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Reflecting on the opening exercise at the beginning of Chapter 4 of the of Obolensky text and other readings, why do you think the shift in leadership is occurring and do you think this is indicative of what is happening in your organization. List three reasons that support or refute this position. I think that leadership is changing to a leadership oriented style instead of the managerial aspect. The change in the way the leadership is looking at the organization as a whole. The change in the dynamics of the decision making process in today’s organization is indicative of the high performance teams and the employees the companies are hiring. The generation Y employees tend to enjoy the results now and the self-gratification of their work. The solutions provided by the employees seem to come from the bottom and middle management predominately. This comes from free thinking employees whose ideas are becoming more vocal. I would like to say that this style of leadership would be great in my organization but the reality of the leadership is not indicative of what is actually is occurring in the organization. Some of the reasons this is not occurring inside my organization is one the change in the leadership structure has not changed in the flattening of the chain of command. The leadership in the organization has actually increased the layers of beaurcracy have been increased. The second reason that my organization has not made great strides in the solutions is the upper management has become disengaged in ideas from below the senior middle management level. The third reason is the issue with the line employee’s level of communication and cooperation with the upper management’s directives. The line employees have learned that senior management employees have almost made demands in the communication of their desired results. The line employees have learned to manipulate the way these communication goals and strategies are conducted. If so, how would leadership dynamics have to be altered to accommodate and promote these types of changes? What are the implications on strategy? In order to smooth out the communication issues and to allow all solutions to be considered the administration along with the line employees the upper management should regain the trust of the line employees. The line employees should have an open communication and an understanding of what each desires and how they both can operate in an equal solution process. The implications of this strategy is if the upper management and line employees come together then the chance for motivated and dedicated employees to excel in providing the solution that will work for all parties.