MGT601 Dynamic Leadership: Personal Development Plan Report

This report provides a detailed analysis of dynamic leadership and self-development, focusing on the importance of self-awareness, leadership models, and personal development plans. It begins with an executive summary highlighting the significance of dynamic leadership in organizations, emphasizing its role in influencing, inspiring, and motivating employees. The report explores the importance of self-development for leaders, detailing the GROW model as a key leadership theory for coaching and mentoring. A personal leadership development plan is presented, outlining skills, target abilities, and timeframes for achieving leadership goals, along with a discussion of strategic leadership styles, motivation, communication, and other essential leadership qualities. The report concludes with a reflection on the use of reflective and reflexive practice for continuous self-improvement, providing a comprehensive overview of the journey towards effective leadership.

RUNNING HEAD: DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP 0
Dynamic Leadership
August 13
2019
Student’s Details-

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Executive Summary
Dynamic leadership is considered to be an important part of the organization. Every organization
strives to evolve dynamic leadership into the organization for leading the activities and taking the
same to the achievement of the objectives of the organization. It means the process of
influencing and inspiring the efforts of another person to analyze their full potential and
motivating them to achieve their personal and professional goals. A dynamic leader is a person
who influences the employees within the organization and also guides, mentors and coaches the
employees in order to increase the performance of the workforce. This is helpful in enhancing
the engagement with the employees which not only increases the employee satisfaction, but also
helps in the increased productivity of the organization. In the whole scenario, personal
development of the leader plays a crucial role as it is helpful in becoming a successful leader.
Further, leadership development plans are also made by the leaders in order to take strategic
actions for the improvement in the skills and abilities that are required for becoming an effective
leader. The results of dynamic leadership can be significant for the achievement of not only
organizational goals but personal goals as well. This can be a very good factor improving the
performance of the employees into the organization.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Importance of Self-Development as a Leader.................................................................................3
Leadership Model for Self-Development........................................................................................4
GROW Model..............................................................................................................................5
Goal..........................................................................................................................................5
Reality......................................................................................................................................5
Options.....................................................................................................................................5
Will...........................................................................................................................................5
Personal Leadership Development Plan..........................................................................................6
Leadership Style..............................................................................................................................8
Strategic Leadership Style...........................................................................................................8
Motivation................................................................................................................................9
Communication skills...............................................................................................................9
Passion and Commitment.........................................................................................................9
Honesty and Empathy..............................................................................................................9
Innovation.................................................................................................................................9
Collaboration............................................................................................................................9
Feedback To and From Others......................................................................................................10
Feedback from others.................................................................................................................10
Feedback to others.....................................................................................................................10
Use of Reflective and Reflexive Practice......................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
A dynamic leader is someone who inspires others to become dynamic leaders. There is a
principle of dynamic leadership which states that a leader has solid determination, influential
personality and has the ability to influence others to achieve their goals (Schoemaker, Heaton, &
Teece, 2018). Therefore, a leader is considered as the person who supports other person in order
to achieve the efficiency in the task performed by that person. A dynamic leader measures the
abilities and qualities to empower and motivate others. It not only means to take the ownership
of the position rather it defines and clarifies the ability of the leader to exercise the ability to
mentor, provide guidance, coaching and take feedback of the fellow surroundings (Sotarauta,
2016). For achieving the dynamic leadership, it is important to create a leadership development
plan which specifies steps to be taken to achieve a managerial position. It includes building self-
awareness and developing the leadership skills that are required for the desired position.
Here, the report is prepared on my leadership journey to lead the organization in a
managerial position after 5 years after the completion of my studies. The reason for taking this
time span is that it will take time to develop my skills and abilities for becoming an efficient
leader into the organization. In this report, importance of self-development as a leader are
discussed and a key leadership theory is discussed where I will determine GROW model which
will help me in analyzing my ability to mentor and guide others. Further, I have made my
personal development plan and also analyzed my personal skills and competencies required for
becoming an effective leader. Lastly, I have analyzes the reflective and reflexive practice for my
continuous self-development.
Importance of Self-Development as a Leader
Self-development is important for every person who wants to become an effective leader
in future. Personal or self-development is a lifelong process through which people determine
their abilities and skills for the purpose of analyzing their full potential to set and define goals in
life (Caldwell & Hayes, 2016). Similarly, it is important for me to analyze my skills because it
will enhance my confidence and will increase my quality of life. However, self-development can
only be achieved through building self-awareness. If I want to become a leader of an

