Essay about Leadership Development Report

Servant Leadership is “an approach to leadership with strong altruistic and ethical overtones that asks and requires leader to be attentive to the needs of their followers and empathize with them; they should take care of them by making sure they become healthier, wiser, freer and more autonomous, so that they too can become servant leaders” (Valeri, 2007). Although there is not many servant leaders in this world but the concept of servant is one of the most leadership approach leaders today struggles with. Servant leadership is mainly about the leader helping to grow their followers or members personally and professionally through empathy, listening skills and compassion. The concept of servant leadership which was proposed by Robert K. Greenleaf in his 1970 writing indicated that servant leadership is a theoretical framework that advocated a leader’s primary motivation and role as service to others.

Servant leadership theory’s emphasis on service to others and recognition that the role of organizations is to create people who can build a better tomorrow resonates with scholars and practitioners who are responding to the growing perceptions that corporate leaders have become selfish and who are seeking a viable leadership theory to help resolve the challenges of the twenty-first century (Parris & Peachey, 2013, p 378).

ENFJs have an immense heart for others, almost to a fault. ENFJ’s easily reflect on and over-analyze their own feelings, so if they get too caught up in another person’s conflict, they immediately blame the distress on themselves and try to fix everything. True to my personality type, I genuinely care about motivating people to live their best lives full of happiness. So, my biggest strength is my selflessness. This is true to an ENFJ personality type that constantly wants to bring people together and make a better world. The most relatable fact I found about ENFJ’s is the weakness of ENFJ’s being too sensitive. I take everything said to me to heart and am always worried if I have met people’s expectations of me. Similarly, ENFJs take too much to heart and constantly worry if they are doing enough. Because of this anxiety, ENFJs also have a fluctuating self-esteem and an indecisive nature. My self-esteem is almost entirely based on how other people are treating me. And every decision is a massive ordeal because I can’t stop thinking about everyone involved and what the want to happen. I want everyone to get his or her way; I hate the feeling of dissatisfying someone. Also true to me, I avoid conflict like the plague. I always want to serve the role of peacekeeper in a conflict. I also love to volunteer and give back, also true to ENFJ. Most everything I found on ENFJ fit me pretty well.

The Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test resulted in an Introvert Intuitive Feeling Judging (INFJ) profile. Those who exhibit the INFJ profile are described as people with a strong humanitarian view of the world who possess a tendency towards idealism. In addition, the INFJs have few friends, however, those friendships are intimate. At times the INFJ will withdraw as it is necessary for them to recharge as they are susceptible to

It is said that as an INFJ, I do not like to go by the rules, and would rather “be my own boss.” My type prefers a flat-hierarchy when relating to other team members, which means no one is above or below anyone else. As an INFJ, I am most likely to take actions based on my convictions, and if these come under fire, whether the opposition is justified or not, my morale is vulnerable to being seriously hurt. Due to the idealistic nature of INFJs we are prone to becoming bitter if we feel a conflict. (16Personalities, n.d.)

The dominant function of the INTJ personality type is introverted intuition. This has played a crucial role in my (albeit rather short) professional life. Ever since I was a toddler, I wanted to become a veterinarian. All of my actions were carried out primarily with this goal in mind, to the point where it was obsessive. I never considered taking any other career path.

For the Myers Briggs personality test I am an ISTP when I am stress and when I am at my best. I was surprised with these results due to the fact that my freshman year in the Harold Leadership Academy I was required to take the Myers Briggs assessment and scored the letters INFJ. I find myself leaning more towards INFJ because the test was at least seventy-five questions. When reading the definitions of ISTP and INFJ I find that I would agree with my personality having a little bit of both. The Myers Briggs Foundation states that INFJ individuals are insightful about others, seek to understand what motivates others, committed to their values, desire to sever the common good, organized, decisive, and seek meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. An example of how I am an INFJ is that I have chosen a healthcare career that is holistic and identifies what motivates others. I tend to over think situations, conversations, and how I reacted to them. I truly care about the people in my life and I know I pay attention to others especially in class and if they look down I typically ask how they are doing, which allows for them to open up if they wish but also it is how I acknowledge that I see them and care. The Myers Briggs Foundation states that ISTP individuals are tolerant, flexible, quiet observers, analyze what makes things work, organize facts using logical principles and attentive to cause and effect. I would firmly agree with the quiet

Easily makes connections with others as INFJs are warm, sensitive and empathetic. Enthusiastic to make interpersonal relationships. Enjoys helping and connecting with people. Hardworking and volunteering to help others.

