Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Skills

Developing strategic management and leadership skills

Contents
Contents........................................................................................................................ 1
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 2
Relevant literature............................................................................................................ 2
Critical incidents.............................................................................................................. 6
First Critical incident..................................................................................................... 6
Second critical incident.................................................................................................. 8
Summary of key strengths and weaknesses...........................................................................11
Conclusion................................................................................................................... 13
References................................................................................................................... 14

Introduction
This reflection outlines the two critical incidents which are based on my coursework group
discussions and residential weekend projects. The review of literature is conducted to understand
the significance of self-development and self-awareness aspects in becoming successful
managers. The purpose of writing this reflection is to recognize own positive and negative points
and analyzing the relevant information by using the toolkits such as cultural intelligence
questionnaire and Belbin reports.
Relevant literature
Self-development and self-awareness are the most two important concepts. These are the most
important activities that help managers to become successful and perform effectively in the
organizations. The success of managers and leader is based on their performance, skills and
abilities to raise the profit of the organization. Every manager has different qualities according to
circumstances. Many studies have been performed the analysis of the importance of self
awareness and development in fulfilling and achieving the managerial role in the future.
According to various researchers, it is found that managers fail to become successful because
they did not overlook the significance of self-awareness and self-development aspects(Hanssen,
2009).

Self-awareness
It is a continuous process of looking at own internal capabilities and self reflection, which allows
the mind of an individual to analyze and investigate their emotions and experience. Self-
awareness means the understanding of own emotions, abilities and skills. According to the
definition of Coleman, an individual who understand own emotional capabilities and strong
points and weak points are said to be a self-aware person. Some of the other authors have given
the definition of self-awareness as the ability of individuals with the help of which they can
assess their skills and behavior at the workplace. Self-awareness is essential because it helps the
individuals to look at themselves without making any judgement and showing other people about
who you really are. The best part of self-awareness is that it allows individuals to adapt to the
circumstances and control their emotions (Cherniss & Goleman, 2017). For example, if an
individual met with an accident and Lose a leg, they have the opportunity the robotic Technology
with the help of which they can start working in new ways. This all depends upon the ability to
be aware of the new technologies and your own personality. Some of the authors define self-
awareness as the cognitive process which involved in the integration of personal experiences and
the knowledge gained from the external reality or work experiences. Therefore, it is clear that
self-awareness is the best approach interaction between the emotions and thoughts. To Add
more, self-awareness also helps the individuals to set the realistic goals future by assessing the
current state of skills and abilities.
Continuous self-development
The term Self-development states the commitment of a person to think critically and make better
decisions for the features and develop their own skills and abilities. The managers should focus