Current roles and responsibilities

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Name of the Student
Name of the university
Author’s note

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Introduction
Leadership is the main determinant of the growth of an organization or the success of a
project. A leader is the one who inspires, influences and guides a team for their efficient
performance towards the achievement of some specific objectives (Braun et al., 2016).
This is a reflective report of my role as a team leader. It will give an account of my
leadership style, analyse the findings of the Gallup strength finder. This will help me to
understand my strengths and the weaknesses. Finally, the paper will also scrutinize the
leadership styles, the possible implications of the provided feedback, backed up by the
theoretical concepts of leadership.
Current roles and responsibilities as a leader
Recently, I was appointed as a team leader of a group that was working on a research
project related to psychology , where we had to conduct a primary research, that is we had to do
some field work, collect the data, analyse the data, set out the themes and then draw conclusion
from them. The work was not only tedious, but required precise planning and leadership. Each of
the team members were expert in my field and hence delegation of the task had been quite
challenging for me. However, I allocated each of them as per their convenience and expertise.
One of the challenge that I experienced being a leader was lack of time. We were asked to
complete the assigned task within the stipulated time, hence, I took various measures such taking
team hurdles in order to under the progression of our work. Another challenging aspect, which I
faced as a leader is the conflict between the team members. Being a leader, I acknowledged their
conflicts and tried to maintain an open communication between the team members. I provided

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ample scopes of discussion among the team members and tried to understand their perceptions
(Men, Fulk & Yuan, 2015). However, the conflicts were being resolved successfully.
Key aspect of the leadership journey
My experience over the years have actually taught me to distinct the difference between
the traditional leadership styles and the modern styles of leadership. During my earlier days, the
leaders were mainly authoritative and exercised power differences in an organisation. But, I was
greatly inspired by my course teacher. He was perfect amalgamation of a teacher as well as a
leader. The way he motivated his students was a perfect manifestation of a motivational leaders.
He helped had helped us to develop a clear vision of the goals of our life, to develop a marked
passion and to keep the team members energized and recharged. My teacher followed
transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is a leadership styles that my leader
used to follow. This is a type of leadership that can inspire positive changes in the one that
follows transformational leadership (McCleskey, 2014). My teacher offered support and
encouragement to the individual followers. In order to foster supportive relationship, out mentor
kept lines of open communication, such that we feel free to share our grievances. Hence, I can
say, that my teacher’s inspiration has been a turning point in my leadership style and I intended
to practice transformational leadership while managing the team.
Results of the Gallup strength finder
I have taken a Gallup Strength Finder, which is an online test for evaluating personal
characters and strengths. My Gallup strength survey have shown that I am empathetic, which
makes me accessible to the other members of team and everyone can approach me without much
hesitation. However, another strength determines that I have enough control of my emotions and