Self-Evaluation of Leadership Skills and Qualities

This study evaluates the self-leadership skill of the author and provides an overview of how effective leadership skill can help in achieving organizational success. It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the author's leadership skills and qualities and provides a personal development plan to rectify the areas of improvement. The document type is an essay and the type of assignment is a self-evaluation. The subject is management and the course code, course name, and college/university are not mentioned.

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction:................................................................................................................................2
2. Literature Summary:....................................................................................................................2
3. Analysis of current skill level:.....................................................................................................3
4. Reflecting on area of strengths and weaknesses and way of improvement.................................6
5. Achieving personal and professional changes:............................................................................9
6. Conclusion:................................................................................................................................11
References and bibliography:........................................................................................................13

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1. Introduction:
Leadership is considered as a significant concept in the field of business industry without
which employees do not get motivation in performing well towards the services. In order to
achieve the success of business the organizational experts have to focus on performance level of
the employees (Busse, Aboneh & Tefera, 2014). The role of a responsible leader is to motivate
the employees in achieving their targets for meeting organizational aims and objectives
(Rosenzweig, 2014). This very specific study is all about evaluating my self-leadership skill. In
order to survive within a workplace I need to have proper leadership skill to motivate the
employees working under me.
In this very specific study, I have provided self-evaluation about the strengths and
weaknesses of my leadership skills and qualities. After identifying my weaknesses, I have made
a personal development plan in quest of rectifying the areas of improvement. I as a business
leader am competent enough in communicating with the people of various cultural backgrounds
and attitudes. At the same time, I have observed that communication sometimes becomes a major
issue for me as I do not have multilingual competency. In order to deal with the people of
various cultural backgrounds I need to be flexible in enhancing my communication skill.
However, this very specific study has focused to make detailed overview on how effective
leadership skill can help in achieving organisational success.
2. Literature Summary:
Skill developing scopes:

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While evaluating my professional skills I have observed that I have enough leadership
quality to direct my employees towards reaching the business goals. I can motivate the
employees at the workplace by providing an agile work environment. At the same time, it is
undeniable that some of the major qualities I need to develop which can help in enhancing my
professional competency level. As a leader, I do not have effective communication skill, which
enables me to deal with specific number of employees at the workplace. A business organization
is constituted with the people of various cultural and religious backgrounds (Paustian-Underdahl,
Walker & Woehr, 2014). As a result, I need to gain multilingual competency with the help of
which I can easily communicate with all the team members associated with my project. On the
other hand, I do not have enough non-verbal communication skill that can encourage me in using
my body language or written communication skill in order to interact with my team members.
Apart from communication skill, I have observed that my technological skill is
comparatively low which is becoming a major barrier in enhancing my professional career as a
leader. In order to lead a team I have to measure all the performance data of my team members
along with evaluating the financial database. Due to the lack of technological skill, I have to face
immense challenges in keeping a proper database, which reflects immensely in customer
satisfaction. Therefore, with the emergence of technology I need to develop my technological
skill and capability as well so that I can control the overall database of my team.
3. Analysis of current skill level:
Current skill levels:
In this very specific part, I would like to make in-depth analysis about my current
professional skill, which would reflect major positive impact on my overall competency. As a

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business leader, I have enough skill of emotional intelligence. While working on the floor I do
not like to impose my own decision on the employees so that they feel overburdened. I
personally feel that a friendly work environment is always feasible for employees in providing
productive work towards services. As a leader, I always tend to show my sympathetic outlook
towards the employees. In case of any kind of health issue happened at the workplace I always
prefer to give enough support to the employees so that they can get rid of this health hazard and
come back to work. This kind of emotional intelligence skill has left immense positive impact on
the overall leadership skill and competency level (Priest & Gass, 2017). On the other hand, I
have also observed that communication barrier highly de-motivates the employees in performing
well towards business. I have also observed that the employees due to communication barrier
employees cannot share their problems occurred at the workplace. In this kind of situation, I
prefer to make an effective interpersonal communication with every business experts. If the
employees are not comfortable enough in making effective verbal interpersonal communication,
they can use written communication with me.
On the other hand, as a leader my motivational skill is also very high based on which
employees get immensely motivated in performing well towards services. I like to provide
rewards and recognition to those employees who perform well throughout the month. After
appreciating their performance management skill, employees automatically tend to deliver their
best services (Wang et al., 2014). However, as a business leader I have proper time management
skill; so I direct my team members to follow the same. As per my instruction, my team members
are immensely motivated in delivering the solution within stipulated time to the clients. In this
kind of situation, customers also tend to show their interest in purchasing products and services
from the organization. My decision-making skill is also very good which enables me to take

