Reflection On Leadership

The StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment was rather detailed; however, it was still surprising to see in just a few questions, an in-depth analysis of my personality could be created. Reading the result was rather interesting for the descriptive passages resonated with my view of my abilities and perception of myself. Each of the decided top five themes that were associated with the presence of my leadership skills held significant meaning to my understanding of the talents I possess. Seeing many of the topics and assets I felt were strong determinants of my successes throughout my school and professional life articulated into descriptive paragraphs, was rather enlightening.

This also leads into the feedback I received on my Competency Assessment tool regarding working with teams internally and externally, paying attentions to other people’s needs and maintaining good relations while being an example to others, following through and unfolding organizational values. These findings also coincided with the Strengths Finder Assessment I took at my current place of employment. According to this assessment, my five strengths are Empathy, Relator, Consistency, Harmony and Includer. Gallup stated that Identifying, developing, and using your strengths and talents would help you become a more effective leader.

The second strength that I have is the understanding that coaching and mentoring is of upmost importance in the workforce. Everyone wants to know that they are doing a good job. In situational management, I can tailor my coaching to each individual person. What I may recommend for one person will not be the same for

In the beginning of the semester, we all took a survey on survey monkey that gave us our top 5 strengths. My top 5 strengths were learner, restorative, individualization, achiever, and focus. Using these trying to find a career will be easy and also being able to use others strengths to be able to grow my weakness. Not only was I able to use my strengths to find a career I wanted to pursue in but it was my strengths helping me with athletics, school, and my personal life. These strengths and values encouraged and pushed me to help others. For others who see my strengths as their weaknesses, it also gives us a chance to help eachother have a better understanding and help  turn our weaknesses into our strengths. After I had gotten a chance to clearly analyze my strengths, I made a list including my strengths on how I have used them in the past, how I use them today, and how I am planning on using them in the future. When I did this, it helped me and pushed me to become more proactive and taught me how to use them with consistency, productivity, and efficiency. This list helped me create a better understanding and a vision towards what I ultimately want to be when I grow up. The reason why I feel

In starting my reflection process for this leadership journal, thinking of the “worst leader” was quite difficult. I have honestly been fortunate and have not had many experiences with poor leadership. But after some careful thought and consideration, I was able to determine the best and worst leader. In comparing the differences between the two leaders, the trait approach accounts for more of the differences. The best leader clearly possesses more innate qualities that makes her the best leader. She is a charismatic leader, seems very self-confident and exhibits determination in both her professional and personal life. She also has the trait of sociability. She always presents herself in a warm, welcoming, positive, confident manner.

Throughout life, especially throughout this semester I feel as though I have learned more about myself than ever before. I have learned an excess of information of the characteristic I possess as a leader. Information such as this that I may have not learned about myself if I did not take Leadership 100. Characteristics I have learned about are through questionnaires, case studies and many more activities through the “ Introduction to Leadership Concepts and Practice”, by Peter Northouse. Northouse has written numerous books how to become a successful leader in your community. Provided that the results from these activities has given me insight on the three most important characteristic I maintain. They are high conceptual skills, implementer skills , and I have high skill emphasis.

The ability of a person to work well with team members is the foundation of any good work environment. Understanding one’s role as a member of a team, and then using that role to enable the team to be productive is of great importance. Personally, understanding my own strengths and weaknesses is the key to being able to develop as a team member. I feel we need to know where we come from, what we value, how we interact with others and what we can contribute before we can know how and where these attributes can be applied.

Current Vision Statement: I, Alize Markson, as a leader living and working at my highest and best am: Open, empathetic, confident, understanding, and motivated so that I am the most proactive person. Therefore, I am reliable and understandable to my family and friends.

Individual Strengths Leading to Successful Performance (Please provide a detailed narrative and examples, especially in all performance areas where self-evaluation indicates exceeding expectations):

Capitalizing on one 's strengths and using a strengths based approach, rather than a weakness based approach to personal development has been proven to lead to extraordinary leadership. Focusing on the strengths that one holds as an individual will help one create a better understanding of the intrinsic motivations one holds, as well as emote the confident and realistic actions that are needed by leaders. For this reason, I will be going through the process of the Reflected Best Self exercise, developed by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. By undertaking this significant exercise, I will be able to immerse myself in my strengths and find out what I have to offer myself, those close to me, as well as future and current associates, thereby helping me understand what kind of leader I am at the moment as well as finding out how I can become the leader I want to become. This in itself will serve as my best self portrait which will identify who I am at my best as well as being a conduit to understanding how to further develop my strengths.

To maximize my most valuable asset and to be a more impactful leader in my future career, I need to make a positive impact and be a role model for others through understanding of my core values and blind spots of my personality or what I call them my strength and weaknesses. Knowing my personal strengths can also aid a lot in picking the right career or making good decisions in my future career. The simple fact is that if I

Everyone is different in many ways. There are differences in gender, nationality, religious activities and there are differences in strengths and weaknesses. Those strengths and weaknesses are looked at in Corporate America and they assist the higher management in making decisions for the roles we play on each team. I will be discussing my strengths ' and weaknesses.

The best way for people to grow and develop is to identify how they most naturally think, feel, and behave, then build on those talents to create strengths, or the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance. Building employees' strengths is a far more effective approach to improving performance than trying to improve weaknesses. When employees know and use their strengths, they are more engaged, perform better, and are less likely to leave their company.

Management and Leadership are two different skill sets and positions, however, it is believed by some organizations that they go hand in hand. I believe that management is a learned concept that is taught in schools. Universities and colleges offer degrees in Management and/or Leadership. Authentic leadership is not actually taught but can be learned as a practical skill through being coached and mentored by a true effective leader. Leadership skills are gained by completing research, gaining ideas to inspire and help others achieve new skills to move into a better position or advanced career. Achieving new leadership skills is always a work in progress. In my IMG 233 class I learned that Management is the formal influence of the organization. Managers develop strategic goals, establish performance control mechanisms, and communicate instructions and information to ensure probability and production to meet the overall demands. Leaders are the heart of the organization and their role is to informally influence and inspire employees while creating visions and direction and at the same time building strong team relationships. An effective and dynamic leader empowers their team with the knowledge to be innovative and generate new ideas to increase productivity and performance.

Due to my passive nature, I’ve always avoided leadership roles. With that being said I still aspire to be someone who can be looked to as a leader. In order to reach that goal I observe and try to mimic the actions of people that inspire me. There have been many people I’ve taken orders from, but I have “followed” few. Those are the ones I consider to be true leaders, and have tried to be like myself.