Importance of Leadership in Personal and Professional Development

Personal &
Professional
Development

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...........................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................6
REFERANCES..........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
There are various skills that are necessary for the development as well growth of
individual. It is very important a person identify those skills as well as develop it for better
personal and professional growth (Wald and et.al., 2015). This will be extremely helpful for
achievement of desired goals and objectives. A person will be able to perform organizational
activities in better manner as well as lead to full fill their needs and requirements. Personal
and professional development refers to gaining new skills as well as experiences that will
lead to enhance their current job roles. This is essential part in progress in professional career
as well as personal life. This report include the leadership quality as well as theory of
leadership. A proper evaluation of quality is done with the use of leadership theory. Different
attributes, behavioural preferences and values that underpin its strength is also mention. In
this report various difficulties and challenges that occur during workshop exercises and
experiences that has been faced. Benefits of quality in future is also identified as well as
evaluated properly.
MAIN BODY
Leadership refers to a skill or quality in which a person can influence as well as
motivate others. This is considered as a one of the most crucial part of an individual as it will
directly lead to growth and development. Leadership can be define as an action which lead to
group of people towards desired goals and objective of organisation. It is a process in which a
leader is directing or guiding the behaviour of other people with the motive to
accomplishment of specific objective of goals. Leadership quality have potential to motivate
as well as influence other behaviour. Leaders are able to direct as well as guide other
individual towards to fulfilment of the organisational requirements. In an organisation
leadership quality is very important as it will help in successful achievement of desired goals
as well motives. leaders are responsible to motivating other employees so that they work in
better and effective manner. Leadership consist of set of qualities that is essential in to
become a strong and good leader. There are different types of leadership style in which each
and every leader have different ways to influence other people.
Trait theory of leadership is completely based of the traits or characteristics of a
leader. This will lead to define the successfulness as we as unsuccessfulness leadership of a
leader. This theory of leadership is considered as the modern theory of leader of that will help
in providing a proper framework for leaders. Trait theory of leadership states that the
leadership behaviour of a leader will be define by the characteristics of an individual
(Marañón and Pera., 2015). This theory includes all those traits which is necessary for a
person to become a successful leader. Core traits that is required by a leader are such as
achievement drive, leadership motivation, honesty and integrity, self confidence, knowledge
of business, cognitive ability, emotional maturity, creativity and others. This theory is very
helpful in distinguish between leaders as well as non leaders.
I have analysed that the leadership is one of the most important quality. This play a
crucial role in overall growth and development of a person. After exercises various workshop
I have identified that an individual will not be able to achieve its desired goals and aims