Poor Leadership's Impact on Company Performance: LAND SECURITIES

This report investigates the impact of poor leadership on the performance of LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC, focusing on its effects on the company's financial condition, governance, and culture. It begins by defining leadership and its significance for business growth, then examines the negative impacts of poor leadership, such as decreased employee morale, reduced productivity, and declining profits. The study identifies challenges faced by the company due to poor leadership, including profitability reduction and high staff turnover. Employing a qualitative research methodology and thematic analysis, the report analyzes data collected through questionnaires to reveal that poor leadership significantly affects financial performance, organizational culture, and governance. The report concludes by recommending strategies, such as adopting democratic leadership styles, to improve overall company performance. Desklib offers this report as part of its collection of solved assignments for students.

Finance and Management

ABSTRACT
Poor leadership is concerned with inability to offer the corrective guidance to employees
which tend to impact the financial position of the firm. The poor leadership affects the working
efficiency and particularly the financial position of the company to a great extent. the
introduction chapter summarised that setting a clear aim is very important for the study to make
is successful. The aim set was the analyse the impact of poor leadership over the performance of
the company particularly the financial performance. also the literature review inferred that there
are different negative impact which is created by poor leadership over the performance of
company. these impact involves decrease in morale and motivation level of employees, lack of
vision, reduction in productivity, less transparency, decline in profits and many other different
impact. Also different challenges were also highlighted which company faces due to poor
leadership like reduction in profitability, high staff turnover, reduction in motivation level of
employees and others. Further the methodology part outlined that selection of qualitative study
was beneficial in developing good knowledge relating to the research aim and objectives. The
findings highlighted that financial performance is being affected majorly and along with this
culture and governance of the company is also affected. In the end it was analysed that by using
good set of leadership styles like democratic style the overall performance of the company can
be improved.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................1
Background.............................................................................................................................1
Aim and objectives.................................................................................................................1
Scope and Importance............................................................................................................2
Rationale.................................................................................................................................3
Overview of Dissertation........................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHOLOGY..................................................................................16
CHAPTER 4- DATA ANALYSIS................................................................................................24
CHAPTER 5- DISCUSSION.......................................................................................................34
CHAPTER 6- CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................39
Summary...............................................................................................................................39
Evaluation of results.............................................................................................................40
Recommendations based on evaluation................................................................................41
Future Work..........................................................................................................................41
CHAPTTER 7- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT..........................................................................43
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................45
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................48
1. Questionnaire....................................................................................................................48
2. Proposal............................................................................................................................50

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Background
In the current era, real estate sector in UK is facing the growth and development which is
offering various employment opportunities. The particular sector is expected to grow at a CAGR
of greater than 5% which indicates the positive sign of rapid growth. Leadership is basically
concerned with offering the instructions and support to the members in turn assigned role and
responsibilities can be accomplished. It is important for the organization to possess reliable
leadership approach in turn accomplishing the objective in effectual pattern can become
possible. In order to be successful in the current era, it is highly important for the organizations
operating in the particular industry to pay attention on having reliable processing of leadership
technique in turn accomplishing the objective of gaining success can become possible. There are
various drawbacks of poor leadership which tend to affect the culture governance and financial
components of business. Culture is one of the major aspects of the success which is required to
be managed and motivated in positive manner that can be effectively done by having poor
leadership practices. Governance helps firm to get the disciplined and formalized employees in
turn optimization of resources to get greater financial benefits such as reduced cost, higher
productiveness, etc.
. For becoming successful in respect in order to get the greater market share in the real
estate sector it is important for the organization to give focus on building reliable & relevant
form of leadership approach in turn accomplishing the objectives such as higher profitability,
greater employee motivation for retention, etc. in turn overall performance of firm can be
uplifted. The current investigation is based on LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC London
which is one of the successful firm operating in UK real estate industry. The present report will
emphasize on assessing impact of poor leadership over the culture, governance and financial
aspect of business. This will permit to gather the information regarding concept, significance,
impact of poor management, challenges in managing and strategies for improvement. Report
will pay attention on using qualitative research type and thematic analysis for deriving crucial
information to gain deeper insights.
Aim and objectives
Aim
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To evaluate the impact of poor leadership on the governance and financial condition of the
company. A study on LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC London.
