Development of Leadership Portfolio

DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIO
DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIO
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1. Leadership Style and Strategies-
I think a leader must at the very first try to communicate about his work expectations
clearly to all his team members so that they can get a clear knowledge about what they are
expected to do so that to achieve the desired goal of their team leader. Hence, I start from
sharing my expectations with all my peers regarding my aim and would highlight each and
every thing that has been communicated or said to me by my managers and the executives. I
think it reduces the chance of failure. This is because having a clear insight about the aim and
expectations would work for them as a road map for success as it shows them exactly what is
expected from them to do in order to make their leader happy. Secondly, I would frequently
give them feedbacks on their performance so as to make them know whether they are on their
targets or not. I would make sure that my feedbacks are constructive and positive in every
way and that too in timely manner. Thirdly, if I see any of my team members are falling short
of my expectations then I try to communicate with him personally so as to know about his
problems and to know where he is getting stuck or facing complications. I try to guide him to
perform better from the day onwards and take regular check-ups on him. I constantly try to
help my people when I am their leader. Fourthly, throughout the task or the project, I monitor
the key performance indicators for checking if all my team members are on their schedule
within the budget and are producing a quality work (Yin, Zhu and Kaynak 2015). This is
because if I ignore the issues taking place within my team instead of trying to address and
resolve them too many times, some or the other member would eventually wonder regarding
my results and my effectiveness as a team leader. With the same, I also asks that whether my
team members are maintaining consistent and constant communication with me all through
the task. This is because of the fact that this helps me to identify and anticipate the problems
prior to their emergence and also helps me in reducing any kind of negative effects. I also try
to conduct different meetings with my team members so that I could know them better and

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understand about their backgrounds. This is because of the fact that a team comprises of
diverse people and I personally believe this fact that each and every individual possess some
or the other qualities that is different from the others. Hence, each one of us has something to
learn. Diversity in a team helps in sharing of more knowledge, ideas, thoughts and skills and
as a result the production is far more creative and productive. Hence, I make sure that my
team celebrates diversity so that each and every one of them could share and understand their
strengths and weaknesses so as to help them share their skills and could assist others in
overcome their weaknesses. Through the meetings, I also help them to improve further and
place them in their worthy position where they could use their knowledge and skills better.
Also, one of the major reasons to conduct such meetings is that in this way my team members
seems me to be approachable and real rather than a person who is figurehead or out of reach
and who is not involved. I don’t just know my team members with their names and faces but
to understand them really well.
2. Leadership competencies-
Leadership competencies are the practical behaviours, knowledge, attitudes and skills
that inform the manner a person can operate in his working life. In my earlier job, I was given
the responsibility for supervising a team of ten people, including the work of managing their
schedules, mentoring the team and training them. I really enjoyed the leadership and I am
really proud to say that there were six people who prompted when I was mentoring them.
Also, in one of the other jobs I was again given the task of supervising a team comprised of
five members on certain projects. I was not their direct manager but I do want to say that they
reported to me for the projects that I was leading. Hence, I can say that I have a mixture of
the project management experience and the direct management experience from those roles
of mine from my most recent job and I really enjoyed both of them. As a group leader, my
primary responsibility was to use my problem solving skills for analysing and developing the