Leadership Development Plan Report 2022

RUNNING HEAD: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PLAN
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Leadership
Development Plan
Student’s Details-
10/10/2019

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1
Introduction
Leadership is act of influencing the individual or a group of persons for the purpose of directing
that person or a group of persons towards the attainment of specified objectives of the
organization it is concerned with (Antonakis & Day, 2017). However, there are various
qualities that are required by an effective leader that helps a leader to lead a group of people in
an effective way (Komives, 2016). The report is based upon my personal leadership plan that
will ultimately help me in becoming an effective leader within the aspired position. The report
has been discussing about the leadership style that I aspire in the near future and also the report is
discussing my leadership strengths and weaknesses. My personal leadership plan is also
discussing my current personality attributes and is compared with the leadership characteristics
that I want to aspire in the near future along with the development of leadership capacity through
training and along with the suggestions for improving my leadership skills.
My Leadership Style
In order to reach the aspired position of manager within the organization, I have selected
transformational leadership style. Transformational leadership style is concerned with that
attribute of a leadership where it motivates the employees and subordinates to create new
changes into the organization in order to attain success (Cheung, 2011). It is one of the
creative leadership styles which encourage employees to find the solutions of the complex
problems themselves by using a creative approach and looking into the future (Thompson,
2012). I find this leadership style aspiring as this is effective for my organization and also leads
to positive development of my followers within the workplace. Further, this leadership style will
help me in the development of positive culture and also provides an opportunity to the
employees to enhance their career and also taking the ownership of the tasks given to them.
However, transformational leaders are inspiring and they attempt to create positive changes into
the organization (Hoch, et al., 2018). These leaders tend to look beyond the self-interest and
they set clear and always have an inspiring story for motivating the followers to achieve the
desired goal (Hawkins, 2017). However, I perceive this leadership style as the future styles as I
this leadership will be effective for my aspired position. As a manager, I am expected to bring

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changes also leading the employees to accept the changes and make proper decision making
which is effective knowledge and skill that I will be requiring into future. Thus, this leadership
style will help me in becoming an effective leader through placing a positive influence on the
employees to think intellectually and create new ideas and opportunities.
Analyzing My Strengths and Weaknesses
As I am aspiring to become a transformational leader, I have several strengths and also
weaknesses into current leadership. The strength which I have is that I am an outgoing person as
I am not afraid to state my opinion to others and also I am open to the new ideas. An effective
leader needs to be committed and outgoing by thinking from the perspective of the organization
and also be courageous to take an effective decision (Schulten, 2012). Apart from this, I am an
ethical into every decision that I make. I understand what is right and what is wrong and I
believe as a leader it is crucial to take the decision that serves greatest benefit for all. However,
ethical leadership is precisely upholds the values, beliefs and morals of the employees and has
high level of integrity in every action which is taken by a leader (Mihelic, 2010). Moreover, I
always give due respect to the dignity and rights of others. My decisions and actions as a leader
are based upon the predetermined principles and have trust and honesty for increased welfare of
the employees and also the organization.
Apart from the strengths, I have weaknesses as well that I need to overcome in the future for
leading successfully into the desired position. I have weakness of ineffectiveness when it comes
to make teams and partnerships. I am technically competent but lack in the formation of teams
due to less knowledge about the ways to handle team members. Moreover, team development is
an important characteristic of a leader which helps in the distribution of task and also helps in
generation of new ideas from each of the member of the group (Aga, et al., 2016). Thus, this is
a major weakness that I have and I need to overcome it for the effective development of
partnership that promotes success.