BIP2 Task: Leadership Evaluation using Seven Habits Profile

This report provides an analysis of personal leadership qualities based on the Seven Habits Profile and an evaluation of the author's leadership practice, which is identified as democratic. The analysis includes reflections on the results of the Seven Habits Profile, highlighting areas of strength and weakness. Strengths include the ability to involve employees in decision-making, gaining ideas from subordinates, and building strong teams. Weaknesses include indecisiveness in emergencies, time-consuming decision-making, and potential apologies for non-implemented ideas. Recommendations for improvement include reducing decision-making time, increasing authoritative nature, and managing employee expectations. Two SMART goals are set to improve leadership practice: reducing decision-making time by forming a crisis management team within six months, and improving decision-making speed by creating teams with similar skill sets within three months. Actions to achieve these goals involve forming a crisis team and creating specific groups with similar skills to streamline decision-making.

Running head: ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Executive Summary
This report is based on the analysis of the Seven Habits Profile that is based on my behaviour
within the organization. The leadership style that is used by me in the organization has also
been analysed in the report. The strengths and the weaknesses that are present in the
leadership style that has been implemented by me is also a part of the analysis. Two SMART
objectives have been set which can help me to achieve the goals based on the improvement of
the organizational processes.

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Table of Contents
A. Leadership evaluation...............................................................................................3
1. Completed copy of the “Seven Habits Profile”......................................................3
a. Reflection on results of the “Seven Habits Profile”...............................................3
2. Evaluation of my leadership practice.....................................................................5
a. Three strengths of the leadership practice..............................................................5
b. Three weaknesses of the leadership practice.........................................................6
c. Recommendation of the ways of improving my leadership style..........................6
d. Two short-term SMART goals to improve the leadership practice.......................6
e. References..................................................................................................................9

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A. Leadership evaluation
1. Completed copy of the “Seven Habits Profile”
Attached with the main document.
a. Reflection on results of the “Seven Habits Profile”
The analysis of the first category of Seven Habits Profile is based on my behaviour
within the organizational operations. The ability that I possess to keep the promises and the
commitments is mainly judged with the help of this category. The tendency that I have of
speaking in a negative manner is examined with the help of this category. The score that I
gained in this area is 12 which is moderate in nature. This score thereby depicts that I am
quite considerate about my own thinking and the thought process of others as well.
The analysis based on the second category is related to the examination of the balance
that I aim to maintain between my family life and work life. The ability that I have to take
care of the needs of others is an important part of this category. The score that I have received
in this area is 14 and this shows that I am moderately able to control the external factors that
are able to affect the work process in my organization.
The analysis that is based on the third category is based on the ability that I have to
control the different types of incidents which go on around me. The factors that are able to
improve the quality of my work and various actions which can affect the work process. The
score that I have received in this category is 12 which is quite low. This depicts that I am not
capable of controlling my mood and actions in an effective manner.
The knowledge that I possess based on my personal goals is analysed with the help of
the fourth category. The plans that I make the entire week for the purpose of achieving my

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goals are based on this category. The score that has been gained by me in this category is 11.
This implies that I am not capable of organising the goals in an efficient manner.
The discipline with the help of which I try to carry out the different plans in my life is
the fifth category of seven habits profile. The score that has been acquired by me in this area
is 12. The ability that I have to enjoy the other activities in the environment along with work
is able to the contribute to the overall goals.
The analysis of the sixth category is based on the care that I am able to take of the
success that is achieved by others along with my own success. The ways by which I can
cooperate with the others in the organization is examined in this category. The conflict
resolution based abilities of the employees within the organization is an important part of this
category.
The levels of sensitivity that I have based in the feelings and the viewpoints of the
others in the organization is analysed with the help of the seventh category. This ability is
related to the ways by which I am capable of listening to the opinions and points of the others
who are present in the organization. I have gained a score of 10 which is low and this depicts
that I lack the ability of the ways by which I can listen to the others in the organization.
The value that I provide to insights which are offered by others in the organization is
analysed with the help of the eighth category. The creativity levels of the employees in the
organization is analysed with the help of this factor. The ways by which I can encourage
others in the organization is analysed in this category.
The analysis of the ninth category is thereby related to the ability that I possess of
taking care of my own health based issues. The amount of time that I tend to spend in the
enjoyment based activities in my life is examined in this category. The score which has been

