Leadership Plan for Desklib: Enhancing Skills and Achieving Goals

This article discusses the importance of leadership in achieving goals and enhancing skills. It includes a reflection on the author's leadership style, the use of Gallup's strength finder, and a leadership development plan. The article also discusses obstacles that may arise and ways to overcome them.

Dynamic Leadership
Assessment 2- Leadership plan

Executive Summary
Leadership is the ability of an individual who directs a particular group of a person who takes
many responsibilities with respect to any particular issue. Leadership is an appropriate way that
leads to meet the desired goal. Leadership can be a vital aspect in my career as it has supported
me for acquiring the opportunities related to leadership. In current times, I manage a team of five
members under the section of communication. This reflective report demonstrates my own
capabilities and traits of leadership. For increasing the depth of knowledge into my leadership
competencies, I have exercised online tests as well as got different feedback through other
people and arrive at the valid conclusion. Throughout this section, I have been competent to
assess my strength as well as weaknesses. This reflective report also provides an action plan that
is a key tool to enhance my leadership skills. This entire is demonstrating through self-reflection
that eye-opening as well as appealing. I have been competent to assessing my leadership style in
depth and I am confident that this assessment will aid to enhance my leadership responsibility in
a systematic way.

Reflection
From my section, I observed that leadership is a way of leading to the specified person to meet
specified aim and objectives. Further, I obtain many opportunities because of my suitable
leadership skills. These kinds of opportunities could be imperative for reshaping my life (Bolden,
2011). Moreover, it is evaluated that the leadership skills facilitates me conduct suitable
behaviour with others. Moreover, it is examined that a leader could face many issues at the time
of leading team members. A leader could need to improve their many skills with respect to the
leadership to attain aim and objectives. Moreover, team leader has a crucial role in making a
different image of the organization in the marketplace (Eisenhardt & Martin, 2000). Moreover,
it is evaluated that as a leader I was accountable for making a trust between workforces and
reach the valid conclusion. Moreover, I worked in the communication department wherein I
taught many things related to leadership. I performed my duty as a team leader in the group
sometimes that was very complicated for me. Currently, I direct ten number of people to reach a
reliable conclusion. I faced many problems at the time of leading my group member to reach at
the valid conclusion (Erkutlu, 2012). Nowadays, I observed that each member of the team is free
to share anything to me that was very effective for making a reliable relationship with others. I
was not capable to comprehend the issues of others that as very typical for me to retain my group
member as well making a relationship with others. Hence, I started to conduct a small meeting
with my employees and consider them in the decision-making making. It was very effective for
improving my communication skills and relationship with my teammates (Fausing, Jeppe
Jeppesen, Jønsson, Lewandowski, & Bligh, 2013). Through this method, I was also able to
spend my time for my group members as it was imperative to deal with employee’s conflicts and
making a realistic decision. In this journey, I taught many things related to the leadership that

was supportive to accomplish my task and making a huge amount of profit. Moreover, I
practised the democratic leadership style for leading my team members and reach them at a
reliable place whether they deserve. For the accomplishment of the desired goal in limited time, I
think to make weekly and monthly target for my group members. I thought that weekly target
could remind to the actuality of the employee performance but after sometimes I realized that my
team members are confronted form pressure and stress due to nit achieving their target. Hence, I
stop to imply the weekly plan for my team mates for reducing their short-term stress. For
eliminating the employee stress, I practised monthly target that was effective for both employees
as well as the organization (Foti, Hansbrough, Epitropaki, & Coyle, 2017). Moreover, it is
examined that feedback is effective for a tool for the success of the team as it facilitates to collect
the opinion and views of others towards our shortcomings. Moreover, my team use 360-degree
feedback method that was imperative for me to eliminate the organizational issues and meet a
reliable conclusion. 360-degree feedback method is emphasized to collect the opinion of senior
managers towards performance. From the application of this method, each employee is
accountable for giving their real feedback towards the group members to decline their
shortcomings. This technique was significant for me because it facilitates to make transparency
in the team and enhanced each member of the employee (Roy & Abaid, 2016). Due to the part of
the communication team department, I realized that communication is an imperative tool for
solving any issue in the least time. It could increase the probabilities of success in the
marketplace. I used open communication to decline the issues of conflict form the organization.
From the use of open meeting, I was capable to work on each individual shortcoming and
strength that was effective for increasing possibilities of getting higher profit. Furthermore, it
directs to enhance trust between the teammates. In this section, I was able to enhance my

