Leadership & Management: Performance, Motivation & Improvement Hays

This essay examines the role of leadership and management in enhancing employee performance and motivation, focusing on Hays, a top UK recruitment company. It discusses motivational theories such as Vroom’s expectancy and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and performance management methods like training and development, and performance appraisals. The essay assesses various leadership and management approaches and theories, emphasizing their role in supporting employee and business performance. Recommendations are provided, suggesting that leaders should consider employee suggestions before implementing strategies to boost morale and performance. The conclusion highlights the importance of effective leadership and management in gaining competitive advantages through skilled candidate acquisition and retention.

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
•Introduction
•PART 2
• Motivational theories including content and process, performance management and continuous improvement
• Examples of application of performance management methods
• Assessment of leadership & management approaches and theories including roles in supporting performance
• Suggestions based on how strategies could improve continuous performance & improvement
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
• Leadership is one of those elements that leaders utilized to enhance performance and motivation extent of
employees.
• The current presentation will be based on Hays, which falls under the list of top 10 recruitment companies in the
United Kingdom.
• The study will justify motivational theories and strategies that help to achieve organization aim and application
of methods related to performance management.
• It will also define role of leadership & management theories to support candidates and business performance
along with suitable recommendations.

Motivational theories including content and process,
performance management and continuous improvement
• Vroom’s expectancy and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs are one of those concepts that leader may take into their
consideration.

Examples of application of performance management
methods
• Training and development, attribute and performance appraisal are the best examples of performance
management approaches that leader in Hays may utilize to gain desire outcome.

Assessment of leadership & management approaches and
theories including roles in supporting performance

Suggestions based on how strategies could improve continuous
performance & improvement
• •It recommended to leader that they can take approach to take employees suggestions before implementing any
strategy or plan at workplace, because it can give them chance to boost their morale and performance as well
effectively.
• •Manager can also contribute to improve performance of each candidate in term of considering their needs
before taking action and decision, which is actually quite important for them to do that.

Conclusion
• By summing up above discussion, it has been summarized that firm has retained and acquired skilled and
knowledgeable candidates and also assigned to other companies who are capable to achieve set goals.
• It has gained competitive advantages because leaders and managers are capable to use the best leadership and
management approaches.

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