Leadership Development and Performance

This assignment examines the essential skills and abilities required for effective leadership. It delves into the importance of feedback in shaping individual performance and achieving organizational objectives. The document analyzes various perspectives on leadership development and outlines strategies for enhancing creativity and operational efficiency within a workplace setting. Ultimately, it emphasizes the significance of continuous improvement through self-reflection and feedback integration to drive professional growth.

Individual Leadership
Development Plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
My leadership development plan.....................................................................................................1
My personal values.................................................................................................................1
Leadership strength and weaknesses......................................................................................1
Self-awareness methods.........................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
In respect to develop individual plan, effective strength and capabilities are developed at
workplace that assists in increasing potential growth at work. Therefore, different kinds of skills
and abilities are developed that supports in making creative function and operations in the
business environment (Stecher and Hamilton, 2014). In respect to this, present report is based on
the leadership development plan that helps to accomplish desired goals and objectives with
enhancing capabilities to work in the organisation. Hence, different guidelines are also made in
the project that helps in enhancing skills and capabilities at workplace. These skills assist to
enhance my role and aspirations to make personal vision at workplace. Moreover, it is also
developing outcomes and performances as the leader to strive on the development.
My leadership development plan
To enhance skills and abilities in an effective perspective for ethical and collaborative
leader who will be respected by his colleagues and also helps in developing their potential ability
(Leadership, 2017).
My personal values
In respect to enhance my skills and capabilities, there are several core personal values
exists that assist to provide direction for the effective leadership program which includes respect,
loyalty, honesty, empathy and communication. In these skills and characteristics, I can perform
several functions and operations to ascertain different activities at workplace. Therefore,
development will be ascertained in systematic perspective at workplace (Sulistyowati, Riawan
and Ashari, 2016).
Leadership strength and weaknesses
In respect to determine strength and weaknesses, following elements are included that
assist to originate feedback from different people who contributes in creating an effective
functioning at workplace. With the help of self-assessment and reflection exercises, we can
easily promote our activities to ascertain effective functioning (Lerner and Busch-Rossnagel,
2013). Following are different strength and weaknesses that I had developed:
Key Strength
1

In order to deal with different aspects, different key strength have been developed in my
own perspective that assist to provide direction with my effective leadership program. They are
as follows:
 Respect: I possess these skills to create respect for each person who assists me to create
value of mine in each customer mind. Hence, it is the systematic process which includes
several activities that are performed to deal with different activities (Newman and
Newman, 2017).
 Loyalty: Loyalty is the systematic program that helps in making and creating effective
functioning at workplace. In this way, I can perform several activities that make me very
effective and creative for each person in the organisation. As a result, it creates positive
impact on each person in the business environment. In this way, overall targets will be
developed in systematic manner.
 Honesty: Honesty is also an important element that contributes in developing a leader to
perform several activities at workplace (Perera and bin Khailani, 2017). In this regard, I
can manage functions and operations that assists in operating different activities in the
business environment. Therefore, performances will be enhanced that assists in
measuring outcomes at workplace.
 Empathy: Empathy is the ability in which experience will be developed and related to
the thoughts, emotions, etc. elements of others. Therefore, it is more than the sympathy
which is related to understand and support to make sensitivity. It is constructed with
fundamental aspects of the leadership program (Díez, Izquierdo and Malagón, 2016).
 Communication: In my leadership program, keywords are very effective that assists in
determining goals and objectives in a systematic manner. In this way, leadership require
styles, trust, barriers, principles, etc. With the help of effective introduction, accurate and
proper communication has been made that is very effective factor to grow efficient
communication at workplace. In order to achieve professional success, managers need to
focus on the effective and convincing communicators.
The above elements have been gathered by me through taking reviews from my
managers, colleagues, supervisors, etc. Therefore, I need to make self-assessment program that
assists in enhancing my performances towards the goals and objectives in systematic manner. In
addition to this, there are different kinds of leadership programs that are maintained to make
2

creative functions and operations in the business environment. Apart from this, authentic
leadership and interpersonal skills assists in developing creative learning in the enterprise.
Further, I have possessed interpersonal skills such as active listing, feedbacks, managing
conflicts, etc. With the help of proper communication, I can work in systematic manner and
attain more effective functioning at workplace. Hence, team members enable to collaborate,
experiment and learn together to solve complex problems and challenges.
However, there are several weaknesses also exists that impact negatively on the
operations and functions of the organisation. With this regard, following elements are included in
my skills and abilities:
I am lack in order to create strategic network and outspoken at workplace. Therefore, it
impacts on the performances and objectives which need to be undertake at workplace. In this
way, different activities has been performed to solve these problems at workplace. In respect to
create individual leadership development plan, different objectives of mine need to be fulfilled
that assists to accomplish effective functions. Following such activities need to be accomplish in
next 12 months. Objectives are develops with create relation with transformational leadership,
team leadership and social networking
Development objective 1 To increase capabilities and performance
of my transformational leadership
qualities in next 12 months
Actions Time frame Ongoing
action
Priorities
1. Establishing the mentoring relationship to make
highly effective transformational leader
By 31st March
2018 to meet
with effective
functions and
operations
No High
priority
2. Reading books regarding effective leadership
program
Reading 1
chapter daily
and sharing
knowledge for
No Medium
priority
3

