Question

Using a credible newspaper or business magazine, discuss an article which illustrates dysfunctional leadership and management in an organization. Use all of the course resources to diagnose the situation through the adaptive leadership lens and experiment with a plan which incorporates adaptive leadership and followership.

As you design the plan, include concepts of change Theory addressed by Dean and Wheatley. Purpose the types of interventions you would use to clam them waters of the organization and facilitate organizational change.

Answer 1

Dysfunctional leadership has been found to be the cancer that eats many organizations. a failed business is the result of poor performance and poor performance is the result of incompetent or dysfunctional leadership team.

Example

Just recently, a member of a top management team (TMT) unfavorably discussed his frustrations with the decisions and outcomes from a management meeting he attended. After the meeting was adjourned, the TMT member was expressing to his direct reports how he did not agree with what had been decided. He did not believe that the decision the management team decision had been made was going to work for their division.

The outcome of the disgruntled TMT member’s discussion rapidly spread throughout the company from employee to employee. Presently, the rumor mill is at its peak and employees are in an uproar about something that should have stayed confidential or been supported by the TMT member.

The problem – the TMT member doesn’t understand his role and obligation to being on the management team. Additionally, this TMT member acts as if he is on board with his peers. Pretty dysfunctional wouldn’t you say?

This example of dysfunctional behavior is a pattern of fracturing that breaks down trust and hampers communication within today’s organizational culture. If the TMT leader is frustrated with the strategic decision that has been made, then the other members in the organization become frustrated too.

In order for the TMT to successfully implement a strategy, they must arrive at a shared vision and be supportive as to how it will be rolled out. Why did this happen?

High-achieving individuals often struggle with time-consuming activities that team efforts commonly require. In this case, the TMT member has more loyalty to his division’s team over his TMT team. The whole TMT team has now become dysfunctional

There are following recourses to diagnose the situation.

• Use power to serve others
• Align vision with followers’ needs and aspirations
• Encourage, consider, and learn from criticism
• Stimulate followers to think
• Communicate honestly and directly in a professional manner
• Commit to do whatever must be done to achieve the best results, no matter how difficult
• Coach, develop, and support team members
• Rely on internal, moral standards and convictions
• Look in the mirror and accept responsibility