WGU C200 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADING PEOPLE TASK 1 2025

This article offers resources to make the assessment on a leader being a good fit with the organization. Developing leadership is one of the leading tasks for human resources as it is viewed as an important part of business growth. Given the broad number of variables that could be used to measure leadership effectiveness, the article mentions the traits to look for, develop and exploit for business gain. A few of the talents include but are not limited to intelligence, values, drive, emotions and learning. The article references the research work of Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood saying that a leader's job is to fix the problems or issues that internal and external stakeholders have. The successful leader will then be able to learn from employees and customers then apply the lessons learned in the various situations, all based on their experience. Culture also plays an influential role in the assessment of the leader with the company. If it is a match, the leadership values will synchronize with the business goals and strategies.

An executive team can use this information by finding value in the traits suggested that all effective leaders