Failure of Leadership: Importance of Communication, Rapport Building and Emotional Intelligence

Running head: FAILURE OF LEADERHSIP
FAILURE OF LEADERHSIP
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Introduction:
Leaders can be defined as the individuals who take on the responsibility of guiding a
group of subordinates in order to help them meet the objectives of organizations. The leaders
influence and encourage the subordinates in ways by which they can effectively overcome
different barriers that come in their ay and reach their goals (Hill & Bartol, 2016). Leaders are
responsible for helping them realize their potential and make them work beyond their capacity to
reach the zenith of success. One of their main weapons is their potential to motivate the
employees that help them to overcome different stress and help them deliver their best work
(Hojat et al., 2015). Researchers are of the opinion that in order to develop leadership skills,
every individual need to reflect regularly on both their positive and negative traits (Saeed et al.,
2017). This would help strengthen their positive aspects, overcome different barriers, and modify
their negative traits to provide guidance that helps every organization to achieve their mission
and vision (Priest & Gass, 2017). This assignment will reflect how failed leadership situation
helped me to enhance my skills of communication and team management skills helping me for
preparing myself for a bright future.
The first step of Gibbs reflective cycle is the description of the event. During the
placement months, I was assigned the position of a team leader to manage a team of about eight
people. I was given an assignment to complete within an assigned date. I called each of the
individual of the team and allocated their respective task. One of the members tried to provide
me a suggestion stating that rather than assigning one piece of work to one member. I should
allocate one place of work to two members that would reduce the chances of failing to meet the
deadlines. I did not listen to him completely and cut him out stating that since I am the leader,
my orders need to be adhered to. I tried to be very strict with them so that they do not waste their

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time in gossiping and not doing their work. I did not allow anyone to talk with each other on the
floor to maintain discipline. One of the members could not submit me the work and missed the
deadline that I had given her. I could not control my anger and shouted on her following which
she never continued me directly on the floor. Moreover, when one of the members came to me
and asked me that he was not able to complete their work due to personal issues, I blamed him
stating that these are all excuses that he was making for not completing the work. The next day
he put forward a resignation letter that made me quite nervous. I became so nervous that I lost
my confidence and could not manage the team effectively. Moreover, there arose many
situations where huge fights took place between the subordinates where each blamed each other
for failure of completion of work. All these resulted in the failure of the assignment and my
mentor severely criticized me.
The second step mainly says what the individuals was feeling and thinking during the
incidences. When I was given the responsibility to complete the assignment with the help of
teamwork, I thought that if I have to make the work complete successfully, I need to be quite
strict with the subordinate. I thought, if I allow them to communicate and interact on the floor,
they would spend most of the time of the day in informal interactions that may result them in
failing to meet the requirement. I also thought that they are making excuses as they had wasted
their time and required more time to complete the work. I thought if I allow them more time, the
assignment will not be completed within time and would thereby fail. The pressures of meeting
the deadlines made me nervous and therefore I shouted in anger on the individual who came to
me for help. I could not control my emotions that time. I became quite nervous when one of them
submitted his resignation, as I could not understand what mistake I had made that resulted in