Developing Leadership Skills and Competencies

This article discusses the importance of developing leadership skills and competencies such as effective communication, motivation, delegation, and empowerment. It includes personal reflections on growth areas and obstacles, as well as milestones and accountability measures. The article is relevant for students and professionals interested in becoming effective leaders.

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“Leadership means not only having a dream but claiming
that dream and the role you want to play in it.”
-BennisandGoldsmith(LearningtoLead)
LTC – Challenges of Society
ADAUniversity
SchoolofEducation

WhoAreYou?
Describe your character and temperament.
I am a quiet and introvert person which loves to hear and take diversified knowledge from different sources. I also
love to be loyal to my friend and colleagues to everyone which hon I am associated with. I low sharing views and ideas
with my subordinates and colleagues for better development of all of us. I have a good amount of temperament as I
am not provoked often and have control over my anger.
MBTI type: Belbin team roles:
“Changewillnotcomeifwewaitforsomeotherpersonorsomeothertime. Wearetheoneswe'vebeenwaitingfor.
We are the change that we seek.” - Barack Obama
Describe yourself, noting particularly those things that you feel are important to make you
who you are today.
I am a second-year Business Administration student who aspires to be a prominent leader in the future of the
company. I am what I am due to my education through an educational institution which have focused on my learning
and helped me in becoming a better person with quite some knowledge. My parents have motivated me and given me
humility and humbleness to grow up till position to where I am standing in.
What would you say are your best strengths and skills?
My strengths are that I am a good decision maker and innovative which is also my skills. These are my strengths
which helps me to be a good student and an aspirant to be a leader in the near future by optimizing threats and
weakness.
Describe your values, what is important to you
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What Have you learned?
“Thegrowthanddevelopmentofpeopleisthehighestcallingofleadership.” - Harvey S. Firestone
How have you changed this semester?
In this semester I have learnt more about business administration and different leadership traits and charters which
one needs to have hence It can be said that as I have learnt I have developed in the current years.
What have you learned this semester about leadership that will be useful for your future?
I have read about leadership quality, traits and characteristics that a leader should possess in order to be an
effective leader in the coming future.
What have you learned this semester about communication that will be useful for your
future?
I have learnt that communication is one of the major attributes to a leader an for a human to be successful in any field
the following working in and that communication is evident ways through which one can share knowledge and
information.
What have you learned this semester about a team that will be useful for your future?
t that it is very important in order to understand the importance of coordination and communication in how to
be a good team made in order to complete a conventional task which is assigned in a collaborative manner.

WhatOpportunitiesWillYouPursue?
Choose 3skills, competencies, areas of knowledge or attitudes that you plan to
develop.
Growth Area1
Describe this growth area.
Communication is a major growth area in which I would like to develop myself in an effective manner the competency
of effective communication is very important for a letter to be or a person to be able to communicate and share
information and knowledge by the proper establishment of communication
How will you benefit from your growth in this area?
Communication is a major growth area in which I would like to develop myself in an effective manner the competency
of effective communication is very important for a letter to be or a person to be able to communicate and share
information and knowledge by the proper establishment of communication
Howwillothersbenefitfromyourgrowthinthisarea?(Who?How?)
Development in communication will help me in growing my communication and coordination with other people and the
other people will also benefit from this as they will now be able to properly communicator co-ordinate with me and
share knowledge which they feel like saying to me through an effective communication medium.
Ifyouaresuccessfulinthisgrowthareawhatwillhavechanged?
If I am developed in communication I will be able to properly communicate and to enhance my overall Idea sharing
personality which will change the way I will approach my life and the way I will approach sharing of knowledge with
others.
Whatobstaclesmightyoufaceinpursuingthisgrowth?
As I am an introvert person it is very hard for me to be an extrovert and be able to communicate with different
peoples hence the major obstacle which I can face in the development of my communication skill is that I am an
introvert.

