Analysis of Leadership Skills and Personal/Professional Development

This report delves into the significance of leadership skills for personal and professional development. It highlights the importance of identifying and cultivating these skills for achieving desired goals. The report discusses leadership qualities, the trait theory of leadership, and various leadership styles. It also explores the challenges encountered during workshop exercises and how these challenges were addressed. The report emphasizes the benefits of strong leadership, including improved performance, employee engagement, and the ability to influence others. The author uses the trait theory to analyze their strengths and weaknesses, particularly focusing on communication skills. The report concludes by reiterating the crucial role of leadership in fostering personal and professional growth and enhancing an individual's reputation within an organization. The author also presents the benefits of leadership qualities, such as employee retention, influence, and stronger relationships.

Personal &
Professional
Development

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...........................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................6
REFERANCES..........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
There are various skills that are necessary for the development as well growth of
individual. It is very important a person identify those skills as well as develop it for better
personal and professional growth (Wald and et.al., 2015). This will be extremely helpful for
achievement of desired goals and objectives. A person will be able to perform organizational
activities in better manner as well as lead to full fill their needs and requirements. Personal
and professional development refers to gaining new skills as well as experiences that will
lead to enhance their current job roles. This is essential part in progress in professional career
as well as personal life. This report include the leadership quality as well as theory of
leadership. A proper evaluation of quality is done with the use of leadership theory. Different
attributes, behavioural preferences and values that underpin its strength is also mention. In
this report various difficulties and challenges that occur during workshop exercises and
experiences that has been faced. Benefits of quality in future is also identified as well as
evaluated properly.
MAIN BODY
Leadership refers to a skill or quality in which a person can influence as well as
motivate others. This is considered as a one of the most crucial part of an individual as it will
directly lead to growth and development. Leadership can be define as an action which lead to
group of people towards desired goals and objective of organisation. It is a process in which a
leader is directing or guiding the behaviour of other people with the motive to
accomplishment of specific objective of goals. Leadership quality have potential to motivate
as well as influence other behaviour. Leaders are able to direct as well as guide other
individual towards to fulfilment of the organisational requirements. In an organisation
leadership quality is very important as it will help in successful achievement of desired goals
as well motives. leaders are responsible to motivating other employees so that they work in
better and effective manner. Leadership consist of set of qualities that is essential in to
become a strong and good leader. There are different types of leadership style in which each
and every leader have different ways to influence other people.
Trait theory of leadership is completely based of the traits or characteristics of a
leader. This will lead to define the successfulness as we as unsuccessfulness leadership of a
leader. This theory of leadership is considered as the modern theory of leader of that will help
in providing a proper framework for leaders. Trait theory of leadership states that the
leadership behaviour of a leader will be define by the characteristics of an individual
(Marañón and Pera., 2015). This theory includes all those traits which is necessary for a
person to become a successful leader. Core traits that is required by a leader are such as
achievement drive, leadership motivation, honesty and integrity, self confidence, knowledge
of business, cognitive ability, emotional maturity, creativity and others. This theory is very
helpful in distinguish between leaders as well as non leaders.
I have analysed that the leadership is one of the most important quality. This play a
crucial role in overall growth and development of a person. After exercises various workshop
I have identified that an individual will not be able to achieve its desired goals and aims

without leadership quality. According to me this quality is essential for a person as it includes
accountability, empathy, vision, positivity, influence and many more. This quality will be
helpful in person different task in better and effective manner (Clarke and et.al., 2015). A
person with leadership skills as ability to influence other as well as motivate them to perform
in certain manner. I consider leadership quality as an crucial part in development of personal
and professional career. I believe that leaders are not born they are made. It is very difficult to
become a good leader as it include various skills and ability. By developing effective
leadership skill I will be able to perform business activities in better manner. This will help
me in enhancing my following as well as influencing other to right and correct path. I will be
able to attain my set goals and accomplish motives. This quality will be extremely helpful in
attaining personal and professional growth. There are different traits the is necessary for
being a good leader such as honesty, inspirational, creative and innovative, appropriate
decision making capability, delegation as well as empowerment. I have evaluated that leader
must have strong communication skill as they have to influence as well as inspire other to
attain set objective and goals of organisation. I have analysed that by leadership skill is quite
well with the help of trait theory of leadership. For this, I have carefully identified the typical
traits of good leadership and after this is started analysing my own strengths and weakness.
This will help in clearly understanding which skills can be consider as my skills and which
are my weakness. For example I have identified that my communication skills is very helpful
in enhancing my leadership qualities. From trait theory of leadership I was able to understand
which skills are helpful in improving my leadership quality and which will skills need to be
improved for successful leadership. For my personal and professional development I needs to
develop a simple plan of action that will help in improving my skills. So this it has been
identified that communication skill is very supportive in improving my leadership qualities.
This is very helpful in achievement of organisational goals and objectives.
There are different attributes, behavioural preferences and values that underpin
leadership quality strengths. These traits and characteristics are such as honesty, ability to
delegate, communication, confidence, positive attitude, creativity, intuition, ability to inspire
and various others. All of these characteristics will help me strengthening my skills as well as
leadership quality. I have analysed that these traits are very helpful in becoming a smart and
good leader. As a leader I should always be honest towards my work as well as my followers.
This will be very helpful in providing right direction as well as guidance to other employees
(Kearney-Nunnery, 2015). So that they work in better manner as well as achieve required
goals and objectives. I have strong communication which is my biggest strength.
Communication is very important in overall development and growth of an individual. This
refers to the ability of a person through which they can convey their thoughts and ides with
each other in better manner. With the communication skill I was to able influence as well as
motivate other people in better and effective manner. I have ability to delegate command in
effective manner. This is helpful in providing direction to following in better way. So that I
will be able to enhance my leadership quality as well as able to perform task in better manner.
I have analysed that leader must have ability to inspire other people so that they feel motivate
as well as work in required manner. With the ability to inspire other I was able to develop
better relationship with other employees as well as develop my leadership qualities.

