Reflective Essay On Leadership

Both assessments were accurate in the description of my strengths and leadership style. The test results offered me tools to reinforce the strong aspects of my style without negative feedback. I will use the positive results of both assessments to align my job and goals with my natural talents. Sharing this plan with those around me will help me develop their strengths and lead to a more positive and productive environment (Rath, 2007).

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In the changing business environment, leaders of all organisations may face unprecedented uncertainty, especially the technology advancement and changes among the employees. To survive and succeed, leaders should have some necessary attributes. Meanwhile, some changes for leadership skills have to be made to confront the challenges.

From your perspective, based on the video and articles for this activity, how did GE

After watching this interview, I feel that a well defined leadership purpose statement is the distinction between a good leader and a great leader. Carolyn McKnight’s interview on leadership purpose statements really opened my eyes to the power of these statements, and the time and energy one needs to put into creating a leadership purpose statement. At first it seemed that completing a statement this powerful would be a very daunting task. After watching Mrs. McKnight’s interview, I am confident in my ability to come up with a statement, and that I will have the courage to follow through with it.

I did very well on the leadership skill assessment test. I scored 82, which means I am on my way to be a good leader. From the test, I learned I need to improve my confidence and work on providing support and stimulation. I also need to improve how I handle the performance of my employees. My self-confidence improved after doing the SWOT analysis assignment. Asking my friends, family and even co-workers how they viewed me was a huge eye opener. My co-workers' input was the biggest factor. I never realized they viewed me so highly. I feel it has helped me as well as a team because I am less afraid to make mistakes. I am more upfront with them which helps clarify what we need to be working on. I would say after reviewing my assessment test and reading the chapter my leadership style would be situational.

The two competences that directly relate to this interprofessional situation are collaborative leadership and interprofessional conflict resolution (Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative, 2010). The competence of collaborative leadership states it as “Learners/ practitioners understand and can apply leadership principles that support a collaborative practice model” (Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative, 2010, p.15).

The eight week course in applying leadership has provided myself and many others the tools and strategies to succeed as a leader. An effective leader is a combination of many characteristics and values. After taking the Myers-Briggs personality test, I am confident that I possess the ability to lead. My personality type is ISTP which indicates that I am an introvert who is realistic, attached, adaptable and ever-changing. According to this personality test, I have the tendency to think before acting, appreciate the private time to recharge and prefer a relationship (one-on-one) communication. Furthermore, I depend on my past experiences to deal with conflicts and situations. Additionally, I am sensitive to other’s needs and tackle on circumstances as it arises (Poirer, n.d.). Thus, the traits listed are positive characteristics of an effective leader. The Myers-Briggs personality assessment is a good indication of my ability to lead. As a

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.

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.

Many varied management and leadership philosophies exist and no single style or approach can be considered to be the ‘correct’ one. Regardless of management and leadership philosophies, self-reflection has played, and will continue to play, a significant role in the shaping of a managers leadership philosophy. Depending on the level of consciousness that a manager has in regards to self-reflection, along with how they communication their management and leadership philosophies, will affect their performance as a manager. Like all managers, my management and leadership philosophies have developed through experiences and the meaning assigned with these. The philosophies that I have previously

During the past ten weeks, I have strengthened my concept of what constitutes effective leadership. Importantly, it is a leadership style that maximises the contributions of followers to achieve the desired outcomes for the organisation they represent. As Nanjundeswaraswamy & Swamy (2014, p.57) explains, effective leaders need to balance the drive to achieve a task with managing relationships. Therefore, it is essential for good leadership to not only focus on the task but develop, motivate and empower team members to strive for the achievement of task goals.

As a first time RA, I felt that my biggest challenge was realizing when it was okay to not know the answer to a problem or situation. Taking this leadership class has helped me realize that it is okay to step down when I do not know the answer, specifically with Team Leadership. Team Leadership was described in the book as when “team members step forward when situations warrant, providing the leadership necessary, and then step back to allow others to lead” (Northouse 365). Having this reassurance that I do not always have to be the person stepping up came in handy for me in particular when I came across a situation where there was a large party. My co-RA that was on duty with me had better skills with memorizing information that needed to be in the IR than I did. Having read the chapter on Team Leadership, I knew that it was okay for her to take the lead and for me to step back and help guide the situation.

One of the topics in organizational development today is leadership. Leadership is what individuals do to mobilize other people in organizations and communities. According to Kouzes & Posner, there are five practices and ten commitments of exemplary leadership. The five practices of exemplary leadership include: Model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. In the Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner found similar patterns and actions of leadership that created the essentials to achieve success. Utilizing the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, I have created a leadership plan that would apply to the Admission Department at Texas Wesleyan University.

In class, so far, we have discussed many different topics about leadership. One being different leadership theories. The one that I feel most represents the leader I want to be in the future is servant leadership. When we discussed servant leadership it was defined as this leadership model is based on the leader and the followers wanting to serve others. Basically, this means the servant leader you put your focus on the needs of others before your own. The followers goal is to serve clients and the leader’s goal is to serve the employee and implement the organization mission statement. The leader supports other employees by noticing their goals and provide the proper support to help them reach those goals. This