Leadership Power and Influence - Report Writing Assessment Answer

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Leadership Power and Influence
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TOC o 1-3 h z u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc3283813 h 3A current sustainability issue PAGEREF _Toc3283814 h 3The leader and organization PAGEREF _Toc3283815 h 3Conclusion and recommendations PAGEREF _Toc3283816 h 4References PAGEREF _Toc3283817 h 5

IntroductionThe aim of the work is to study a sustainability issue in the Volkswagen Company and the leadership power and influence of the leader. The discussion would include the sustainability issue, leaders work who is involved in the sustainability issue, Beth Kuhels arguments about power and influence and effectiveness of the power and influence behaviors on various parties.
A current sustainability issueThe sustainability issue which is identified in the work is related to Martin Winterkorn who is the former chairman of Volkswagen (Kuhel, 2017). The leader exhibited power leadership which discouraged feedback and refused to pay attention to the feedbacks and problems that are apparent from various stakeholders. The emphasis was placed on achieving targets and failure was ignored due to which the organization led to huge financial losses and performance of the company also got impacted significantly.
The leader and organizationThe leader was involved in exercising power leadership which is wrongly confused with influence leadership. Both styles are different because both differ in their objectives and purposes. Influence leadership style empowers all the people in the organization and lets the influence increase with every person who is involved in the work. The best leaders work like negotiators where some interests are satisfied and some are compromised in such a manner that both sides leave satisfied in the firm (Pierro, Raven, Amato, amp Blanger, 2013). Such leaders motivate and encourage the people to indulge in a calculated risk, overcome them, achieve the goals, accept failure and come back in the game with better knowledge and experience. Whereas power leadership exercises power over others, feedback is ignored, problems are not given much attention, employees are pushed more towards achieving target irrespective of the quality and success is not shared with them. This type of leadership has proved to be a failure in the business world. The leaders who indulge in influence leadership are more appreciated and accepted as compared to the ones who adopt power leadership style. Organizational goals are also more likely to be achieved successfully in the influence leadership style. Stakeholders also get affected by the chosen leadership style because they are the people who have an interest in the organizational functions (Lankshear, Kerr, Laschinger, amp Wong, 2013).
Conclusion and recommendationsIt can be concluded that influence leadership style is more effective as compared to the power leadership style. The former chairman of Volkswagen, Martin Winterkorn adopted power leadership and he failed in achieving the organizational objectives and adhering to the sustainability goals. Thus, influence leadership style should be adopted.

ReferencesKuhel., B. (2017). Power Vs. Influence Knowing The Difference Could Make Or Break Your Company Forbes. Retrieved from https//www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/11/02/power-vs-influence-knowing-the-difference-could-make-or-break-your-company/701c2a4a357c
Lankshear, S., Kerr, M. S., Laschinger, H. K. S., amp Wong, C. A. (2013). Professional practice leadership roles the role of organizational power and personal influence in creating a professional practice environment for nurses.Health care management review,38(4), 349-360.Pierro, A., Raven, B. H., Amato, C., amp Blanger, J. J. (2013). Bases of social power, leadership styles, and organizational commitment.International Journal of Psychology,48(6), 1122-1134.