What Are The Five Practices Of Exemplary Leadership?

This weeks case incident had many different issues that management had with the changes that are happening in the company. One issue that was present is that the general manager of the plastics division is retiring and has named a new one. This new manager has some people worried that he might change things from the way they were to something not beneficial for the company. The manager’s name is Wallace Thomas. Rusty (who is the general manager of the plastic divisions 2 factories) thinks that the new GM is going to change the way rusty run’s his factories. When rusty was under Ed sullivans management(the GM who retired), he let rusty run the factories however he wanted it. Ed believed that Rusty was a great manager and produced products on

Rusty should go by one of the five practices of exemplary leadership. These five practices are as follows : Model the way, Inspire a shared vision, Challenge the process, Enable others to act, Encourage the heart (Goode). The first practice “Model the way” describes leaders as clarifying their values and setting an example (Goode). If rusty showed them a way that clarifies his values in an example than he can be an exemplary leader. The second practice “Inspire a shared Vision” states that leaders who follow this practice get other managers to have the same mind set about running their business and make it run good (Goode). If Rusty gets other managers and gets their input on how they run their division then he and the other managers can have the same mind set and become more effective leaders. “Challenge the Process” means that leaders take risks and try different ways of managing their company (Goode). Rusty should try a different way of managing in which he has more trust in his employees and let them do their job how they want to. “Enable others to act” means that leaders can make other people fight for the cause by making people stronger and follow their leadership (Goode). If Rusty makes his employees feel strong about their position at work then they can have more trust in him and follow his leadership. Finally “ Encourage the Heart” means that Giving credit when it 's due and people know that they are valued (Goode). If the employees know that their work is valued and reminding them of that, then the company will be successful. I believe that if management in the Plastic’s company follows these practices, then the company will go in a great