Self Analysis Of Leadership Qualities

Running Head: SELF ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
SELF ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
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SELF ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
Introduction
Leadership is the ability to influence others towards achieving a goal. A good leader
should have a long-term vision, should be capable of turning ideas and concepts into real success
stories. Certain qualities should be present in an individual to turn him into an effective and
excellent leader. Some essentials of the leader are communication, compassion, competence,
courage, decision making, humility, accountability, integrity, teamwork, stamina, personal
credibility, vision and many more (Antonakis & Day, 2017). The aim of the assignment deals in
identifying leadership strengths within yourself with the use of the leadership self-assessment
tool. The first assessment chosen for the assignment is Bolman and Deal’s four framework
approach, and the second is the Big Five personality model of leadership.
Bolman and Deal’s four frames of leadership
Figure: Bolman and Deal’s leadership framework
Source: (Holmes & Scull, 2019)

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SELF ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
According to Bolman and Deal’s framework, a leader should view the organisational
experiences according to the leadership frames defined in the model. The four frames are
political, human resource, structural and symbolic (Holmes & Scull, 2019).
Political framework
The political approach shows the distribution of power. My leadership strength,
according to this approach, is building linkages with people and applying persuasive techniques
and negotiation skills to complete the task. But it requires conflict management skills too, to fall
in this category, and I will give an average rating to myself for this skill because I am not able to
understand the root cause of the problem.
Human resource framework
According to this frame, this emphasis on people’s need. The leader's role is of the coach,
which means to guide people through motivation. The employees in the organisation want to
serve the organisation better, but they need an effective leader for support. I see myself as an
effective leader in the human framework because I possess empathy skills within me which
means if you take care of the people, they will deliver excellent service in return. I possess
abilities in managing and motivating people which in turn will bring good business for the
organisation.
Structural framework
Being a good leader to fit in this frame, a person has to be skilled in qualities like design,
structure, environment, adaptability, experiments, implementation and adaptability. Here the
leader role is as an architect. I will rate myself average for this frame because there are some
qualities where I lack. I am adaptable to the changes resulting due to various external and