The leadership can be defined as the highest level of
management and government that considers the performance, challenges, funding
issues and takes decisions. The leadership can be president of the project and
provides support to overcome the crisis and challenges. The level of leadership
induces influence on the expected benefits, long and short term business
considerations, and associated costs [1].
The development of Oman is remarkable and sifting from last
40 years due to certain variations in the managed and leadership styles. In the
Middle East, Oman is making progress due to cultural characteristics and
geographical development [1]. In general context,
the conceptualized leadership in Oman is scarcely reported. The conceptualized
leadership is based on the practitioners and the theorists as leadership
theories derive the bulk popular challenges [2].
The present work identifies the cultural, political, social
aspects of leadership in Sultanate of Oman and how the companies are facing
considerable challenges for the normative and interpretations of the leadership
approaches in the companies. The present analysis defines the applicability of
theories and concepts of leadership in the popular business regions of Oman.
The shape of leadership in Oman is investigated that induces emphasis on the
types and effectiveness of different approaches [1]. The leadership and
management approach in Oman are considered for different conditions such as
history, geographic life, conditions of the organization, and cultural aspects.
The impact of leadership on productivity and performance. The scope of the work
is to determine the conception of leadership in on the personal levels and in
the organization [1].
Leadership Problem and challenges of Seven leadership
mindsets theory
In Oman, the vision of leadership in the organizations is
relatively new. The market sector is facing lack of development and the
expatriates in the private sector are more inhibits for the improved
development of leadership skills related to the administrative as well as
business context [1]. The scope of
leadership is getting influenced by institutional factors, culture, and
political scope. The change in the prospects of leadership in the present and
in near future are due to different reasons such as economic pressures,
diversification in economic conditions, market-led economy conditions, reliance
over the public sector, and cultural changes [1].
In the case of political factors, the succession of the
current Sultan is not resolved still that induces impact on the constitutional
reviews. The business culture of Oman is clientelistic that enables the civil
servants through a legal parameter to undertake the business [1]. The human resources
are not addressing leadership explicitly and conflicts in the assumptions of
leadership are reducing organizational performance. The Oil and gas companies
in Oman face diversity in the economy and reduction in the social reliance [2].
The high power distance in the culture motivates the
actualization for the leadership theories. In the Omani organizations, the
limited pieces of evidence are emerging for the development and leadership
skills. The reforms in the organizations are favored for the continuous and
transformational changes [1]. The organizational
leadership is dynamic and the environmental considerations are market driven
that generates impact on the leadership. The history of Oman for the trading develops
certain models of leadership. The consultation participative is highly visible
for the local traditions. The superficial seminaries are considered for the
economic changes and the historical factors that induce new shape for the
leadership [1].
Types of leadership and management of Seven leadership
mindsets theory
The concept of leadership in Oman is quite visible in
different organizations, politics, management, military operations [1]. The autocratic
leadership in organizations allows the management and leaders to take the
complete control over the decision making process. The decisions are taken by
the management and leaders without having a consultation with others. The
autocratic leader’s possessed ultimately higher authority as well as powers to
have a decision and to impose new strategies on the employees. Such sort of
leadership is becoming more powerful when the close type of supervision is
required [3].
The moral of creative employees goes down as their views and
outputs are not getting importance. The job satisfaction of employees becomes
lower and results in staff turnover. Another type of leadership in
organizations is democratic leadership that is often known as participative
leadership [2]. In the case of
participative leadership the decision making process involves the consultancy
of employees and takes their views and ideas more seriously. The democratic
style of leadership accepts changes and employees participates in changes. The
employees play a vital role in the business development process and accept any
kind of changes by the leadership and management [4].
The participative leadership may need some non-routine
tasks, unstructured projects, and non-authoritarian relations while the control
for the subordinate is internal. In our company "Oman Electricity
transmission company (OETC)” the leadership style is democratic. The democratic
leadership takes a decision by the board of directors, supervisors, and control
management of the company [5].
The senior management team is working under the supervision
of CEO. The board consists of the chief executive officer (CEO) of OETC is Ali
Said Nasser Al Hadabi, manager of finance Ali Jawad AlLawati, Manager of Tender
Procurement and Contracts is Talal Ibrahim Al-Amri, and Manager of load
dispatch center is Younis Ahmed al-Rawahi [5]. The democratic
leadership considers the vision of all the board members and then conclude the
appropriate way to resolve the issues and challenges faced by the company [5].
Figure 1: The development programs to
improve the performance of employees [1]
Seven Leadership mindsets in Oman Electricity Transmission
Company
The seven leadership mindset theory provides different types
of leadership approaches in the organizations. The different types of
leadership induce impact on the success and failure of certain leadership
decisions. The components of seven mindsets include visions and concepts for
the employs and management to work together to achieve goals [1]. The seven mindsets
used in the Oman electricity transmission company are mentioned below,
100% accountability
Everything is possible
Live to give
The time is now
Passion is first
Attitude is gratitude
We are connected.
Our company Oman Electricity transmission company (OETC) is
making progress by using the three main components of leadership styles in the
campy. The leadership and management of Oman company are following the mindset
of everything is possible, we are connected, and 100% accountability [1].
The leadership of the company developed a vision to share
new and innovative concepts of employees and the management to implement for
the progress of the company. The management considers that nothing is
impossible in the organization. The issues and challenges are discussed with
the employees and management to find the solution and to overcome the
challenges [6]. The appropriate
solution can be implemented for the growth of the company and to reduce the
issues faced by the company. The mindset of "We are connected"
increased the firm relationship between the employees and the management. The
strong relationship between the employees at the workplace increases the
outcomes of the company [2].