effective results
3. As per the feedback from my colleagues,
managers and juniors, I need to work and create
proper plan at workplace. On the basis of feedbacks,
I had taken plan to work in significant manner. One
to one basis, leadership requires more learning that
assists in creating proper functions and operations in
the business environment.
In first week of
the plan, I had
make this
activity to
undertake
effective
functioning at
workplace.
No Medium
priority
4. There are different perspective included in the
transformational leadership behaviours that is more
frequent to merge several opportunities
Models of the way
 Setting personal example
 Ask for the feedbacks
Inspire with shared vision
 Describing the compelling image for the
future objectives and goals
 Paint the big picture in the group aspirations
Challenges the process
 Searches the enterprise with innovative
functions for improvement and innovation
 Determines experiments and take reasonable
risks to manage it
Enable with other to act
 actively listen to the diverse point of view
 Give choices to people to show their work
Encourages to the heart
 Praises people for well job
 Express confidence with people abilities
Ongoing with
July 2016
Yes High
priority
4

5. Ask from the team for taking feedback for the
transformational leadership behaviours. I had use
combinations of informal one to one discussion with
my colleagues on whom I can trust. Further, simple
question could be prepared on the basis of 5
practices that assists to accomplish effective results
at workplace. I can also run with questionnaire to
take feedback from different people towards my
work. It is the best way to track my performance in
systematic perspective.
Begin the
process in
January 2018
so that plan will
be
accomplished
in systematic
manner.
No High
priority
6. Time also reflect to the results from the process of
feedback that assists to accomplish desired goals and
objectives. In this way, development plan will be
develops to modify the leadership development plan
when it is needed.
In every 2
months from
September
2018 to next 12
months
No High
priority
Development plan 2
Development objective plan 2 To strengthen my team leadership ability
over the next 12 months by making
comparison with my colleagues
Actions Time frame Ongoing
actions
Priority
1. In the first activity, I had prepared plan with
starting reading 1st chapter of book of Susan Hill
By July 2018 No Medium
priority
2. Share ability and knowledge with team to create
model and explain it to improve team leadership. It
also helps to encourage people and give them
frequent feedback on my performances. In addition
to this, I also follow one to one basis feedback that
By first week
of July 2018
No Medium
priority
5

assists in creating effective functioning.
3. Use of the questionnaire to create group based
assessment. It enhances team effectiveness and
leadership ability in the current team performances.
It also ensures that the process also identifies with
taking clear actions for making improvement and
use of the different opportunities that assists to
create engage in transformational leadership
First week of
July 2018
No High
priority
4 Investigate opportunities that create action for the
more senior team leadership position.
By 30
September
2018
No High
priority
5. Observe effective team leader at my workplace
and use the model of effective team leadership.
Therefore, it creates better understanding in the
approach to make effective functioning at
workplace.
This activity
will be ongoing
from July 2018
Yes Lower
priority
6. Another team leadership model has been used to
lead with teams so that identify appropriate
behaviours also develop the short term plans and
focuses on the teams. It is also associated with
personal acquisition and create innovation strategy. I
also currently lead with the two teams so that it also
present significant leadership challenges at
workplace
Ongoing from
the July 2018
Yes High
priority
7. Focuses on the team leadership behaviours that
assists to create frequently and effectively objectives
such as:
 Build share values and vision for the project
which make clear and compelling activities.
Further, it also includes communication of
Ongoing from
July 2018
Yes High
priority
6

the vision to others which demonstrate and
commitment to the visions.
 Clear and frequently communication
develops in systematic perspective.
 Building personal relationship and trust
 Clarifying the project objectives, direction,
vision and roles that assists to enhance
effective performances with implement
actions that are needed at workplace.
 Mechanisms also establishing that are
accurately considered and monitoring for the
team performance so that actions will be
develops.
 Inspiring and motivating to other also assists
to set the positive example that make creative
functions and operations.
 Encouraging people also needed through
recognition and reward which is based on the
different perspective.
These behaviours also assists to identified the
opportunities for making improvements and follow
feedbacks from colleagues and self-assessment
exercises.
9. I had taken guidance from my team members to
take feedback regarding my leadership skills and
capabilities. In this aspect, one to one informal
discussion has been made with keeping trust on team
members. I will also share specific team leadership
behaviours in which I am practice
Every two
months from
March 2018 in
total 12 months
No High
priority
10. In respect to determines the conclusion, there are At the Yes Medium
7