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organization, then it is essential for me to develop my personality towards the journey of
becoming a successful leader.
Further, it can be said that analyzation of my abilities and skills will help me building
strength which I can later use for the achievement of goals. Self-development is the process of
empowering own’s abilities to achieve self-direction and self-efficacy for the achievement of
personal leadership goals (Solansky, 2015). As per my journey is concerned, developing my
skills will not only make me confident but will also help me in the self-motivation which will
ultimately help me in maintaining a self-image. Self- actualization is a major aspect in self-
development (D'Souza & Gurin, 2016). I will achieve self-actualization by realizing my various
needs that are prescribed in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The model has five needs such as
psychological needs, safety needs, belonging needs, esteem needs and lastly self-actualization
needs. Therefore, it can be noted that if have satisfied my basic needs then it will help me in the
self-actualization which will help me analyzing my potential for becoming a leader and
achieving self-development.
Further, it is crucial for me to enhance my skills and achieve personal excellence as it
will automatically help me in becoming a better leader and also help me achieving my personal
and professional goals. It can also be noted there is a huge importance of self-development in my
journey of becoming a leader as it will help me becoming competitive as the world is changing
and this will also help me in maintaining a personal brand and motivation to influence my own
performance.
Leadership Model for Self-Development
In leadership, coaching and mentoring plays a vital role and it is important for the leader
to have mentoring skills to guide other people (Shek, Chung, & Leung, 2015). As per my journey
as a leader, I will analyze the leadership models in order to achieve a mechanism for achieving
the results. It is important for me to analyze the leadership model and the model that I will use
will be simple and also well-organized so that I can easily achieve my long-term goals. The
leadership model chosen by me is GROW model. I have chosen this model as it is the best model
for coaching and mentoring. It is clearly based upon reflection, experiences, personal insights,
making different choices and pursuing them.

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GROW Model
GROW model is useful in exploring useful steps for a journey to become a leader. This
model is used as coaching model for solving a problem, setting a goal and improving the
performance (Ebrahimi Mehrabani & Azmi Mohamad, 2015). In order to become a successful
leader, I will use this model for my goal of becoming a leader. I will use this model in the
following way:
Goal
I will choose an inspirational goal and will keep my energy increased and keep myself for
the achievement of the goal. As my goal is to become an effective leader in 5 years, it is a long-
term goal which is attainable, specific, acceptable, realistic and timely.
Reality
In the second step of GROW model, I will evaluate my current situation and will also
realize the obstacles that I could face in future. In this, I will evaluate myself by analyzing my
own strengths and weaknesses. This can only be done through examining my current reality
which will decide my starting point.
Options
This step clearly specifies the ideas to reach to a solution for a given problem. For my
leadership journey, I will use start a creative brainstorming process to generate ideas and also
take suggestions from others. I will take decisions regarding selecting the best option and will
also evaluate the cos and pons of my decision.
Will
This will step of GROW model clarifies one decision taken among the alternatives and
taking a course of action. For my journey of becoming a leader, I will consider this step as my
plan of action for my leadership plan. I will analyze the obstacles and will strategies to avoid
them and I will also measure my motivation level and will make every effort make my plan
work.

