Leadership Report: Skills, Practices, and Development

This report delves into the multifaceted aspects of leadership, exploring its core principles and practical applications. It begins by defining leadership and emphasizing its role in motivating teams and achieving organizational objectives. The report analyzes the leadership style of Richard Coulson, highlighting his contributions and influence. It identifies three key ways to improve leadership practices, including engaging employees to boost motivation. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and situational awareness as crucial strengths for leaders. It then outlines a SMART personal leadership plan, detailing specific goals and a timeline for skill development. The report discusses transformational leadership and its benefits, emphasizing the significance of leaders who inspire and guide their teams towards success. The report concludes with a reflection on the dynamic process of leadership and its positive impact on leaders' lives. Overall, the report provides a comprehensive overview of leadership principles and practical strategies for aspiring leaders.

Leadership
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Identify 3 ways to improve the leadership...................................................................................4
Identifying the current strength and requirement of development..............................................5
SMART Personal Leadership Plan..............................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Leadership is basically art of motivating the group of people towards goals and objectives.
Leader’s contributions towards the real changes that reflect their mutual understanding between
staff members. This process will influence behaviour of people towards their predetermined
goals and objectives. Leaders possess the leadership qualities that make other people to follow
them. Richard Coulson became the director of practices in 2007, He has three fields of particular
specialisation and interest. Richard is the most famous and successful leader of eCOX
sustainability group. It mainly concerns about the successful leader who always individually
opposed to what they want. This report will discuss about the leadership and implication of own
personal practices. Furthermore, it will identify that how three different ways to improve their
leadership practices and also create smart plan. This documentation will describe the interview
that how it can improve skill, behaviour and knowledge.
MAIN BODY
Reflection:
I believe that leadership is a dynamic process that positive impact on leader’s life.
According to interview, I understood the roles and responsibilities of leadership which always
support for leader to handle critical situation during task execution. I can put my own efforts to
connect with other people by using communication skill. I understand that how leadership helps
in growth of business.
As per interview, it can be concluded that leadership style plays important role in leader’s
life which always supports to deal with critical situation during task execution. It will help leader
to take right decision regarding enterprise growth and development. In regards of interview, I
understood the transformational leadership style where leader tries to change enterprise policies
and procedures for development. Sometimes, it requires for improving quality of services
effectively and efficiently. I believe that transformation leadership style always help leaders at
workplace for both men and women. It mainly depends on the efficiency and performance. As
per analysis, I found that the women also apply effective leadership style because of their skill,
knowledge and self-motivation. To become a successful Leader, I found that leaders motivate or
inspire other team members towards goals and also share their experience. I analysed that there
are total 57% executive in public and private sector who have democratic style for business
growth and development (Glatthorn and et.al., 2018). As per interview, I would found that leader
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will face typical day challenge at workplace. I always try to make efforts in strategic planning for
improving the quality of services and make sure that important project are completed on specific
deadline.
As per interview or discussion, I can improve my own leadership skill by evaluating my
own strengths and weakness. Sometimes, I also determine my own skill that is required to
participate in the different enterprises activities. I have realized that there is much more being a
leader than effectively fulfilling the roles and also decided to keep understands issues which I
require to address. I adopted the reflection for my professional development and to improve the
leadership practices.
Interview
I have conducted an interview with the famous leader Richard Coulson in UK, he was
great leader and promoted as a director of Fulunderwriting. His career starts at early age. He
always focused on the structure and other type of risk for providing the solutions. Richard have
lead the Cox’s ongoing assurance to community and involvement with young care. I would ask
questions to the leader for identifying their success in the global marketplace.
Identify 3 ways to improve the leadership
Leadership is a process that can execute, direct, guide and influence the work of other and
behaviour of people which accomplish the goals and objectives. The ability of leader is to easily
induce the subordinates to complete work with confidence (Antonakis and Day, 2017). As a
result, the competencies of leadership that helps to make successful leader in the organization.
There are three different ways to improve the leadership.
Engage with employee to develop motivation
Leader need to understand their own responsibility and accept in order to become achieve
leadership quality (Shapiro and Stefkovich, 2016). It is an essential part for improving the
leadership skill where leader communicate with the other employee to inspire to attain their goals
and achievements (Cashman, 2017). It can only be possible when leaders possess knowledge to
tackle the critical situation and also allocate task on basis of employee’s capabilities. From time
to time, Leader can motivate the employee towards the specific objectives of organization but it
is necessary for employee to follow leader guidance which increases their productivity or
profitability.
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Identifying the current strength and requirement of development
Self-awareness is considered as important strength of leadership that must develop by the
people who are placed at management position. Through self-awareness, leader easily analyse
the current business situation (Glatthorn and et.al., 2018). On the other hand, it requires to
develop the situational awareness strength because it is important to evaluate organisation
environment and finding out areas that require improvement. Situational awareness leadership
strength helping a leader to control and manage the critical situation in the organization,
Develop Social and Cognitive skills
An effective leader requires being smart and likely to have high IQ level. It is required to
develop the cognitive and social skill that helps to understand business needs (Komives 2016). It
is the core skill where how leader learn, think and work together in the organization. It is based
on the ability of human to perform the different types of mental activities and associate with the
problem solving.