Whocanhelpyougrowinthisarea?
Teachers books and journals will be an evident source of place through which I can develop my communication skills
and be a better communicator in an evident manner and they will help me in growing for this skill or competency.
What will be some milestones as you grow in this area?
Some milestones which I will set for the communication skill development will be community communicating on a
topic with others for a good period of time and proper coordination of with others at the time of work and operation.
When will you meet the first milestone?
I will achieve my first milestone within a month
Whataccountabilitymeasurescanyoutakeinpursuingthisgrowth?
the time taken in developing the communication skill and competency will be measured as a major accountability and
unit to measure the development of communication skills.
“Peoplearelikedirt.Theycaneithernourishyouandhelpyougrowasapersonorthey can
stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” -Plato

Growth Area2
Describe this growth area.
II growth area to which I am focused on is developing a skin of motivating others and inspiring them as an
effective leader to develop effective competency in motivating my colleagues and subordinate currency
through efficiency
Howwillyoubenefitfromyourgrowthinthisarea?
To development in this competency will benefit me in being a better leader and a better person at the
same time which will help me in keeping myself motivated and to inspire others for doing the same.
Howwillothersbenefitfromyourgrowthinthisarea?(Who?How?)
As I will be able to inspire others will be benefited as they will get motivated by my actions and my saying
which will help them in leading a better life and working through efficiency.
Ifyouaresuccessfulinthisgrowthareawhatwillhavechanged?
Through my development in this growth area, I will be benefited in a huge way I will stay motivated
anytime and will tend to inspire others through the set of examples which will inspire them and change
my life as I will be very positive about being motivated every time.

Whatobstaclesmightyoufaceinpursuingthisgrowth?
One of the major obstacles which I can face during this growth area development is that I can get
demotivated at times in which I will not be able to motivate and inspire others.

Whocanhelpyougrowinthisarea?
Teachers and parents can help me with glowing and developing and this particular growth area
What will be some milestones as you grow in this area?
One of the major milestones which I set for this competency development is when a person gets inspired by my
motivation and increases its operational efficiency.
When will you meet the first milestone?
Development of this competency is not time-bound although I look forward to completing and attaining the
following competency within a month
Whataccountabilitymeasurescanyoutakeinpursuingthisgrowth?
The approach of keeping one self-motivated will be a major measurement of how have been the following
competency
“We find comfort among those who agree with us – growth among those who don’t.”
- Frank A.Clark

Growth Area3
Describe this growth area.
Delegation and Empowerment Are also and competency which I would like to develop in an evident Manna to
be able to delegate my works as a leader to my coordinates in an evident Manna so that so I can through
efficiency.
Howwillyoubenefitfromyourgrowthinthisarea?
This is an important competency to develop so that I am able to be a good leader which will
effectively delegate it operational powers and empower subordinate to conduct operational
activities true efficiency. it can be said that this will help me in being a better leader in the Future
Days.
Howwillothersbenefitfromyourgrowthinthisarea?(Who?How?)
Developing this competency will help me in developing we empowerment quality within myself as a
leader this will benefit made subordinate to be empowered in an efficient manner so that they can
perform their operational activities to efficiency leading up to a better performance by them and a
better platform where we can share and Express their knowledge.
Ifyouaresuccessfulinthisgrowthareawhatwillhavechanged?
If I am able to develop III competency in an effective Naina I will be able to change my leadership
approach and will be able to enhance my overall leadership qualities which will impact on my
operational strength and to optimise the weaknesses which I have in order to be a proper leader. this
will help me to delegate my work to subordinates in an evident weather and the Empire them for
conducting operations to a specific end goal.

Whatobstaclesmightyoufaceinpursuingthisgrowth?
One of the major obstacles which I can face in developing the slated competency and skin within me is the lack
of knowledge on what is the process which I should take in order to properly maintain a procedure which would
help me in the proper delegation of authority to my subordinate and empower them for conducting operational
activities.

Whocanhelpyougrowinthisarea?
Books and journals can be a major source of information which I can get for development of the stated
competency in an effective manner I can know about the processes and procedures which are taken by
many while delegating their operational activities did the subordinates and how to empower the following for
being a better user of my denigratory powers.
What will be some milestones as you grow in this area?
Some of the major milestones which I will set for the development of the state competency is gaining
knowledge over the processes used understanding the knowledge required for delegation authority and to
develop knowledge in regards of implementation of the delegatory process which should be used by a
leader effectively.
When will you meet the first milestone?
Some of the major milestones which I will set for the development of the state competency is gaining
knowledge over the processes used understanding the knowledge required for delegation authority and to
develop knowledge in regards of implementation of the delegatory process which should be used by a
leader effectively.
Whataccountabilitymeasurescanyoutakeinpursuingthisgrowth?
Some of the major milestones which I will set for the development of the state competency is gaining
knowledge over the processes used understanding the knowledge required for delegation authority and to
develop knowledge in regards of implementation of the delegatory process which should be used by a
leader effectively.
“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that
is not gold.” - Leo Tolstoi