University Leadership Development and Self-Awareness Report

This report delves into the concept of dynamic leadership, emphasizing the significance of self-awareness as a cornerstone for personal and professional growth. The author reflects on their strengths, such as empathy and resilience, while acknowledging areas for improvement, including shyness and introversion. The report identifies critical gaps between current capabilities and leadership aspirations, particularly in areas like patience and approachability, drawing inspiration from transformational leadership principles. Furthermore, it explores the influence of national and organizational cultures, specifically highlighting the Australian concept of 'mateship' and its impact on leadership styles. A detailed development plan is presented, outlining strategies to enhance patience, resilience, honesty, and social skills, including specific actions, resources, and timelines for self-improvement. The report concludes with a reflective summary of the benefits of self-assessment and a commitment to continuous development.

Running head: DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP
Dynamic Leadership
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:

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Executive Summary
Self awareness is the greatest gift that can be possessed by mankind. It is through this aspect that
one can be aware about the positive and negative aspects. They can work over the areas of
strength and can nurture them for all the future endeavors and at the same time they can also
work for overcoming the area of their weakness.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Continue to increase self-awareness by deep thinking about your values and their influence on
your life and career goals;................................................................................................................4
Identify critical gaps between your current capabilities or sphere of influence and your leadership
aspirations;.......................................................................................................................................5
Identify the influences of national and organizational cultures on your leadership perspectives
and the implications for leading in different cultures......................................................................6
Apply knowledge of the theories and models of effective leadership to inform and guide your
development plan.............................................................................................................................7
Development plan............................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
Self awareness is one of the most important aspects of an individual. It is very useful in
the personal and the professional life as well. This helps the individuals in staying aware about
the positive and the negative aspects of their personality. They can work accordingly for the
improvement of their weakness and work for achieving the goals and objectives (Chowdhry &
Dholakia, 2017).
Continue to increase self-awareness by deep thinking about your values and their influence
on your life and career goals;
I always believe that self-awareness is one of the most important tools to find out my
areas of strength and areas for improvement. I have seen this from my personal experience that I
am very caring and emphatic in nature. I consider this to be one of my greatest strength. I cannot
really keep myself distant whenever I see someone in pain. I follow this aspect in my workplace
as well. I think that the employees or my teammates are not just present for the purpose of
working or giving proper production to the company. I try my best to cater to their needs. Being
their leader, it is my duty to make sure that their needs are being looked after. I am also very
resilient. I try to maintain a proper mental strength and encourage my teammates even when
there are some losses. I have to keep this in mind that if I do not keep up my moral strength then
I will not be able to support my teammates during hours of need. However, there are also some
areas of improvement. I am often very shy and I do not really open up easily with my teammates.
This can be a major barrier for me. It is for this reason that my peers often feel that I am being
very reserved and I am very unapproachable. I will have to work on this aspect and start
overcoming my shyness. This will help me in being very friendly with the teammates. They will

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b able to make sure that they can approach me anytime they feel like and can talk with me
regarding anything without any hesitation.
Identify critical gaps between your current capabilities or sphere of influence and your
leadership aspirations;
There are certain gaps that I need to fill up if I have to develop my capabilities as a
leader. I have always tried my level best to make sure that I can bring a change or a
transformation within my teammates. I have been very inspired by the traits of the
transformational leadership. It is for this reason that I need to work accordingly. I know that I
often become very impatient and I am also of an introvert nature. However in order to be an able
leader I have to be very friendly and very frank with my teammates or my followers. I have to
talk to them freely and understand their problems. It is only after that I will be able to give them
a proper solution to their problems. If I do not work on this matter right now then I will never be
able to become an able leader. I will also try to work on my anger. I will try not to lose my anger
so easily. I will make sure that I am being able to maintain my calm. I have to keep in mind that
if I get angry very easily and behave roughly with my teammates then I will not be able to be
there with them. I also do not believe in the applying the theory x of motivation given be Mc
Gregor (Mwenda & Wachira, 2015). This theory had a very negative approach and this belief in
exerting pressure on the teammates or the followers thinking that they do not like their work. I
want to abide by theory Y. As per this theory, the leader will take a participative approach. If I
want to satisfy these approaches then I will have to somehow fill these gaps. I have to work on
them right from this day so that I do not fall back from my goals and aspirations in future
(Sullivan, 2017).