SMART Personal Leadership Plan
A personal leadership plan is the one of common tool that helps to define and direct
influence the goals or achievements. A personal development helping for leader to improve their
ability and capability (Rosenbach, 2018). It is very important to include the specific career vision
which creating the personal leadership development plan. In this way, it can be specified the
career vision so that it require to improve own leadership skills.
By using smart approach to create the personal leadership plan to identify the specific goals,
structure and timeline. I could use the smart approach to set the goals and timeline for improving
the skill and knowledge within timeframes.
S.No. SMART
Approach
Training and
Development
Specific
action
performed
Resources
needed for
leaders
Time
Frame
Career
goal
1. Specific
Measure- I will
measure my
own progress of
leadership skill
by dealing with
On-job projects
and assignments.
I will work on
the current
project and
make sure the
leader may
involve.
Reinforceme
nt from my
directors
during the
monthly
basis goals
15 Week I have
developed
my own
career
vision to
maintain
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attain two-week
session which
enough for
reviewing.
Achieve- I will
list the group of
process and
assign the lead
for every group.
In this way, I
can analyze my
own leadership
skill. I will
create the test
and draft,
having process
to lead the group
of people.
Relevant- I will
build up my
own department
knowledge as a
result, team
meet the specific
goals and
objectives. I also
provide the
consistent high
level of
consumer’s
services. It
Special task group,
star-up and
alliances of other
centres.
Getting support to
the other coaching
and mentoring.
Self-development
Enrolment in the
leadership seminar
I will deliver
the message
within
specific time.
Taking the
special project
where I am
dealing with
the conflicts
in the team or
group.
Review the
plan of
coaching
through
external or
internal
coach. It also
joins the
monthly
internal team
or group.
Understand
the conflict
management
meets
settings.
Reinforceme
nt from my
directors
during the
monthly
basis goals
meets
settings.
Coaching
session.
Self-
assessment
the
position of
leader in
the
organizati
on. I
always
contribute
towards
the job
satisfactio
n to
handle all
problems
in
company
through
leadership
styles. I
believed
that
leadership
style
support to
handle the
situation
effectively
and
efficiently
. I have
some
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mainly ties with
my
competencies
such as problem
solving,
collaboration,
innovation and
job mastery etc.
by using open
ended
question.
Enroll in the
seminar to
build the
understanding
towards
managerial
courage.
Reading of
key points,
books and
articles.
By
practicing,
participate as
a leader.
specific
leadership
skill such
as self-
awareness
,
motivation
al,
communic
ation skill,
cognitive
and social
skill etc.
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CONCLUSION
As per discussion, leadership is a process that influences the employee towards the
enterprise goals. It may contribute towards goals and objective within organization of real
changes that reflect their mutual understanding between staff members. It has been summarised
that reflection which provide brief idea about the leadership and how it can be improved. It also
concerns about the successful leader who always individually opposed to what they want.
Furthermore, it also identifies the different ways to improve their leadership practices and also
create smart plan. It also understands about the interview of leaders, which help for improve
skill, behaviour and knowledge
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Appendix
Q1: What are the most challenging things of leaders and how you overcome?
Richard Coulson: Yes, you are right that I have faced many challenges when I started my careers in
the organization. As per my experience, I feel frustrated due to work pressure that directly impact on
the performance and efficiency. Another challenges I faced related to conflict between employees
but I try to overcome the challenges to interact with the staff members and maintain good
relationship with people through effective communication.
Q2. Do You think that leadership networks develop the enterprises networking skills and
knowledge?
Richard Coulson: Yes, I think leadership network develop the business networking skill and
knowledge. My leadership skill supports me to handle the task management where it was great
opportunity for me to build the strong connection with other colleagues. I always try to improve my
own leadership networking skills to coordinate with the other organization for the purpose of
expansion. I found that it helps for business to increase the productivity and profitability in
marketplace.
Q3: How would you describe that typical day at work for you?
Richard Coulson: being a leader, a typical day at workplace usually an open ended discussion with
the client. I always try to spend day for strategy planning for improving the quality of services and
make sure that important project gets done on time.
Q4: How would your team members describe the leadership style?
Richard Coulson: I have thought about that how I like to led compared own leadership style to
other members. I find to be more inspiration leaders between staff members those who have
leadership quality to motivate and inspire others.
Q5: What is your thinking about the emotional intelligence?
Richard Coulson: I was thinking about the emotional intelligence which involves the interpersonal
skill that ability to manage the behaviour and emotions at workplace. According to experience, I
must understand my own emotions, which requires to able to adapt changes at workplace.
Q6: How you undertaken any type of leadership study or development recently?
Richard Coulson: I have inspired with my senior manager who will motivate towards the goals and
objectives. His leadership style will motivate for me to handle any type of critical situation in
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business operation and function.
Q7: What advice would you give to someone who wants to become an effective leader?
Richard Coulson: Being a leader, I believe that an effective leader must know about the business
process and having self-awareness to control the entire activities in proper manner.
Q8: How would you know that task members describe your leadership style?
Richard Coulson: I think task members should participate in the business development process
which helps for identifying their own capabilities and abilities. As per experience, Member must put
unique ideas for growth and development.
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