Introduction
Leadership has a critical role in setting the direction of organizations to either innovate, be agile, align with customers, and achieve success in every edge of competition. Leadership can be effective or, rather, ineffective: it takes an organization to its goals and mends its relationships with stakeholders, while poor leadership leads to obstacles that, if not solved properly, threaten an organization’s viability (Daskal, 2017). This report evaluates two contrasting organizations: leaders of Mayo Clinic, a healthcare giant known for its groundbreaking methods and patient focus, versus Theranos, a health technology startup that buckled under the illusion of meeting its promise and perpetrated fraud. This report analyzes these organizations through the “Integrative Framework for Understanding Leadership,” trying to determine what elements of leadership make it work or fail. This analysis facilitates insights that are relevant across various sectors and…….
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