Leadership Goals and Effectiveness: A Comprehensive Report

This report delves into the critical aspects of leadership goals and their effectiveness within an organizational context. It begins by examining the leadership style of Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, highlighting her socialized charismatic approach and its impact on the company's performance. The report then outlines a personal leadership development plan, emphasizing the importance of vision, strategic thinking, and measurable goals. It further explores various leadership goals, including strategic thinking, active listening, coaching, and time management, and provides a timeline for implementing these goals. Individual objectives and tools for achieving these goals are also discussed, including planning, organizing, leading, and communicating effectively. The report concludes by emphasizing the significance of leadership development plans and the importance of adapting to change to ensure continued success. The provided assignment brief includes a self-assessment of management skills across various functions like planning, organizing, and leading.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Personal leadership development plan...................................................................................3
Leadership goals.....................................................................................................................5
Timeline.................................................................................................................................6
Individual objectives..............................................................................................................6
Tools to reach the goals..........................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Leading an organization or organizational groups is an essential part of a business.
Leaders provide a path for its team to follow. This paper will discuss about the leadership
style of an efficient leader, Indra Nooyi, her effectiveness in the business of the PEPSICO
company (Daft, 2014). The leadership development plan and goals of a leader are also
discussed to understand the objective of a leader in an organization (Northouse, 2017).
Leadership style and her effectiveness
Indra Nooyi, one of the world’s hundred most powerful women is an Indian
American. She joined PepsiCo in the year 1994 and became a CEO in the year 2001 and soon
after in the year 2006 she became the President of the organization. Nooyi knew the tricks of
making her work done (Toh & Leonardelli, 2013). Hence, she transformed the ideas of her
savvy-mind to businesses and provided a different perspective of business.
Indra Nooyi has a socialized charismatic leadership style (Nanjundeswaraswamy &
Swamy, (2014). She takes care of her employees immensely and pays attention to their needs.
She keeps herself updated in her business field to motivate and inspire the employees and in
turn be inspired. She depicts her deeply caring nature in her work. She continuously invests
in skills of communication. The former CEOs of PEPSICO guided Nooyi, which was visible
in her business strategies (Rothaermel, 2015). According to her, sorting out an issue or
handling a situation was of great importance. She ensured her visibility in the organization in
order to convey the condition of the organization and solutions to resolve the problems.
Nooyi in order to save the company has reduced on the spending budget. She encouraged her
employees in the organization by communicating eloquently. In her early days in PEPSICO
Nooyi decided to go to the cleaning house and PEPSICO in turn dumped Pizza Hut, Taco

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bell, KFC and spent a sum amount of 17 dollars to acquire Quaker Oats, Tropicana and
Gatorade. Pepsi was losing on profits and popularity. Unlike other CEOs Indra Nooyi dealt
differently to retain the employees of the organization. Her qualities of leadership were
portrayed in her work that encouraged her employees to perform better. She acknowledged
her employees and the families, in various innovative and personal ways. Indra Nooyi wrote
letters to the families of the employees for thanking them. This gesture of Indra Nooyi to
thank and appreciate her employees is a powerful way of letting the world knows about her
contributions in PEPSICO. Her another aspect of her leadership was she believed in
performing with a purpose beyond the corporate social responsibility and also beyond the
mission of the foundation of PEPSICO. She changed their mission into three prongs. 1.
Making better quality food, which will be healthier. 2. Protecting the place she is living in. 3.
Empowering people. Nooyi gave her employees the privilege to solve problems
independently and innovatively. In a company worth 63 billion dollar, Nooyi empowers the
team to behave like mini-entrepreneurs and to carry out her ideas successfully. She clearly
knew that more the job enables her employees to live their personal lives, better is retention
rate of PEPSICO. The advantages given to her employees were care centers, paternity and
maternity leaves and flexible work timings.
Personal leadership development plan
A personal leadership development plan is the tool to direct the career goals. It also
helps to stimulate opportunities and challenges and make a change in the business
organization. The following steps will help in developing the leadership plan.
 A clear vision of the business and the organization- It is very important to
have a clear vision statement in order to grow the business. The future of the
business if foreseen can resolve many challenges in the organization. Planning

