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My Leadership Skills Analysis

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Abstract

This paper focuses on my leadership abilities, the qualities and shortcomings associated

with my type of leadership, the inspirations and motivations that help me achieve the goals I set

for myself as a leader, the results of a self-assessment test, and many identity characteristics

associated with my type of leadership. It proceeds to investigate my self-improvement plan to

expand my leadership capabilities and create specific identification and behavioral highlights

that will aid me in completing any goals I set and developing into a more effective leader.

Introduction

Recognizing and comprehending oneself, as well as the qualities that will significantly

contribute to the leadership style, is critical for a leader to be successful. To begin, the notion of

leadership, the attributes of a great leader, management styles, and what distinguishes a leader

from a manager will be investigated. I begin by outlining the most important aspects and

requirements of leadership. Several analysts have explained and defined the notion of leadership

in numerous ways, but I will focus on a few of them. Leadership is an activity that motivates

members in a group to take action in order to achieve a common goal (Amanchukwu et al.,

2015). Another term linked with leadership is the influence one individual has on a group in

order to attain shared goals. According to Panda & Banik (2020), a leader may create a

consistent environment that rouses and energizes followers to achieve company goals. Given the

abundance of leadership explanations, we may argue that the concept of leadership may emerge

when there are several people in within the process. One should not lead oneself.

Leadership has taken many forms from the beginning of time. Leaders' behavioral

characteristics have affected leadership in many situations throughout history. Furthermore, it is

well acknowledged that the many types of leadership leaders utilize are dictated by their identity,
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genuine time, and social context. This is supported by the fact that various professionals who

have been sharpened recently are more successful in various disciplines. In businesses with large

amounts of information, for example, a dictatorial leadership style may not operate. Furthermore,

with populations used to being ruled by an authoritarian system, predicting the efficacy of a

democratic leadership approach may be difficult. If one chooses a leadership style that can

influence more convinced employees within the industry and social system, obtaining

worthwhile and trustworthy outcomes will be more obvious.

Desirable Characteristics of a Leader

To broaden our perspective and obtain a superior understanding of a leader's potential, we

must first comprehend three critical aspects of a leader within an organizational environment.

Coach

A great leader mentors and coaches his team members and workers to help them grow.

The primary rationale for a leader's strategy is to progress the more obvious organizational

objectives as well as other medium- and short-term goals. According to Stoyanova & Iliev

(2017), an effective leader balances the goals of the organization with the goals of the

employees. In other words, a leader imparts the necessary skills to followers in order for the

organization's vision and goals to be realized.

Coordinate

Leaders must plan and arrange teams for their colleagues or staff members, set goals,

develop procedures to achieve those goals, and guide staff members through these programs.

Motivation

Motivating people is an underappreciated component of being a leader; a great leader

must convince their group members and critical individuals by inventiveness, compassion, and
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interpersonal talents (Harrison, 2017). For example, the leader must be courteous and devise

effective processes to reboard a gather component who is experiencing difficulties. Leaders,

despite their bravery, never abandon their followers. Each leader exemplifies a mix of

characteristics that cannot be neatly classified into one style, yet they all work together to

motivate a group of people to achieve their common goals. Leaders must possess unique

attributes in order to guide people to the desired destination.

Leaders Versus Managers

A manager often focuses on strategy, creating, and establishing standards, but a leader is

always on the lookout for new, more effective processes to design and innovate (Noruzy et al.,

2013). The leader is always coming up with novel and innovative ways to do things. They

empower and develop creative individuals and organizations, challenge the status quo in pursuit

of extraordinary outcomes and productivity, and emphasize progress. Managers are focused on

achieving easy goals, while leaders consistently seek and investigate development. Managers are

more focused with short-term goals, while leaders always look forward and plan for change.

This implies that leadership is more concerned with exceeding expectations and attaining

the organization's goals and objectives. A leader will aid in this effort by empowering their

followers. As a result, they will contemplate growing the aforesaid institution, finding unknown

potential, incorporating suggestions from their team members into plans, and contributing to

future success. A leader should then be able to lead change within the organization, be a great

decision maker, oversee performance of the team members, create individuals and have a client

center, build connections, and have a strong intuition for change and quality controls, among

other notable qualities.

Understanding the distinctions between a leader and a manager is essential, but

understanding what attributes make a great leader is critical. It is possible to improve one's

leadership talents via experience-based training and to make a plan to provide a lucrative leader.

According to Dimitrov (2015), a competent leader demonstrates leadership abilities and

encourages everyone to work together to achieve the organizational goal.

Examining my Leadership Capabilities

Strengths and Weaknesses

When I examined my self-assessment score as a leader, I realized that my strengths lie in

the areas of creativity and innovation, diplomacy, futuristic thinking, negotiation and being a

self-starter. On the other hand, I have weakest scores in areas such as teamwork, understanding

others, interpersonal skills, taking personal responsibility, resilience, and people advocacy.

