Leadership Course Analysis

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." Dwight D. Eisenhower This quote from Eisenhower rings true on many levels. During my career in the military and the private sector, I have been subjected to many different styles of leadership, good or bad. In my leadership roles I have attained, I tried to model leadership abilities by taking bits and pieces of previous leader’s styles and forming them into my own model. This has proven to work well as dealing with people from all different walks of life there is no one size fits all approach. In writing this paper, I will detail my own leadership platform drawing from the course material and various other sources. The goal of this paper is to show a solid understanding of the course teachings and perhaps give the reader a new found perspective on leadership.

The article succeeds in the description of a suggested approach for the clear understanding of complexity in health care settings. This process depends upon the practical and functional consideration of the relation between the components and sub-components which make up the whole system of health

Assessment tools can be a good start for individuals to assess their leadership characteristics and skills, such as Grossman and Valiga’s Leadership Characteristcs and Skills

This report provides invaluable information which allowed my co-workers to anonymously evaluate my performance as a leader. Their comments and observations regarding my leadership style allowed me to receive an unbiased truthful look at my performance and the way I’m perceived by others. The results from this survey gave me a stronger understanding of my strengths and weakness, which sometimes differed from my personal self evaluation. I strongly encourage this feedback report to be used by others at least once in their career. I will consider the feedback my colleagues provided me as I grow as a leader, as well as reduce my own self

I had no clue how the online assessments that I took would help me, like any other person would think. But later, when I took the tests, I realized the importance of these assessments which gave me an insight of my true self, and helped me pin point my strengths and weaknesses in almost every department. These assessments helped me connect more to myself and the people around me. In this paper, I am going to discuss all the results from the various tests I took online and show how they reflect my leadership style and how I analyze the results to my own leadership potential, with help of examples experienced by me in life.

Having worked in corporate, I have completed a vast number of professional assessments over the years, including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Strong Interest Inventory Assessments, DISC Profile Assessment, Gallup Strengths Finder and even the more comprehensive executive leadership assessments. In corporate, these are generally performed prior to a promotion or during integration of a merger or acquisition. Initially, my thinking was, these were worthless time wasters; so I put very little stock in any of the broad array of assessments, to which I felt subjected. Surely, proper evaluation had to be more than a game of twenty questions. Across the years, I have saved my results in a small moving box as we have relocated nationally and internationally. I gained a deeper understanding of, belief in and reliance upon the power of assessments. In the last three years, I have sifted through my individual results with a fine toothed comb looking for similarities, consistencies and an underlying foundation on which to strategize the next phase of my life based upon my foundational principles. Interestingly enough, my results across the board, have not changed throughout more than 20 years of completing these assessments. As a result, there were no surprises seeing the result of the MindTools (2015) Leadership Skills Assessment..

It would appear that my original theory regarding the applicability and practicality of this capstone was accurate. This course has managed to successfully supplement the knowledge I had previously acquired in other courses. For example, I was familiar with and understood the basic principles of leadership. However, this course has taught me that the ability to lead is not an exact science, but an art and determining how to proceed when faced with uncertainty or a highly volatile situation is an exceptional challenge.

When I think of the President’s Leadership Academy I picture a family. Families are there to support each other and provide stability. From what I have read about the President’s Leadership Academy cohort is that they support one another towards their paths for success. PLA also provides a greater opportunity to learn. In life learning comes through the experiences that one must take on. With the PLA it is obvious that the students receive many opportunities to learn way beyond the classroom. Whether it is community service projects or learning how to become a servant leader the experiences one would receive through this organization are extremely beneficial.

One of the biggest lessons learned from this course is that to be an effective leader, you must have a diverse skillset. I’m not sure if there is any one magical component or characteristic in being a great leader. One influence during my review of the literature was that; although easier for some, I see leadership as something we must continually improve upon. This is in contrast to my belief during my first day of class, when I thought leaders just

As I take a moment to reflect on my time here at NCOA, I have learned that as a leader in my work center, I do a lot of great things. However, I also realize that I have room for improvement. Throughout the module readings, I highlighted areas in where I felt I needed the most improvement to become the leader that I aspire to be. For the next three to five years, I plan to implement these changes to improve the way that I handle things. From the way that I think to the way that I lead, effectively implementing these changes will make me a better leader for my subordinates, peers, and supervisors.

Before this class, I had a very primitive and vague definition of leadership. Not only did I define it as per my views and ideologies, but I also said that each individual has their own definition of leadership. My initial belief was that leadership does not have a clear cut definition, but there were well defined leadership traits which made an individual. I also initially believed that personal traits did not translate into leadership traits with no strong correlation. After going through the various modules this class offered, it is safe to say that I have significantly redefined leadership and underwent a strong personal assessment. This paper talks what I took back from each of the class activities, assignments and how my self-assessment compares to the perception of others.

This course has helped me improve as a leader and an overall individual in numerous ways. It has allowed me to assess my strengths and weaknesses as a leader, and has forced me to outline my goals as an individual, which will help aid me in achieving them.

Okay, let me tell you about the course I am now taking at Bethel University. Unbelievably, I am pursuing my degree in Organizational Leadership. Bethel has many courses to offer working adults that desire to pursue or continue their college education. The schedule of many working adults is tight due to work, family, and other responsibilities, but Bethel’s online courses are managed in even the busiest work schedules. The facilitators and recruiters are helpful from admission to graduation. They understand the struggles and obstacles that many students have and they do what they can to help you become and remain successful. This program will prepare me not just to learn, but also help me to lead. (Bethel University,2014). This writing-based

When I enrolled in this PPHL, I was not sure that I will get the best out of the subject due to previous experiences of attending theoretical leadership trainings. However, at the end of the subject, I was challenged, groomed, humbled and inspired as a leader. The subject has helped more to bring a lot out of myself, stimulated the urge for personal authenticity and an appreciation of the power of vulnerability in leadership. Through personal interactions with other students and presenters as well as the group activities, I have realised that the success of the team depends on recognising each other’s strengths and complementing on the weaknesses. In addition, I have learnt that effective leadership depends on team work, incorporating people with different skills and abilities. I have learnt the importance of personal reflection and meditation in leadership. Furthermore, taking time to know myself or who I am, has been one of the great lessons from this subject. It has enabled me to focus on the roles of a leader instead of striving to do everything myself as the case before. In addition, learning the skills of gaining the trust of the people you are leading as well as inspiring them was a remarkable lesson.

I also believe that an effective leader plays a significant role in promoting and molding individuals’ readiness as it relates to motivation and commitment. As such, I developed my leadership assessment with these points in mind. The assessment focuses on 14 attributes that I believe are important not only for a leader to be successful within the parameters of the SLT, but for most any leadership model adopted by a successful leader in the modern business environment. The assessment was completed by Bobby, my manager of nearly six years, and by Katrina, my highest-ranking direct report of nearly four years. Each was asked to assign a candid rating to each attribute using a one-to-ten (worst-to-best) scale as well as to make notes or offer any suggestions so that I may incorporate it into my leadership style in an effort to improve the areas of weakness and become a better leader. In addition, I did a self-assessment using the same criteria. It should be noted that while Bobby offered both a ranking and narrative feedback, Katrina completed the assessment using the numerical ranking only. The results were consistent in some areas and mixed in others, but revealed some valuable information that I can use not only within the context of this course, but also as my career is better defined over time.