Objectives
 To articulate understanding relating to concept of leadership and its significance for
business growth.
 To critically examine the impact of poor leadership on the overall performance of
company including financial, governance and cultural aspect.
 To examine the different challenges which LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC London
faces due to poor leadership over financial performance of company.
 To recommend some of the strategies through which leadership can be improved and
challenges can be minimized.
Research question
1. What is the concept of leadership and its significance?
2. What is the impact of poor leadership on performance of company financially, culturally
and governance?
3. What are the challenges which are faced by company because of poor leadership on
financial performance?
Scope and Importance
Leadership is one of the crucial aspects that is considered to be highly effective
determinant of success. Poor management is related with inability in giving corrective direction,
support and controlling & eliminating irrelevant aspects in turn attaining success does not
become possible. The impact is found on the culture, governance and financial aspects such as
profitability, market worth, etc. these all have the adverse level of influence on the functioning
on the firm that is leads the firm towards failure in order to become successful it is important for
the organization to get the greater insights about the concept of the leadership and its
significance. This will permit the firm to get the effective outcome in respect to understand the
need of eliminating poor leadership so that productive results can be achieved. The current study
will help to get the information regarding the challenges which is experienced in respect to poor
leadership over the financial performance of the company. In addition to this, gaining the
reliable idea of strategies via firm can be improved the leadership and minimize prevailing
challenges. This will provide assistance in achieving the success through creating greater
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transparency and clarity among employees, ensuring effective communication, motivating staff,
etc. The particular study will be helpful for LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC London so that
crucial information in respect to get the leadership potion & sustainability can be derived in the
real estate industry. The other similar firms can as well found eh particular research useful in
turn higher performance can be achieved. Scholars and learners conducting research on similar
topic can found the study useful. These three parties can find the particular research useful in
turn attaining the objectives to get the fair & reliable result in order to have proper ability to
improve poor leadership via eliminating negative impact on culture, governance and financial
aspects of the enterprise.
Rationale
The main reason behind conducting the particular research is to get the crucial
information about impact of poor leadership on overall performance of firm. Having effective
leadership is highly important for the companies in respect to build good working culture of that
higher productive results in order to get the effective working scenarios can be derived. In
addition to this, there are distinct aspects which are required to be consideration for gaining the
higher productive results which can become possible by having effective leadership practices.
The current study provides assistance in meeting information regarding the impact of poor
leadership action that tend to offer the irrelevant results such as inappropriate culture, non-
significant governance, etc. that affect financial results that includes profitability, sustainability,
etc. These all can provide the assistance in gaining the reliable outcomes in turn accomplishing
the objective of firm such greater profitability, net worth, etc. On the basis of this, it can be
justified that specific research is helpful in achieving good performance of enterprise in turn
accomplishing the objective of particular study can be met. It can be specified that there are
different types of the benefits which can be effectively achieved by using this investigation.
Overview of Dissertation
The below presented information will help in gaining the reliable insights about the
overview of the dissertation.
Chapter 1: Introduction
The particular chapter is concerned with providing the information regarding the
background of the study, aims & objectives, research questions, rationale and significance of the
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research. It will be helpful in providing the overview of the reason behind conducting the
particular study in turn significant insights can be derived.
Chapter 2: Literature Review
This particular chapter is based on the formulating the three different themes such as
concept of leadership and its significance for the business growth. Impact of poor leadership on
the overall performance of company including financial, governance and cultural aspect and
different challenges which LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC London faces. This will helpful
in gaining the information of the models, theories and approaches in turn greater reliable insights
of theoretical aspects of leadership will be obtained.
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
This will present the information regarding the methods or technique that will be
followed for completing the research project in effectual pattern. It will comprise information
regarding the research type, philosophies, purpose, process & design, methods of data collection,
sampling technique, ethics and limitations.
Chapter 4: Data Presentation and Analysis
It will emphasize on presenting the collected data in appropriate manner via using tables
graphs and interpreting the same. Results of questionnaire will be involved in this particular
chapter in turn greater reliable information can be obtained in fair pattern.
Chapter 5: Results and Discussions
It is associated with discussing the data obtained from the previous chapter and
supporting with literature review in turn better understanding of the highlighted subject matter
can be achieved. This will use thematic analysis for formulating themes based on collected data
of questionnaire.