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Personal Leadership Development Plan
Personal development plan helps in following a path towards the success and allows an
individual to take better decisions and also making an effective plan overcoming all the
hindrances (Rubens, Schoenfeld, Schaffer, & Leah, 2018). Similarly, I will make a personal
leadership plan which will help me in building self-awareness and improving my skills for
achieving a better state in future. The plan will help me in strategize my actions and get back on
track if in case the things go wrong.
Further, as considering my journey of becoming a leader, I will set my goal of becoming
an effective leader and I will prioritize my goal by analyzing the threats and opportunities.
Further, I will develop myself in order to become more confident, motivated and will learn the
things that can hinder my success. I will continuously take feedback from others about my
attitude and will bring the changes if needed.
Moreover, personal leadership plan for 5 years that explains my current stage of various
skills that I need to develop in future time period and also the target ability that explains my
ability to achieve the target in a particular time period. I will also measure my plan through
evaluating the success factors. The personal leadership plan for 5 years is as below:
Skills Current Stage Target ability Time
frame
Criteria to
measure
success
Goal 1 Confidence Right now I
am confident
but I believe I
need to
exaggerate my
confidence
level to rightly
express my
views.
Increase in the
confidence
level
1 year To be able to
influence others
and gaining
their trust.
Goal 2 Communication I have good Understanding 1 year Evaluation of

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skills communicatio
n skills, but
sometimes I
get hesitate to
start a
conversation.
my team by
communicating
goals, skills
and intentions.
level of
understanding
that I have
made through
communication.
Goal 3 Building trust
and relationship
Due to lack of
confidence
there is low
trust with the
subordinates.
Subordinates
have trust on
my decision
1 year Feedback from
the
subordinates.
Goal 4 Group
Development
I have good
team with
skilled
members.
Ensuring team
work to
complete
projects on
time.
1 year Evaluating the
effectiveness of
team work.
Goal 5 Creativity and
innovation
Not able to
execute
innovation
practically.
Developing a
creative idea
and
transforming
that idea into
reality
(Skurzewski‐
Servant, 2016).
1 year Evaluating the
effectiveness of
change and
resistance of
change (Cong
Cheng, Liebing
Cao, Huihui
Zhong, Yining
He, & Jiahong
Qian, 2019).
Goal 6 Problem
Solving
I can solve a
problem but
have
difficulties in
satisfying the
Solution of the
problem and
making
subordinates
part of the
1 year Analysis of the
productivity of
the business

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needs. decisions.
Goal 7 Positive
thinking
I am
optimistic, but
sometimes get
discouraged
with the
failures.
Being
confident and
thinking
positively to
motivate the
team.
1 year Taking
feedback from
subordinates.
Leadership Style
Leadership style defines the type of skills an individual has for leading an organization.
Every person has different leadership style that the person uses while leading, influencing or
motivating the people at the workplace (Renko, EI Tarabishy, Carsrud, & Brännback, 2015).
There are differences in the different leadership styles. There are different leadership styles such
as autocratic leadership style, democratic leadership style, coaching leadership style, strategic
leadership style, transformational leadership style, laissez-faire leadership style and charismatic
leadership style (Holten & Brenner, 2015). Among all the leadership style, I believe I have
strategic leadership style as I am a strategic thinker and make strategic vision for long term
success and I have the ability of influencing or persuading others.
Strategic Leadership Style
In strategic leadership, leaders make strategic visions for achievement of long term goals
and the strategic leaders make strategic plans for the purpose of influencing and motivating the
employees towards the attainment of goals (Carter & Greer, 2013). As per my journey of
becoming a strategic leader, it is important for me to evaluate my leadership style which is
strategic leadership. I have strategic leadership as I have strategic approach of guiding and
managing employees. The main purpose of my leadership is to bring productivity of the
organization. I have following skills and qualities as a strategic leader:

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Motivation
I have zeal to work and I can motivate a person to achieve the goals with the energy and
determination. I genuinely invest in the success of the organization and can also motivate the
other person for the same.
Communication skills
I have strong communication skills and I can convey my message or goal to the
subordinates in order to make them feel involved into the decision. Along with this, I am a good
listener which makes me an effective communicator.
Passion and Commitment
I have dedication and passion towards my work as passion always gets work done. I am
focused towards my goal which helps me in being successful. Commitment towards the work
shows the dedication of a person (Bumphus, 2018).
Honesty and Empathy
Honesty is the ability of being loyal and empathy acts as a feeling of understanding the
other point of views (Humphrey, R. H.; Kellett, J. B.; Sleeth, R.G.; Miao, C.; Qian, S.;, 2019).
Thereby, I am honest to my subordinates and the organization. I always try to understand the
problems of my subordinates which helped me gaining their trust and respect.
Innovation
Making new innovations and changes and communicating the same to the subordinates is
crucial for the leader (Mathis, 2019). I have innovative skills to create new ideas and execute
them with the best strategy and also I am open for change.
Collaboration
Collaboration means involving the employees into the decisions which creates
transparency into the organization (Norzailan, Othman, & Ishizaki, 2016). I have a collaborative
approach in decision making as I take the views and suggestions of my subordinates in order to
create a connection.

