Organisation and Leadership Reflective Report 2022

Running Head: Leadership
Organisation and Leadership
Reflective Report
System04104
8/9/2019

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PART-1
Introduction
A leader is a person who motivates, encourages, and guides other people and set a
standard for people to achieve the goals and objectives (Basham, 2012). These qualities of
leader make them different from other and these qualities also attract people towards the
leader. This critical reflection shows my own experience and style of leadership where I
suggest areas for my own improvement and self-development. I am also using various
theoretical models and concept to evaluate my leadership style. The leadership experience
explained in this assignment is also based on my past experience that I have experienced in
my previous work place. My organisational experience helps me to suggest areas of
development in my own leadership style and thinking. This assignment also considers the
leadership style of some of my previous colleagues who were working with me in my
previous organisation.
Critical Reflection on My Own Leadership Style
The term leadership is not found only in organisations or at workplace, rather it is all
around us. Leadership skill enables the people to take one-step forward and take charge of the
situation (Morse & Buss, 2014). Generally, leaders are not born rather they have some
personal traits or credibility that makes them different from other people and people would
love to follow them (Metcalf & Benn, 2013). However, my own thinking about a leader is
that leader should have qualities to influence, motivate, and encourage people so the goals of
individual or group of people or an organisation can easily be achieved. As a leader, I believe
that a leader should be trustworthy and hardworking. The leader should have abilities to
persuade others and influence them to achieve the desired goals (Ayman & Korabik, 2010).
Apart from this, I believe that the capabilities of taking responsibility, punctuality in life, time
management, commitment towards the work, and ability to meet deadlines are so crucial in a
leader and I feel that I have all these leadership qualities. I am very trustworthy and punctual
and I have ability to work in a team. I can also guide people in the team towards the team
goals and take the responsibility of team to get the success in both short term and long term.
In my last organisation, I have won rewards for best team member and appreciated by my

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supervisors for my contribution in the organisation. My supervisor appreciated me for my
hard work and ensured me that when I will complete my course the organisation will offer me
a post of team leader in the organisation.
My Leadership Style
As per the above evaluation of my leadership style, I have found that my leadership
style is related to democratic leadership style. In the democratic leadership style, leader
involves the employees and team members in goals setting and considers the opinion of
people. The democratic leadership style involves the other team member and considers their
opinion but decision is generally taken by the leader of the group (Pereira & Gomes, 2012).
However, the transformational leadership style is another type of leadership in which leader
motivates individuals to perform beyond normal expectations by encouraging and motivating
people (Akeel & Indra, 2013). I have found that I generally prefer to enhance the self-interest
of people and enhance their confidence to perform excellently in the organisation and achieve
the extraordinary missions articulated by the leader. I believe that I have the qualities of a
transformational leadership style and I generally avoid to being a transactional leadership
style in me in which a leader punish or give reward to the employees based on their
performance. The transactional leadership style also called ‘stick and carrot’ leadership style,
which I generally not prefer to use in my leadership. I believe in transformational leadership
style or democratic leadership style that also helps a leader to establish a good relationship
with the followers.
Leadership/ Principles that I do not want to Violate
I think, as a leader one should not break the trust of people. Trustworthiness is the
fundamental necessity in any leader. Although, the other principles of leadership such as
encourages people, set standards, commitment, hard work, and loyalty etc. are as important as
trust, but these all principle of leadership based on the trust. Apart from this, a leader should
also believe in ethical practices and never violate the rules and principles related to work. I
have experienced and saw in my previous workplace that people at the top post in the
organisation generally violates the law and regulations in the organisation. For example, Mr
A was senior sales manager in my previous organisation and he usually coming late in the
office. Another person, Mr B was not punctual in the office and it leaves a bad message
among the employees and people generally assumes that as a leader he unnecessary take the
advantages of their senior designation. When I will be a leader, I will avoid such type of