Leadership Challenges and Effectiveness of Business Organizations

Abstract

This paper investigates the current leadership challenges and so how would this mold the effectiveness of business organizations in Philippine settings. The data were collected via google forms through a well-designed set of questions tailored fit for Filipino within upper management level up to executives. The questions are focused on key areas of consideration namely: Mission alignment, teaching leadership, building relationship, People diversity, Team communication, Negotiate conflict Guide ritual, Team risk and Leadership Effectivity. After the data were collected and given its descriptive analysis each area of concern where one-by-one discussed. As to the result leaders always consider the differences of people under him or her, followed by building relationships and rapport as to the second spot, and so on. As to the glimpse of the survey and interview results, Since the Philippines is composed of islands, so Filipinos do have different cultures and beliefs that’s why our leaders pointed out in both survey and interview that they prioritized making a comfortable workspace for everyone even in the event of everyone’s differences. Thus, building relationships is needed for a harmonious workspace. One thing is for sure leaders create/choose paths to share a lesson, it will open a learning opportunity and as the respondent said “Challenges, changes somebody’s perception over things”. Generally, the leadership style of one leader/manager is not automatically will fit into a different organization.

Keywords: Culture, Executives, Perception, Rapport

JEL Classification: D20