Akio Toyoda was nicknamed 'the prince' by Japanese media when he took over at Toyota.

His lack of visibility in the early days of the recall led to a new nickname - no-show Akio Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

Based on the findings, I would say that Akio Toyoda leadership style is more towards transformational and creative leadership. Transformational leadership is about implementing new ideas to the organization; provide new way in handling problems and transforming or changing organization if required. For creative leadership Toyota president, Fujio Cho knew that he needs someone to come out with global outlook. Thus, Akio Toyoda is the perfect person in implementing new ideas to overcome the problem facing by managers and organization of Toyota Motor Corporation. Based on his knowledge and experience working with General Motor and Toyota, he has come out with a plan to merge with an aggressive local firm. He also managed to get the deal by convincing the top management. Akio Toyoda knows that he has to come out with a creative idea and merging is one of his plans. This was plan by Akio Toyoda to get a faster result to overcome the quality problem.

Akio Toyoda uses transformational leadership to create valuable and positive changes in the Toyota management. He plans is to revamp the management structure. He focuses on time consuming. With the new structure, decision can be made faster during any emergency situation. His creativity leadership outshine when he plan to isolate the managers and complicated coordination without interference of department heads. The department heads will be able to work more closely with each other and report to an executive who can make decision for them.

Akio Toyoda enhances the motivation, morale and performance of management through a variety of mechanisms. These include connecting the managers sense of identity and self to the mission and the collective identity of the organization, being a role model for followers that inspires them, challenging followers to take greater ownership for their work and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of management, so the leader can align followers with tasks that optimize...