Leadership is an art and a science due to the intuitive adoption and scientific study of leadership. The science of leadership provides a better understanding and increases leadership abilities. Self-assessments that measure intelligence type, style of conflict, problem-solving style, and leadership style promote self-awareness, thus providing a means for self-improvement. Meanwhile, personal experiences are the art of leadership, were one learns leadership behavior based on behavioral and cognitive feedback. Additionally, personal relationships shape the way one defines leadership and how leaders behave stereotypically. An action plan provides a way to improve leadership abilities by identifying weaknesses and methods for improvement. The …show more content…
The styles of conflict assessment gauge my patterns of dealing with differing personalities and agendas. The assessment shows that I lean toward an accommodation style. According to Bethel University (2011), the accommodation style is high in cooperativeness and low on assertiveness. The advantage of the accommodation style is the focus on the needs and concerns of other people. When I disagree with someone, I try to see the world from his or her perspective. For example, I tend to have a liberal view toward politics; however, I find that I reach conclusions on things the same way conservative people reach conclusions, which is dictated by prior beliefs and personal circumstances. In other words, I relate to their decisions even though I disagree. However, there are disadvantages to the accommodative style. The accommodative style smooths over differences and allows the conflict to remain. The primary contributor to the unresolved situation is the low amount of assertiveness (Bethel University, 2011). The problem-solving style assessment determines my strength within the problem solving cycle. While problem solving involves experiences, reflection, theories, and action, my dominate style is building theories (Bethel University, 2011). The theory stage remains between reflection and taking action. The advantage of being able to create and understand theories is determining what the facts mean in relation to the environment. For
A1. Leadership Style Upon conducting research, it is clear that the definition of “leadership” is not agreed upon. It is fluid, based upon many perceptions, situations, and surroundings. According to Robinson (2010), adopting a specific style of leadership is rather futile as it is, “contingent on the personal traits of the leader, the people being led, and the nature of the activity.” Tools are available to help guide potential leaders in determining a preferred style of leadership. For example, utilizing the “Leadership Self-Assessment
“We stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord” (Gould). Many can quote Roosevelt on his motto “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” However, this quote does not capture the beliefs Roosevelt held deep within himself. He wanted a square deal for the common man, woman, and child. He wanted to rid America of the corruption that was rampant at the time due to immense greed and accumulation of wealth. To him, these goals were not just a political agenda. He wanted to establish a moral crusade to abolish the injustice done to average Americans on a regular basis. So when Roosevelt says that it was a battle for the Lord, it was not merely political rhetoric. To him, it was an obligatory moral reality.
The questionnaires that utilized in this part are highly reliable and valid. Also, helping me to understand how my leadership skill and what my skill might be. The score of this survey will give me a sense of my own leadership abilities. Moreover, it will show which area is stronger than others, which will help me to know where I need to improve myself.
If one has no leadership ability, one cannot be a leader. If one does not make what his or her followers consider the correct decisions to achieve their goals, no one will have faith in the leader's abilities and, consequently, no one will follow and without followers, there can be no leader. Another important criterion which one must have in order to be a leader is a person who leads a crowd in the direction where the goal can be accomplish as well as someone who acknowledges a problem and finds solutions to it.
Characteristics’ and behaviors of successful leaders are both innate and learned (DuBrin, 2013). Assessing ones personality, cognitive abilities, emotional intelligence, and behavioral characteristics assists in determining the areas in which there is opportunity to increase ones effectiveness as a leader. Utilizing the Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test, the Big Five Personality Factors, in addition to three self-assessment quizzes from the Dubrin (2013) text this paper will discuss the instruments chosen for the self-assessment and their results, personal reaction to the assessments, what the results convey regarding leadership performance, and a summary of the most significant insights gleaned from the assessment.
