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Lead and Influence Assignment

   

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Running Head: LEAD AND INFLUENCELead and influenceName of the StudentName of the University Author Note
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1LEAD AND INFLUENCEIntroduction The aim of the assignment is to present the narrative review of the scenario in theworkplace to reflect on the leadership behaviour or acts observed around. The leadership issuesand behaviour can be analysed using various theories of leadership. The rationale for this study isthe importance of the leadership function in any organisation. Part 1- narrative I have joined as an intern in the ABC Company in the spring of 2015. The company dealswith the manufacturing and development of the custom hardware solutions. My goal as an internis to learn the custom service management and learn some leadership skills. Harry who was thesenior manager in the company since four years directly supervised me. His role was to lead theteam of custom service. Recently, a 360-degree survey was conducted and he scored 70thpercentile in terms of competency in motivating other employees. In his feedback, some of theemployees mentioned that these competencies need to be demonstrated frequently for successfulcareer advancement. Therefore, he was working hard to develop personal leadership skills. Johndirectly reports to Harry and was working since 8 years in the company. His was an efficientworker. He sincerely works to achieve the team goals. After I have joined, I had leant that John was initially in different team and since the lasttwo years, he had been working with Harry. In the four months of time, I had observed that Johnhad several performances set back. He was frequently show caused for missing deadlines and formissed assignments that were critical in nature. Harry assigned him two projects. These projectsinclude stretch goals and were not easy to hit by John. As I heard from senior manger, he had
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2LEAD AND INFLUENCEassigned these projects to John for personal development that he requested earlier. Harry workedtogether with John regularly to assure that things are on track. Every time John gave negativeassurance about meeting, the deadlines. I could observe the entire team efforts were going waste.The team efforts were affected by John’s visible failures. Other setbacks in his case were relatedto his confrontations with teammates at different point of time in regards to missed deadlines. Upon regular coaching sessions, feedbacks and meeting sessions with John and team,Harry deduced that John was undergoing personal life challenges that hampered his professionalwork. Other causes were role changes in team and day-to work responsibilities that he could notcope up. Although, John positively accepted the team’s feedback, Harry was mainly concernedon how to bring back the former excellent performer back on track. Harry was in dilemma onfurther assigning him an projects due to repeated discouragement. Part 2- analysisIn a level 5 leadership model, there are five levels of leaders. These are –Highly capable individual - at this stage the manager has skills to productivelycontribute towards team through talent, skills, knowledge and good work habits(Reid et al., 2014). Harry was too high capable individual as he obtained 70thpercentile in 360-degree survey. His managers and co-workers also appreciatedhim for his competency in boosting others by his positive personal style. He wasable to display confidence in others by being modest and compelling. He can setup successors for success. However, he was not counter intuitive. Contributing team member - A leader at this level can effectively work withothers in group setting (Rhode, 2015). Harry was supportive about taking regular
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