LEADER PROFILE

Leader Profile

Leader Profile

Introduction

Daniel Goleman identified five traits of good leadership in connection with his theory of emotional intelligence. This model of leadership styles is all-encompassing and is noted for its simplicity. According to Goleman, an effective leader must have two classes of qualities: 1. Self management skills that include self-awareness, self-regulation and motivation, and 2. the ability to relate to others, that includes empathy and social skills. Goleman's theory was further expanded by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey (Beeham & Cooper, 2008). Both classes of qualities are indispensable for modern leadership (Apps 2004).

This paper presents the leadership profile of Henrik Fisher, CEO of Fisker Coachbuild LLC. The paper also examines the leadership traits and practices of Fisher in embedding and transmiting culture within the organization, by addressing each of the primary embedding mechanisms used by this leader.

Analysis

A leader must present his views on organizational culture in a lucid and clear language. The central theme of leadership stems from practicing traits and qualities that set the direction for an organization. Management authors emphasize that the leader must accept the prevalent culture in the organization and align it with the company's mission and vision. He should pinpoint adaptability to and acceptance of the organizational culture as the only key to success.

Profile: Henrik Fisher

Henrik Fisker is the CEO of the new luxury car company Fisker Coachbuild, LLC. After a successful career designing cars for major car manufacturers, he chose to start his own company, with a focus on designing and producing exclusive, high-end sports cars.

Fisker was Director of Ford's Global Design Studio in Irvine, California . He also served as Director of Design for the Aston Martin division at Ford Motors Company and, from September 2001 to August 2003, as Creative Director of Ingeni Design Company. Ingeni is a design studio in London that designs the merchandizing products for Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Volvo, Mazda, Lincoln, and Mercury. In the first six months, Fisker took Ingeni from a start-up business to millions in revenue, working with employees from 15 different cultures. Role model for Fisker early in his career was Dr. Reitzle, the Development Chief of BMW, who made big decisions for the direction of the company in a very firm manner. There was a wave of optimism transmitted down throughout the company.” He saw that being decisive was a trait that was admired and ...