In this turbulent financial era, the quality of the company's leadership is very important. Leaders play an important role in determining the fate of the company. They are like the captain is driving a ship in the storm. In Monsanto, Hugh Grant is the captain. He succeeded in transforming a controversial company into one of the most respected agricultural biotechnology companies in the world. This semester paper is trying to split his leadership style into two to understand the reason behind Monsanto's success.
What is the difference from operating an open source company? First of all, it requires fundamentally different leadership styles. In traditional companies, the role of the leader is to provide a vision and make people responsible for their implementation. To keep pursuing innovation in open source companies, leaders need to prioritize the creation of culture and regulate various actions so that the community can support the formation and execution of the vision.
As leaders pass through their company, their roles are gradually becoming "organizational architect" by Michael Watkins, the author of "the first 90 days". The core responsibility is shifting from enforcement to organization through the layout of "strategic direction, structure, core process and skill base". Trust ... encourage members to learn computational risks while exploring new ideas and methods, and to learn and learn from unavoidable mistakes. There are also reasons why members want to ensure the risks and vulnerabilities of sharing their ideas. Creative Conflict When people think that their talent is recognized and used by the group, they will voluntarily present their thoughts and suggestions.
Leader's role: As a leader, team members' roles and responsibilities are not clear, so they will play a leading role at this stage. We encourage individual interviews with all team members to understand personal goals and interest in the project. This is important for further development of the leader. Arashi is an integral part of the team's experience. If there is a contradiction between the team members' natural work, it usually begins. Everyone has their own way of working and the success of the team depends on good communication and willingness to compromise. However, when unexpected problems occur with various work methods, you may feel dissatisfied. Leaders feel this negative trend within the team and effectively manage conflict