Dynamic Leadership: Importance of Self-development and Key Leadership Theory

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Importance of Self-development as a Leader..................................................................................1
Key Leadership Theory...................................................................................................................2
Personal Leadership Development Plan..........................................................................................4
My Personal Skills and Competencies............................................................................................5
Feedback To and From Others........................................................................................................6
Use of Reflective and Reflexive Practice........................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The purpose of this report is to enlighten the reader about my leadership development
plan initiated in the external business environment. The report includes information about the
importance of self-development as a leader in the business environment to build self-awareness.
Further, it also explains key leadership theory to develop the personal leadership strategy plan in
the business environment. My leadership development plan has been explained in the paper that
can future help me in future prospects of life. Feedbacks to and from other people have also been
penned in the paper so as to enhance self-awareness and core communication skills for emotional
intelligence in the business environment (Komives, & Wagner, 2016). Reflective and reflexive
practices have been evaluated in the paper as a process of continuous learning. Leadership refers
to the act of leading a group of people in business environment. Leadership skills play an
important role in convincing the people in business environment so that they can work in favour
of the objective. In my personal opinion, it is crucial for a person to attain leadership skills so
that they can effectively control their personal growth as well. My personal leadership
development plan will successfully help me to grow and attain expected success in the business
environment. Further, more details about the paper are discussed below.
Importance of Self-development as a Leader
Leadership is the ability to influence people in environment so as to get things done in the
right way. Whereas, self-leadership refers to the ability of a person to consciously influence
one’s own thoughts and behaviour so as to achieve personal goal or any other desired objective.
People that are self-led mainly take their own decisions in the right way and set personal targets
on the basis of objectives to achieve. Self-development through personal leadership is typical in
managers, entrepreneur, mentor etc. I believe that a person who has self-leadership skill gets to
take the right decisions and choices for their own as well as for others as well. Self-development
helps the leader to find out various gaps that are present in his personality and work according to
them so as to initiate self-awareness as well (Terrell, Terrell, Lindsey, & Lindsey, 2018).
Self-leadership is the first phase of leadership process present in the environment that
helps the leader to determine the skills that they possess and skills that they want to refine in the

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business environment. Self-development as a leader provides the opportunity to people to
achieve the right direction and motivation in such a way to positively influence their personal
performance along with others as well. Self-development as a leader builds self-awareness by
making the leader confront to various aspects that they were initially unable to identify. Self-
development as a leader makes the leader to identify the skills and competencies that they are
lacking and the skills that they need to achieve in the business environment so as to successfully
make the employees achieve the business objective (Frich, Brewster, Cherlin, & Bradley, 2015).
Further, it should be noted that the now a days we live in highly competitive world where
the environment is changing in minutes which means that it is important to be up to date and
competitive otherwise we will lose the competition. So, in order to distinguish ones identity from
others, it is important to initiate self-leadership which will directly increase self-awareness aspect
in a person. In my perspective self-development as a leader makes then person more aware about
the activities that are happening in the environment and react accordingly (Shamir, & Eilam-
Shamir, 2018). Acting in the right way upon diverse situations makes a person good leader in the
environment and this type of leadership skills can be attain through on-going self-development
process. The development process never ends for a person if they become a leader.
Key Leadership Theory
There are various theories and models defined in respect of the leadership ability present
in the environment. I believe that different people look at self-leadership in different ways based
on their understanding. GROW model is a leadership model that plays an important role in
helping the leader to make better decisions in the external environment and effectively solve the
problem as well. I believe that this model will successfully help me to grow my skills and
capabilities and face differential circumstances as well. So, the below mentioned GROW model
of Coaching and Mentoring discussed below appropriately explain the leadership role for a
person in business environment (Mendenhall, et. al., 2017).
Goal: It refers to the objective that the person wants to achieve in the environment. The goal
defined by the leader might be specific or behavioural and it can also include long term as well
as short term goals in the business environment.