Leadership Self-analysis Journal: Goal Setting and Strategies for Improving Leadership Competence

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Leadership self-analysis journal
Leading people is not just a responsibility, there has been increased recognition of how
people are managed. How a manager, leads his or her followers can affect the retention of
employees, productivity, health, and even their creativity. Being a good manager by setting the
right goals can be very important in managing people. Leaders must understand their followers
by mentoring, facilitating and coaching their workers. Employees can view their leaders as
either superheroes or villains depending on their method of leading and managing people. In this
paper, I will look at self-assessment as a leader who will help me to discover my traits, skills,
abilities, experience, and competencies (Day, 2008, 3). According to different scholars,
successful leadership starts with self-assessment. However, to expand the potential of an
organization, goal-setting is very important (Bolman, and Deal, 2017, 10). In this paper, I will
look at the development of a vision and personal goal setting to achieve better performance in the
organization.
Goal setting
Making resolutions and setting goals is something which is very important in leadership.
Every leader should write down their values, mission and also their vision to successfully lead
their workers. Personal mission and vision encapsulate everything that a leader desires to do or
have in his or her career. They define own weaknesses and weaknesses which involves critical
self-analysis. The concept is fundamental because it predicts your position in the future besides
reflecting on personal values, purpose, and goals. The mission expresses your intent as a leader

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and guides you on how to achieve the desired goals (Gurley et al., 2015, 220). Let now look at
my vision, mission, and values.
Mission
The mission describes what I want to achieve as a leader and how I am going to attain my
goals (Cappelli et al., 2015, 12). The mission is all about what you are doing and how it will get
you to a better future. The purpose can either be in the form of a quote or a daily mantra which
helps you in returning during tough times. As a leader, I intend to apply ethical values, live a life
which is balanced and makes a difference in my organization. The goal is vital to me because it
helps me in realizing that leading others requires an understanding of myself and my role as a
leader. As a leader, having a life which is stable means that I should nurture my physical,
spiritual and academic aspects so that I can have a sense of self-esteem and well-being.
Vision
As described earlier in this paper, the view gives a prediction of my position in the future
and also reflects on personal values, purpose, and goals (Zhu, May, and Avolio, 2004, 18).
Developing a vision is not an easy task because I have to think of what I would like to achieve as
a manager, and how I want my followers to perceive me. I would like to be accountable and
enhance communication with my followers to create a friendly working environment. My vision
as a leader is to lead consistently with fairness, humility, integrity, and honest and transparent
communication. I also plan to develop and mentor my team while creating an enjoyable,
professional and respectful working environment (Mayfield, Mayfield, and Sharbrough, 2015,
98). Through this vision, I can achieve my goals by becoming a good leader who understands
what employees want.

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Values
Values are described as the guiding doctrines, and as a leader, I understand my ethics
very well. I know my weaknesses and strengths, and I even recognize the essence of having good
ethical behaviors. I must exhibit my ethics and core values in my actions and my leadership
style. Subordinates should see the ethics and ethics because you have to act by the morals all the
time. As a leader, I have my standards which include improving the quality of work and life
ethics of my subordinates and also influence my followers to become great co-workers or great
people in life. I want my followers to evolve in the workplace and also find it fun while working.
I will try to become the best leader, be kind, create happiness among my followers and also share
my skills with others so that they can become better than me.
Leadership practices
Leaders must have a clear mission, vision and values to help in the development of an
organization. However, as a leader, I have my weaknesses that may hinder my success, and I also
have strengths which help me to succeed (Kouzes, and Posner, 2016, 323). I can achieve all that
I want in the organization because I can effectively communicate with my followers although
sometimes I find it difficult to give constructive feedback to the followers. But I can improve in
such an area by consulting those who are close to me, and this will improve my success. I will
lead by example by having all the qualities of leadership, and this will help me in increasing my
strengths and eliminating my weaknesses.
First I will enhance my communication so that my followers can understand my
objectives, mission, and vision (Maxwell, 2007, 122). Through a contact, I can be able to give a
specific goal which all workers can understand. As a manager, I will also delegate my duties so