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Feedback To and From Others
Feedback plays a vital role in personal development. Feedback from others is important
for a person in the personal development as it provides suitable opportunities to improve the
skills and also enhances the engagement with others (Steffens, et al., 2018). Similarly, in my
journey of becoming a successful leader, I will take continuously take feedback from peers,
classmates and teachers in order to increase the personal development. Also, for becoming
effective leader I will give feedback to the subordinates in order to make them feel engaged. I
will also praise them for their significant contribution into the performance of the organization.
Feedback from others
For self-development, it is essential to take regular feedback from the people that a
person interacts on daily basis. However, it is difficult to ask for a feedback from others as it may
be hesitating to ask to be criticized and judged (Valckx, Devos, & Vanderlinde, 2018). Similar, I
will also take feedback from peers, teachers and the others to whom I interact on daily basis.
Feedback is important for me as it will help me in improving my skills and abilities. Receiving
feedback also helps in evaluating the expectations of others from me. Seeking feedback from
other also plays a vital role in attaining knowledge. I should take feedback from the others in
order to improve the performance and this also allows me an opportunity to discover new ways
to enhance my performance as a whole.
Feedback to others
It is important for a leader to give feedback from the subordinates as it helps in creating
an understanding between them and also helps in making them feel engaged (Steffens N. , et al.,
2018). Similarly, in my journey of becoming a leader, I will give feedback from the subordinates
or any other immediate subordinate from me. It will explain them their jobs, responsibilities and
the benefits that the employees are getting within the workplace. I will also give feedback of
their job performance and will praise them for their accomplishments. As a leader, it is important
for me to provide the employees suitable environment and I will try my best to solve their
problems and queries regarding the task in order to create a healthy relationship with the
employees. For becoming an effective leader, I will give my subordinates a correct feedback in
order to create trust and loyalty. In this way, the employees will not feel hesitate to share their

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ideas and thoughts and will also create an engagement leading to higher turnover of the
organization with maximum employee satisfaction.
Use of Reflective and Reflexive Practice
Reflective and reflexive practices are two different practices. Reflective practice is based
upon thinking approach. It is based upon learning from experience and is critical in nature as
various factors are evaluated (Brockbank, McGill, & Beech, 2017). On the other hand, reflexive
practice is purely based upon the actions. In this, actions are taken without any analysis and
focus is on the main goal. Similarly, as far as my journey is concerned, I will use the technique
of reflective and reflexive in building self-awareness and achieving self-development. I will use
the reflective practice through learning through my own experiences. This practice starts with
thinking. Therefore I will start thinking my vision of becoming an effective leader and also think
about various events and analyze the environment to examine the changes. I can use this practice
for dealing with real, complex and difficult situations. This technique is used for gaining insights
from the experiences through personal responses.
On the other hand reflective approach is different from reflexive approach. I can use the
reflexive approach for making my efforts in the direction of one goal. I will use this practice
without making any evaluations and analysis and will take crucial steps focusing towards the
long term goal. Therefore, it can be analyzed that both the approaches are helpful in analyzing
my potential and establishing self-development (Johns, 2017). In the process of continuous
learning for my personal development, I will take experiences or learning from my own or other
people’s actions. I will look behind my past actions and will have a look on actions, responses
and experiences and I will use that information as an addition to my existing knowledge. This
practice can create a higher level of understanding between me and other people as well. This
concept is important for learning and as far as my journey is concerned, I am having a goal of
achieving self-development. Therefore, it will be fruitful for me to gain learning through this
practice as this practice enhance the analytical capacity of me to take right decision and also
helpful in increasing the self-awareness which will automatically lead to increase in the personal
development of me as a leader.