Reading Resources
Week 7 Learning Activities
In responding to the
learning activities, please be sure to use the
course material using in-text citations and a reference list to cite the
source(s) used.
Leading Change
The Agile Leader: AdaptabilityThe Leadership RoleLeading Change: Why Transformation Efforts FailOrganizational Change: What Effective Leaders DoManaging Employee Engagement During Times of Change
Leading Cultural and Generation Diversity
Diversity and how it Improves LeadershipLeading Four Generations
Leading and accumulator of knowledge
Why Knowledge Management Is Important to The Success Of Your CompanyImportance of Knowledge to a Growing Business
Leading Innovation
How to be an Innovative LeaderClosing the Innovation Gap
Leading Sustainability
Business Takes the Lead in SustainabilityWhy Making Your Business More Sustainable Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive Or Hard5 Lessons from The Companies Making Sustainability More Profitable Than Ever
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WEEK SEVEN: The Five Leadership Challenges
Learning Activity #1
Maria Artos, a 25-year-old female graduate of Harvard Business School, has just been
appointed to the job of Director of IT in a medium size business. Her immediate junior in
the business, Anthony Jones, is a 53-year-old long term employee of the business. He
was passed over for the job that Maria Artos now holds.
First, identify all the leadership challenge issues that might be suggested by this
fact pattern.
As can be imagined, both Artos and Jones could feel uncomfortable since Artos
was told that Anthony Jones also applied for the position and Anthony could be
resentful for being passed over. Students will create the opening
interview/meeting between Artos and Jones on her first day on the job. Use this
week’s course material to create the exchange between Artos and Jones.
In creating the exchange between Jones and Artos, have Artos deal with all the
identified issues using her “leadership relationship building skills”. Note: In
responding, consider that the situation is one in which the skills from week five
should be employed along with addressing the topic of diversity.
Learning Activity #2
Top executives and board members of a large international bank in New York are
meeting to consider three finalists for a new position. The winning candidate will be in a
high- profile job, in charge of a group of top loan officers who recently led the bank into
some risky financial arrangements in the Middle East. Recently, when the value of the
dollar fell, the bank took a financial hit because of risky loans made in the company’s
Yemen office.
The board voted to hire someone to directly oversee this group of loan officers and to
make sure the necessary due diligence is done on major loans before further
commitments are made. Although the bank prefers that decisions are made as close to
the action level as possible, they believe the loan officers have gotten out of hand and
need to be reined in. The average age of the all-male group is 39.
The effectiveness of the person in this new lead position is considered to be of utmost
importance for the bank’s future. They are also aware that certain cultural differences
have made the problem even harder to solve. The bank needs a candidate who will
know how to work with the Yemen employees and at the same time has some
knowledge of the customs and language of the country. After carefully reviewing
résumés, the board selected six candidates for the first round of interviews, after which
the list of finalists was narrowed to two. Both candidates seem to have the intellect and
experience to handle the job. One candidate is female and the other male. The male
candidate is 34 while the female is 36. Both candidates are attractive and single.
Before the second-round interview, the Board decided to ask you to devise a set of
questions that will help elicit information as to how familiar the candidates are with
handling the cultural diversity issues the job will present. In addition to the using the
course reading for the week you may want to research some of the cultural bias issues
unique to the Yemen culture. (Hint: consider women in the Arab workplace)
Learning Activity #3
How do the five challenges facing the 21st leader affect the bottom line of the business
if leadership is missing? Define and discuss each one specifically. Use the course
readings to support the reasoning.
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