Leadership Skills and Traits

Running head: LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP
Name of the Student
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Author Note

1LEADERSHIP
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