My strengths will benefit the company for which I will work. Creativity and innovation

are at the center of the organizational success. External elements without the leader's control

have a continual influence on organizations. As such, an organization must always come up with

creative and innovative ways of being competitive in the market. Organizations are changing as a

result of globalization and rapid developments in cutting-edge digital technology. Missing out on

such technological innovation and creativity might damage the company's growth, leading to

poor performance. As such my strength will be useful to the company.

Because many businesses employ change leadership methods to boost the success of

ideas, as a change leader, I may collaborate with expanding bosses who permit underutilized

capacities to guarantee that workers can effectively exploit the underutilized capabilities. My

strength in diplomacy will be critical in this area. Excellent diplomatic leadership enables a

company to adapt to a changing human resource environment. It enables the organization to

adapt changes to the company's conventional operating processes, continue despite constraints

imposed by governments and other legal requirements, and monitor and address concerns. My

experience here will also help me to connect with people who have been affected by a change

movement, which is an important part of managing change in an organization. Workers will

eventually be included into the change plan. As a result, early negotiation and agreement on the

proposed arrangement are crucial to establishing the stage for its success. This will also help to

reduce resistance to an untested movement.

Because negotiation is such a fundamental skill for effective leadership, it was another

area of my skill test where I excelled. Several studies have been conducted to discover how

negotiation and leadership are related. According to Dimitrov (2015), a successful leader must

effectively negotiate with their followers in order to persuade them of their beliefs. A leader must

negotiate effectively with others in order to gain a better understanding of the actions to be taken

to achieve organizational goals. Some believe that an effective leader should be able to induce or

persuade others to follow a specific course of action.

Leaders must be able to negotiate effectively with their audiences. As a great negotiator, I

can build a bond with my supporters. According to Amanchukwu et al. (2015), the time it takes a

group to finish work without slogging is used to survey viable leadership, and amazing

negotiation abilities are essential. It connects individuals to accomplish desired objectives by

sketching out destinations and obligations in detail.

I will also be able to advance believe with my group members. A common shared sense

of purpose, or "conviction," holds it together, and as a great leader, I will ensure that my gather

individuals participate in various exercises to construct this belief. I will completely clarify the
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errands and responsibilities of each gather part ahead of time, eliminating misunderstanding and

advancing believe.

My self-leadership testing scores reflect my ability to control my emotions and accept

responsibility for my choices, demonstrating that I am more responsible and cautious of my

leadership plan. These abilities are critical for entrepreneurs because they enable them to keep a

clear separation between their personal and professional lives, develop successful information-

sharing strategies with their partners in order to achieve the company's shared goals, and create a

management plan. However, I am powerless in direct extraversion and readiness to undertake

unused things, so I had a poor score in people advocacy.

My significant shortcomings in my leadership abilities are also resilience, interpersonal

skills and taking personal responsibility. I take time to understand other people, as such, I don’t

perform well in team activities, hence my poor score in team work. These are weaknesses that I

must overcome for me to be very effective in the organization that I work for.

Reflection on Previous Encounters

I have consistently accepted that my decision-making handle is the same regardless of my

circumstances at work. Regardless of my conviction that I was a competent decision-maker,

examining my leadership abilities revealed that I had powerless decision-making abilities, and I

also realized that I am incompetent at making judgments.

One of my limitations is the gradualness of my decision-making procedure. Consider

decision-making requires a significant amount of effort. Not long after receiving my bachelor's

degree, I was permitted to end up the showcasing administrator at the company where I worked,

but this quality worked against me. Since numerous clients have expressed dissatisfaction with a
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few of our items, my boss has entrusted me with gathering data and giving proposals on how to

improve.

During my moment leadership involvement, I had to make difficult decisions quickly. I

was capable of making educated judgments nearly the project's movement. Human rights

infringement and ethical standards were among the moral concerns raised by this circumstance. I

was in command of a bunch I accepted would contradict the company's deal programs, so I had

to form decisions quickly and yield my reports as soon as conceivable.

Utilizing my involvement, I can quickly recognize the foremost pivotal contemplations to

consider when making choices beneath coercion for my future self. In these circumstances, I

must pass on a comprehensive picture of the results of my choices. It is pivotal to venture

certainty and regard, fabulous driving constrains, maintain a strategic distance from acting

forcefully and foster flexibility. In arrange to realize brief- and long-term goals, fiasco

management requires the fitting leadership and decision-making abilities. In this manner,

calamity managers can dodge blunders by familiarizing themselves with different commonsense

and well-known leadership approaches and styles. When conceivable, fiasco managers esteem

collaboration and taking the activity. Significant characteristics incorporate visionary leadership,

emotional intelligence, a commitment to supporting connections, and self-assurance in decision-

making. In the event that I need to be fruitful in commerce, I must develop self-management

aptitudes. Enthusiastic insights may be a strategy for distinguishing future leaders and a device

for improving leadership aptitudes. As an alter leader, I must illustrate the most extreme levels of

emotional intelligence to arouse enthusiasm for the designated errands and raise awareness of the

set-up objectives.
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Activities to Advance My Leadership Qualities

After considering my leadership strategies, aptitudes, areas of interest, and limits,

developing a plan for expanding my leadership qualities and abilities is essential. I will plan an

activity arrange encompassing planning action over a set period of time to create advancement as

a leader, alongside a leadership improvement program. Learning unused abilities necessitates

taking risks and clearing out one's comfort zone

Obtaining my MBA

I got accepted into an MBA program as a fundamental stage in developing my

management capacities and skills; this program will increase my standard leadership abilities by

reinforcing my abilities or active pieces of information and obtaining experience in leadership

and cooperation.

