Educational Institute Assignment 2022

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The reflective writing has positioned itself as an upsurge among educational
institutions as well as researchers. Even, Lew & Schmid (2011) says that ground-breaking
work aids in emphasizing positive roles in which our reflections might foster critical thinking,
self-worth and demonstrable development required for personal and professional skills.
During my course learning, I found that leaders are among those people who remain
indifferent from others and thinks diversely. Such people always show eagerness to learn new
things and are ready to share their ideas and knowledge with others. In literature and course
books, it has been very well cited that leaders are believed to be the creator of smart goals for
followers or subordinates and empowers them through motivational and inspirational
techniques to achieve desired goals. The behaviour in leadership approach which was focused
majorly by me is their influential style while they manage team effectiveness to develop key
organizational areas. Since the role of a leader is critical in developing and managing team, I
will further analyze the leadership role in the teamwork concept alongside analyzing my
leadership approach from theoretical perspectives using credible sources and concrete
examples.
Leadership can be described as a power in which a person gains the ability to
stimulate or transform the belief, value, behavior, and perception of another person. An
effective leader is one who sets a good example in front of the others as he/she can
accomplish superior results along with gaining admiration and confidence from their
subordinates. This view can be supported by statement made by Hao & Yazdanifard (2015)
where the authors state “leaders who possess strong leadership have the strength to influence
others to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization" (p. 1). I believe that the best
way to define a leader is that he/she is a person who follows a strong leadership approach.
Nevertheless, analyzing characteristics of a strong leader is also significant as it reflects how

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they give directions to subordinates with the help of enhanced communication skills so that
tasks are performed effectively to meet work objectives. In literature, communication skills
remain central to leadership behaviour. Perhaps, it is one of the key challenges faced by most
of the managers today, especially while they work in a globalized work environment.
Regarding my approach to leadership communication, I lack communication skills
somehow, particularly while performing in groups. This I can say because while I studied in
high school, along with four other classmates, I was given a group work where we were
supposed to make a presentation on a social topic about global pollution. Though I was able
to manage every critical aspect required in teamwork like information gathering, managing
data, interacting with my team members and performing in a shared basis, I found myself
fumbling in front of the teacher while explaining our project work. Although in personal life,
I have always shown affectionate and caring attitude, while communicating our team project
in front of several people seemed much difficult for me. Clack (2017) suggests that thinking
strategically is one quality through which leaders are differentiated from others. Vision, on
the other hand, acts as a strong driver behind every leader's strategy. For me, decision
making, time management, and emotional intelligence are the key approaches that can help
us in knowing our behavioral style and for analyzing our weaknesses to mitigate them and
turn out to be a good leader.
Great man’s behavioral theory in leadership approach is based on the premises that
good leaders are made and not born. Such notion focuses on actions performed by leaders
which reflect their intellect and internal qualification rather judging them from rank or
authority. According to Uzohue, Yaya, & Akintayo (2016), behavioural theory in leadership
reveals that a person can learn to lead if they are provided with proper training and education.
The authors noted that leader' behavior can be stimulated by making a systematic comparison
between democratic and autocratic leadership style. Since both the approaches reveal