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proper decision at the right time. My decision-making skill enables me in taking right step at the
proper time with the help of which I can easily overcome any kind of serious burden and hurdles.
360 degree feedback:
360 degree feedback is a kind of survey tool applicable for the leaders for evaluating
their performances from self, managers, peers and finally from the director. In order to retain in
the post of leader the business experts tend to judge or evaluate the performances of leaders from
different appraisers. The first feedback is collected on my behalf, which enables me to identify
my own strengths and weaknesses. The second feedback comes from the organizational
managers who tend to judge my performances as per my leadership quality. If my self-feedback
does not match with the feedback collected from managers, it may leave a major impact on my
overall performances. In order to get a positive feedback from the managers I have to maintain a
particular performance level throughout the year. As a performer, I need to maintain a good
rapport with all the business experts associated with the organization.
However, peer group is one of the most significant parts whose feedback is highly
necessary in order to sustain at the workplace. Employees working under me are considered as
the peer group whose feedback is highly significant for becoming in the position of leader. In
order to be associated at the workplace, I need to make an effective cooperation with all the
employees. If the employees working under me tend to face immense challenges in surviving at
the workplace managers have every right to raise complaints on my competency level. However,
the feedback of peers is highly important to make my position stable in the workplace. Last
feedback that ultimately leaves a major impact on my overall performances is from board of

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director. After evaluating the feedback of managers, as well as feedback from the peer group the
board of director ultimately evaluates and measures my performances.
Figure: 360 degree feedback of evaluating leadership performances
(Source: Wheelen et al., 2017)
4. Reflecting on area of strengths and weaknesses and way of improvement
Strengths
After evaluating the strengths and weaknesses together, it can be stated that I personally
feel that a friendly work environment is always feasible for employees in providing productive
work towards services. My emotional intelligence skill has left immense positive impact on the
overall leadership skill and competency level. I like to provide rewards and recognition to those
employees who perform well throughout the month. After appreciating their performance
management skill, employees automatically tend to deliver their best services. My decision-
making skill enables me in taking right step at the proper time with the help of which I can easily
overcome any kind of serious burden and hurdles. In order to be associated at the workplace, I

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need to make an effective cooperation with all the employees. If the employees working under
me tend to face immense challenges in surviving at the workplace managers have every right to
raise complaints on my competency level. If my self-feedback does not match with the feedback
collected from managers, it may leave a major impact on my overall performances. In order to
get a positive feedback from the managers I have to maintain a particular performance level
throughout the year.
Weaknesses:
At the same time, some of the major weaknesses can also be highlighted, which I have
major scope to improve. As a leader, I do not have effective communication skill, which enables
me to deal with specific number of employees at the workplace. A business organization is
constituted with the people of various cultural and religious backgrounds (Tyssen, Wald &
Spieth, 2014). I do not have enough non-verbal communication skill that can encourage me in
using my body language or written communication skill in order to interact with my team
members. At the same time, I cannot deny my technological skill and competency level as well.
In order to lead a team I have to measure all the performance data of my team members along
with evaluating the financial database. Due to the lack of technological skill, I have to face
immense challenges in keeping a proper database, which reflects immensely in customer
satisfaction. Apart from these two major issues, I sometimes lose my patience in convincing the
team members about the value of project. At that time, they sometimes receive immense negative
approach from me, which ultimately de-motivates them in performing well. However, I have also
observed that due to this kind of miscommunication I get negative feedback from the peer group,
which ultimately affects negative impression on my overall leadership skills and qualities. I this