Confidence can be consider as key to successful and good leader. When a person is confident
that person is able to perform better manner. Confidant behaviour of the leader will help in
motivating as well as inspiring others. this will be very helpful in develop strong relationship
with the followers as well as gaining their trust. I have positive attitude towards my work and
other employees which is very helpful in developing my quality of leadership.
I have been part of various workshops exercises and I have experiences different
difficulties as well as challenges during these workshops. I have analysed that I is very
difficult to become a good leader. I have identified that great leaders are not born they are
made. I is very challenging to become as good leader as it required various skills and
capabilities. Some challenges that is faced by me during workshops of enhancing leadership
quality. It is hard to manage long team as well as short term business requirements (Cruess
and et.al., 2015). As a good leader it is very important that a leader is able to meet with the
requirements of the business as well as focus on achievement of organisational objectives. I
found it very challenging to encouraging manager in order to develop their team member.
Influencing as well as motivating employees will require huge budget that is provided by
organisation. Size of the budget is always a problem for me as appropriate budget for
motivating employees is not provided by the company. It is very difficult for me to retain the
right and top talent of organisation. This will requires to determine the future workforce
needs as well as necessary skills. Trait theory of leadership has been very supportive in
identifying these challenges as well as overcoming them. This has been helpful in enhancing
my quality of leadership. Trait theory of leadership will help in analysing those all those traits
that is required for development of employees. So that they can perform business operations
in better manner. With the support of trait theory of leadership I was able to identify high
potential employees who have capability to perform in effective manner. This will lead to
determining all those skills as well as quality that is required by a person to successfully
accomplish goals and objectives of organisation. Trait theory of leadership helps me in
identifying which is the most appropriate skills that will be required to influence as well as
motivate employees of organisation.
There are some contradicter evident during my experience of workshop. I have
analysed that my communications skills are the best along all my other skills. I have
identified that I have good ability to inspire as well as influence them towards desired goals
and objectives. Both of these skill has been very helpful in achievement of desired goals and
objective of organisation. this was very contradictory evident as my communication skills as
well as ability to inspire other has been very supportive in my overall leadership quality
(Pihl-Thingvad, 2015). This has evaluated that this might be because of my strong
communication skills. I am able to communicate in such a manner that it is very helpful in
influencing my followers.
There are various benefits of leadership quality as it will help in enhancing performance as
well as productivity of an individual. A person will be able to main advantages with the help
of leadership quality and skills. I have analysed that leadership quality play a crucial role in
overall growth and development of an individual. There are many benefits from development
of leadership quality as well as increment in those skills. This will directly lead to

achievement of desired goals and objectives within set time frame. My leadership quality has
been supportive in retaining talented employees of organisation as well as influence them to
work in more better way. This has been lead to development of strong relationship with other
people as with the strong leadership quality I will be able to gain support as well as trust from
my followers (Carrillo, Baguley and Vilar, 2015). Leadership quality has been very beneficial
in overall employee engagement by implementing an effective leadership style. This will be
help my personal and professional development.
CONCLUSION
As per the above skill it can be concluded that leadership play a significant role in personal
and professional development. Leadership quality includes accountability, awareness,
confidence, empathy, focus and so on. This is essential to be a good leader as well as role
model for other. Trait theory of leadership will be very supportive in identifying the most
crucial leadership skills for overall personal and professional development. Leadership
quality will lead to increase the reputation or image of an individual in organisation. This will
help in successfully achieving more opportunity for growth and lead to accomplishment of
personal and professional objectives. There are different attribute as well as behavioural
preferences are essential in strengthening quality. A good leader is always honest towards
their work and has respect towards others. This will help in enhancing a leaders following
and gaining better position in organisation. There are some challenges faced while
development as well as enhancement of leadership quality. Though leadership quality a
person will be able to communicate in better manner as well as develop strong relationships
with other.

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