Chapter 6: Conclusion and Recommendations
The overall findings in the form of conclusion will be provided by the researcher in this
particular chapter. The recommendations for the improvement areas will be included in respect
to provide assistance related with having information of crucial strategies that can allow getting
insights for the leadership improvements and mitigating challenges.
Chapter 7: Personal Development
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Skills before and after conducting the particular research study will be taken into the
consideration in this particular chapter. This will permit to get the understanding that how
effectively the significant research has helped in developing distinct skills.
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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
Theme 1: Concept of leadership and its significance for business growth
According to Ulla, Mirza and Hameed (2022) Leadership is basically the advantage of
an individual that play crucial role of influencing the guide followers and team members in turn
accomplishing the organizational objective can become possible. In the current era, having
effective leaderships crucial in turn accomplishing the organizational objective such as higher
profitability & sustainability can be derived via having reliable results in the financial terms.
There are different kinds of the benefits which can be accomplished by having effective
leadership that includes implemented vision and values, boosting morale, ensuring effective and
communicational procedure. Vision and values refers to the statement of information which is
provided by company that what is required to followed and in order to gain certain position.
Boosting morale via ensuring that proper level of motivation can be provided to employees so
that attaining business growth can be derived. Effective communication tends to offer the ability
to give surety that relevant flow of information to ensure greater productiveness can become
possible. In against to this, Afshan, Serrano-Archimi and Akram (2022) articulated that
leadership is the crucial strategy that has impact on the working of employees in negative
manner which comprises having the greater level of reliance on the individual body which
hampers the growth and development of firm. It has negative level of impact on the functioning
of organization as employees re found to be dependent which affects their performance level in
the negative manner. This basically arises due to the improper implication of the leadership
style.
In the views of Al Derei and Musa (2022) leadership plays crucial role in effecting the
overall performance of members via adopting distinct factors that emphasize on achieving
success via ensuring that higher profitability & sustainability. Having the reliable results
significant level of leadership style is important in respect to gain the distinct level of benefits
which includes possessing greater coordination, executing change in effective manner and
optimum utilization of resources. In addition to this, having the appropriate coordination via
ensuring that reliable results to uplift the overall performance of company can be derived. This
can lead to give ability to optimize the resource of company and having reliable change
execution so that achieving the objective in effective manner can become possible. These can
enable in achieving the appropriate position to get the higher profitability via having relevant
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evaluation and implementing change in turn achieving success can become possible. In against
to this, Høgh and et.al., (2021) depicted that there are various aspects which are required to be
taken into the consideration so that higher efficiency & effectiveness can be derived. It is highly
crucial to focus in having proper information on gaining the competitiveness but tend to offer
the negative impact which comprises burden on employees, inappropriate confusion creation in
turn attaining the organizational objectives, etc. These all tend to give the higher level of impact
on the functioning of firm.
According to Bhatti and et.al., (2021) Culture of the firm plays crucial role in affecting
the performance of employees that has influence on organizational position. In order to achieve
desirable position in market firm require to focus on gaining the appropriate leadership
technique so that building positive culture via ensuring that staff understanding significance of
respectful and productive workings scenarios. This highly contribute in achieving the position in
positive manner so that financial performance can be inclined by having greater profitability and
giving the performance reward to the employees in respect to have quality results from staff. In
contrast to this, Bahadori and et.al., (2021) leadership is related with different types of
approaches which has distinct level of influence. It is important for the firm to pay attention on
having autocratic, bureaucratic, coaching, democratic, laissez-faire, etc. each type of approach
has distinct level of influence on the working procedure in turn achieving the performance to
have good results. It is highly crucial for deriving information regarding pros and cons in turn
achieving organizational objective of profitability via positively affecting employees in reliable
pattern.
In the views oSpencer-Scarr (2022) leadership is related with assuring that employees
are having effective availability of knowledge in clear manner in respect to accomplish the goals
which are predetermined for organizational growth and development. The main reason behind
having the appropriate leadership is to ensure that clear vision can be derived by the staff so that
they can understand significance of their productiveness for organizational growth. This aids the
firm to optimize resources in higher manner via ensuing that reducing cost can be exerted. This
can lead firm to get ability to comply with prevailing pricing level in respect to gain higher
profitability. On the contrast to this, Warnick and et.al., (2021) it can be specified that for the
overall growth and development it is important to have precise form of leadership so that
providing motivation to subordinates to comply with governance aspects to get sustainability in
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industry. Motivation provides ability to subordinate to adhere the criteria of meeting
organizational objective in such as retaining subordinates by fulfilling their requirements.
