Carmichael Outreach Case Study

Introduction A leader is a figure that must choose their own path to deal with the dilemmas and obstacles that come with their organization. No two organizations are identical as no two leaders handle a situation in the same manner. For this reason, there are an endless amount of leadership approaches for leaders to choose from to make their organization run as smoothly as possible. When coming into a chaotic organization, it is especially important to have an adaptable technique to adjust to all the working parts. Coming into a crumbling organization, Shawn Fraser learned this quickly.

The Case Shawn Fraser was with the Carmichael Outreach organization for three years. This company was a non-profit organization that aided homeless people

Setting things into motion, he started to shift the way Carmichael Outreach worked. First, he stabilized the finances by gaining more secure resources, then he set up a backup fund with the extra money and hired more workers to correct the understaffing issue. (Rowe, Guerrero, 2016). By jumping in and tackling the issues head on, Fraser not only exhibited his own skills at overcoming adversity but demonstrated to his employees how to take on multiple challenging obstacles at once. Also, instead of having strict standards and closely supervising his staff, Fraser wanted to inspire his employees to be self-sufficient. Therefore, he gave them limited guidelines that allowed them to govern themselves. (Rowe, Guerrero, 2016). By choosing to give his employees more reign, he taught them how to be adaptive leaders. Fraser followed the mentally of, “1. Keep leading; 2. People first; 3. Engender hope and optimism.” (Lewis, 2014, p.23). From the beginning to the end, revenue shot up from $169,914 to $400,668 and the net worth of the organization went from $55,073 to $127,620. (Rowe, Guerrero, 2016). Fraser used the Adaptive Leadership Approach successfully to turn around the company financially and structurally as