Discussion 2

Discussion 2
Would you describe yourself as a task-oriented leader or a relationship-oriented leader? This
week, you read about the style and skills approaches to leadership. Consider the styles and skills
addressed in this week’s media, Effective Leadership Styles and Find Your Personal
Communication Style. Are communication and social interaction skills necessary for every
leader? Will a particular style work best in certain situations?
Imagine that you work for a large, UK-based pharmaceutical corporation and you have just been
assigned to lead a team in a new branch office that is located in Lagos, Nigeria.
As the leader, you have to decide
• whom to hire
• how to achieve the first-year goals that have been given to you, and
• how to create a timeline for key milestones.
With these thoughts in mind, for this week’s second discussion, post a 1,500-word response to
the following question
• How will the concepts addressed in this week’s textbook reading as well as in the articles
‘Developing Advanced Decision-Making Skills in International Leaders and Managers’
and ‘From Experience to Experiential Learning: Cultural Intelligence as a Learning
Capability for Global Leader Development’ help you succeed in this new assignment?