Because of its action-based format, I will be able to connect with people from various

societies for collaborative exercises while pursuing this degree, allowing me to take advantage of

this opportunity to work closely with classmates on projects and in class to develop interpersonal

skills that will be useful to me after graduation.

Enrollment in Leadership Training Courses

As I pursue my MBA and want to improve my management style, I intended to enroll in

assistance leadership and management classes that would be essential and beneficial to me.

Indeed, in my MBA program, I have been keen on analyzing the optional course materials,

focusing on what would create my identity qualities and how to utilize the data obtained to be a

great leader. I additionally copy and improve my flaws as I bargain with colleagues and teachers

every day. A particular interest in the leadership and leadership classes will be in decision-

making, which is one of my major weaknesses as a leader.

Examine Related Media Stories

Regardless of whether it appears interesting, I should start listening to webinars on a

regular basis because it will improve my ability to pay attention while also educating me on the

procedures of influential leaders. Effective analysts get it shocking leadership philosophies and

assess specific conclusions in those podcasts that back the development of leadership qualities.

Self-Evaluation

By completing the various self-analysis exams suggested by the master's program, I can

recognize my progress and areas for development. For example, when I do self-assessments after

utilizing some of the abilities I have learned, my appraisals change, advancing my leadership

capacities.

Maintaining Family Work Balance

It may be difficult to distinguish between my vocation and my personal life as a student,

a husband, and a father, but I need to perfect this skill to become a great leader. To be a fruitful

leader, I must learn to manage my previously established inclinations and carry on professionally

so that my obligations and strain from the family don't interfere with my work and vice versa. To

make things easier for myself, I will enlist the help of several specialists who specialize in setting

limits and learn a lot from them.

Having Detailed Planned Programs

To achieve my objectives, I should set up due dates for the above-mentioned activities. I

will type out the subtle elements of my strategy and break the work into manageable units to

make assessing usage simpler. Effective time management leads to increased time adaptability,

allowing me to do more basic things in less time, improved consideration, higher efficiency,

distress offer assistance, and indeed more resources to contribute to the most critical individuals.
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Analyzing and Monitoring the Progress

A development survey is ideal since it serves as a reminder that goals may be achieved. I

will routinely review my accomplishments so that I can make any necessary changes to my

leadership intercession strategy. By keeping a journal of my progress, I will be able to

distinguish where I am making progress and where I still need to focus on progressing specific

capacities. I will also seek counsel from my colleagues and guides as frequently as possible to

induce modern bits of knowledge on moving forward my leadership qualities.

Creating Opportunities

Building strong associations may be a fundamental component of the program to upgrade

my leadership. I will put more effort into building my leadership capacities by going to webinars

and conferences to associate with and learn from other people's unmistakable thoughts. As a

result of the thought, my comprehension of my leadership style and critical exercises to mirror to

progress within the future has been broadened and extended. I still have to be committed to

memory components of my potential and who I am that will impact how I respond in leadership

settings and offer assistance me become an effective leader. This thought has given it significant

ponder and in-depth research. My self-motivated leadership style has had a gigantically useful

impact on many more people and organizations there. It is easy to sharpen since some mentors

provide heading, which can be gotten by tuning in to a few beneficial leader podcasts or going to

webinars. These components will offer assistance me to tune in to other people's points of view,

plan novel arrangements to challenges, and develop a future community of competent decision-

makers. In spite of the fact that my approach as a supporter of larger part run the show does not

work well in crises, I see that some crucial concerns may be dodged on the off chance that
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everybody performs their respective roles. I should relentlessly follow to my 8-point activity

arrange to reach the required objective.

Conclusion

My leadership has pointed to my strengths in areas such as creativity and innovation,

diplomacy, futuristic thinking, negotiation and self-starting. These strengths are critical to build

leadership abilities in order to enhance our quality of life and improve on the organizational

success. I also realized that I have weaknesses like people advocacy, resilience, interpersonal

skills, taking personal responsibility, understanding others and poor team work. As a leader, I

must work on these weaknesses to enhance not only my performance, but also the growth of the

organization that I work for. Differentiating one's talents, abilities, and competencies will involve

proficiently utilizing people while making a difference for improvement in their fundamental

shortcomings. As a leader, I may have to be make strides to eliminate my shortcomings, and

leverage on my strengths for the organizational success.

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