One of the most important aspects of leadership is self-knowledge and particularly awareness of your priorities and values. As a leader it is imperative to improve your leadership ability on an everyday basis. Great leaders have great strategic dreams, visions of what could be and what they think should be. In this paper I will be discussing my plan and the theories that support my plan. I will also be discussing my leadership strengths and weaknesses
How many interpersonal conflicts have you been in today, this week, or even this month? Do you even know which conflict styles you normally use when faced with a disagreement? Furthermore, this analysis shall reflect on my particular conflict styles, with an in-depth look at possible benefits of knowing the conflict styles I tend to incorporate, and how behaviors change based on a relationship and the environment.
Leadership can be defined as the process of identifying a goal, motivating others, and make them to achieve the mutually goals (Giltinane, 2013). According to Humphreys (2002), successful leaders do this by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. A good leadership is not only good at management, but also use different leadership styles in different situations. A successful corporation must has a good leader who have the flexible ability which can provide a suitable leadership to make the company successful. Furthermore, there have no perfect leadership styles in the world. Different leader have different leadership styles which also have the different strengths and weaknesses (Ali & Waqar, 2013). Leaders need to consider
According to Sullivan and Decker (2009), leadership is influencing others into working toward accomplishing a common goal. Some people are born with an innate leadership quality within them. Others require learning leadership and management skills. It takes a certain personality trait that makes them a natural leader. Intelligence, personality, and abilities are three categories of the trait theory that is a part of the profile of successful leaders (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). I will discuss my personal views of leadership. It will
Over the course of this semester, I have learned about the theoretical foundation of leadership and management. From various leadership styles to numerous learning tools have all aided in shaping me to become an effective leader not only in the health care profession, but everyday life as well. Through utilizing these tools, I have managed to put them into actions through working individually and in teams which has helped me to learn more about myself and the type of leader I am. Throughout this action plan I will reflect on my definition of leadership, what I’ve learned about myself in the capacity to demonstrate leadership, my leadership strengths and weaknesses and three action steps that will help me to develop my leadership in the future.
According to organisational behaviour by McShane, leadership is defined as influencing, motivating and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organisation of which they are members (page 382, McShane).Becoming an effective leader depends on the leader’s leadership style. Successful leaders have vision and charisma, also the leader should have an ongoing personality, talkative, careful and self-disciplined. The leader must also have self-concept
The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) was originally developed by Kenneth W. Thomas and Ralph H. Kilmann in 1974 (Kilmann, 2013). The TKI assesses a person’s behavior when they are confronted with a conflict situation. For their work Thomas & Kilmann define conflict as any situation when the concerns of two people appear to be incompatible (Thomas & Kilmann, 1974). According to the TKI when a person is in a conflict situation their behavior will go along two dimensions. The first dimension, on the y axis, is assertiveness, a person’s attempt to
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.
Leadership is something that can be taught (Northouse, 2015. There are some valuable theories, which will be discussed later in this paper, how a leader can develop into having a strong influence in any daily aspect of their lives. Also later in this paper it will be discussed the various styles of leaders that can affect the behaviors of the actions of each leader. Each leader can learn these attributes or some of them just have the natural capability of being a leader.
One of the many reasons that led to the progress of societies is the existence of a wise leadership that prepares plans, gathers ideas, and information, comparisons and studies, these measures require time and effort of the decision makers to cooperate with those who have the experience, and adequate study to make practical and theoretical tests. My point of view about the general concept of leadership and its definition: I 've read for many of the intellectuals and the military instructors and I’ve concluded that the broader definition of leadership is: "the ability to influence the behaviour of a group by a person in whom several conditions are met, including knowledge, experience, personality traits, and the ability to work on fulfilling the required task with resolve and conviction" ( 1). In my view, this is true if there is a necessity to form a strict plan by a leader to get the best results. "Leadership is basically a social role to be played by an individual who’s characterised by the previous qualities when in interaction with the other members of the group, and this role must be done by the person who has the ability to influence others, and guide their behaviour in order to achieve the goal(s) of the group" (2). (1) + (2) Introduction of a research by Mr. Ahmed Assaf (leadership skills & leader’s characteristics )on the writer’s web site in the World Wide Web, which is derived from the following references: (A) profiles in the art of leadership: J.corthoa.