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Understanding the unique challenges facing leaders today
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Learning Activity 1 Theme One: Understanding the unique
challenges facing leaders today, and the skills needed to meet
them, will help you as a leader to act decisively and proactively.
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.
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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
The executives of GDD are meeting to consider three finalists for a
new position: Division Head of the Middle East. The winning
candidate will be in a high- profile job. Although GDD usually
lets Division Heads choose their management staff, a unique
opportunity allowed GDD to acquire a small local company with