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the structure of the work and executing the risks effectively will affect the
profit of the business.
 Using various smart approaches can help in making a successful business
development plan. The plan should be logical in terms of reaching the goals.
The creative approaches used should be specific, measurable, acceptable,
result-oriented and time-bound (Dow, 2014). The plan should include specific
goals and its strategies. Results should be quantifiable to track progress in the
plan. The plan should be accepted by the entire organization. The plans
should be more realistic and result-oriented. Improvements and
accomplishments should be seen personal growth. Implementing and
evaluating the outcomes should be time-bounded in order to finish it within
the stipulated deadline. Understanding and articulating the rationale behind the
organization will help the business develop.
 A proper action steps should be adopted in order to identify impediments. This
plan should include smart assessment to fulfill the goals of the development
plan. Motivating the employees by rewarding and delegating will improve the
performance of the employees.
 Personal leadership skills should be integrated in the leadership plan. Various
goals mean to take up challenges in order to ensure the success. Guidance will
help to take the correct decision. The success of this will encourage others to
participate more.
 Leadership plans can never be static. Hence, it should be modified and
changed in order to stay relevant. It also will help to grow the company by
introducing new ideas and technologies. High belief of owns competence and
abilities will motivate own self in order to perform better.

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Leadership goals
The goals of the leadership are as follows-
1. Think strategically- Often leaders and employees fail to view things from
various perspectives. Thus, to improve the skills strategically thinking and
implementation of the ideas are necessary.
2. Learning to listen- The most important attributes that leaders should have is
open-mindedness. A good leader must be team player also in order to
cooperate and work with the team members (Hamstra et al., 2014).
3. Creating methods of coaching- The goal of a leader should not only be
directing but also training the team members for their individual development.
Regular feedback of the performance of the employees will also motivate the
employees to perform better in order to achieve the goals of the organization.
4. Better room presence- The goal of a leader is to maintain a cordial behavior
with the team members. The aura of the leader should motivate the employees
and give them confidence to work better (Carton, Murphy & Clark, 2014).
5. Proper management of time- Time management is very essential for the
leaders to maintain the team. Having proper focus on the various, activities
will result in efficient and effective work.
6. Building strong relationship- Every individual of an organization is essential
to the company. Thus, maintaining a cordial bond with every personality of
the organization will affect the performance of the group.
7. The leader should be adaptable to various changes in the organization. This
goal of the leader will help to manage risks and challenges arising in the
organization.

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Timeline
Action Plan 1st week 2nd week 3rd week 4th week 5th week 6th week 7th week
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Communicating
Planning- The first week will be the time to plan the structure of the task.
Organizing- Organizing the task will take up to the 3rd week. This time will be utilized in
arranging and structuring the plan.
Leading- Carrying forward the ideas and plans will be covered in 4th and the 5th week.
Controlling- Managing and controlling the ideas will be done in the 6th week.
Communication- Informing and communicating the ideas to the employees of the
organization will be done in the final week.
Individual objectives
Various objectives will help an individual grow in the organization. First, proper
planning and execution to manage risk. Second, to understand the strategic goals of the
organization to the personal job functions or tasks. Third, proposing changes to the structure
of the organization on basis of various unavoidable circumstances. Fourth, Motive and
influence the team members for a better performance. Fifth, maintaining ethics and personal
integrity and handling the situations with confidence, tactfulness and diplomacy. Sixth, using

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the appropriate techniques and tools to disseminate results. Seventh, recognize the impact of
the situation on an individual and taking up responsibilities to resolve the issues. Eighth,
communicating with the employees on a regular basis and taking a proper feedback will help
in the improvement of the team performance. Ninth, to articulate the skills of an individual or
group to bring in change in the performance and profit of the organization.
Tools to reach the goals
Various tools and techniques should be used in order to reach the goals. These are as
follows-
 Finish the Frog first- This implies finishing the work priority wise. This helps
to move a step forward for the next task. The work when piled up pushes the
team a step behind from reaching the goal.
 Create Accountability- In a task creating accountability will help the managers
tackle the various challenges in the organization. This tool will help the
managers or the leaders to foresee the future of the business.
 Utilize visualization- This tool can be utilized in order to implement what the
organization visualizes. In other words, the visualization of a leader or an
organization will affect the performance of the teams (Zepeda, 2013).
 Predict Obstacles- Predicting the challenges will sort half of the organization’s
challenges. Proper planning will help in foreseeing the challenges and risks of
the organization.
 Reframe failure- The past mistakes will provide opportunities to the business
or the organization to overcome the problems. Reframing the failures in order
to avoid it in the future is the key element of this tool

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Conclusion
Thus, it can be concluded that Indra Nooyi’s effective leadership skills have made a
huge difference in the growth of PEPSICO. The leadership quality has inspired many leaders
of the era. Leadership development plans also will help and motivate the leaders to execute
their task. Various goals and objectives are to be followed in order to be a good leader in an
organization.

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