Development
Karthik Sheelam
Table of Contents
Executive Summary:..........................................................3
Introduction:..................................................................... 3
Analyzing the role of CEO:.................................................4
Skills:.....................................................................................4
Knowledge:............................................................................5
Attributes:.............................................................................6
Other Requirements:..............................................................7
Conclusion......................................................................14
Referencing :..................................................................16
Executive Summary:
This Report intends to identify a few main key attributes that should be
there in a person who has to be called as a Leader. We would identify and
describe the role of the CEO for Org EF. We would look at the three
shortlisted candidates and see who would be the appropriate leader
according to the current situation of the company. Initially we would
recognize what are the skills attributes and knowledge need for a person
to be a leader for Org EF later we would try to identify these skills in
anyone of the 3 candidates and choose them as the next CEO.
Looking at the situation of the organization we can say that we will require
an authentic leader who has a strong vision and who leads his followers
towards them. Once we find a suitable candidate we would try
recommending the most appropriate and suitable training and
development plan as no one can fit exactly into the current situation so to
make him or her perfect for the CEO position we would train them to
improve their leadership skills to become the perfect leader for Org EF.
Introduction:
OrgEF is a family owned engineering company in county Kilkenny, in
Irelands midland established in 1960 by Doyle family. This company
initially engaged with ancillary equipment in agriculture-based business
and maintained tractor during 1960s and thereafter moved into other
business, which is manufacturing hydraulic pipeline started in 2000. And
by the time of 2005 it was found its market in different countries (in EU
and North American countries) and increased 70% of its revenue of 150
million with employed 200. Due to lack of marketing skills and poor
management it had to face lots trouble to make profits and it was
continually failed to achieve the effective performance hence, there was
many disturbances from Banks who offered loans and other its investors.
Now company is seeking to reconstruct its business process to get
efficient performance and drive towards success. As part of this study we
have to identify the flaws within the organization, managerial and
leadership requirements for the CEO position and evaluating the
candidates for the CEO (chief executive officer) role. Significantly,
Skills:
According to Katz model we can see that there are 3 skills, which have to
be present in a person working in an organization. These three skills vary
accordingly to the position of the people in the organization. The main
skills required for a CEO would be Human Skills and Conceptual skills. The
three skills mentioned by Katz are Technical skills, Human Skills and
Conceptual Skills.
Nowadays,
Knowledge:
According the case study this company is expecting several qualities for
new CEO position. Technical knowledge is essential for this organization as
this is Pipeline
Company and the candidate should have some technical knowledge so
that he can examine and involve what is happening in the company.
According to the Mintzberg shows that a good leader must need have a
relevant experience on particular sector to monitor and control in the
organization. As this company been involved in manufacturing sector, CEO
has to be expert in engineering which helps to create new creation in the
company at the same time good knowledge on manufacturing and
marketing strategies always keep a eye on markets and competitors
identifying the market need. And ability to do the job of the commander in
chief, genuine, trustworthy is the essential elements for this role.
Candidate should be a leader rather than micro manager. For this position
he/she must have capacity to influence the subordinates and employees
within the organization and have a clear vision for future to avoid the
Attributes:
There are various attributes, which are required by a leader, and Kelly
Radford and Lily mention few of these most important attributes.
So the most key attributes are the Universal Key attributes such as
trustworthy, honest, encouraging, positive, dynamic, motivational,
dependable, intelligent and decisive. When we look at the current situation
of Org EF we can see that it is running in losses hence we need a
candidate who is optimistic or positive. He can motivate the people to
achieve organizational goals. As the company has taken out many
redundant employees the motivation level of employees is low and
fearful. Hence we need a dependable trustworthy, dynamic kind of a
person whom people call trust and depend. Hence before selecting any
candidate we have to keep in mind these Attributes.