leadership capabilities to get a favourable outcome. I requested to my executives to give their
proper opinion and improve their skills of leadership in an appropriate way.
Gallup’s strength finder
This tool is emphasized in identifying the weakness by reacting to the series of questions
(Russell, 2014). I get a result with respect to my personality. Hence, I observed that this method
assist me to develop a leadership plan and accomplish my organizational task. As per Gallup’s
test, it is illustrated that the main purpose of using this method is that as it assists to identify the
major strengths of mine. I was always accountable for management in the group hence I was
performed as a responsible individual persona to reach the reliable conclusion. Moreover, I read
many books and magazine related to the leadership as it was crucial for improving suitable
behaviour and accomplishes any task. I analysed that the communication method is an
imperative tool to make a long-term relationship with their shareholders. Therefore, I tried to
become open-minded and being transparent to my group members to accomplish my task. It is
evaluated that this kind of culture could be effective for making confident to the employee to the
accomplishment of their goal (Dinh, Lord, Gardner, Meuser, Liden, & Hu, 2014). Moreover, it
is evaluated that the comfortable atmosphere could also be imperative to sustain one place hence
I made the very friendly atmosphere in the working place to easily convey to others towards their
goal. On behalf of Gallup’s test, I am very recuperative. This ability facilitated me to make a
favourable decision in the context of the existing situation. As a team leader, I was accountable
for directly conversing with my team. I comprehend many issues that frequently occurred in the
group and work on the same. Further, it is evaluated that crisis in the organization could be
sudden that could directly impact on the overall situation of the firm. It is evaluated that effective
communication could be imperative for managing the working place issues. In addition, it is

examined that open communication could lead the employee to directly share their issues with
their team leader and make an effective relationship with others. Through this test, I observed
that I focused on making the solution rather than discussing of issues that were imperative to
assist to reach a suitable place. It could be imperative for keeping shareholders satisfaction and
enhancing the trust level. From this test, I am very optimistic that is effective to learn more in a
suitable way. Thus, it is evaluated that this characteristic supported me to learn many things that
could be imperative for getting a realistic result (Khan & Adnan, 2014).
Leadership development plan
The leadership plan could be imperative to determine my strength, weakness and leadership
abilities that could play an imperative role in enhancing the skills of leadership. This plan could
be imperative in the accomplishment of long-term and short-term goal. I observed that the
leadership development plan could be imperative for examining my shortcomings. Moreover, I
practised the Whittman GROW and Boyatzis Intentional Change models model could be used by
the leader to complete the same. From the application of this model, I was capable to make the
goal for my specified members of the group and make a favourable decision. The primary
purpose of practising this model is that it only focusing on the determine goals but also supports
to determine the action plan for making a reliable decision in the context of my shortcoming. It
would also lead me to make a higher profit (Koryak, Mole, Lockett, Hayton, Ucbasaran, D., &
Hodgkinson, 2015).
Goal setting (G):
With the support of my team member, I make a long-term and short-term plan for us. I made my
goals for the next 9 months and assure each one to perform well for accomplishing their task. At
the end of 9 months, we make a plan to expand our team for accomplishing the task and get a

higher result. I increased the responsibilities of each employee due to increasing their strength.
As a team leader, I was accountable for gaining my understanding of many factors named
customer relationship management, marketing, hardcore sales, and public relations. Moreover,
we decided to be a self-sustaining team in the next 5 months. Furthermore, I was very confident
towards my every activity due to a higher position in the group. It was very craziest thing for me
that I play a leadership role in the organization. I analysed that different leaders have used
different leadership style because of their convenience and characteristics that could be a major
task for the organization as the leadership style could directly impact the organizational
preference. Further, the stability of the motivation level in the working place could also be a
major task of the organization to meet their organizational task (Lopez-Cabrales, Bornay-
Barrachina, & Diaz-Fernandez, 2017).
Reality (R):
I directed five employees or the group to accomplish the same goal. It is difficult for me to
comprehend each stage of the accomplishment of the goal. In the organization, I worked as the
leader in the communication department that was new for me as it was accountable for each
activity that hampered me towards the accomplishment of team goal (Nonaka, Kodama, Hirose,
& Kohlbacher, 2014). My team was not well defined hence it becomes a very complicated task
to reach a reliable conclusion. It is also examined that each member of the team gave their best
efforts to the accomplishment of the goal. Moreover, we accomplish our goal that was a very
happier movement of our lives. Thus, I planned to expand the growth and obtain higher profit as
it could mandate to me to increase the target of my team members. It is also compulsory for us to
gain our understanding and existing knowledge in the context of the current issue. It would also
be imperative for the researcher to get a favourable result (Obolensky, 2017). Moreover, I need

