Development Plan

Leadership Development Plan

Darlene LaBarre

Cappella On-Line

113 LaBarre Rd, Chehalis WA 98532

360-291-3006

darlenelabarre@gmail.com

Michael McGivern

INTRODUCTION

The traditional leadership styles are continuously changing with the adoption of globalization. This is because convergence is all over whereby the competitors are the customers, suppliers and the industry in general. This means that new development strategies are required to be able to cope in the dynamic world as well as in the future. This report will discuss some of the leadership concerns for the manufacturing industry along with the complexity to stay viable on the basis of the global trends.

The report will also discuss emerging theories that are applicable in the global changing world of manufacturing along with a development plan to show suggested improvements to leadership development needs and the responsibilities that the leaders have towards coping with competition in the workplace, complexity, as well as diversity in the industry. The report will further provide a personal plan on development of proper leadership skills. Under this, it will outline some of the personal development goals. This will be followed by a summary of the relevant steps to be taken to accomplish the goals. An evaluation on how to check for progress in each step will be established. The report will end with a summary regarding how the plan will facilitate personal growth as a leader as well as the growth of others. But the manufacturing sector has changed bringing both opportunities and challenges—and neither business leaders nor policy makers can rely on old responses in the new manufacturing environment.

Today’s leaders within the manufacturing industry have been tasked with the role to understand change in the global market as well as become educated and equipped with the tools to handle the changes developing within the global market. With increased globalization being interjected in various countries there is...