Reflective Journals on Leadership and Professional Development

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Reflective Journals
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Description
In my first experience as the supervisor for the new trainee that was highly motivated by
giving them the extra pressure of work. This helped in achieving the objective of our
division. Being an efficient supervisor company has given me immense responsibility of
achieving organizational goal and success. In this situation, I was observing the fact that
employees working under me were very much reluctant in providing their best services. As a
result, organization was unable to achieve their business goals and objectives. As a
responsible supervisor I really felt that employees would have to pressurise towards giving
their best effort.
In my second experience, the grievance arose between management and union people
whereas the intermediary my role was vital for solving the issue related to individual interest.
Others did not bother about the problem and zero actions were taken by them to resolve it
(Shackleton, 2011). I had to make an application of the hero moment where I had to play the
most crucial role of mitigating any kind of issue happened between union and management.
Without the performance of management the organization would not be able to achieve
success (Kari, Rosch, and Burgoon, 2014). On the other hand, without satisfying union
people organization would not be able to satisfy the needs and demands of the employees.
Therefore, I had to act the most vital role where I was responsible for resolving the issue
between management and union people.
In the third experience, one of the company's staff was harassing one of my female trainees.
Where I took initiative and actions were taken against him. I observed that one of my familiar
office staff constantly harassing female trainees. As a result, those female trainees intended to

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leave the organization by giving a notice period. However, being a responsible employee I
have decided to take an immediate action against this kind of situation. I have decided to
escalate this issue in front of higher management so that they can take an immediate action
against this situation.
Feelings
Initially, I believed that they would not be able to take the pressure for attaining the goals.
But when I gave them pressure they were very worried and I thought it is not possible for
them to complete the task. However, they managed to complete the given objectives and now
they feel motivated. As a responsible supervisor I felt to maintain my personality and
professional behaviour at the workplace. Otherwise, I was observing that employees were not
taking serious about meeting client’s deadline. At the same time, I was also feeling that
employees were misusing my friendly behaviour that I showed at my workplace. Gradually,
they started to become inactive which badly reflected on organizational productivity (Chen,
Mei-whei, and Rybak, 2017). In this situation, I have decision to implement some pressure on
the employees with the help of which they would never like to show their casual behaviour in
meeting organizational goals and objectives.
I believed that nobody would try to view from the perspective of the other party but after I
showed both the perspective of both parties they comprehend and the issues were resolved. I
was observing the fact that union people were very much logical from their point of view.
They were more concerned about the employees and their facilities and benefits. On the other
hand, management is only concerned about their organizational profit. Sometimes, they are
becoming rude towards the employees in quest of achieving the success of organization. In
this situation, I felt to provide some recommendation to both the two parties so that it can
fulfil the purpose of two of them.