to inspire my team members to perform well in the working place and reach a reliable
conclusion. I was very attached to my senior hence they suggested me to imply democratic
leadership style in their personal. Furthermore, my group member recommended me to stay in
touch with each other to make favourable relations
Obstacles (O):
The promotion of leadership could be major obstacles for the firm (Renko, El Tarabishy,
Carsrud, & Brännback, 2015). Moreover, it is also evaluated that a company could choose top
management business schools in which organization could consider those consumers who have
suitable behaviour with respect to the leadership qualities (McCleskey, 2014). Thus, I also
realized that in need to focus my skills improvement and address ways by which my team could
get higher competitive benefits (Pearce & Wassenaar, 2014). I also observed that the
communication department new in the organization hence each one is confronted form the vital
issues that were very typical for each one to survive in the department and meet the same goal
(Antonakis, & Day, 2017). Initially, I was not aware of the roles and responsibilities for teaching
members of a group that was stressful for me. But, after sometimes, I do research on the same
and could capable to comprehend how the team will work and how they will achieve their target.
Apart from that, it is also evaluated that the leaders should have a distinct personality as well
characteristics that I have also which makes me positive and feel different firm others
(Rothaermel, 2015). I always work on doing something in a unique way that makes me creative
as well as my team members. It was effective to meet my targeted goal. It is evaluated that
sometimes the decision of anybody or leader could create conflict that could directly impact on
the overall situation or financial performance of the firm. Thus, it is examined that such kinds of

problems could create decline possibilities of getting a positive response (Wolfgramm, Flynn-
Coleman, & Conroy, 2015).
The way forward (W):
In this way, I was capable to comprehend the methods that could be imperative for declining
occurrence of state obstacles at the time of goal achievements. I also assured to my team member
that we have all the required resources to give their best efforts to the accomplishment of the
specified goal. I have decided to meet my goal in the next 9 months to make a reliable decision.
Moreover, it is also evaluated that the motivation level could be an imperative part of success
hence I always focused on it (Tyssen, Wald, & Spieth, 2014). I would give my best efforts for
my team members that were effective for accomplishing the task in the least time. I will account
for each activity that will be accomplished in the team (Swanson, & Frederick, 2016). I would
also meet different personality of people and read many cases to solve the diversity and cultural
issues form the group. I motivate each employee of the team to make a reliable decision in the
context of management issues. I determined 2 years of time frame for improving my leadership
skills and become a successful leader in future. I observed that 2 years of the time period could
be effective for deeply comprehend my shortcomings and eliminate by using many techniques. I
read many articles, books, and magazine about the leadership and gain my existing
understanding of the same It was also effective for improving my professional and personal life
in a systematic manner. I would follow to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to comprehend their
experience and learning’s in-depth and observed what we need to in the same situation. I also
concentrate on enlarging to my skills and experience for effectively leading to my team members
and reach the reliable conclusion. I will address the opportunities of learning’s to improve my
skills and encourage me to perform in a different department and get a positive response (Tepper,

Dimotakis, Lambert, Koopman, Matta, Man Park, & Goo, 2018). I will be liable for the
performance of my team hence I always tried to use best at the time of accomplishment of the
organizational goal. I also used offline and online sources to increase specialization in many
sectors and effectively leading with the diverse culture of people. I would enrol myself in three
workshops to improve my leadership skills and sustain my position in the organization for long-
term. I would attempt to found may methods and be aware to the team members towards the
information of workshops and gain their skills and proficiencies to perform any task in a
systematic way (Tucker & Lam, 2014).
Conclusion
From the above interpretation, it can be summarized that the competencies of a person can
encourage and leads the instruction for attaining the desired task in a distinct manner. The leader
can be originating at any place. It can be evaluated that there are few people who can be a good
leader owing to its position and designation. However, some people can be a leader who owning
to their charisma, performance as well as personality. Apart from this, it is assessed that a leader
can confer different responsibilities. A liable team leader can take that responsibility and
performance with regards to their growth for developing a positive decision. It can be concluded
that this program was significant for me to understand my leadership proficiency, weakness, and
strength that will be beneficial to enhance my professional together with a personal career in a
methodological way. For enhancing my leadership competency, I used to feedback technique and
gathers the beliefs of top authority, and subordinates in order to arrive at the valid outcome.
This report has provided support to me in reflection upon my strength, weakness, and team skills.
Peer recommendation leads to enhance the skills of my team members and obtains a positive
judgment. I also built a leadership plan for performing the same. I also used different phases such

as setting of goals, measures reliability and assess obstacles, and methods to learn. It will also
aid in being more self-confident and enhancing my leadership competencies. It will be beneficial
to attain the task of the company in the minimum cost of time. With the use of an action plan, I
will be competent to attain my tasks in minimum efforts. These efforts would make sure the
group among me and my team members.

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