Other Requirements:
Mental traits
To drive OrgEF towards success CEO has to be extrovert must be opening
minded and honest towards his job so that he can easily achieves
company goals and effective performance as this company involves in
negotiation with clients candidate must be a good communicator, and this
company also has different markets so he has to be flexible and ready
handle the risk under worst scenario. And also he must have self confident
and have high level of energy to deal with different range of risk and
assurance, motivating lower level of employees within organization and
make them work on their own)(Campbell, 2013)
Personality traits
Selecting the right person to the company for CEO position that person
has to be clear about companys long-term vision and ability to influence
the employees. Creating friendly environment in organization make sure
that everyone in the company has to follow him in every prospect of the
company. Providing an opportunity to employees to meet CEO discussing
and solving about issues in the company.) (Campbell ,2013)
Leadership
Bennis and Nanus (1985) stated the differences between leaders and
managers very clearly Managers are people who do things right and
leaders are people who do the right thing As this company dealing with
different countries with culture of people so, in my opinion global
experienced leader would be the best choice for this company
According to Kelly-Radford Anyone who works simultaneously across the
borders of distance, countries and cultures. Managing globally is defined
as complexity across these three dimensions(Kelly-Radford )
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The leadership would be done by balanced way, and she also extrovert
sensing thinker perceiving so she will be concentrated on particular
achievements and moreover she is her learning style is Pragmatism,
according to KOIBs model she has think and do profile which is best
quality for the company to drive towards success, Preferred activities
using Coveys idea she is pathfinder and it helps to find and analyze the
market for OrgEF. As per LBDQ and michigan style she is take oriented and
initiator and making a good relationship between employees in the
organization to achieve the goals. And she is quick decision maker and
finally by analyzing the Lenas profile she is very good at decision-making
and analyzing the situation which are prefect qualities that we are looking
for the OrgEF Company.
Whereas other profiles have different qualities and activities, which does
not match and fit with Org EF Company. Joanne, she seems to have poor
managerial skill to supervise from the evidence of Covey analysis so she
wont be able to understand the risk and the whole profile doesnt match
with companys profile and it needs, she has good skills work with team
and ability to create positive culture and she is very good at managing
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and
organizational
ability
to
assess
the
impact
and
and
quality
of
the
decision
making
process
in
an
organisation.
Lena personality was ESTP type which means that she prefers parent
state. Lena was not good in controlling her stress and has low selfactualisation a poor and in accurate self-image and lacked in selfconfidence in certain situations and was often felt to be disconnected from
her emotions especially strong core emotions such as anger, sadness,
fear and joy. And also gain different professional experiences from
different levels. In this case from the above model she has to understand
the learning process for the company for five years starting with thinking
step to doing and watching.
decision-making capacity
Leadership skills, social person.
Extrovert, candid and tolerant.
People orient ability to influence the people
Motivating employees to work individually to get more efficient
performance.
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At different level of experience she has to show the change from the
current existing process. During the active stage she has to implement
and new strategies at the same time keeping current strategy in mind.
And analyze the group work and develop the current strategies. And the
next step concrete, it will be helpful to analyzing the employees and
managing them by maintain good communication, recognizing the new
market and implementing the new strategies and planning, provides
opportunity to collaborate with others, establishing the new goal to get
effective performance.
Conclusion
As it is mentioned Lena is one of the most intelligent young managers. She
has also very good working experience in relevant fields and good family
support which makes her as one of the best candidate for the position of
CEO in OrgEF Company. She enjoyed many of trapping success and had a
good husband and child which help her to concentrate her on the work in
a proper and systematic way.
Lena needs to work in some important field which are stress tolerance,
impulse control, reality testing, flexibility and happiness between these
five years in order to be a to be more accurate, flexible and effective CEO
in the future of OrgEF engineering company. She should be more
responsible towards the society and organization. She should also
concentrate on being more assertive and should avoid the feeling of under
achievement.
My selected candidates have each and every required traits and skills to
be the CEO of OrgEF engineering business as she has also experience in
working with Accenture IT Company as a consultant. Her Intelligent
Quotient was also very good as well as she belongs from positive family
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Referencing:
Bennis, W. (2009). On Becoming A Leader. Philadelphia: Perseus Books.
Anand, K., Prasad, L., Sinha, D.K., Prakhya, S., 2013. Exploring the
Relationship
between
Top
Managements
Peripheral
Vision,
Their
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