The talent management in a company identifies the
multidisciplinary talent and creates a group to gain the strategic competitive
advantage for the company as well as the regional workforce. The connections of
leadership with the workplace focus on the change and the strategic planning
within Oman Electricity transmission company (OETC) [1]. The social
connections of employees in the participative leadership styles are valued over
the other considerations such as loyalty with the firm. The leadership of the
organization encourages the organizational relationship and reforms.
The transformational, as well as continuous changes, are
dynamic that induces impact on the environment of organization [1]. The collaboration
between the workers provides supports to the organization. The accountability is
a situational factor that explains the performance of all the employs. The
strategic leadership development can be determined by the accountability,
empowerment of business, and responsibility for the prospect of progression [1].
Impact of leadership on performance and productivity
The leadership of Oman Electricity transmission company
(OETC) is maintaining the prolonged focus over the culture of the company,
mission and goals, and the pursuit of the excellence [6]. The management is
working efficiently to generate the sophisticated environment where all the
employees and staff feels free to work collectively and to encourage other
employees. The social relationship of employees is stronger and staff feels
proud when they are appreciated by leadership about new vision and creativity [7].
The leaders develop strategies and encourage the staff to
work successfully for the development and to attain the goals of companies. In
the present analysis, democratic leadership encourages and promotes the
employees and workers to discuss the challenges openly, analyze the root causes
and then predict some solutions [4]. In our company, the
leaders deal with the conflicts effectively. The environment of the company is
developed in such a way that leaders encourage the workers to enjoy the work [8]. The environment of
the company is conflict-free and comfortable, each employee provides a positive
attitude with the other co-workers. The manpower and operations improve due to participative
leadership styles. The critical analysis and evaluation of strategies in the
company defy the participative and the democratic leadership [2].
The cost of operations becomes optimized due to better
performance of the company and improved decision making process. The effective leadership
provides improved performance and regular wages for the workforce. The
operational efficiency of the company increases due to improved motivation,
engagement levels, satisfaction, and reward systems [9].
Example of the impact of leadership on the performance
The business system in our company was based on the integrated
dynamic implementation of different strategies in the company. The leadership
identifies the role of each employee in developing the system work [10]. The CFO of the Oman
Electricity transmission company (OETC) have convincing personality and his
emotional intelligence succeeded him to communicate the workers. Once the
company was dealing with certain issues to reduce. The meeting was organized by
the CEO and all the major managers were going to present the proposed solutions
in front of the board [3]. I was going to
start the meeting with an initial presentation about the issues, challenges,
services. Due to heavy rain in the city, I was not able to reach in time. All
the board members were waiting for me. I reached the meeting fifteen minutes
late and board members started the meeting. The cooperative environment of
board members became an example for all the employees. Effective leadership can
generate a friendly environment in the workplace and improves working
capabilities. The environment of Oman Electricity transmission company (OETC)
acknowledge success [11].
Who will follow and how Seven leadership mindsets theory
The approaches and theories of management in the Oman
Electricity transmission company (OETC) are based on democratic leadership. The
leaders and management provide values to all the workers in the workplace and
the innovative ideas of workers to design strategic planning in the company [1]. All the workers,
management, and employees’ play a vital role with responsibility to reach
strategic goals of the company. The social criteria for promotion, recruitment,
and project management require profound management [1].
The senior manager transmits the responsibilities and
projects to the employees. The management and leadership will make decisions
about strategies and new projects and the employees will follow the
instructions of leaders [2].
In the democratic leadership, the employees follow
instructions of general managers and are responsible to work according to the
strategic plan. The performance evaluation at the workplace enables to
determine the skills and abilities of workers and how these skills can be used
for the development of the company. The effective leadership in the company is
developed on the basis of different mindsets including “Everything is
possible”, “100% accountability”, and “work collectively” [1].
Critical analysis of personal leadership capabilities
During the analysis of seven mindsets in the Oman Electricity
transmission company (OETC) I became familiar with new leadership styles. I
determined that personality traits require special development in the
organization. My communication skills are quite better but I need special
improvement in time management.
Situation: During my job in Oman Electricity transmission
company (OETC) one day the task manager was not able to reach office and to
assign our team some new projects. The team members were waiting for him for
the last two hours.
Task: Our task was to find a new project and to accomplish
all the requirements.
Action: I created a work group on skype with our task
manager and whole team members to discuss the project. The use of information
technology in the workplace reduces the time wastage and enabled us to discuss
the project with our manager.
Results: The results were obviously cost effective and our
team members completed all the work within time. A few days later, the CEO
personally appreciated our team on the completion of the task. The profit of
the company increased due to time efficient working along with efficient
productivity of our company.
Conclusion/ Recommendations of Seven leadership mindsets theory
The present analysis is based on the evaluation of the
leadership mindset and development of leadership in Oman Electricity
transmission company (OETC). The leadership development in the company is
democratic that is based on the re-evaluation of models and development of
leadership. Oman Electricity transmission company (OETC) should focus on the
personality traits and skills of the employees. The mission and vision of the
company can be modified to change the mindset of employees at the workplace. The
daily operations of the leadership should consider the implementation and
potential consideration for the flexible hours of work.
The communication strategy can be improved for the positive
participation of each worker in the workplace. The comparative analysis of
leadership in the company suggests the requirement of empirical foundations.
The legislative and the supervisory leadership is required to be developed. The
leadership development is constructive that faces challenges and immeasurable
personal developments. The company leadership must contribute to reflect
different levels of operations and working processes in the organization.
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