Question

The CEO of Fullbrix Dana Alcar (a 20-year veteran of Supply chain business frameworks) has given all powers to the running of the company to five Senior Vice-Presidents. Fullbrix is a Satellite spare parts provider that has four key clients. The company employs 200 employees and has a management team of 27. With five Senior Vice-Presidents running the company and running it well, the Board of Directors have begun an investigation on what the CEO is doing with her time. Initial investigations found that the CEO was building a broader base to support an alternative structure than the four key clients the company serves. The alternative would be 14 other companies that provide the same revenue as the present 4 companies. The 10-member Board of Directors are 50/50 split on their decision. One group wants to fire the present CEO and replace her with one of the Senior Vice Presidents and the other wants to keep things as they are.

20. Using terms discussed in class, can Dana Alcar’s leadership qualities help her to succeed in the long run?

21. Using terms discussed in class, how do you think it would be possible to convince the 5 Board Members to stop their petition to remove the CEO?

22. What can Dana Alcar do to create a convincing case to the Board of Directors to keep her on?

Answer 1

Answer 20= yes, a successful leader is one who not only deals with the current situation but also focuses on the future risks and opportunities. As Dana Alcar was looking to develop an alternative structure than the four key clients the company serves, she is having a futuristic approach to helo the organization not to depend on the limited number of clients.

Answer 21= By focusing on the advantages and the futuristic leadership of the CEO, it will be possible to convince the 5 board members. It is important to make them understand that all these activities are being carried out to ensure the long term sustainability of the organization

Answer 22= Dana must focus on the differnet positives that can be gained by implementing her strategy to focus on more alternative structure for the safety and sustainability of the firm. She can provide a presentation to the board memebrs facilitating the pptions and different advanatges of having alternative structure and the drawbacks of not having alternative structure