Report on Analyzing Susan's Leadership Dilemmas and Opportunities

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of leadership dilemmas and opportunities, focusing on a case study involving Susan's leadership challenges within a financial sector services company. The report begins by addressing Susan's specific leadership dilemmas, including the failure of a finan...Read More

Thinking critically about leadership
dilemmas and opportunities

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..............................................................................................................................3
Response towards Susan' leadership dilemmas...........................................................................3
Theories, concept and idea related with leadership....................................................................4
Leadership practice.....................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Leading a business is one of the most complex task and exercise and this is required by
leader to connect with individuals, to understand business landscape and transfer of priorities
which is based on market movements. The main aim of leadership dilemma is to constantly
match with certain targets through understanding organisational goals and objectives. This report
highlights on Susan's leadership dilemmas and theories of leadership that discuss importance of
practices which is useful for organisation. In the last, selection of current leadership practice will
also focus in the report.
MAIN BODY
Response towards Susan' leadership dilemmas
Leadership play an important role to enhance and improve motivation among workforce
for completion of organisation work in an organised manner. Their are different roles performed
by Susan to run and operate their business in financial sector services. SVF, a financial product is
failed because team face challenges to manage and perform work. So autocratic leadership style
is more appropriate for the situation because it supports to monitor all functions in proper
manner. On the other side, another condition define persons who are engaged in company
operation relates with commitment and diversity. So democratic leadership style is more
effective because it engage a large of individuals in company by asking their opinion before
taking a decisions for organisation. Another aspects which is related with management define
about universal product and wealth management product that states in market. This is used for
completion of work in all sectors that aids to enhance and improve sale of products. Situational
leadership dilemma is appropriate for third situation.
Strength and weaknesses related with leadership style
With understand of organisation roles it is identified that there are different roles
performed by management and it is used to perform all work with decided approach but within
case of Susan it is complex to understand and identify secure position of their role among
organisation. This refers it is important for Susan to understand their leadership strength and
weakness. Enthusiastic is one of the major strength of Susan and this aids her to perform their
work with more efficiency. Example- when role of non-executive director and HR is offered to
Susan than role of team merger is performed and in this suit enthusiastic work as strength for

management. On the other side, weaknesses which states in organisation define about areas
which states towards individuals that make perspective to work with decided office as
inappropriate decision-making generate challenges for management in managing funds with
proper approach. So inappropriate decision-making create issue to influence individuals for
formulating effective decision.
Theories, concept and idea related with leadership
Leadership theories generate as well as formulate an effective plan which is related with
different number of individuals and it explain methods which is used to become an appropriate
leader. Some theories which is appropriate for Susan case study is mention as follow:
 Contingency theory- The term contingency theory generate emphasizes on different
variables that is related with specific situation. This is more appropriate for management
and it aids persons to manage and complete work according to aspects that possess about
right qualities of individuals. Moreover, it is appropriate for Susan leadership because
wealth-management and financial sector include different roles which is performed to
ensure trust of individuals in organisation products. This also helps to improve
organisation image that is impacted due to fail of SVF financial aspect.
 Behavioural theory- Within context of Susan behavioural theory perform an important
role and it highlights on specific behaviour as well as action on workforce. Traits and
characteristic of individual is analysed by leaders. It results primary skills such as
technical, conceptual and human skills which aids individuals to perform their work with
proper concept. For Susan behavioural theory support to understand behaviour of team-
members. It helps to formulate advanced policy which aids persons to behave in proper
manner that is used for come-up with better ideas.
Concept of leadership
Leadership is explained as a process or procedure through which an individual influence
other individuals to perform their work with decided objective. This also direct organisation in
proper manner and it develop more cohesive and coherent concept that process individual to
achieve a common goal.
 Delegative leadership- According to the concept of delegative leadership this is
understand that leaders design policy in which minimum interference is implemented by
leaders. Within case of Susan, laissez faire leadership is more important because it aids

individuals to perform work with more efficiency through making groups that is useful
for involvement of highly qualified experts. This also make and formulate perspective
through which potential individuals are identified and it aids to engage better individuals
in organisation. This is because employees are motivated for performing their work with
more efficiency. When Susan is posted towards role of non-executive director for her
hospital trust for managing proper merger of old caring individuals and community. In
context of this, delegative leadership aids team-members to perform work by understand
of situation to take effective decision.
 Transactional leadership- The term transactional leadership style generate prospect
which is used to understand leader-follower relationship according to transaction. With
accept the position as a member, it is stated that individual are agree for obey leaders. In
simple terms, this involve employees and employer relationship. Susan face challenged
in board of meetings so with adoption of transactional leadership style. It is easy to
formulate effective decisions. It also create aspects and they are used by management for
increasing motivation among individual to perform their work with more efficiency. This
aids leaders to identify and understand importance of rewards among areas that make
creative results for Susan and management.
Leadership ideas
With improve and grow leadership skill this is understand that it work as a constant
evolution and this is related with characteristic size and aspects. It is used by management to
perform and manage work according to decided aspects through which efficiency among
individuals is improved. Professionalism is an important concept and this is used by
management to complete their work in an organised manner. But it is complex for organisation
to complete project all time with professional approach. This also aids persons towards managing
task with personal values. Discipline is another aspect which is related with persons and this aids
persons to perform work with decided-steps. Time use such as to perform all task with
disciplined approach aids persons to manage task with proper control of human activities. The
control aspects also allow individuals for completion of task with personal success as it aids to
manage task with decided and selected steps.
With analyses of overall areas this is understand by management there are different task
performed under the leadership. So with develop of appropriate leadership that includes ideas,

theory and concepts aids persons to perform their work with more efficiency. Along with this it
is understand by management through implement of right roles which includes transactional,
behavioural and discipline perspective aids persons to perform their work with more efficiency.
It also includes selection of roles that improves respective leader engagement in company roles
to perform overall task in an organised manner.
Leadership practice
This is important for an organisation and individual to follow and implement leadership
practices that provide strong base to management for completion of their role in an organised
manner. Individuals who follow effective and right leadership practices perform their work with
more efficiency. Within context of leadership qualities specifically for Susan case it is analysed
by management that this is important to apply right theory, concept and idea related with
leadership. There are different task performed by management and most of them is used for
managing and controlling work as per area through which motivation among leader is improved..
From the perspective of Susan the main motive of formulating leadership is to ensure and
develop SVF funds that is required to perform all operations in proper manner. Behavioural
theory is focused and it aids to complete work with understand of company roles that focused to
complete project in minimum time-period. By managing and completing project with
behavioural theory this is easy to obtain longer results through understanding behaviour of
persons to perform their task with more efficiency. Moreover, there are delegative leadership
style and behavioural aspects is also beneficial for Susan and this aids to perform work with
more efficiency through which long term results gained by management.

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