Using the articles/references below write detailed and comprehensive research essay responding to the following questions:

Knowing what you know about effective leadership, how would you assess IBM's leadership post-2002?

What would you identify as the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership?

You will need to extrapolate to develop an answer to this, based admittedly on limited information. If you were an executive coach, hired to work with the senior leadership within IBM, what might you propose?

References

Articles Evans, B. (2009, June 8). Sam Palmisano's grand strategy for IBM. Information Week, 1233, 16.

Evans, B. (2010, March 29). Why IBM CEO Sam Palmisano earned his $24.3 million. Information Week, 1261, 14.

McDougall, P. (2011, November 14). Rometty to drive IBM sales with consulting. Information Week, 1316, 16.

Thibodeau, P., and Lawson, S. (2011, November 7). IBM quietly names a new CEO. Computerworld, 45(20), 10.