What Do People Do When They Are Leading Choose one (1) of the following CEOs for this assignment: Lloyd Blankfein (Goldman Sachs Group), Tim Cook (Apple), Charles Robbins (Cisco), Lowell McAdam (Verizon), Mark Parker (Nike), or C. Douglas McMillon (Wal-Mart).
Use the Internet to investigate the leadership style and effectiveness of the selected CEO.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO.
What Do People Do When They Are Leading and Philosophy
Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture.
Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values.
Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization.
Determine the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses.
Select the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Support your reasoning.
Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics.
Support your research with at least four (4) quality academic resources: (2) scholarly journal articles, and/or peer-reviews, and (2) textbooks (one can be from the course), from SGSC Library