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Identify the influences of national and organizational cultures on your leadership
perspectives and the implications for leading in different cultures
I have been influenced heavily by the national and the organizational cultures as well. I
have seen that the kind of culture that is followed by the leaders in Australia is that of fellowship.
In other words, the leaders always believe in walking side by side with their followers. The
leader has to keep in mind that he has to be very kind and sympathetic with the followers. I make
it a point to support my followers through all the thick and thin. I do not believe in making the
undue use of my power and position. The concept of mateship is prevalent in Australia and I
believe that it is the best possible way to lead you, followers (Holland & Wright, 2017). This is
the best way by which I can make my team work properly. I will be able to develop a kind of
transparency between myself and my teammates. I have been largely influenced by the good and
healthy organizational culture, a good organizational culture is one where I will be able to make
my teammates very motivated and energetic. I will always try my level best to inculcate a very
healthy and strong organizational culture. I will make it a point that I am imbibing all the healthy
values within the employees (Pack 2016). However, I will also train my teammates accordingly
if we are to do some business dealing in other countries like Japan. The Japanese people are very
calm and punctual. They also do not like much physical touch like a handshake or hug even if
they are a sign of appreciation. So, being a leader it is my duty to train my teammates as per the
different international cultures. I will also take care of the fact that none of my teammates are
getting bullied based on their culture or beliefs.

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Apply knowledge of the theories and models of effective leadership to inform and guide
your development plan.
Development plan
What do I
want to learn?
What do I
have to do?
What support
and resources
will I need?
How will I
measure my
success?
The target date
for review of
results.
I want to
become
patient.
I have to
maintain a
proper control
over my anger
and keep calm.
I must never
make the
undue use of
my power.
I will be
attending many
stress relief
campaigns and
many physical
exercise classes
as well. This
will help me to
deal with the
frustration and
work stress. I
I will ask this
from the
feedback of my
friends and
colleagues.
Within 20th
July.
It will be
reviewed on
22ndth July.

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will thus be
more patient.
I will try to
work more on
my resilience I
will try to be
mentally
strong. I will
see the failures
as the pillars of
success.
I have to be
very strong
and do not lose
my confidence
in suffering
any loss.
I have to join
many classes
that will help
me in
maintaining a
proper balance
of my mind
even when I
face any losses.
I will take
feedback from
my friends and
the co-workers
20th March
2021
Review Date
on 26th March
2021
I will work on
my honesty.
I will try to be
honest with
each and every
aspect. I will
make sure that
I am never
being greedy
or thinking
about my
personal
benefits in any
I will never
allow any
dishonesty;
greed or
personal
benefits come in
my professional
affairs.
I will get to
know this by
getting the
feedback and
reports from my
colleagues.
Within 20th
July.
It will be
reviewed on
23rd July.

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case.
I want to
nurture social
skills.
I will be
interacting
more with all
the co-workers
and I will also
try not to keep
myself
restricted from
engaging in
social
interactions.
I will make that
I am making it a
routine to go
and talk with all
my teammates
and co-workers
every day. I will
like to listen to
their grievances
and deal with
them in a very
friendly way.
I will keep a
track of the
performance
records that I
am receiving
from my boss.
20th March
2024
Review Date
on 25th March
2024
Conclusion
Performing this personal SWOT has been very beneficial for me. I have been able to find
out the areas of my strength and also my areas of weakness. So, I will have to work on each and
every aspect of my personality for the betterment in future. I will also be following a routine

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approach that will help me to maintain a time schedule for overcoming the areas of my
weakness.