What is Organizational Leadership

Leading is all about creating a shared culture and values, communicating goals to people
throughout the organization and infusing the people with the desire to perform at a higher
level. Leadership is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational
goals. Leadership occurs among people, involves the use of influence, and is used to attain
goals.
Motivation, communication, teamwork and effective use of power are important aspects of
leadership. An effective leader recognizes the need of understanding the personalities, values,
attitudes, and emotions of people working with him /her. With this understanding, an
effective leader is capable of devising the best leadership style, most effective motivation
method, the preferred working environment for each subordinate and situation.

Leadership at Unilever

Unilever, as a multinational and a leading manufacturing organization, has a clear leadership

structure. In Unilever, all people-related areas are recognized as part of leading people.
Unilever believes that an effective leadership would take place where there are empowered
followers who are its employees. It has four key leadership levels, which are, Global
leadership team, Regional leadership team, Functional leadership team and Locational
leadership team. Division of this leadership is to provide and facilitate guidance in the
respective areas.