This reflective report focuses on different concepts

Running head: LEADERSHIP FOR MANAGERS
Leadership for managers

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Introduction
This reflective report focuses on different concepts and theories that I have learned from
attending the lectures about background of leadership, theories of leadership as well as, ways of
building relationship through leadership.
Chapters 1, 2, & 3: Introduction to leadership
In classes of some chapters, it was taught that leadership is used for developing liaison between
followers and leaders and they want actual transformation hence, results should reflect their
shared purposes (Northouse, 2017).
During first chapter, I enhanced my learning related to different leadership theories such as
behavioral, great man, contingency, relational, trait, and influence theories. For example, when I
was working in my previous organization, I have team-building skills that distinguished me from
others and contributed to the development of success. From this chapter 1, I have learned that
under great man theories, leadership is illustrated as an individual great man who consider each
element together as well as, persuaded others for following along with, relied on competencies,
strength related to inherited characteristics as well as, qualities (Antonakis and Day, 2017). This
leadership theory would be applied by me in the future.
During chapter 1 classes, it is pointed that relational theories emphasized on how a leader and
follower interact as well as, persuades one another. I learned that servant and transformational
leadership are some relational theories that would be applied by me for developing liaison with
my team member. It would be advantageous to improve not only my personal but also
professional career. This lecture was supportive as it enables me to comprehend application of
influence theories (Riggio, 2017). It was observed that influence theories could be applied by me
to influence the processes between followers and leaders. In this theory, charismatic leadership
could be applied by me for influencing according to personality and qualities of a leader.
It is noticed that there are different things that I need to focus on becoming a leader. These are
leadership activities that could be applied in daily routine, selecting good mentor for obtaining
feedbacks, follow to victorious leader, and works for creating personal traits related to patience
and empathy (Landy and Conte, 2016).
From chapter 2, my learning was related to traits, behaviors, as well as, relationships. It is
pointed that there are different individual traits in the context of a leader such as personality,
social and individual traits, personal and professional traits, and intelligence and competencies. It

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was taught to me that some characteristics must be owned within a leader such as sincerity,
positive, assurance, reliable, and optimism (Komives, 2016). At the time of this chapter, it was
addressed that some kind roles are performed by a leader such as advisory, operational, and
collaborative role. For example, I seen that division president works as an operational role in a
vertical management position, project manager acts as a collaborative role, and human resource
manager acts as an advisory role for providing support and guidance. I would like to act as an
operational manager (Braun, Kark, and Wisse, 2018).
I also boosted my understanding that some kinds of behavioral approaches could be used by a
leader such as autocratic and democratic. I have also enhanced my learning that autocratic
leadership is used for centralizes to authority as well as, derives power from positions, coercion,
as well as, controlling rewards (Saleh and Hu, 2016). It was pointed that democratic leadership is
implemented for delegating the authority, motivating participants, relies on subordinate respect
for influences, and dependency on subordinates for the attainment of tasks. It could be significant
for me to make a feasible decision. It would be also applied by me when there are high
differences between subordinates and leaders (Sendjaya, 2016).
During the tenure of chapter 3, it was taught to me that contingency approaches are focusing on
outlining the characteristics of conditions and followers. It was addressed that situational
leadership theory is implemented by a leader to deal in different situation. This lecture would
enable me to implement Fiedler contingency theory for developing association between leaders
and followers. It was also addressed that group task performance, leader style, as well as,
situational favorability could be used to become a good leader (Haynes, Hitt, and Campbell,
2015).
Chapters 4, 5, 6 & 7: The personal side of leadership
In this lecture, it was observed that some chapters such as 4, 5, 6 & 7 has developed critical
knowledge related to leadership. During tenure of chapter 4, my learning was improved in the
context of significance about self-awareness and recognizes the blind spot of an individual. I
have enhanced my knowledge that there are different personality dimension that could be used
by a leader to address their individuality. It is evaluated that conscientiousness, agreeableness,
openness to experience, extroversion, and stability of emotion (Pandit, 2017). It was pointed that
there is a difference between internal and external behavior. The lecture related to values and
attitudes was beneficial for me to enhance my leadership skills. Before attending the lecture