major perspective also ascertain that assists to seek
with feedbacks from different team members with
my effective leadership behaviours.
conclusion part
I had made this
perspective
priority
Development plan 3
Development
objective 3
To strengthen my strategic networking, ability also increasing for next
12 months
Actions Time frame Ongoing actions Priority
1. In the first step, I re-
read the papers of
social networking
from different books.
01/07/18 No Medium priority
2. Building simple
network plan with
using guidance from
the different units.
By mid of August
2018
No High priority
3 Discuss for the
social networking
system for the
colleagues and using
skills for developing
effective network plan.
By mid of September
2018
No Lower priority
4. Look for the
opportunities that
create effective link
and ascertain the
activities for the new
projects.
As the opportunities
plan will be develops
that arises throughout
the next 12 months
Yes Medium Priority
8

In respect to enhance my skills and abilities, I require following three different objectives
that assists in accomplishing effective results at workplaceThus, performance will be ascertained
to work in significant manner. Therefore, following elements are included at workplace:
 Two informal mentors
 My supervisor
 Colleagues and staff members
 Time is also needed to perform several activities at workplace. It is the systematic work
performance that assist to allocate different resources for work activities. In this regard,
leadership program also develops which reflect to my learning process in effective
manner (Perera and bin Khailani, 2017).
Self-awareness methods
There are several ways exists that assist to create effective results. There are several
characteristics determines that assists to create effective functioning at workplace. In this way, I
can develop my leadership capabilities that assists to create understanding towards the self-
assessment. Further, better understanding also made at workplace that need to be develops to
make proper commitment and deficiencies in the leadership program. There are different
methods exists through I can enhance my skills and capabilities to make myself leader in the
business. Hence, following activities needed:
 Write down the key plans and priorities: It is the best method for me to increase my
leadership skills at workplace. In this regard, awareness will be write down that assists to
track the progress in systematic manner. With the help of carefully articulating,
investment also develops that take more time to develop clear objectives and plans. In
this regard, historical records are develops that assists to assess the future outcomes and
attributes for sound judgement (Stecher and Hamilton, 2014). In this systematic aspect,
plan also ascertain for assets and liabilities of the personal traits. Weaknesses will be self
perceived so that better understanding will be develops at workplace.
 Take psychometric tests: In this regard, I need to take plans and objectives that create
psychometric tests at workplace. Furthermore, in order to understand my traits, I need to
concentrate on building life-long objectives and goals. In this aspect, common design
points are also developed at workplace that take test business building for long term
9

objectives (Lerner and Busch-Rossnagel, 2013). In this way, common design point also
develops that assists to make right and wrong answer easily.
 Get regular feedbacks at work: It is the systematic work system through which I can
take my feedbacks towards the work in significant manner. In this regard, several ideas
and opinion develops in my knowledge for developing outcomes. It assists to meet with
goals and objectives. As per the feedback of manager, colleagues, juniors, etc. I can
perform in the better perspective that assists to manage my work in significant manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that there are different skills and abilities
needed to perform functions and operations in leadership activities. In this regard, I need to
develop my performance through implementing different perspective at workplace. It is the most
important method that helps to considered creative function and operation at workplace. In
addition to this, it assists in attracting several people in the business environment. Furthermore,
development objectives have been determined that assists in achieving the desired results at
workplace. Overall, it makes proper functions and operations with several time-frame strategies
in the business unit.
10

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Díez, M.A., Izquierdo, B. and Malagón, E., 2016. Increasing the Use of Evaluation Through
Participation: The experience of a rural sustainable development plan evaluation.
Environmental Policy and Governance. 26(5). pp.366-376.
Lerner, R.M. and Busch-Rossnagel, N.A. eds., 2013. Individuals as producers of their
development: A life-span perspective. Elsevier.
Newman, B.M. and Newman, P.R., 2017. Development through life: A psychosocial approach.
Cengage Learning.
Perera, R. and bin Khailani, D.K., 2017. Development Plan as a Tool to Improve the Disaster
Resilience of Urban Areas. In Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a
Time of Change (pp. 199-221). Springer International Publishing.
Stecher, B.M. and Hamilton, L.S., 2014. Measuring Hard-to-Measure Student Competencies: A
Research and Development Plan. Research Report. RAND Corporation. PO Box 2138,
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138.
Sulistyowati, R., Riawan, D.C. and Ashari, M., 2016, July. PV farm placement and sizing using
GA for area development plan of distribution network. In Intelligent Technology and Its
Applications (ISITIA), 2016 International Seminar on (pp. 509-514). IEEE.
Online
Leadership, 2017. [Online] Available through: <https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?
toURL=https://www.forbes.com/leadership/&refURL=https://www.google.co.in/
&referrer=https://www.google.co.in/>.
11