Reflective Leadership

Running head: REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP
REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP
5/27/2019
Contents

REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP 1
Reflective Leadership..................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................11

REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP 2
Reflective Leadership
Effective leadership within an organisation is often viewed as the foundation for
organisational growth and performance. In addition, organisation holding effective leaders
respond to changes in markets and environment more quickly to sustain high performance.
Antonakis (2017) defined leadership as an acting to directing, dominating and guiding a group of
people. A leader is someone who does and makes others do the right thing. A leader tends to set
a goal and gives a direction to accomplish it, by using innovative techniques and creating an
inspiring vision. Leadership is all about laying out something dynamic, inspiring, creative and
exciting using management skills, which can lead the team to accomplish the defined objectives
and win (Antonakis, 2017).
Leadership involves the ability of a leader to encourage others to perform their dues with
full dedication and accomplish their goals timely. It is, of course, a group activity where the
leader has to take his team along while undertaking a project. It also involves respecting and
trusting them with their capabilities as well as providing opportunities to learn and grow. On
contrary to this if the leader is self-obsessed then his narcissistic style will definitely lead to
failure of team (Ong, 2016). Being only a good speaker will not make one an effective leader,
instead, knowledge of work is required. Having accountability for the work so done and
communicating information clearly are obligations of leader (Caldwell, 2016).
There are various models of leadership, which can be applied in real life as well as it
helps in the development of individual personality. One of them is situational leadership (Bosse,
2017) (papworth, 2009), in which a leader decides type of training offered to subordinate so that

REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP 3
he can handle future conditions on his own. This requires effective supervision. It is parameter of
concern because over and under supervision will not let employee learn what the organization
expect from him. Leader here should recognize the thin gap between being strict and rude, in
addition to this he should also support the employee which will boost his morale and will learn
things speedily. The cycle of directing here works from giving training and coaching following
supporting the learning of employee and delegating the responsibilities there on.
In real life, I experienced this while working with my father. He used to teach me how to
repair cars. Initially, I used to watch him and understand what thing is going on. After that
beginner's stage, he used to put me to work and practically analyze each and everything. Each
time I did mistakes he made me correct them and supported me in leaning things better. At a
stage I became familiar with things and I could probably do them on my own. This was the stage
when he started giving me his work, which is called delegation in professional terms.
In the present era, a transformational model of leadership is required which is the topic
concern here “Reflective Leadership”. Reflective leadership is a way of getting used to some
kind of work by taking the charge and doing it with utmost dedication and personal mastery
(Carroll, 2011). Being focused and aware of present surroundings and gathering deeper
experiences is the approach of reflective leadership (Johns, 2017). Being reflective involves
having a direct approach towards situations and getting integrated efforts from team. Performing
reflective style of leadership includes continues learning which one finds helpful in handling
real-life situations. It makes a person more flexible so that he can adjust himself according to the
scenarios. He tends to be more respectful to his teammates, which develop cooperation and
healthier working relationships (brown, 2016).