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Leadership Practices Inventory : Assignment

   

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Running Head: LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORYLeadership Practices InventoryName of student:Name of University:Author note.

1LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORYTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Results of Kouzes & Posner Leadership Practices Inventory.........................................................21) Structuring a Path....................................................................................................................32) Motivating Towards a Common Goal.....................................................................................33) Challenging Existing Processes...............................................................................................44) Enhancing Employee Performance.........................................................................................45) Maintaining Employee Satisfaction........................................................................................5Leadership Development Action Plans...........................................................................................6Action Plan 1...............................................................................................................................6Action Plan 2.............................................................................................................................10References:....................................................................................................................................13

2LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORYIntroduction The Leadership Practices Inventory is a leadership model designed by James M.Kouzesand Barry S. Posner. Theory states that leadership is not a quality acquired from birth ortransmitted through DNA information. Leadership is independent of racial, regional, religious, orethic boundaries. There is no relation of leadership with having a power and a high status.Anyone who has the inherent aptitudes and set of skills to inspire and mentor others towards acommon objective qualifies as a leader.Results of Kouzes & Posner Leadership Practices InventoryThe LPI model can be classified into five main categories bed on the nature of qualitiesasked for and the type of responses they might fetch. They are: Model the wayInspire a collective visionChallenge the processEnable others to actEncourage the Heart (Kouzes and Posner 2012).I took the LPI test a few days ago in order to find out where I stand in this competitive worldwhere it is quite tough to become a true leader. I wanted to know what leadership skills I alreadypossess and what skills I can further work upon to grow into an effective leader. My personalscores and reflections according to the LPI criteria are as follows. 1) Structuring a PathAs far as leading my subordinates by example is concerned, I am moderately confident.However, as a leader, I ascertain it that I receive the same performance and dedication from the

3LEADERSHIP PRACTICES INVENTORYemployees, while maintaining the quality of work. I try my best not t make promises I cannotkeep. When I make a commitment to my colleagues, I make sure to fulfil it to the best of myabilities. I am also quite open to criticism and feedback, be it positive or negative. I make it apoint to ask other employees what effect my actions are taking on their work (Kapp 2012). If achange is required to be made, I do it as far as the situation permits. I conduct team meetingsnow and then, to correlate the company’s aims to the general team attitude. I believe thatleadership is a quality that involves not only power over others, but also a sense of responsibility.A leader needs to understand skills and feelings of his workers and set his targets and strategiesaccordingly (Kouzes and Posner 2017). Hence, I am fairly confident on my innate leadershipphilosophy. 2) Motivating Towards a Common GoalI do not converse a lot about upcoming procedures for work. I do not particularly devotea lot of time to researching magazines, blogs, publications, and the web for new trends andpractices of work. Knowing and communicating futuristic processes and equipments is essentialto become a successful leader (Miner 2015). I definitely need improvement in this field.Visualizing the future is something I do now and then but not very often. As an able leader, Ineed to set aspiring targets for myself and my subordinates as well. This could help motivate theemployees to work for a better future, with tangible results and rewards (Arbak and Villeval2013). This is an area I might improve upon also encouraging my employees to share their ownrespective dreams about the picture. Martin Luther King Jr. motivated millions with his famous‘I have a dream’ speech, whereby he taught the Black American to fight for his rights (Garrow2015). Quite often, I try to initiate my subordinates into the organisation’s future aims by helping

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