There are many different leaders seen in society, one that brings many benefits to others with little regard for self, is a servant leader. A servant leader’s objective is to provide for the needs of others, materially and emotionally (Daft, 2017). Servant leaders serve others before serving their own self-interest, they listen, are trustworthy, and nourish the welfare of others (Daft, 2017). Servant leaders grow as individuals and leadership skills through

The INTJ’s general temperament is a Rational or a NT. Rationals are logical, contemplative, and inquiring people (Keirsey, 1998, p. 164). They want to understand everything, and this mindset often makes them appear uninterested and detached from others. Despite this external appearance, Rationals do care, but they must intentionally focus in order to show their care to others. Overall, NTs are the world’s problem solvers who will happily spend

INFP is known as a “Healer”. Being imaginative idealist they are guided by their own values and beliefs. They don’t like to speak about themselves, especially when

The INFJ personality is known to be the world rarest personality type and often misunderstood. This type stand for a percentage of less than 2% of the overall world population according to Holm (2009), the majority of that percentage being female and some famous INFJ that can be named are Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa. My INFJ in academic and business milieu: from the past week assignment, my preferred four letters chosen base on the instructions received from Myers-Briggs type indicator were INFJ, which stands for Introverting, iNtuiting, Feeling and Judging. For this week assignment I was very surprise after taking the Jungian test to discover that my personality type fours letter were confirmed to be the same INFJ. Having my conformed INFJ profile means that in business milieu, my creativity and sense of responsibility come in first. Although as an INFJ I’m strongly introverted, I nevertheless highly care about my relationship with other individuals. At work I’m open to communication and always available when it comes to help colleagues to carry out on tasks or explaining work procedures. However, my personality type also implies that I can have sudden need for personal time away from others, which is my way to recharge and regain my energy. In an academic milieu, I’m more focus on setting and reaching my goals; I get motivated by planning in advance my studying weeks and do a lot of efforts to meet my assignment deadlines. I can get emotionally

I am an ENFJ. ENFJ stands for extraversion, intuition, feeling, and judgement. According to this cite, I “have tremendous power to manipulate others” but I also “see the big picture.” Another thing the flattering website pointed out was “ENFJs know and appreciate people. Like most NFs, (and Feelers in general), they are apt to neglect themselves and their own needs for the needs of others.” On a different page, I am told that an ENFJ is a “Natural born leader.” and “The ENFJ is ambitious, but their ambition is not self-serving: rather, they feel personally responsible for making the world a better place.”

The personality profile of an INJF definitely seems to portray a truthful portrait of who I am, with only one mentioned aspect that does not seem to completely match. The overarching aspect of this type is the “complexity of character” (Butt & Heiss, n.d.), reminding me that my mother has described me as enigmatic. INFJ’s display a strong idealistic nature, and a yearning to help those less fortunate, or are in need of help. However, due to the powerful sense of giving to others, a person can be left feeling emotionally depleted and needing alone time to

Upon completing the Meyers Briggs Personality Test I discovered that I was an INFJ. The description and typical personality traits exemplified who I am. Often, I am described as mysterious and difficult to understand. Despite going above and beyond to assist others in around me I keep my thoughts, ideas, and emotions closely guarded. Determining how to phrase my thoughts, ideas and emotions is very difficult and the words often become jumbled in my head. For this reason I am often hesitant to share them with others. When I do present ideas or suggestions they are often regarded as unique and creative. People often come to me for ideas or solutions to problems, knowing that I will work until I come up with a solution. I poses the unique ability to understand and connect with a wide variety of people and personality traits. This makes me a well-rounded individual who has the capability of being a great leader, teacher, employee, student, and friend. Being and INFJ has a lot of positive traits that I feel will benefit me during my education and career.