With examples, analyze Carver’s and Mia Foster’s EQ as they handled issues in their organization.
Carver comes out as a strict leader. He believes that his ideas are the best as compared with the others. Carver is intelligent and has terrific ideas about what he does. Carver is the hardest working official in Nuf Fun. His hard work makes him lead the company towards greatness. His ideas make the company develop products that are marketable and enjoyable to customers. This makes the company’s sales go up with a remarkable rate. This makes the company one of the best selling companies in the field of skates. Carver’s emotional quotient is low. This is so because he shows little consideration of the other employees. Mia Foster handles issues in her organization with many emotions. She uses her emotions to be a good judge of character. Through her emotions, she judges Chen and concludes that working with the Chinese is not going to be easy.
With examples analyze what you think is Carver’s personality in terms of his FIRO-B, locus of control, tolerance for ambiguity and cognitive style.
Carver’s FIRO-B (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation) is low. This is because he rarely engages himself and the other employees while making decisions about the company with other employees such as Belmer and Falkan. These two employees approach Carver with ideas but instead of helping them these ideas, he tricks them, improves the ideas and make them his own. This shows just how much Carver does not like working with people. His relationship with Jim Wooden is not strong as we see them disagree in many things. His locust for control is high. He believes he can work alone and finish the requirements of the whole department. His tolerance to ambiguity is unusually low. He depicts this when he talks with Vic. He tells Vic not to doubt him. Carver is a good thinker. His cognitive skills are high.
Mia foster loves working with other people, as she believes this will positively impart the company. Her FIRO-B is high. Her locus of control is high as she believes she can make the company succeed. In terms of ambiguity, her tolerance is high as she does not doubt her capabilities. Foster has terrific thinking abilities. She depicts this after her meeting with Chen, where she ponders what to do to make business and partnership with the Chinese successful.
Compare Carver’s and Mia Foster’s bases of leadership and sources of power.
Carver’s source of power comes from his boss Vic. Vic believes in carver because he knows that he is a fantastic performer. Carver is hard working, and his work is outstanding. This makes him a favorite of Vic who promotes him and gives him vacations for him and his family. This is the source of power for Carver-his boss. Mia foster’s source of power is comes from the ability to be a good judge of character. Through this, she goes up the ranks and becomes the Chief Executive Officer of Lavendary café.
What leadership styles are Mia Foster and Carver using and are they appropriate to the situation?
Carver’s leadership skills are different from that of his boss. Carver is authoritative. His authoritative nature makes employees fear him. Although his leadership skill may not be appropriate to the situation, it leads to results, and the company has benefited from this. Mia Foster’s leadership style is less authoritative than that of Carver. She is considerate and thinks carefully rather than making quick and irrational decisions. Her leadership style is democratic as she makes decisions while considering the opinions of all.
