An Evaluation of Leadership Style, Process and Procedure of Simon Cowell
The Founder and CEO of SYCO

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INTRODUCTION
The concept of leadership is a relevant subject in 20th century and the early years of the 21st century (Northouse, 2004). Leadership can be described as a way of social control that sees a person getting the support and aid of others on completing a specific task (Adair, 2005). Thus, effective leadership is the ability to effectively incorporate and exploit existing resources within an organization for the accomplishment of the goals and objectives of such organization (Northouse, 2004). The issue of leadership continues to be a famous concept. Despite the fact that lots has been written about leadership, the importance of leadership has not diminished. According to Cohen (2009), “leadership always matters and continues to be more matter as time goes on”.
This report considers the leadership style of Simon Cowell, the CEO and founder of SYCO, as a transformational leader that has tremendous impact on organisational change of the company. The report reviews leadership theories and concepts such as traits, styles and skills. The report clearly follows the chronological development of leadership theories and focus on Simon Cowell as a leader, the leadership environment and the leadership relationship. This report also explores possible links between theories and Simon Cowell’s leadership. It takes a holistic approach on managerial leadership and draws a conclusion on the contemporary issues in recent times at the organization.
This report mainly used the inductive approach. The data were only gathered from secondary sources such as journals, newspapers, reports, magazines, books and online sources. The reason for relying on these sources is that there is no direct access to Simon Cowell and