What Type Of Leader Am I And How Could I Improve?

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What Type Of Leader Am I And How Could I Improve?
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1WHAT TYPE OF LEADER AM I AND HOW COULD I IMPROVE?
The concept of leadership is focused on the capability or potential of an individual. It
is the function of knowing oneself, having a clear vision that is well-communicated, having
the potential to build trust and taking necessary yet effective actions for realising one’s own
leadership potential (Sotarauta 2016). Leadership is required in each and every aspects of life,
be it in personal or professional life. In this reflective essay, I shall be elaborating on
describing what type of leader I think I am, shedding light on different evidences to support
my answer. With the same, I shall also be discussing on different ways by means of which I
can improve my leadership skills for future improvement and success.
The type of leader I am- As per my results and certain feedbacks, I think the
leadership style that I possess is that of participative. This means that I have the potential of
working with my group members who understand the aims and objectives as well as are fully
aware of their roles and responsibilities in the task. One of my biggest strength I think is that
I am hard working. Many of my professors have praised me for this in the last few months as
well. I share a sense of punctuality, honestly, time management, and responsibility as well as
the ability of meeting the set deadlines. Furthermore, I am a very trustworthy person who
have the potential to give his best as a team player as well as an individual. This quality of
mine is something that helps me to survive under several different forms of environments.
Moreover, as per my past experiences, many of my supervisor have come over and praised
me for my honest, punctuality and most importantly, my hard work. I give my best in every
task I do as I take the full responsibility to do it. With the same, within last four weeks, my
supervisor have also informed me that he would offer me the role of team leader once we
finish with our course. However, as far as my weaknesses are concerned, the only weakness
that affects me a lot is that I get hurt very quickly when someone do not regard or disregard
my honest and sincere efforts. I also get demotivated when someone accuse me for something
that I never did in the first place and this ultimately hamper my overall performance. With the

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same, the other weakness include- I am very emotional person. I get emotional very quickly.
Also, earlier I used to have the tendency to get nervous in little things. However, I no longer
have the same as I overcome this weakness of mine by practicing a lot. Hence, the two
weaknesses of mine is getting emotional and easily getting hurt when someone disregard my
efforts and accuse me for something I never did. These are my biggest strengths and
weaknesses and I need to improve in this area a lot.
The different leadership theories- Leadership is regarded to be the way of leading
other people in order to get a desired outcome or to achieve a common goal (Misati and
Walumbwa 2018). There are number of leadership theories that are presented by various
different authors and now, I am going to discuss about some of the important ones that I have
learnt in my course. The very first is that of the situational leadership theory. It is to note that
the situational leadership theory is developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey in the year
1969 (Thompson and Glaso 2015). This theory is based on the notion that the leaders are
required to alter their behaviours on the basis of a major situational factor and that is, the
readiness of his or her followers. Furthermore, situational theory is focused on two different
behaviours and they are- relationship behaviour and task behaviour (Meier 2016). The task
behaviour refers to the tendency of the leader to spell out the responsibilities and duties of the
entire group. On the other hand, the relationship behaviour refers to the tendency of the
leader to make use of two way or multi way communication with his or her followers. In
order to determine the combination of the behaviour that is the most appropriate one for a
given situation, a leader need to get access to the follower readiness. It is to note that the
follower readiness means the willingness and the ability of the followers to attain a particular
task (Lynch et al. 2018). Participating, delegating, selling and telling are some of the
leadership style that might be used. The next is the transactional leadership theory. It is to
note that the transactional leadership is the style of leadership that is focused on group