Skills of Leadership and Situational Theory

This article discusses the skills of leadership and the situational theory in the context of personal and professional development. It explores the importance of leadership skills in organizations and how the situational theory helps leaders adapt to different situations. The article also highlights the challenges faced by leaders and provides insights on how to improve leadership skills.

PERSONAL &
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

MAIN BODY
Skills of leadership are abilities and strengths that individuals applies in order to watch the
processes, they take initiatives so that they can show the right path to their employees and can
achieve the expected and desired goals. The person who possess these skills has the ability to
inspire, delegate and make effective communication. These skills are necessary in every
organization as they help the company to work according to their mission and help them to direct
their employees so that the decision they take can be thoughtful and beneficial for the company.
Skills of leadership which are valuable has the ability to inspire their employees. Apart from that
it includes confidence, honesty and creativity. (Vetere and Stratton, 2016. )
Situational Theory-
I believe that this theory is considered to be similar as the theory of contingency as it
proposes that among all the leadership styles none has the ability or power to supersede others.
This style of leadership is set according to the condition of the situation. Steps in the decision are
taken by assessing and evaluating all the variables so that leaders can guide their employees
according to the suitability and nature of the task. This theory is based on two elements that is
the level of maturity in the followers and the style of leadership. (van den Bogaart and et.al.,
2017.)
 Members of the team don't have the skills which are required for the job and they are not
motivated.
 Members of the team don't have the necessary abilities which stops them to achieve
something they want.
 Some of them have the skills and the ability to possess some of the goals but they are not
ready or some of them don't have the guts to take the accountability and responsibility of
the outcome. (Scarpena, Riley and Keathley, 2018.)
 Members of the team are hired on the basis of their talent and also on the basis of how
motivated they are to complete the task of the project.
According to me any leader who works according to this theory will use there strategy and
implement them according to the level of maturity and the abilities of the personnel of the
company. (Matherson and Windle, 2017.)

Leadership has the ability to influence others and influence others and as a leader I
possess some of these skills which are necessary to be a leader. It has helped me to guide the
employees of my company that is the ABC company to a right path so that they can achieve the
desired goals and enhance their abilities which will help them to improve their career. I prefer
using the theory of situational leadership as it allows me to change my thoughts and perception
according to the demand of the situation. It allows me to do a experiment every time which help
to learn things and improve my ability every time. The best part about this theory is that it can
mould according to the preference of any situation. This has turned out to one of my strength that
I use in almost every aspect that is to accept any challenge and overcome it by facing it and
fulfilling its demand. I show the path to the employees according to the demand of the theory and
their potential so that I don't put any kind of pressure of them which affects them and makes their
work inefficient and unaccepted by the company. I have to cope up with them so that they don't
stress out and feel that they have to leave the job. It will also affect the level of employee
retention that I have achieved for the company. I focus on the employees and give my attention
to the employees who are new so that I can make them understand the operations of the work and
train them so that they can work for the company accordingly. I will take an example to make
you understand the benefit of this theory and my strength. There are two situations one is having
some issue in the level of production and one is having issue in the products reaching to the
consumers. This will be solved by implementing two different decisions for the issue of
production I will sent the guy who is the expert of that area and have some experience which will
help me as he will evaluate the output of the production and set the bar according to the level of
the machinery and the potential of the workers. Talking about the issue of reaching the products I
will change the suppliers and keep a keen eye on the chain of command which helps to flow the
product that is the channel of distribution also when the level of production will be normal it will
reach faster to the consumer. (Kroll and Dussias, 2017. ) I feel that reflective essay is an essay in
which the writer examines his or her experiences in life. I have writen about those experiences,
exploring how he or she has changed, developed or grown from those experiences. The format of
a reflective essay may change slightly depending on who the audience is. On the basis of my
ideology the situational leaderships has the perks and helps them to understand how it is helpful
for the company and their leaders. It also covers the qualities and the abilities the leader has that
influence the employees, show them the right path and help the company to achieve their desired

goals and objectives. It also highlights the issues and the challenges that the leader has to face
while taking decisions for the company.
I had the attributes of being a leader which were effective in formulating a policy or
strategy for the company. I had the confidence to guide someone and make follow someone my
orders. Apart from that I had full confidence on my decisions as if I didn't the employees of the
company will loose the trust over me. I evaluate and assess all the factors so that I can never be
overconfident about every decision I take. I ensure that all the commands are being followed in
an effective manner. If I don't have the confidence in my decision and abilities then I don't think
I will be able to inspire any employee in the company and keep them motivated. That is why I
maintain a decency and evaluate all the factors and I treat everyone with respect and not take any
bias decisions which raise the cause of discrimination in the company. My strength is to give
everyone the equal credit even if the goal was achieved only with my abilities and decisions. The
reason behind this is to teach them something and keep them motivated so they work hard and
achieve the performance objectives which are required to serve in the company. If they make any
mistakes in the work I make them realize about that and give them points on how to manage the
task and improve the work. I train them and in the middle of the stage of training I give them
tasks which requires to think outside of their way of work and above their potential because if
they think out of the box then only they will be able to bring innovative ideas for the company.
This way I encourage them to think innovatively. I delegate the work and tasks according to their
area of expertise and their work potential as I cannot focus only on them as a leader I have other
areas in the company which requires my attention as this will also help me to gain the confidence
of completing the task on their own and after that they will start to take the responsibility of their
decisions even if they don't meet up with the expectations of the company. My job is to create a
vision for the company and ensure that their performance is helping the company to achieve it.
(Sangster, 2017. )
As I was the project leader in the ABC company. I had to lead and assist the all team
members for completing the target which is given by our director. The target was to complete the
production of 50,000 units in 20 days. Many challenges and difficulties which are faced by me
during the completion of task. It was very difficult to complete the huge amount of units in the
minimum time period for this it need all team members equal coordination among each other in
the completion of task. I couldn't be able to solve the problem among team member due to lack

