Leadership Skills and Traits

This article discusses the importance of leadership skills and traits in an organization. It explores the five character traits that make a successful leader and provides insights on how to improve as a leader.

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Leadership can be considered to be a critical part of the organization and with respect to
this, in order to identify the different Leadership skills which I possess, I undertook the Gallop
test in order to figure out my strengths and to gain an understanding of the different aspects
where I am performing well. As per the Gallop test, the five character traits which I attained
were the traits of Communication, Arranger, Discipline, Competition and Responsibility. These
characteristics reflected upon my overall personality as a leader and provided me with a clear
picture with respect to my overall performance in the organization and also went a long way in
helping me to gain an idea of the areas where I need to improve.
After receiving the Gallop test, I was quite surprised by my results as the skills which I
got are the exact skills which are required in a leader. A leader can be understood to be an
individual who is good at communication the overall goals of the organization to the employees,
who is an organizer and will be able to arrange the different resources accordingly (Antonakis &
Day, 2017). In addition to this, the leader should also be good at discipline and ensure that he is
able to complete his tasks with adequate discipline and in the same manner ensure competition in
the workplace (Lussier & Achua, 2015). This is because, the competition acts as an inevitable
part of the firm and with respect to this, competition is crucial (Dugan, 2017). Lastly, my fifth
strength was identified as that of responsibility, in the context of which it can be mentioned that
responsibility constitutes an efficient part of the leader and in this context, the organization must
ensure that they are being able to fulfill all its responsibilities adequately (Northouse, 2018).
Therefore, it can be stated that the five characters I received are adequate.
This was follows by the feedback I received from my partner who commended my on my
set of skills and advised my with respect to how I can improve the skills and become a better
leader in the long run. With respect to the different skills which I got from the test, it can be

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rightfully mentioned that these skills are quite consistent in nature and aligns with my overall
strengths as well as personality aspects.
Hence, in the con text of the skills which I received and the five characters attained, it can
be stated that till now I have been performing considerably well. However, there always lies a
scope for improvement and in the future, I aim to improve my skills further and aim to ensure
that, I am able to work upon my skills and attain success. Hence, for this objective, I will be
ensuring that I attend various personality development classes, read books by eminent leaders
and try to actively participate in various team activities so as to ensure that I am able to work
upon these five characters and see to it that, I am able to excel in my field and become a better
leader.

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References
Antonakis, J., & Day, D. V. (Eds.). (2017). The nature of leadership. Sage publications.
Dugan, J. P. (2017). Leadership theory: Cultivating critical perspectives. John Wiley & Sons.
Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2015). Leadership: Theory, application, & skill development.
Nelson Education.
Northouse, P. G. (2018). Leadership: Theory and practice. Sage publications.