Developing Strategic Leadership in International Organizations

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Introduction
This report is based to elaborate leadership skills in senior marketing of company or firm. Also,
such marketing managers have as enough potential handle any international organization. He can
build a strategy to manage activity to work with partner companies. Such a strategy helps to
manage relations between the company and supplier, competitor and their customers. Also, the
report helps to analysis the objectives needs, and aspirations of any company. It helps to build
leadership and personal development skills with the help of a strategic way.
There is an organization first mile which is established in 2017 in the UK. It has collected more
than 30000 tons of waste from factories of Birmingham and London. The major aim of the first
mile is to inspire other companies to focus over the recycling process to make companies more
responsible towards the environment.
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1.1 Critically analyze the needs, goals, and aspirations of organizations and people involved
in international organizational strategy
In an international organizational strategy, management and leadership skills are required by the
administrative and other departments to establish a successful environment in the business
organization. Taking an example of First Mile Ltd.
The needs to make organizational structure in First Mile Ltd. organization to provide clarity,
specification, and guidance in human and resource management that will lead to the
enhancement of managing authority and organizational processes. The international
organizational strategies help in improving productivity and communication with new and
innovative methods to survive in the competitive market.
In any corporate organization or international business, the organizational goals indicate the
points that have to achieve by the organization.
The goals of First Mile Ltd. Is to revolutionize waste and recycling and retreatment of waste for
the business that is good for the planet and human beings. First Mile Ltd. believes in recycling
waste material in various ways to generate clean and green energy.
The aspirations of First Mile Ltd. are to develop creative solutions and to reduce waste to
generate clean and green energy for future development. The aspirations for local and global
organizations motivate and energies the industry from top to bottom approaches.
In order to achieve needs, goals and aspirations of First Mile Ltd. organizational management,
operational and operational department plays a strong role for making an international
organizational strategy. Planning and strategy are a set of goals and policies. Managers and
leaders are involved in international management for personal leadership development (Jones,
Harrison, and Felps, 2018).
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1.2 Critically evaluate the strategic skills required of a leader to achieve identified strategic
leadership ambitions
Role of the strategic leader is to plan and ensure the long-term objectives and goals and create a
strategy management operation to achieve them.
The strategic skills required of a leader to achieve identified strategic leadership ambitions are as
follows-
Intuition and Perception
A strategic leader should be aware of the organizational process going around him. In very few
cases First Mile Ltd. industry works in a straight-forward manner to attain their prospective
goals. A skilled leader of the organization should know the capabilities of the company and
increase the potential by removing obstacles in organizational processes. A leader should carry
sense to plan the tracks for employees to achieve the perspective goals.
Perseverance
In the medium organization, First Mile Ltd. leader needs to be perseverance towards their duties.
In strategic management, leader focus on the internal and external environment to plan the
activities and keep focusing on the status of employees.
Persuasive Communication Skills
Communication skills are an essential part of a leader or the employees working in an
organization. A strategic leader should have effective communication skills to influence people
easily to promote the business. The communication path provides the ability to convince peoples
and members to achieve its optimum goals. The strategic leader understands the changes need to
be implemented through a communication network.
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1.3 Critically assess the relationship between existing, required and future skills to achieve
the identified strategic leadership ambitions
To asses, the relationship between existing, required and future skills to achieve strategic
leadership ambitions its necessary to define future goals with strategic management. The
identified leadership ambitions Intuition and Perception, Perseverance, and Persuasive
Communication Skills are required for First Mile Ltd. for future development from London, the
UK to foreign and international markets(Jones, Harrison, and Felps, 2018).
The relationship between the existing, required and future skills is defined by leadership
development framework-
Existing Skills Skills that are currently followed by an
organization in strategic leadership
ambitions.
 Operational Excellence
 Digitalization
 Value-based management
 Leading across culture
 Taking difficult decisions
Required Skills These skills are required to adapt to make
successful strategic leadership ambitions.
 Leading innovation
 Developing talent
 Remote leadership
 Influencing skills
 Effective delegation
Future Skills For future perspective to accomplish
long-term goals, skills need to develop
for international strategic leadership
development.
 Mission critical leadership
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 Leading business
 Leading high impact teams
 Onboarding
 Successful people leader
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Lo 2. Be able to manage personal leadership development to support the achievement of
strategic leadership ambitions
2.1 critically discuss the opportunities to achieve strategic leadership development.
The core principle is to develop strategic leadership which is not traditional but really effective
to make a decision with transparency and innovation:
I.) Distribute responsibility: such skills can be developing in any leader by the help of
continuous practice. The upper authority transfers the work in downward within the organization
to make self depends and empower the skills of other people. It provides the responsibility to the
manager to take risks while making the decision. It helps to increase the intelligence, resilience
and provides an independent harness which helps to make a decision without following the
traditional hierarchy.
There is an organization first mile which faces the shutdown issue. To find the solution to such
issue the manager will make some new strategy to distribute the entire responsibility to the lower
level employee. By the help of such technique, the recycling plant of the first mile will not stop
at a single day.
II.) Open and be honest about information:
The entire managerial tasks are performed by involving the military method, which is specially
designed to convey the message one to another end. The trouble is only with that is while sharing
the message or information, it carries equal power for the entire employee of an organization.
Another trouble with this is that when information if floated for an individually specific person,
the relatable person may live in dark to prepare to access the information.
