadership programs. In today's world, every
association needs an erudite infrastructure for learning in order to produce effective leadership.
In learning development programs, there are three reasons by which different interventions can
be incorporated are variations in learning styles, Different approaches of leaders towards the
organization and it should be a continuous process factors affecting leadership developments are
the use of old technology in order to influence effective leadership. Any investment in the
development of leadership can produce a positive outcome for the company and also for the
leaders. In order to design development programs and effective learning, it is necessary to
examine a set of aspects which can affect the leadership challenges. These factors are practices,
time, funding, location, and content. Once these factors get examine by the leaders carefully then
the development and learning program can take a pure form(Ndalamba, et. al., 2018). The
method of implementing the leadership development programme is equally essential to the stage
of designing the leadership development method. It is necessary for the leadership development
team that every employee in the organization understands the strategy of the company so that
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they can understand the effective developmental activities. Leadership skills define the business
strategies of the company, a leadership challenge is linked with strategic business planning.
Development of the business depends on the business strategies and these strategies can be
analysed by examining the various facts like objectives of the business, aligning of the various
stakeholders, availability of resources and the various business activities. Role of the leader is to
examine this fact carefully and build business strategies in order to enhance the growth of the
business. It's a challenge for the leader in order to examine this fact and it’s become more
difficult when the leader gets the responsibility of the company's success and to accomplish the
company's goals. A business leader can overcome these challenges by achieving the short term
success through various business skills, strategies and to build capabilities.
According to Marx, (2013), it is possible to return on investment in developing leadership skills.
Many organization which invests in leadership development because of the development of their
business. There is a possibility of determining leadership competence with the help of a balanced
scorecard method. For example, how better the knowledge of leader is, how well they know the
objective of the company, how well they know the condition of the market, how well they
examine the other rivals and how well they can engage other employees so that they can give
better performance (Marx, 2013). This all things can be measured with the help of internal
feedback tools. With the help of this assessment, leadership skills can be determined.
Assessments are a combination of peers, subordinates, and point of views. With the help of
these, an organization can find the performance of the leader towards the organization. A
leadership challenge can be demonstrated as the number of benefits they can produce in the
company with no difference in variables. In this article, the relationship between the
development of leadership and the financial performance of the company has explained. Four
leaders of the company can generate approx. 30 % of the total profits of the company. Whenever
there is an enhancement in the leadership skills of the leaders, then there is a big development in
a number of sales of the company. There are various functions and measurement which can be
done by leaders in order to improve the growth of the company (Natrajan& Chattopadhyay,
2014). These functions are operational efficiency of the company, commercial metrics of the
company, innovation and service products, financial control and information about the company,
stability, value of brands, retention, and quality of staff. This all functions can be measured with
the help of effective leadership skills. Leaders can measure these functions carefully and use
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them in order to deliver better performance towards the growth of the company. A good leader
will always motivate the employees of the company so that they can give their best efforts. A
good leader will know exactly how to encourage their employees for the betterment of the
company, Leadership skills can be developed with the time and various entrepreneurial activities
which provide new opportunities to the organization and as a result employees are able to gain
new experiences and learn about leadership skills. Organizations having great leaders in their
side feels encouraged, confident, energized and valued. With the help of good leaders, the
organization will be able to perform better and can improve the productivity of the company.
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Conclusion
In this report, there are lots of advantages to the growth of the organization has been concluded.
This report has shown various leadership challenges and the effects of these leadership
challenges on the organization. In this report, the importance of Leadership challenges has been
concluded in order to develop effective leaders in the organization. Leaders play an important
role in the success of the organization and they examine various facts which have been
concluded in this report in order to achieve the goals of the company. Leadership capabilities
increase the chances of the organization to perform better and also it measures the various facts
about the company which assesses the company in enhancing their growth.
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