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Objective: This paper aims to investigate the factors that help organizations build resilience, and the need for effective leadership alignment as a prerequisite for enhancing organizational resilience emerges as a critical factor.
Theoretical Framework: The paper relied on the theories of leadership to gain pertinent insight and combined the knowledge with contingency theory to develop a robust perspective on how leadership can manoeuvre the challenges caused by disruptions in the business environment while maintaining productivity and profitability.
Methods: The study adopted the quantitative approach and used primary data, collected through e-questionnaires, using the snowball sample approach. The descriptive statistics were computed, and Linear regression analysis was used to measure the level of influence that leadership alignment had on organizational resilience.
Results and Discussions: The study established the relevance of Leadership Alignment as a driver of Organizational Resilience in the Manufacturing industry, playing a vital role in coordinating the various aspects of business during turbulence in the business.
Research Implication: The study shows that Organizations need to adopt practical steps toward fostering interactions among leaders, which would facilitate the flow of knowledge on ways to enhance resilience. More so, the contribution is made to theory as the paper highlights the pivotal role of leadership in the effort to build a Unified Resilience Theory (URT).
Originality/Value: emphasizing the importance of Leadership Alignment is a novel contribution to Organizational Resilience discussion which immensely contributes to practices and theories in management.
