Leadership Forward Continuous learning and professional development are necessary parts of staying abreast of current leadership topics and practical applications. This is especially the case in the context of the dynamic world of today’s organizations and global economy. My learning plan for the future includes taking advantage of free online courses in leadership and human resources and reading related periodical and journal articles online. In particular, I desire to learn more about the following leadership topics and further incorporate them into my practice as a leader.
Transformational Leadership
As mentioned earlier, although I currently practice many aspects of transformational leadership, this leadership approach is one I want to continue to develop in myself. I am striving to learn more about how to truly influence and motivate followers to go above and beyond the minimum in their organizational performance. As Bottomley et al. (2014) stated, transformational leaders must “act as a vision-builder who can cast the vision, define it, align personal and organizational values, and most of all build trust” (p. 5). Leaders must be aware of their own beliefs and emotions in order to continually engage followers on a personal level (Bottomley et al., 2014). Since I have had a tendency to be task-focused and grounded in my own beliefs, as opposed to relationship-focused, I realize that I need to tap into my own emotions and that of other people more. Engaging with
Transformational leadership begins with a view of the organization in the future, a vision (Finkelman, 2012). A leader’s passion towards a vision should encourage other to accomplish goals. In my new organization I have noticed that if the leader it’s passionate about his/her job it sets a spark around others, a spark that enlightens others to push and finish with their job. “Communicating an attractive vision with enthusiasm and confidence, transformative leaders are said to build a strong sense of identification with the organization and persuade individuals to transcend their own self-interest” (Hutchinson & Jackson,
First published in 1987, The Leadership Challenge is a guide for becoming leader. The book received many awards and its above two million copies are internationally sold. The book teaches principles of leadership that apply whether the leader is running a sports team or a fortune 500 organization. The book includes stories and examples of many leaders from micro to macro level (Founders and Authors, 2013). The basic leadership principles can be adopted by anyone to challenge status quo and increase leader productivity multifold. The book tells about the flow and hierarchy of values too (Machedo, 2013). One can use the guide without an instructor to develop leadership traits.
Those that follow a transformational leadership framework believe that leaders possess many of the aforementioned qualities, but the focus is on one’s ability to inspire and empower others (Ross, Fitzpatrick, Click, Krouse, & Clavelle, 2014). These leaders literally ‘transform’ their followers by inspiring enthusiasm and performance towards a
An experience in a biomedical research will help me to succeed in my long-term educational goals. My long-term goal is to attend a MD-PHD program at a Medical School. As a scientist, I would like to study the genetics of disease causing organisms and human genetics. Currently, I am studying Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, which I think will equip me with a knowledge of human biochemistry. However, since undergraduate schools mainly focus on theoretical not the practical application of most subjects, I need to participate in a hands on research project over the summer because It will give me an opportunity to apply my knowledge in a laboratory. This is when the summer research program at the University of Maryland school of medicine
Casse, P. (2014d). The new drivers of leadership. Training Journal, p. 30. Retrieved from academicguides.walden.edu/library
This class addressed vital issues impacting the business world from the position of a leader. It explored the standards of relational leadership and how to create group and individual leadership skills to influence lives groups and organizations. Content of the course- included effective communications, setting goals, decision making service leadership and many more leadership styles, and effective ways to implement change. I covered some basic concepts that are important to personal skills development and some leadership behaviors.
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”...
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.
This paper is about my personal and professional growth blueprint. Dynamic Leadership course, put me on the path on becoming a better leader, not only at home but also in my workplace. I will be submitting an action plan for my three goals and discussing how I will accomplish them and the time frames. An executive summary will also be introduced to show how this course help me in my Growth.
This paper is my analytic theorem to my Blueprint of Professional and Personal Growth from the course “Dynamic Leadership”. It gives a brief breakdown of my path to achieving my MBA. An executive summary is presented to show how the course educated me in a more systematic way and how it helped me identify my qualities as a leader and my values. Furthermore, in detail is three (3) goals I plan to achieve in my personal and professional development.
I now understand that some individuals need to be inspired or intellectually stimulated to perform at their optimum level. Improving in these areas will increase my level of success as a leader in my work center, while also improving my work center’s overall mission effectiveness. In conclusion, successfully developing as a transformational leader, will aid in building trust within my supervision, as they will see that I have the ability to not only accomplish the mission, but create and sustain “buy-in” from my subordinates as
Set forth a one or two page synopsis and lessons learned from the “Leadership” readings p29-97. Please bring your notes to class in addition to you posting it here. A reference used – must always be cited to a page.
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
The author has designed the personal learning plan around the diagnosis of his learning needs, statement of specific learning objectives, learning resources and strategies, evidence of accomplishment, how the evidence will be validated, and how the learning will be evaluated. I will concentrate on the five disciplines: Systems Thinking, Personal Mastery, Mental Models, Shared Visions, and Team Learning introduced by Peter M. Senge. This will allow me to expand my leadership abilities at my current job as well as jobs that I may hold in the future. What distinguishes leaders is the clarity and persuasiveness of their ideas, the depth of their commitment, and the extent of their openness to continually learning
This personal essay outlines key plans for my personal and professional development and success in the future. It shows how I will achieve these goals through continuous learning even after I have graduated. Furthermore, it tries to help the reader understand the need for lifelong learning. It is hoped that this paper will help change the perception of many about the learning process done only within certain periods of their life time.