Leadership Development Assignment 2022

Running head: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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1. Leadership want
In accordance of the various leadership styles put forward by Hersey Blanchard, I would
like to be a servant leader. I want to be a servant leader in the wider area of situational
leadership. In the previous assignment we learned about the leadership styles of Martin Luther
King and Elon Musk. Considering the same the leadership style of Elon Musk was a style that
attracted my attention. Although Elon Musk can more rightly be called a transformational leader,
his vision is important. At many times he has shown distinct characteristics of a servant leader
who is eager to serve the people that work under him (Meirovich and Gu 2015). I want to be a
leader like him as he can integrate his followers with the vision that he has with his organization.
I want to utilize the participating style of leadership. It is a style that utilizes a low task but high
relationship framework. In this case the leader actively engages with his subordinates to get their
work done. I want to be a leader like this because this leadership can help to optimally develop
my leadership abilities. Hence, I can experience quick and more effective development as a
leader. In a servant leadership style the main goal that the leader has is to serve the others within
his team and also his organization (Seto and Sarros 2016). I want to share power and put the
needs of my employees first. I can develop high levels of emotional intelligence and situational
understanding through my participation as a servant leader.
2. Required leadership competencies
In order to be the leader of my choice there are some essential competencies that I would
need to master. The most important among these are self-awareness, social awareness, self-
management and relationship management. These aspects need to be developed in order to
improve the leadership skills. The larger part of leadership depends on management functions of
the employees. This helps in the development of better operational effectiveness. Firstly, self-

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awareness is important. It would help to know my strengths and weaknesses. Secondly, social
awareness is important as it can help me to identify with the people I would lead. This means
that I would be able to develop empathy, organizational awareness and service orientation to take
a more holistic approach towards leadership development. Self-management is an important skill
that I would have to master. This would help me to nurture and develop my leadership
capabilities. This includes self-control, trustworthiness, adaptability, conscientiousness,
optimism, achievement focus and initiative (Li et al. 2016). I would need to manage myself and
develop the abilities to manage others at the same time. Relationship management is another
skills that I would need to develop within myself. Without developing proper relationship value
one can never be a servant leader. Developing relationship management would include
inspirational leadership, influence, communication, and catalyst for change, conflict management
skills and other important aspects. This is one of the most important factors that I would need to
develop as this can help me to become effective in the work that I do and develop my essential
abilities further (Henkel, Marion and Bourdeau 2019).
3. Key learnings
Throughput the semester the course materials were instrumental in their roles concerning
the knowledge of leadership that was gained. The learnings that were generated helped to
understand many of the intrinsic and deeper concepts that were related to leadership. Two key
learnings were according to me the most important in deciding the value of the learning that were
developed through the learning received throughout the year. However, the essential learnings
were not just developed through the readings that were part of the semesters. There were also
many practical experiences that were effective in providing more value to the learning. The
practical experiences no doubt shaped my learning in more effective ways.