Mgt400 Group Assignment 2 - Leading

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In a company, every team leader is responsible for managing their teams and helping them

achieve the team’s goals. Leading a company as big as Nestlé truly will have its challenges
that may threaten a leader’s ability to successfully guide their team. One of the challenges
faced by the organization in leading is inspiring others. Keeping team members motivated
and engaged is an essential task for leaders. This is because inspired and motivated team
members will lead to increased productivity and even allow the organization to achieve
greater levels of output in the company (R, 2022). However, it is hard to motivate people
even if there is a clear vision of the things that need to be done since getting employees to be
on board can be challenging. A lack of employee motivation and engagement leads to lower
productivity and inefficiency in overcoming challenges that come their way while working
(Leonard, 2019).

Besides that, managing responsibilities is also one of the challenges of leading an


organization. Leaders who are in charge of managing all of their team members often
overlook their work projects and tasks. All of the leaders’ responsibilities can become
overwhelming and put a lot of pressure on them, especially with the strict requirements and
deadlines. Having this much responsibility may even cause leaders to lose their confidence in
their team’s abilities. They take on so many tasks themselves that their teams do not even
know how to do their work independently. Having too much on their plate can cause them not
to take their responsibilities and instead wait for someone else to take the initiative to get
things moving (Wilding, 2022). This affects the organization since it can cause project delays,
abated employee self-esteem, and even inconsistent quality of work.

Lastly, handling different perspectives can be very challenging, especially for managers in an
organization. The emergence of the global pandemic in 2020 made the importance of a
leader’s ability to guide through changes, unpredictability, and disruptions very clear. It
shows that one certain thing is that increasing complexity cannot ever be avoided and it can
come from the workplace itself. Conflicts between team members or between yourself and an
employee are also important for leaders to manage and solve before it disrupts the team. The
challenge for leaders is to create a space for their employees to share ideas and ensure that
contradictory ideas are being conveyed in a discussion that allows for the development and
shared understanding (Wooll, 2022). This is because when a leader identifies strongly and is
highly dedicated to their team, considering others’ perspectives can negatively affect those
who are not in the fold.
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