How Do Family And Personal Issues Affect Leadership Performance?

Leaders get into trouble when they engage in "knee-jerk" responding or habitually use the same strategy in different types of situations. Self-regulation is controlling impulses and learning how to analyze situations in order to think about the big picture and long-term results. Self-regulation allows the leader to initiate the correct actions at the right time and in the right situations.

The importance of effective leadership and its impact on improving student achievement are evident in today’s schools (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom, 2004). While the school principal is traditionally thought to be the school leader, Glickman (1989) proposes that “the principal of successful schools is not the instructional leader but the educational leader who mobilizes the expertise, talent, and care of others” (p. 8). Lumpkin, Claxton, and Wilson (2014) contend that helping “each school fulfill its mission and energize and expand the professionalism and professional contributions of teachers, the expertise of all teachers, especially teacher leaders, is needed” (p. 59). Teachers directly impact student learning, and

My manager often tells me that she admires my ability to handle stressful situations and not show any sign of being overwhelmed. As a competent leader, one need to possess the skills to remain calm during stressful times. Resilience is defined as being adaptable, grounded, and having the skills to bounce back from a stressful situation (Tyczkowski, Vandenhouten, Reilly, Bansal, Kubsch, & Jakkola, 2015). Resiliency is considered to be an attribute of transformational leaders, as they are positive, persistence, and flexible individuals.

“At times of change or dealing with uncertainty or in a crisis-- that is when the best leader will shine” (Ellis, 2016). A leader who can work effectively in a complicated, unpredictable situation is a competent leader and he tirelessly works to improve his capabilities (Ledlow & Coppola, 2010). All great leaders are known for communicating effectively what they want to achieve. They are visionaries who have the ability to lead others toward a shared goal (Gibson & Weber, 2015).

In another instance, I had to lead my fellow student employees during one of our biggest summer events. Our team had coordinated this event a few times before and each person had both the ability and the confidence to complete their tasks. For this situation, I used an entrusting style of leadership and let them take charge of their respective portions of the event (Daft, 2014). This style of leadership gave them the freedom to use their creativity to improve the event and the decision-making process was more efficient.

Negative leadership traits can add to the stress of an already demanding job. I believe that the two major concerns of employees are who they work for (their boss) and exactly what they are doing. My experiences in the aerospace industry illustrates the effects of poor leadership and mishandled stress. This discussion post will point out how narcissism and its accompanying traits affects group performance and diminishes trust. The post will also discuss the challenges of stress and some coping mechanisms in handling stress.

Leaders bring their own vulnerabilities, blind spots and misapprehension into the group; they are human (Cole, 2013). Leadership is present to provide support and connectiveness in order to explore feelings (Cole, 2013). The leader needs to recognize their own vulnerabilities, and that these vulnerabilities are okay and accept these as part of the leadership of a group (Cole, 2013). The leader should try to work on deeper skills for the benefit of the group, but recognize they cannot be perfect and that their own vulnerabilities can add value to the overall

This journal tested the effects of leadership stress towards ethical decision making in organizations. This research assessed on the identification of ethical problems and ethical behaviours. Two hypotheses have been developed in this research and were tested through the use of survey and participants are from 3 sites of Swedish multinational civil engineering company. The survey can be divided into four parts, which measured the recognition of ethical problems, perceived undesired stressful conditions, effects of stress, and some personal data.

If your work life is stressful, overwhelming, and you have a had a hard time at work recently, it will cross over and affect your family life if you do not have a balance between the two. If you are having a marital conflict, like filing for a divorce, it can affect your mood that you have at work and you will not work as well as you have in the past. Balance is a great work, every time I think of balancing work and family I think of a weighting scale (the one with the stand in the middle and the two bowls, one on each side of the stand), this visual helps me see how an unbalanced work and family life can negatively effect everyone around

Not all employees knowingly put themselves in a difficult situation, some happen to stumble into it without realizing what the future holds. Some even give into the temptation of unethical behavior (Pollock, 2013).

Qualities of a Leader Everyone has their own ideas of what makes a leader, as I do. A leader is capable of inspiring, motivating and persuading people around them to commit willingly to work towards a specific idea. A leader has a clear vision and is able to see where they want to go and are able to communicate it clearly to their team. Some people say that some leaders are ‘naturally born’ while others state that being a leader does not come naturally, but can develop through encouragement from others, being inspired and by means of practice.

Chip Conley made a very notable statement in his lecture that many leaders forget (2010). It doesn’t matter what position that you hold in an organization, we are all still human. In my opinion, to be a successful leader one must always remember that there are influences outside of work that affect the employees personally. A good leader must balance the professional expectations of performance measurement, but also should consider events in an employee’s personal life that can affect the performance of their assigned tasks. Aguinis states that there are five factors that indicate a consideration competency: the leader supports the employees’ projects, is inquisitive to the employees’ personal life and well-being, supports and encourages

The topic of leadership evokes curiosity about our leaders and their approaches in decision making, leadership styles and the effectiveness of their leadership. At time leaders are critiqued for their actions or views on different business affairs. In today’s working environment leaders set the tone, vision, and goals of any organization. Leadership has a huge impact on the culture of an organization and how people communicate within the organization (Northouse, 2009). The actions of leaders should inspire and positively impact their followers. The approach of leaders in handling adversities highlights many features of their character.

In chapter two of the textbook, Introduction to Leadership, I was introduced to leadership traits, and asked to identify my specific traits and determine my leadership strengths and leadership weaknesses. There is an extensive list of traits which contribute to the leadership process and effectiveness of the leaders, however, six are considered to be key traits: intelligence, confidence, charisma, determination, sociability, and integrity. (Northouse, 2015) Of these six traits, I consider intelligence, charisma, determination, sociability, and integrity to be my strongest, and while I am very confident, I tend to question myself occasionally. Therefore, I would consider confidence to be my weakest trait on the list.

1. What are some of the personal dynamics in your life that influence and/or impact your leadership style and/or effectiveness?