Business and Marketing: Leadership Assessment

Leadership Assessment
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LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT
Every senior executive officer ought to have good and competent leadership skills to ensure smooth running of the company. Most senior officers have been successful in their companies and organization through their conduct and tactics of addressing situation in the line of duty. The measure that each executive officer takes determines the level of success for their businesses as well as the efficiency lost or earned. Some leaders have been termed successful in their application effective leadership styles, which has made their efforts worthwhile (Ferguson, 2004). For instance, Ivan Seidenberg, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Verizon, put a great impact on numerous people who worked with him in the company. Moreover, he has made a tremendous record as a Chief Executive Officer in the company and was credited for great achievement during his time in leadership.
Currently, Ivan Seidenberg bears a net worth of fifty five million dollars, as an American businessperson. He earned this net worth in his service as a former CEO and Chairman of Verizon communication. Moreover, Seidenberg made a good name for himself while at the company which enhanced his relationship with the employees and other managers. His strategies of running business were unique as there was no comparison possible between him and other senior officers in the former companies that most of us had worked for. Seidenberg is an individual with a very strong and influential personality, knows that perfectly, and utilizes it in his favor. He is became a threat to other investors and businesspersons because of his charm to politicians as well as the union workers (Stevens, 2008). The business associates considered him a risk-taker because he launched business drives and deals that were daring to investments. For instance, numerous companies were gun-shy due to the telecom crash, and so Seidenberg decided to l...