Leadership Case Study: Selecting a Director of Research at GLF

This case study solution evaluates the selection of a new director of research at Great Lake Foods (GLF). Sandra Coke, the VP of Research and Development, needs to choose a director from three candidates: Alexa Smith, Kelsey Metts, and Thomas. The analysis applies the trait approach to leadership, emphasizing the importance of skills, knowledge, patience, and persistence in the role. The solution argues that Kelsey Metts is the most suitable candidate due to her five years of experience at GLF, familiarity with the company, strong work ethic, intellectual ability, and positive relationships with colleagues. The trait approach helps Sandra categorize candidates based on leadership qualities like intelligence, integrity, self-confidence, and determination. The report concludes that effective leadership, particularly sociability, is crucial for fostering innovation and achieving organizational goals. The document provides references to support the analysis and conclusions.

CASE STUDY CHOOSING A
NEW DIRECTOR OF
RESEARCH

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
Case study evaluation of selecting the right director...................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Leadership traits allows the leader to manage the team and lead them in forward direction
to lay out organizational objectives and goals (Syed, Rehman and Kitchlew, 2018). Report will
cover the case study as the great lake food firm who are looking for filling the job with
knowledgeable person.
Case study evaluation of selecting the right director
As per the case study it is stated that Sandra coke who is working as a vice president for
great lake food who have around 1000 employees. Sandra is receiving a pressure from her
company's president to select the new director who will be responsible for the production and to
test the new products. There are three candidates for this post which the Sandra is looking for
one is Alexa smith who is long time employee of GLF, Kelsey Metts who has 5 year working
experience with GLF and last candidate Thomas who have been working with the GLF about 10
years. Points to be noted is it is essential for the firm to hire a person who have good skills and
knowledge plus they must have patience and persistence to accept the challenges. Business
always operates with the risk therefore in such person's patience enables them to make effective
decisions. Kelsey Metts is the right choice for the director position as she has 5 year experience
while working with the GLF every member of the company know her and her capability for
laying out the work. Plus she has knowledge to manage the quality for the products and services.
It is also obtain that Kelsey metts has good intellectual ability that enables her to lead the
team efficiently (Toh and Ruot, 2019). As working for 5 years also stated that she has good
relation with other members of the firm, so she will be able to communicate with others, she is
also determinant towards their work, this is the reason she became a candidate for this post. Also
every supervisor in the team has shared that they have good experience while working with the
Kelsey, and they also stated she has the capability to lead the team in forward direction.
Traits approach is beneficial in selecting the right candidates with the help of this sandra
will be able to know the intelligence, integrity, self-confidence and determination factor. With
the help of this traits table Sandra can easily categorise the candidates according to their
leadership traits. As for the director post it is important to have good leadership skills so that
work can be managed accordingly, good leadership will enable the director to manage the work

force. Sociability is another factor that helps the leader to develop the relationship with the other
members of the organisation. Having a good relation will create the chances for innovation
opportunities.
CONCLUSION
It is illustrated from the above analysis leadership traits changes the work place
environment and leads the team to accomplished desired goals. Report carries out the evaluation
of case study to recruit best talent for director post.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Syed, A.R., Rehman, K.U. and Kitchlew, N., 2018. Impact of perceived leadership style on
employees' work stress: Moderating and mediating role big 5 personality
traits. Paradigms. 12(1). pp.6-15.
Toh, T. and Ruot, K., 2019. The role of traits in the leadership process. Available at SSRN
3441179.