of communication I couldn't be able to communicate with the team members and thus could not
know what problems are being faced by individuals during the team work so I can't be able to
solve such problems. I also do not take feedback from team members this bounds the employee
to perform the task well. Many bad experiences faced by me during the completion of task with
better leadership skills also I can't be able to complete the task. This all done due to my weak
points that was poor communication and interaction with team members a gathering feedback
form the team member so that there problems can be solved out. This all can be explained by the
situational leadership theory which was further implemented by me according to the situation so
that objective of team can be attended with the help of theory. The theory is helpful for me in
understanding the lack points which are recovered by me for further completion of task. My
family and parents also help me to further improve and enhance my skills. I had started to
communicate with team member and started taking feedback from the team members so that
their problems can be solved by me and further the team member can be motivated and
encouraged by me for working in team and performing well in completion of task or workshop
with the application of theory I could perform the task well and completed the project and had
achieved target which is being set by director. (Komattil and et.al., 2016.)
The leadership skill is my strength but in the project I lost upon it and I couldn't assist
and lead my team members. Thus, I lack behind and could effectively lead my team members
due to the lack of communication among the team members and not able to gather feedback from
the team members and family members which bounds me to lead team effectively. We can't be
able to attain our target on time. I couldn't solve the problem s which are face by the team
members during the completion of task. The task or target must be successfully completed by me
that was my target but we couldn't be able to complete due to some lack points further with the
help of theory I used to communicate with my team members and daily take a feedback from my
team members so that the problems can e solved by me and solution to their problems can be
rendered to them. This is further helpful for me in managing and assisting team and managing
their task. I guide them and instruct the on regularly basis and thus somehow I had improved my
leadership skills with the help of guidance of my family, so the task cam be achieved and
completed by us on time as that was the toughest task which was given by us. For the completion
of that task effective leadership skills are being required by the leader so that they can lead the
time to complete the task successfully. The leader also motivate and encourages the team

members so that they can complete the task with the positive attitude further and do not
demotivate at anytime for achieving the task which is to be completed by them on time.
(Finefter-Rosenbluh, 2016. )
The leadership skill is the major skills which is top be needed by every individual for
completion of task and leading the teams. For leading and guiding the team effective leadership
are very necessary for individual to complete the task. For developing these skills and making it
as my major strength I will enhance my communication skills and communicate with my team
members and family members helps me on daily basis so that the problems among the team
members can be solved and thus I could motivate and encourage team members for achieving the
task and working further with positive attitude. I will take feedback from the team members on
daily basis so that any problems which is faced by them could be solved. I would delegate and
distribute the task among team members according to their skills and capabilities so that the task
could be successfully completed on time with the quality work. I will also target to develop more
skills in me so that I could further have improvement in me and could lead the team effectively. I
would create a plan for improving my abilities and I will read books, article and set small goal so
that I could improve and enhance my leadership skill and build it as my personal strength further.
For enhancing it I would interact with my so-workers, managers and team members as well as
friends outside company so that I could improve my leadership skills and develop it not my
major strength further so that I could lead the team successfully. For developing the leadership
skills I will ask my director and family members to give more responsibility to me so that I could
grow my leadership skills. I will try to go beyond my daily routine and work for new and
innovative idea which are fruitful for the growth and development of company so that I could
further have an immense growth and development in me. So this how I could develop the
leadership skills into my major strength and work upon it for further growth and development of
company. Thus teams could be lead by me successfully so that the targets given to me can be
achieved by me on given time. (Bush, Bell and Middlewood, 2019). Leader of the company
prefers to take the theory and approach of situational leadership as it helps the leader to adjust
and mold according to any situation. It allows him to change the ideas, perception and
experiment it on new things which requires a centered attention. Leader of the ABC has many
qualities and attributes such as confidence in his decisions that they will help in meeting the
outcomes of the company. They also have the ability to inspire others by taking some innovative

steps and bringing a new strategy. They also encourage their employees at the time of training in
order to think and bring innovative ideas for the company so that they can reach the outcome
with new ways and methods.
REFERENCES
Books and Journal

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