The Relationship between Leaders Role and Technological Challenges: The Case of a Private Commercial Bank in Kingdom of Bahrain

The world is in rapid state of evolution, where a business’s adapt to the changes in the marketplace determines its survival in such a highly competitive market. Many factors have contributed to the competition, such as globalization, technological advancement, training sophistication among other factors, and as such, industries and businesses need to be conscious of the changes in their environment and to be open to embrace and adapt to these changes in order to continue to exist in such rapidly changing and a competitive marketplace. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between certain factors of leadership role and and acceptance of technological challenges seen in the banks of Bahrain. In order to achieve the goals of this research,  a quantitative  approach was used in the collection and analysis of the date .The research has revealed that the employees have understood the importance of change and being adaptive to these changes, however, the employees resistance to technological advancements in their working environment is due to the employees lack of skill, communication and fear of handling more responsibilities. The research instrument uses the five points Likert Scale.  183 respondents are considered for the study. Findings have shown that coaching has less significant influence on the employees in the acceptance of technological challenges.