Communication and Leadership Essay – 3 Pages

Often employees must work in various teams on a multitude of projects or
initiatives. In order to work successfully, employees must actively listen to
other team members to solve what are often unstructured problems with integrity.
In this Assignment you will test your active listening skills and your ability
to analyze and synthesize information, and recommend a course of action. All of
these skills are critical in today’s workplace and are prized by employers.

1. Read the background information.

The Company: PROScout Marketing

PROScout Marketing Mission Statement: We scout talent for tomorrow’s work.
We are a focused team of professionals committed to finding the best qualified
candidates for our clients. Job candidates are screened for the highest ethics,
talent, skills, and abilities. We stand behind our efforts and candidates at the
time of hire or we will not charge our clients a fee if the candidates are not
acceptable.

2. Read the attached transcript carefully in regards to a phone message regarding an employee
problem.

After you have read the transcript to the message the first time, read the checklist items
below, and then listen again to the message taking detailed notes in response to
those items. Begin writing only after you are sure you can respond well to each
item.

3. Then respond to the following Checklist items:

• Explain the problem or problems.
• As the boss, what questions might you ask this employee to clarify
  your understanding? As the employee what questions might you ask your
  team to clarify your understanding?
• Analyze what might be the best leadership approach (from the options in the attachment “Leadership Approaches”) for the boss in this situation based on the mission statement and
  explain why.
• Based on your knowledge of conflict resolution from the chapter Reading, how
  might you resolve or respond to the problem(s)* as the
  employee?
  Problem-solving steps:*
  
  1. Define the problem or problems.
  2. What do you need to accomplish? What are the end goals?
  3. How important is each goal? What is the most important, second most
     important etc.
  4. Brainstorm alternatives
  5. Evaluate alternatives-Which is the best choice given the importance of the
     end goal(s)?
  6. Select the best solution, or a way forward.
• What if the employee does not hear back from her boss in time, what communication
  process** particular to this scenario would you advise her to
  use to communicate effectively regarding the problem(s) to all concerned and
  why? Explain each communication process step (specific to the scenario) to
  be used regarding resolution of this problem(s).

Steps in the communication process (Robbins & Judge, 2015):**

Reference

Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2015). Organizational behavior
(16th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Provide a 3 page response to the checklist items above (also include an
additional title and references page) using correct grammar, spelling, and APA
format and citation style.