Leadership is concerned with gaining the appropriate ability to give employees to reason for
continuing in firm via offering results that are helpful for enterprise to stable in firm by having
expertise and knowledge possessing staff. On the basis of this, it can be interpreted that
leadership is important to motivate & support employees by succeeding in attaining their
assigned task.
Theme 2: The impact of poor leadership on the overall performance of company including
financial, governance and cultural aspect
As per the views of Mehmood and et.al., (2021) there are distinct factors that arise due
to the increase in poor management of the company by the leader. There are various aspects
which are required to be focused for having corrective effectualness in turn meeting the
objective of overall performance. There are various aspects that has been affected due to result
of poor management that includes having ineffective implementation on the functioning of
company. This required to be ensured that negative aspects affecting firm's performance can be
eliminated to get productiveness. The reason behind it includes having serious effect employee
morale and even cause the company's bottom line. The poor leadership tend to affect the
functioning in the negative manner by affecting the number of factors of organization. In against
to this, Xie (2020) depicted that poor leadership is concerned with inability to create the positive
working culture in turn accomplishing the organizational objectives does not become possible.
This affect the various aspects of firm in adverse pattern as leads to create disrespectful and
improper working scenario and diverts attention of people in inappropriate way. For this
purpose, having successful functioning does not become possible as the employees tend to avoid
crucial aspects that results in poor quality performance.
In the views of Demircioglu and Chowdhury (2021) there are distinct ways in which
poor leadership tend to affect the overall performance as loss of motivation to the work is
derived. Reduce of motivation occurs when employees are unable to get the precise details
regarding the actions taken in turn accomplishing organizational goal to get greater profitability
and sustainability achieving does not become possible. Lower level of motivation results in
ability to comply with the requirements of business due to the inappropriate support which
declines performance of organization. This creates minimal commitment possessing culture in
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firm and affect the management of organization and tend to affect financial position of the
enterprise. On the other side, Baldonado (2018) depicted that poor leadership is one of the
crucial reason that tend to result in lack of ownership and transparency that adversely affect the
working procedure of the organization and effect the working of firm. This results in building
the culture of not taking the accountability that leads to conflict and affect the overall financial
performance of enterprise. It creates issues as employees are unable to trust the procedure due to
poor leadership style that tend to indicate that firm needs to pay attention on eliminating such
impact to get corrective results.
In the views of de Araujo and et.al., (2021) lack of effective leadership procedure is
highly taken into the practice as one of the crucial reason that results in miss management of the
company resources. There are various types of the resources which are basically taken into the
procedure by the firm for attaining its organizational objectives. From the evaluation it can be
specified that lower management is basically found when the leader is unable to provide the
instructions for optimizing resources. For becoming successful it is important for enterprise to
optimize resources in order to decline cost so that higher profitability via setting good margin.
Leadership is concerned with possessing crucial action which can allow to manage the overall
working in such precise pattern so that accomplishing goal of positive financial health can
become possible. In against to this, Sweeney, Clarke and Higgs (2019) there are various types of
the reasons for which firm is require focussing on having good leadership approach is
considered to be crucial. Stress level get increased due to inability manage the working though
poor leadership. Leaders are responsible for setting coordination employees so that adhering to
requirement of firm related with governance, culture and financial objectives. Leadership role is
responsible for giving the crucial instructions to the staff so that less stress and burden is found
in meeting the desire outcomes. This creates barrier in achieving the organizational objective of
getting higher efficiency & effectiveness in the overall processing.
The study of Legood and et.al., (2021) also added that in an organization where there are
poor leadership the overall performance of the organization including the factors like
governance, finance and culture of the company. It has been found that the increase in the value
of ownership is considered to be the factor which helps the team members to have to value to the
ownership of the team members. Due to the poor leadership the ownership ability in the
organization decreases with a very high aspect of the organization and its reaction is able factor
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