RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS: REFLECTION.

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RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS: REFLECTION
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
The “Aha” moments........................................................................................................................2
Moment 1.....................................................................................................................................2
Moment 2.....................................................................................................................................3
Moment 3.....................................................................................................................................3
Patterns and Connections.................................................................................................................4
Identified Patterns and Connections............................................................................................4
Relationships between practices and literatures of leadership....................................................5
Future improvement plans...............................................................................................................7
Coaching and mentoring..............................................................................................................7
Team needs..................................................................................................................................7
Usage of formal evaluation..........................................................................................................8
Future Progress............................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The reflective portfolio provides information, analysis and discussion about the
responsible leadership aspects that I was able to experience through the duration of my work. I
provide three significant ‘aha’ moments that was experienced to further enhance the reflective
process. I think leadership is about many different aspects that are bound together in perfect
harmony to create an optimally efficient growth path for a person as well as the concerned group.
Leadership is not just about leading people but leading oneself at the same time. Hence, this
balancing act between guiding people and guiding oneself at the same time becomes a
challenging task for all leaders. However, a large part of leadership according to me is connected
with providing encouragement to groups of individuals to focus and strive towards common
goals. An organization can only perform well if there is effective coordination between groups of
individuals. I consider Emotional Intelligence to be one of the crucial aspects that can go on to
define leadership. This is because a leader has more important goals than just to give orders. The
emotional intelligence of the leader needs to be enhanced due to the requirement of the
organization. I believe that there are some significant aspects related to leadership that need to be
enhanced in order to improve the skills.
The “Aha” moments
Moment 1
One of my first ‘Aha’ moments while working for Castrol India ltd. was when I was
handling this project called the Personal Digital Assistance project. I envisioned that this project
will help both the sales representatives and the managers to contribute greatly with the sales

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process. I talked to my managers but was not able to make great head starts initially. It took a
long for me to actually convince my superiors of the plan that I had. In the end I was given a
special task to train the sales representatives in rural areas. I had to take this endeavor only to
prove my superiors that this can be done. I trained the team and they responded well. This
actually helped me to garner the confidence of my supervisors. I was able to make them
understand about my vision and applied the same to effectively change the process for sales.
Self-awareness helps in the process of knowing ones capabilities. I consider self-awareness to be
one of the stepping stones for the essential development of leadership skills. Additionally as
already known, it does help to create high levels of emotional intelligence (Miao, Humphrey and
Qian 2018). Self-awareness can be couples with innovation as being optimally self-aware
actually helps a person to be more innovative. This moment actually helped me to understand
how self-aware I was.
Moment 2
The next “aha” moment in my work life was when I was actually able to influence the
sales managers to follow the new sales process. This was actually related to my training that I
provided to my subordinates. This helped in the creation of essentially beneficial relationships
between me and my supervisors. The supervisors were able to recognize my effort and I was
admired for my innovative thinking. This was a positive event in my work duration. This boasted
my confidence greatly. I believe motivation is a significant factor and apart from being created
internally, motivation can also be greatly enhanced through the outside source. It is important the
self-motivation is enhanced through better empowerment. Moreover, it is also important in
leadership and professional life how people can influence other people to perform better.