Self Reflection on Leadership

Running head: SELF REFLECTION ON LEADERSHIP
SELF REFLECTION ON LEADERSHIP
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Discussions
Leaders are not born but made. They have the qualities or the credibility due to which,
people listen and follow them. The responsibility of providing training, development and
direction to a group of individual or a team lies within the leaders. An effective leader leaves a
potential impact from the top management level to the bottom of the business. Several leaders in
the world leave either a positive or a negative effect on the people. Leadership is having both the
talents as well as the skills to exert influence towards achieving the organizational goal. In order
to be an effective leader, a person should have both the qualities (Garnett 2018). The
organizational leaders set the company’s vision, mission and corporate culture. Their
performance and management skills are evaluated using different management style the leader
possesses.
In this essay, I have analyzed my leadership strengths and the areas needed for
improvement. Being a leader, I will encourage others by providing the required tools and admit
my inadequacies when needed. It also includes the different leadership skills possessed by me
along with the real-life incident. This essay also deals with my self-assessment results and
everyday routine. It also states the limitations that I own and inspires me to act accordingly, both
by my actions or words.
Leaders play an essential role in the smooth functioning and effective performance of
different organizations. Its practical application depends on the methodology adopted by the
leaders to their subordinates or associates. Various approaches exist in the modern business
environment. Transformational leadership is one of them and is considered as the most popular
approaches, in consideration with many specialists as the perspective (Northouse 2017).

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Therefore, it is vital to highlight that transformational leadership is concerned both with benefits
as well as with risks. It is responsible for healthy development and effective organizational
performance.
My experience of the leadership skills in the activities performed in the class has been
paramount. I am very fortunate to have had formal opportunities for developing my leadership
skills. In the activity presented in the class within a group of four people, I acted as an H.R.
leader in a large corporation. The self-assessment of my power, conflict and leadership style
shows my capability to collaborate effectively to meet the goals mandatorily to achieve the
objective and the success of my team members in the class. For practising transformational
leadership, it is vital to have an understanding of the leadership skills such as problem solving,
communication and motivation.
My strength towards the knowledge of leadership skills and concern of people specifies
the transformational style of leadership in me. My greatest strength is problem solving. I always
try the best and efficient way to do any task. Before taking any decision or achieving any
conclusion, it is essential to identify the situation and the problem cautiously. This skill in me
helped in solving the problem with free choices of the solution to decide before the time given to
us. Besides, I am an excellent spokesperson and have the qualities of influencing people with my
words. I used my communication skills to understand the challenges my company is going to
face. I briefly discuss every suspect or dispute that can arise concerned with the task. As a
compelling orator, I took the opinion of other members in our group before coming to any
conclusion. According to me, one should love the work he or she is doing. Another strength that
I possess is motivation. To keep myself motivated, I am always in search of new ways and have
the willingness to learn new things and ways to do a particular task differently. Self-motivation