Factor: Environmental Leadership of IBM
IBM has not only succeeded in maintaining its competition in providing software, computer technology and systems integrators, but IBM also successfully managing its resource such as energy, water, and material, including waste product, thus offering environmentally friendly products and services which have been recognized by various parties and has received many awards (IBM Environment Report, 2012). IBM success is always related to the leadership style of it appointed CEO and management group. There are several appointed CEO with different leadership style since IBM established, such as Sam Palmisano, Larry Ellison, Randy MacDonald, and Thomas Watson. Different leadership style among CEO help IBM to adapt and overcome the challenges faced by providing different and fresh approach in leading IBM toward established vision and mission of the company.
IBM has a long history of innovative leadership development and cross-discipline mentoring (IBM Corporate Responsibility, 2010). IBM values people who apply innovation and imagination to make the world a good place. This is because they feel have to remarkable leaders who can create high-performance work climates and foster employee engagement, where people who not only succeed but enable others doing the same thing. At the main of the general manager leadership development program is the ability to accelerate future leaders’ readiness to become integral share of IBM. Through the program, participants will be afforded key opportunities to develop and demonstrate the following leadership competencies, in addition to formal world-class consulting and the sales training.
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This paper will compare and contrast two CEOs that led technology companies through difficult times. Michael Dell CEO and founder of Dell Computers and Andy Grove former CEO and cofounder of Intel each provided quality leadership as their companies faced challenges in the fast-paced computer technology industry. This paper will introduce each man and describe their contributions to their company and the field of management, resistance they encountered, similarities in their professional lives and how they differed. The information about these two success CEOs comes from Jeffrey Krames (2003) book What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business.
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In today’s business environment, corporations must be able to adapt and develop strategies that allow them to remain as competitive as possible within the markets they serve. Leaders within those corporations must be able to fully understand the most effective leadership style required depending on the situation at hand. One style may be effective in one situation while another style may need to be used in another. In this day of environmental dynamism, organizations have had to refocus on organizational capabilities in order to attain a competitive advantage in such an environment. This refocus has led to a break in routines and involves a shift in organizational norms and required knowledge. James Clawson discusses the three levels of leadership in his book entitled “Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface.” This article will discuss some issues that may arise within corporations and what leadership styles may be most effective for differing situations based on Clawson’s text.
Eisenhower’s definition of leadership is veracious in every single word, particularly in the context of business. Leadership has an influence on all the facets of business. There are many different theories of leadership, however, through this essay, transformational leadership theory will be analyzed, focusing on the three main components: idealized influence, inspirational motivation and individualized consideration. “Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, it creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders” (Al-Harthi, A. S., Al-Shehri, O. A. M. and Al-Khatib, A. J., 2013, p.155). Besides, the essay efforts are also made a relation to Steve Jobs, Ex-CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc, with this theory. An attempt will be made to evaluate Steve Jobs leadership styles following transformational leadership theory in the specific way under the three main components were listed above of this theory. After viewing the literature on the leadership theory relevant to Steve Jobs case, based on the frameworks it will be argued how well Jobs’ decisions and actions are made.
Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge is an organizational management book written by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus for those who aim to become better leaders. The authors emphasize that having executive positions or being a manager does not automatically make one a leader. A leader is one who inspires his staff, help them find purpose in their work, and effectively implement their plans. They separate the book not quite into chapters on different topics, but rather by four strategies that they have determined are vital for any leader to take on. The strategies are effectively concluded as attention through vision, meaning through communication, trust through positioning, and the deployment of self. A prominent feature of Leaders is the various
Presently, most organizations emphasize extremely about leadership in organizations. Leadership means that ability, capability, and skills of leader to guide members of organizations to success or achieve objectives and destination. Leadership studies are interesting in several organizations. According to Walters (2009), “Leadership has been an intriguing and important part of human interactions for as long as people have lived and worked together in groups” (P.1). Some organizations have studied about leadership for long times to know what elements and significant factors of leadership is. Those elements will help leaders to have ability, capability, and skills to suggest members of organizations or being leaders efficiently.
Leadership has been defined as the process whereby an individual influences others in accomplishment of shared objectives. Leadership is not a one-way linear event in which only the leader affects the followers but a process through which leaders influence and they are affected by their followers. It is undisputable truth that the success or failure of an enterprise is dependent on the presence of a visionary leader who is able to offer direction in achieving the business’s objectives. Leaders are known to inspire and instill a sense of dedication and zeal to their followers which are principles crucial for success. There is tendency to view leadership in the context of highly successful business enterprises in the world that has led to the misconception that leaders are great and famous people. Successful corporations in the world have relied on the genius of their leaders to succeed. Nonetheless, in response to the changing global business environment and operations, the need for individual leaders or teams has increased significantly. The external business environment has become increasingly dynamic with uncertainty and demands for change being the two major issues faced by corporations.
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The talent management is defined by the Five STAR program where managers “begin a process of cascading, aligning, and translating these imperatives into clear goals and SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) objectives that relate specifically to each of the five STAR points” (NCHL). The programs institutes and refines goals, stipulates accountability and heighten company objectives correlating with each employee’s potentials. The principles of the succession planning and talent management strategy are to review and assess key talents to foster innovation and advancement in their careers.
In dynamic, global competitive markets, successful organizations are likely to be staffed with managers capable of adapting to constantly evolving roles, and with the capacity to achieve and sustain optimal levels of performance. The global market place has currently impacted the practice of human resources management in the United States and will continue in the next ten years.
This purpose of this paper is to explore leadership and its impact on organizations. Leadership as defined by XXX is “the power or ability to lead other people”; however, how does someone develop the skills to lead others. The skills and traits a leader should possess have been studied and written about for ages and ultimately the key is that leader is not born with leadership skills the skills are fostered and honed. Due to positive and negative impacts a leaders can have on their staff and ultimately their organizations leaders have an influential impact on the moral and success of the organization and its staff. Leaders who have not developed the skills to be a leaders for their organization and staff can
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Managers should be able to lead the members of their work groups toward the accomplishment of the organization’s goals. Leading is defined as motivating and directing the members of the organization so that they contribute to the achievement of the goals of the organization. In order for leaders and managers to be effective they must understand the dynamics of individual and group behavior, to be able to motivate their employees, and be effective communicators. It is said that a good ...
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In the 1960s we saw that IBM was getting majority of its income from the System 360. This was a very good time for IBM because sales were booming and it was growing. Eventually sales begin to decline and the company nearly died because its plans and strategies did not change with the circumstance. Then Louis V. Gerstner comes in as the new CEO and turns the company around over time through his leadership. He does this by changing the company’s plans and the way the company operated because circumstances were now different. This shows that leaders play a huge role in the fate of its people and organization. In the IBM book we see Lou shares the same opinion because he says, “It’s been said that every institution is nothing but the extended shadow of one person”. This person Lou refers to is the