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Your Role 

For this assignment, you'll assume the role as a Leadership Consultant. You've been hired by a large discount retail company to help the company improve its leadership structure and approach to management. You are tasked with answering the three questions presented below. Your responses to these questions should be typed into the template provided OR typed directly into the assignment submission box. 

WHAT IS A LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT A leadership consultant is a person called in to a company, be it a large corporation or a small business, to evaluate how it operates and make recommendations for improvement. Leadership consultants are typically hired when a business is struggling and needs to make changes in order to remain profitable. Such consultants are often highly educated in the field of business and have experience in managerial roles.

INSTRUCTIONS Question 1: Organizational 

Structure Take a look at the Organization Chart provided by the company in the template. Based on your knowledge of hierarchies, would you say that this team has tall structure or flat structure? Please explain your answer. 

Question 2: Human Resources 

The company would like to improve the culture of its team and the quality of its work. Its leadership has provided you with a Process Chart detailing how it currently applies Human Resources best practices. What step of the Human Resources Cycle is missing? Please explain why it is important to include this part of the process. 

Question 3: Leadership Style 

You have been asked to help improve the leadership style of the team leader in order to meet the team's performance goals. The team leader has given you a description of what is most comfortable in terms of leading others. Identify this leader's style of leadership, and list two benefits and two drawbacks to that style as it relates to the performance of the team.