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kind of situation, performing good and making effective bond with the employees is highly
significant.
In this very specific part, some of the major ways have been evaluated for improving my
performance as a business leader and the ways are as follows:
 I can receive a professional training course in order to enhance my communication skill with
the help of which employees belonging to other cultural backgrounds are not hesitated in
communicating with me for resolving any query faced at the workplace.
 Professional communication training would enable me to raise my performance level as well.
I would not fumble in conducting any kind of group session which ultimately leave positive
impact on my overall personality
 I would like to receive technological training for enhancing my skill. As a result, I can easily
maintain effective database regarding the performance of my team members working under
me. After getting immense competency on my technological skill, I would be able to measure
the performance level of the employees. I would not have to put any manual effort for
collecting sufficient number of performance evaluation data regarding employees. As a
result, the entire operation system will be smooth and chronological.
 I need to improve my professional competency as well. With the help of improving this
trade, I would be able to develop patience level. I should not get affected in the
unprofessional behaviour showed by employees. At the same time, my professional skill
would help me to resolve sudden crisis happened at the workplace.
After evaluating all the areas of improvement, it can be stated that as a leader, I always
need to show my sympathetic outlook towards the employees. In case of any kind of health issue

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happened at the workplace I should prefer to give enough support to the employees so that they
can get rid of this health hazard and come back to work. I need to make an effective
interpersonal communication with every business experts. If the employees are not comfortable
enough in making effective verbal interpersonal communication, they can use written
communication with me. As per my instruction, my team members should immensely motivated
in delivering the solution within stipulated time to the clients. In this kind of situation, customers
also tend to show their interest in purchasing products and services from the organization. With
the emergence of technology, I need to develop my technological skill and capability as well so
that I can control the overall database of my team.
5. Achieving personal and professional changes:
However, it has been observed that as a leader, I do not have effective communication
skill, which enables me to deal with specific number of employees at the workplace. A business
organization is constituted with the people of various cultural and religious backgrounds. Due to
the lack of technological skill, I have to face immense challenges in keeping a proper database,
which reflects immensely in customer satisfaction. However, this very specific professional
development plan would like to highlight the key areas and of my improvement. Some of my
major activities would also be highlighted.
In order to achieve success as a leader in need to render some personal and professional
changes within me, which may help in becoming more efficient leader in future? In this very
specific part, I have made an effective personal and professional development plan so that I can
rectify those mistakes in future and prove myself as more efficient and competent leader.
Areas of improvement Activities to be implemented Duration

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Long-term
Holding the position of
manager and increase the
designation
1. Gain experience with the help
of being an efficient leader for
several years
2. Gain professional development
session so that I can handle any
kind of work pressure
2. Making good rapport with the
senior managers so that they can
make a good impression on me
45 minutes
Medium-term
Gaining knowledge on
management skill and
competency with the help of
which any kind of challenges
can be overcome
1. Gain professional development
session so that I can handle any
kind of work pressure
2. Work on the practical situation
so that any kind of workplace
crisis can be handled
3. Implementing proper
development plan with the help
of which I can deal with any kind
of crucial situation
45 minutes
Short-term
Improving multi-lingual 1. Gain a training on 45 minutes

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competency so that I can deal
with the people of different
geographical backgrounds and
attitudes
communication skill and
competency with the help of
which I can handle any kind of
work pressure
2. I would grab non-verbal
communication method with the
help of which I can easily make
written communication as well
for interacting with the people of
other cultural backgrounds
Table: personal and professional changes
(Source: As Created by the Author)
6. Conclusion:
After evaluating the entire study, it can be concluded that the responsibility of an eminent
leader is to motivate the employees in achieving their targets for meeting organizational aims and
objectives. This very specific study is all about evaluating my self-leadership skill. I have
observed that communication sometimes becomes a major issue for me as I do not have
multilingual competency. In order to deal with the people of various cultural backgrounds I need
to be flexible in enhancing my communication skill. It is undeniable that some of the major
qualities I need to develop which can help in enhancing my professional competency level. As a
leader, I do not have effective communication skill, which enables me to deal with specific
number of employees at the workplace. Due to the lack of technological skill, I have to face
immense challenges in keeping a proper database, which reflects immensely in customer

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satisfaction. Therefore, with the emergence of technology I need to develop my technological
skill and capability as well so that I can control the overall database of my team.
The study has additionally evaluated that in case of any kind of health issue happened at
the workplace I always prefer to give enough support to the employees so that they can get rid of
this health hazard and come back to work. My decision-making skill enables me in taking right
step at the proper time with the help of which I can easily overcome any kind of serious burden
and hurdles. As a way of improvement, I would like to receive technological training for
enhancing my skill. As a result, I can easily maintain effective database regarding the
performance of my team members working under me. After getting immense competency on my
technological skill, I would be able to measure the performance level of the employees. In this
very specific study, I have made an effective personal and professional development plan so that
I can rectify those mistakes in future and prove myself as more efficient and competent leader.

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