Self reflection of Leadership style and emotional intelligence

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Self reflection of Leadership style and emotional intelligence
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Self reflection of Leadership style and emotional intelligence
Self reflection of Leadership style and emotional intelligence
According to Sharma & Singh, (2013), today, the business environment is changing
continuously and it is important for an individual to possess certain leadership style to face all
types’ scenarios and make an appropriate strategy. It is important to act in right manner at the
right time in business (Martin, 2016). Leaders are the backbone of the company, where all the
decisions are taken by them by collaborating with employees. In order to know my style of
leadership, I have appeared in the mindtool leadership test. It has a list of 12 statements where I
had to rate each sentence as per my opinion. The score that I got was 26, and this score states that
I possess a democratic kind of leadership style. Scores depicts that I am participative and social
in nature (mindtools.com, 2018).
According to the Sharma & Singh, (2013) democratic leader actively involves each and
every team member in the process. I do the same. I have been asked to prepare a document on
the life style of kids at orphan age. As a general procedure, such types of research papers are
written based on secondary data and interviews. However, one of our members suggested going
and meeting those kids in person, whose lifestyle was being assessed. We found that if we will
observe them and spend time with them, we will be able to get many insights regarding their
lifestyle, hobby, education, likes and dislikes etc. I liked the idea but all of us were not sure about
the visit. I had my family relative working with an NGO and hence had a chance to visit the
same. My team and I were ready to visit the place where these kids were living and performing
all the tasks independently. After observing them, we were amused by the way kids live their
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