Leadership Assessment: Ethics, Conflict, Strategic Planning, and Power

This report provides an analysis of leadership qualities and their application within an organization. It specifically examines how a leader displays (or does not display) aspects of Ethics and Professional Codes of Conduct, Managing Conflict, Strategic Planning, and Power and Politics, referencing relevant reading materials. The analysis explores the leader's approach to disciplinary issues, conflict resolution strategies, strategic planning processes, and the management of power dynamics within the company. Furthermore, the report concludes by discussing how the assessment's findings can be applied to leadership roles and responsibilities, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations, fair treatment of employees, and the balance of power within the organization. The report highlights the need for consistent application of rules, training, and development, and how leaders navigate politics to safeguard the interests of all individuals.

1. Specifically, how did your leader display (or not display) aspects of Ethics and
Professional Codes of Conduct (Unit 10), Managing Conflict (Unit 11), Strategic Planning
(Unit 12) and Power and Politics (Unit 13). Please include references to Units 10, 11, 12 and
13 reading materials that support your answers.
Aspects of Ethics and Professional Codes of Conduct (Unit 10)
In a daily routine or a given task, how an individual functions along with group coding ethics
or formal code of conduct depends purely on the code which company follows. The
disciplinary measures along with individual assigned tasks should completely adhere to the
code ethics defined by the company. The professional code of conduct & ethics guidelines
should be properly formulated & well outlined by the company (reference pg 3). The leader
first of all needs to adhere to it & then automatically group is made to adhere to it. Some of
the disciplinary issues like, reporting time to office, absents, dressing codes or individual
behaviour is taken up seriously by some companies & hence by the leader to follow. For
other issues such as production, quality check, maintaining professional decorum is still
decoded by the leader & depending upon the individual levels desired actions are taken. My
leader is strict to rules & responsibility be it production, quality, business code of ethics or
any disciplinary issues.
Managing Conflict (Unit 11)
Conflicts are integral part of any institution or groups & how to resolve them peacefully
without creating disharmony or discord is an art which needs to be mastered by the group
leader (reference pg 2). For this out leader, first categorise if the conflicts are at personal level

or at professional level related to work or because of the individual’s behaviour. Internal or
external related or due to the conflicts in between interdepartmental activities etc. Then my
leader in order to understand the gravity of situations will take separate meetings & will try to
analyse the situation positively. In order to maintain decorum, this might take few hours or
days more to smoothen it back to functionality & for this the leader needs to decide whether
to resolve the issue cooperatively, compromise it, negotiate or completely avoid it. This part
of conflict resolved also depends on the number of people & resources affected due to this
situation, feedbacks from each individuals or group & how to restore peace ethically without
hampering anyone’s growth & affecting any individual respect at any level of the given
situation.
Strategic Planning (Unit 12)
In order to survive in a given framework or industry we need to strategies everything from
minute things to big things in details. My leader particularly have a sense of belongings to the
task assigned & company where he exists. To strategies a given task, he first anticipated &
calculated cost which might incur to achieve end results in a given project or finalising the
deal. After this, he formulated how many manpower required & for how many durations
(reference Pg 1-2). As a leader, he did group analysis on each & every individual & then
assigned tasks to every individual who provide the most efficient results without getting into
any conflicts. Then to also keep an eye on quality aspect along with operational issues, my
leader assigned an additional task to be cross-checked by peer individuals without burdening
them. A suitable turnaround time was designed to deliver tasks & check quality at each &
every stages. Finally, after an optimum strategy was devised, my leader delivered a plan in
details to the group making them understand about the criticality of the task & how to
stepwise achieve it.

Power and Politics (Unit 13)
In any company, power & politics plays an important role in defining suitable career
prospects & how a company runs on it. If the company is purely a business based company,
then employees will be motivated to drive the company in the same manner (reference Pg 4).
If the company is running on business along with the employee-centric mix then it will
functional with strong operations along with the Human Resources department. Company
visions, missions, goals are defined & scoped within the business dimensions. In the case of
power & politics, my leader has to make a balance between the superiors & the subordinates.
Sometimes there is a huge pressure from the top hierarchy which falls into the middle &
finally to lower level. The leader needs to withstand all the pressures at a times & sometimes
need to lay out a firm ground rules for every individual operating within the same
department. Hence balancing of the power is the key. Politics also mould the business
atmosphere into negative or positively, how an individual leader tackles with it. Even an
individual highly motivated & working for the betterment of the company falls into the trap
of negative politics, how he withstands it, taking it positively or negatively depends on him as
well as leader. The leader needs to safeguard the interest of each & every individual.
2. How can you apply the conclusions of your assessment and analysis to leadership roles and
responsibilities in your organization?
The conclusion drawn & interpreted from the assessment laid are in accordance internal &
external guidelines set up. There are some areas of discomfort which doesn’t lay focus on an
individual level such as keeping individual respect, dignity & goals in lines to company
goals. It is not always warranted to think, in lines of business & achieving a business goals.
Sometimes to keep an individual motivated & spirits high, a leader needs to discuss

aspirations & negotiate an ideal turnaround time to do a task assigned. Individuals performing
at any levels should be treated same & with same respect.
The guidelines of rules & responsibilities should be firmly laid. It should be made mandatory
for every individual at every levels to adhere to it. It should not be flexible & done out of the
scope of business. But, sometimes it is duly noted, that rules are moulded at ease & adjusted
as per the employees may be due to partiality or favouritism. Hence rules should be firmly
laid within the dimensions of the business.
For this, a training & development should be imparted at the start of the organization defining
scope & vision of the company. Power, politics, conflicts are all interrelated but how we deal
at individual level &how our superiors or leaders withstand during such situation help us to
identify our own belongings to the organization.

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