Leadership change and influence: case study analysis with key concepts

Jonah Creighton

Jonah

If recruit trust was so important for the CHAMP program, why was the company including Dan and Jonah were scheming internally?

A major reason that everything about the CHAMP program was not made crystal clear was because the company's policies were changing. Despite being the leaders of the program, neither Dan nor Jonah have much control over the policies.

According to Dan, keeping information from the recruits would prevent them from being misled, however it should have been done in order to make the whole procedure very clear.

If the recruits were given jobs and were being placed according to their performance in the program, they should have been told that the business units will look at their performance.

For the recruits, their performance and their work ethics are the only things that can take them forward, if at any point they find out that the credibility assured to them is not even there, the CHAMP program could suffer.

Another scheme that was present was against minorities which is quite apparent from the whole scenario when Martin wasn't given the position that he earned.

Out of the whole company, Jonah and Bill were the only people who wanted to fix this issue and have a say in how the minorities are treated.

The CHAMP program and the company could have put in a difficult position, if this scheming became public. Not only would the CHAMP program suffer, any person willing to join the company would look at it with skepticism first. The internal scheming and the unfairness would harm the company in the long run if it was revealed publicly.

Question 2

Why did Jonah's and Dan's relationship get affected by the minority issue even though they had good cooperation?

Even though both the persons had a good relationship, it is quite interesting to note how their relationship got hampered by the Martin Banks issue.

It is seen that when the issue about Martin Banks came up initially, Dan was reluctant in the recognizing that as an issue in the first place. Even though they had a good organizational behavior amongst each other, Dan always had wanted to have the supremacy of action amongst the two.

Even though many felt that not many people could speak in the presence of Dan, Jonah never felt this hurdle in their relationship. Jonah was open in talking to Dan about the issue, but it is apparent that Dan felt distant when Jonah started taking the Martin Banks issue more seriously

When Dan stated he will look for a right place to get Martin in the right place, he didn't quite mean the position that he earned.

Jonah took those statements as thinking that Dan was just as in favor of the equality as much as Jonah was.

For Dan, his main motive was excelling in his appointed duty and he was not much bothered about the racial minority as Jonah was. It was noted that Dan even took off the points from Jonah's month review and said that he wasn't doing his job properly

It is possible that Jonah went onto arrange meetings with Gordon and Bill in which Dan wasn't included. Jonah did not include him because he also felt that Dan did not want to be included. It is noted that Dan felt as if Jonah wasn't respecting the hierarchical position Dan was at. For him, the success of CHAMP mattered

A major reason why their relationship ended was because Dan knew if the racial discrimination issue would be looked into in more detail, CHAMP would be affected in the long run.

Lessons learnt

A major lesson to be learnt in this entire scenario is to see how a company goes on to treat people. It is important to keep the people happy when they are working with you. Everyone working needs to know that they are being awarded what they earn.

Before going on to succeed in your own area, one should look around the morals and objectives of the people and the company you are working with.

Jonah had interests to succeed however his morals and his conscience would not let him continue in this order

It is important to put your ideals above the general materialistic norms that are present in the general majority. Jonah was doing well in his job and was succeeding at an exponential rate. However, his conscience did not let him continue in the current environment of the company.