leadership
Case Study
Terry Tesco’s Long Shelf Life
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Question # 2
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Question # 3
The first weakness he mentioned was his “Irish Temper”. Explain and justify whether Terry Leahy has a bad temper or not.
Answer:
Terry Leahy doesn’t have a bad temper but he was demanding and ambitious that made him aggressive because according to him he had to deal with five, ten or thousand individuals who want to do something else. However, underneath Leahy was charming and warmhearted with good liverpudlian sense of humor. He had had an aggressive management style but this was ignored by his supervisors as according to one of his deputy chairman who supported his appointment says that:
“An CEO has to have a spiky side to him. You can’t be nice to everybody all the time.”
Question # 4
Is Terry Leahy really modest? How do you remain modest in spite of the success and the accolades? Does this man have no ego?
Answer:
Terry Leahy was a humble and modest person. His brothers left school at the age of 16. He admired his parents as they really work hard for him so that he could do his A-levels. Leahy has seen hard times in his life. According to him:
“It’s undoubtedly the case that if you have nothing behind you or if you’ve seen hard times it develops in some people anyway, an insecurity and the basic motivation to put the past behind you.”
Question # 5:
What type of self concept does Terry Leahy have and how does it affect the business success? Does Terry Leahy Posses a Theory X and Theory Y attitudes?
Answer:
Terry Leahy posses a Theory Y Attitude. As he believes that people want four things from their work: a job that is interesting, a chance to get on in life, to be treated with respect and a boss who is some help and not their biggest problem. If that’s all you do each day, try to give them those things, and then they will follow you anywhere. This strategy helps the Leahy and in his lead the Tesco stretched its
Terry Tesco’s Long Shelf Life
Question # 1
Answer:
Question # 2
Answer:
Question # 3
The first weakness he mentioned was his “Irish Temper”. Explain and justify whether Terry Leahy has a bad temper or not.
Answer:
Terry Leahy doesn’t have a bad temper but he was demanding and ambitious that made him aggressive because according to him he had to deal with five, ten or thousand individuals who want to do something else. However, underneath Leahy was charming and warmhearted with good liverpudlian sense of humor. He had had an aggressive management style but this was ignored by his supervisors as according to one of his deputy chairman who supported his appointment says that:
“An CEO has to have a spiky side to him. You can’t be nice to everybody all the time.”
Question # 4
Is Terry Leahy really modest? How do you remain modest in spite of the success and the accolades? Does this man have no ego?
Answer:
Terry Leahy was a humble and modest person. His brothers left school at the age of 16. He admired his parents as they really work hard for him so that he could do his A-levels. Leahy has seen hard times in his life. According to him:
“It’s undoubtedly the case that if you have nothing behind you or if you’ve seen hard times it develops in some people anyway, an insecurity and the basic motivation to put the past behind you.”
Question # 5:
What type of self concept does Terry Leahy have and how does it affect the business success? Does Terry Leahy Posses a Theory X and Theory Y attitudes?
Answer:
Terry Leahy posses a Theory Y Attitude. As he believes that people want four things from their work: a job that is interesting, a chance to get on in life, to be treated with respect and a boss who is some help and not their biggest problem. If that’s all you do each day, try to give them those things, and then they will follow you anywhere. This strategy helps the Leahy and in his lead the Tesco stretched its