The shared information must be clear in the first mile sharing the data or information through
marketing manager to their employee (Konin et. al., 2018).
III.) Making different paths to test the new idea: the devolving manager must have some
strategic and leadership skills to find some new and innovative idea to keep the entire company
at forwarding base. Also by the help of innovative vision, he can generate some more profit for
the company.
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2.2 design a personal development plan to achieve strategic leadership development
The planning of personal development can be elaborated as ' it is a manner to learn about the
things in a better way by opposing own learning. Better performance can be achieved by the help
of better education and developing better carrier.'
In such a report an aim is decided to lead the company first mile for its better development. Also,
it helps to make the entire company species over the product to be realistic and provide on-time
services.
Ability audit: take a talent audit measurement in a multidimensional questionnaire by choosing
tasks according to the convenience. Also, it helps to make to earn profit in 360 degree by making
the decision with a discussion of the head to head.
Measurement of progress documents: practicing and training is the core factor for employee
skill development. That can be used for further use such as better revenue generation for the
company. In a simple manner in a training room or workshop, the provided training can be
recorded by which the trainee can take help when he needed.
Skill improvement activities: by the help of several activities such common skills can be
developed in any manager of the company. For example, the First Mile has arranged a proper
seminar and workshop to make the employee skillful (Konin et. al., 2018).
2.3 Devise an implementation process for the development plan
As performing the manager of the First Mile he must have a strong objective and desire to show
the dedication towards the company.
The core development goals: the appraisal of employee according to their performance. Such
appraisal helps the entire company for enhancement of sales figure and it helps to encourage the
employee for their dedication and work towards the company (First Mile).
Feedback collection: the manager can collect the feedback towards the company from their own
employee to check contribution and opportunity towards the company. With the help of feedback
collection, a positive response can be seen from there. Such type of employee satisfaction way
helps them to find some future opportunities.
Steps of planning: during the revenue generation and plan to make the plan are must be
implemented step by step.
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Progressive monitoring: after providing the training to the sales team the monitoring must be
done of them. Also, it helps to compare their effort by the sells assessment bench of the First
Mile (Osagie, Wesselink, Blok and Mulder, 2019).
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3. be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic leadership development plan
3.1 Critically assess the achievement of outcomes of the plan against strategic needs
In this report leadership and skill, development plans have been shown in previous studies and
now this is the time to asses them of the respect of First Mile.
Development needs: in the First Mile the manager must be aspiration and wide vision to
identify the need of the entire firm.
Outcome: it helps to provide a better outcome in the form of companies’ revenue generation and
also provide training and design session.
Objective: the objective of the First Mile must be cleared with a new vision and also the
company’s objectives can be decided in every 2 months.
The development needs can be manipulated according to the stakeholders and employees
feedback.
Uniqueness for the next time: before going for the meeting a plan map can be circulated to the
entire board member of the First Mile.
3.2 Evaluate the impact of the achievement of objectives on strategic leadership ambitions
Development needs: in this phase, the development need will be found of First Mile in a
visionary way. It provides them better direction to enter new market and in the new company.
Aims and objectives: deciding the new objectives and vision of First Mile to present ideas in a
better way in front of stockholders.
Ambition decides in a strategic way of First Mile: the strategic aspirations of First Mile to be a
global leader in the recycling industry. Also, it helps to expand their yearly revenue by the help
of aggressive technology.
Strategic aspirations with relevant method: there can be some new marketing plans developed to
enhance the recycling services of First Mile to be a market leader in the recycling industry and
make environment eco-friendly. With the help of such manner, company improves the efficiency
of productivity.
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Achievable impact: to add some other customer in with company the new vision and values can
be made of to generate revenue three times better on comparison of last year (Sandhu, Ameri,
and Wikström, 2019).
3.3 Critically review and update the leadership development plan
By the help of aspirations and visionary style, the First Mile can develop a future strategy to
merge the company in the new market. Such new strategy helps to design a new method to
develop a better strategy. The result of this strategy the employee of the company started
attending the workshop and training session. The result of such a strategy helps to find the many
things to find the aims and objectives of the company (Osagie, Wesselink, Blok and Mulder,
2019).
Also at the other end the present development strategy of First Mile to build better customer
relations and helps to develop new leadership skills in a marketing manager. Also, it helps to
build a better relationship between the client and company.
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LO4
4.1 Critically evaluate the extent to which the strategic needs of organizations involved in
international organizational strategy are met from existing resources
For the evaluation of the strategic needs of organizations involved in international organizational
strategy requires human resource management and planning to meet with business needs
globally. Effective planning and programs focus on current and future needs of the business with
the existing resources.
Business needs – Current and Future
Effective strategic leadership management must tie with the needs of the business. Human
resources and leadership management plays an important role in an organization's strategic
planning process and provide awareness for the employees to achieve organizational goals. The
extension of strategies must consider the future changes in new innovations with development of
requires skills.
Experience, Staff skills, and Tenure
As considering and human resource planning and strategy management, leaders should assess the
current skills and experience of staff or employees. It is requiring that the set of skills should
meet with business demand. Developing a successful plan with strategic leadership management
in an organization will ensure the talent to meet with business needs.
Availability of Talent
The identification and recruitment of staff on the basis of organizational demand will be
followed by strategic leadership management to sustain a successful environment inside and
outside of the organization. Business needs over international markets can be fulfilled by
outsourced staff that consists of new talent (Glatthorn, Boschee, Whitehead and Boschee, 2018).
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