Leadership Project
Conceptualizing Leadership
I was not surprised by the scores in that it essential for leadership to possess an effective and efficient communication method with other stakeholders. In leadership, there is a leader and subjects. There must be effective communication between these stakeholders to enable the leader to maximize his skills, abilities, process, trait, and behavior. Effective communication between the leader and the subjects or followers is the main aspect of leadership. Other emphasis such as skills and ability thrive on effective communication.
Leadership Traits
I performed effectively in relation to self-ratings and average ratings by the four raters. This is evident in the close relationship between the scores on being friendly, perceptive, sensitive, and dependable. This refers to crucial traits that make me an effective leader in relation to the view of the followers or other leaders. Raters think than I am persistent, outgoing, emphatic, and conscientious than I think of myself. This leads to development of trust in the essence of implementing such traits in a leadership position.
Leadership Styles
My leadership style focuses on the promotion of democracy in a moderate range. This indicates application of democracy with limits and guideline for execution of duties and responsibilities. I also believe in low range of Laissez leadership style in minimal situation. I rate authoritarian leadership very low since it applies in rare cares. All these leadership styles are crucial to the development of an effective leader. Their application depends on the situation.
Task and Relationship
I rate both task and relationship highly. This is an indication that my leadership style focuses on the achievement of goals and objectives at the same time emphasizing on effective management and interaction with people. It is essential to develop an appropriate balance between accomplishment of goals and management of the people in order to obtain maximum output from the leadership position. This illustrates my choice to rate both task and relationship highly within the context of leadership.
Leadership Skills
I do rate interpersonal and administrative skill highly within the context of leadership. These skill supplements the conceptual skills towards the development of an effective leader and leadership environment. It is essential to develop quality interpersonal skills to connect and interact with the followers effectively and efficiently. This is crucial to the application of administrative skill because of the promotion of quality communication in the process of achieving the goals and objectives.
Leadership Vision
I am high in range to in relation to vision ability skill. This indicates on the ability to develop a vision for the accomplishment of goals and objectives within an organization or a group. For effective leadership trait, it is crucial to possess adequate visionary skills to enable the group or organization move to another level. This skill is essential fro the transformation, growth, and development of an organization or a group in the context of leadership (Adeniyi, 2007).
Setting the Tone
I am in the high range for the setting the tone for the achievement of objectives and goals of the organization or the relevant group. This is through adoption and implementation of quality balance between structures, norms, cohesion, and standards of excellence within the organization. It is essential to clarify the norms within an organization to elaborate on the culture of the entity in relation to expectations and achievement of goals and objectives. It is also ideal to develop a workable structure, standard of excellence, and cohesion within the relevant organization within the aim of achieving the goals and objectives thus effective tone setting.
Responding to Members of the Out-Group
This reflects a low range in responding to members of the out-group. This is a reflection of minimal interest in helping out-group members to have the ability to become part of the larger group. This is because of the hindrance or limitation by the behavior of the out-group members towards the overall progress of the group. This is inappropriate characteristic in leadership since these members have a role to move the group forward. No one should be left behind in the implementation of the strategies of the organization (Adeniyi, 2007). This indicates that it is effective to accommodate everybody within the group.
Conflict Style
In the context of leadership, it is ideal to avoid conflicts at all cost. This would ensure effective approach towards the achievement of the goals and objectives of the organization. In a case where a leader cannot avoid the conflict, he or she should adopt other methods of dealing with the conflict in relation to the situation. This is through adopting and implementing one of the following techniques: compromise, competition, collaboration, and accommodation depending on the conflict level (Hocker, 2011).
Path-Goal Styles
I am efficient in the adoption and implementation of supportive and participative leadership styles. My strength is effective application of supportive and participative leadership styles with the aim of achieving the goals and objectives of the organization. I need to improve on the achievement-oriented leadership to enhance the score to a high range. Quality balance between the four leadership styles in relation to achievement of goals and objectives are vital towards the quality leadership.
Core Values
These two core values are essential towards exercising effective and efficient leadership in relation to an organization or a group. Integrity is vital towards promotion of transparency and accountability in transactions and interaction with the followers or subjects. Influence is also a crucial value towards motivating the followers in the process of working on the goals and objectives. These two core values define my leadership styles in dealing with the followers or groups within the organization (Adeniyi, 2007).
References
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W.Wilmot and J. Hocker (2011), Interpersonal Conflict (pp. 146-148). Published by the American Psychological Association.
Adeniyi, M. A. (2007). Effective leadership management: an integration of styles, skills & character for today’s CEOs. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
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