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gained by me in the ninth category is 12. This further depicts that I capable of taking care of
the personal health based issues and my personal life as well.
2. Evaluation of my leadership practice
The leadership style which is followed by me is democratic. This specific style of
leadership mainly states that final decision about the organizational processes will be made
by the leaders or managers. The leaders will however take the opinions that are provided by
the employees based on different parts of the decision. The opinions that are taken from the
employees help in increasing the levels of creativity in the organization in an effective
manner. The different principles that are thereby followed by the democratic style of
leadership mainly include, self-determination, inclusiveness, equal participation and
deliberation. The most important features that are able to characterize the democratic style of
leadership are based on, the empowerment of group members, distribution of responsibilities
and providing aid to the decisions that are ultimately made (Hendriks & Karsten, 2014).
a. Three strengths of the leadership practice
 I am able to involve the employees in the process of decision making with
respect to the different organizational operations. This helps me operate in a
collaborative way.
 I am also capable of gaining the ideas and the opinions that are provided by
the subordinates which helps in forming the solutions to complex issues.
 The teams which are built by me are quite strong in nature and help in the
achievement of the objectives and goals (Iqbal, Anwar & Haider, 2015).

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b. Three weaknesses of the leadership practice
 The leadership style that is followed by me sometimes becomes quite
indecisive in nature in the emergency situations. The authoritative role is not
appropriately created with the help of this style of leadership.
 My decision making process also tends to become more time consuming in
nature as I tend to consult the employees who work under me before taking ant
final step.
 I have to also become apologetic to my subordinates for the non-
implementation of the opinions and ideas which are offered by them
(Nanjundeswaraswamy & Swamy, 2014).
c. Recommendation of the ways of improving my leadership style
 The time that I take to make the final decision needs to be reduced so that the
organizational processes can be maintained in an effective manner.
 I need to increase my authoritative nature so that I am able to provide the
appropriate instructions to the employees.
 I need to provide the information to employees that the opinions that are
provided by them cannot be implemented always. I thereby need to create
specific types of teams for the specific decisions.
d. Two short-term SMART goals to improve the leadership practice
The SMART goals that are created by an individual are based on the five different
factors which include, Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time bound. The two
SMART goals that I wish to set for the improvement of my leadership style are as follows,
1)

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S – Specific – Reduction of the time which is taken to take decisions.
M - Measurable – This can help in the enhancement of the efficiency of the
company.
A - Achievable – The goal will be achieved with the assistance that is
provided by the management.
R - Relevant – Creation of a crisis management team for the organization is
important.
T – Time bound – The time limit which has been set for the achievement of
the objective is 6 months.
2)
S – Smart – Making the teams consisting of employees who have similar
sets of skills.
M- Measurable – This can help in improving the speed of the decision-
making process.
A – Achievable - The objective can be achieved with the assistance of HR
department.
R - Relevant – This can help in the reduction conflicts at the time of
decision-making.
T – Time bound – The time limit which has been selected for this goal is
around 3 months.
Two actions that can be taken to achieve the goals
1) The action that needs to be taken for the achievement of the SMART objectives is
based on the formation of a crisis team which can act at times of pressure based situations in
an effective manner. The team will be provided with the responsibility to act promptly when
the crisis occurs in the organizational operations.

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2) The next action which can be implemented is based on the formation of specific
types of groups which include people with the similar types of skills. The though process of
the employees in these groups also needs to be similar in nature. The particular group will be
consulted when an issue occurs within the organization. The decisions will then be taken with
respect to the solutions that need to be provided to specific types of situations. This will be
helpful in the reduction of the time which is taken for the decision making based activities in
the company.

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e. References
Hendriks, F., & Karsten, N. (2014). Theory of democratic leadership. P.'t Hart & R. Rhodes
(Eds.), Oxford handbook of political leadership, 41-56.
Iqbal, N., Anwar, S., & Haider, N. (2015). Effect of leadership style on employee
performance. Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, 5(5).
Nanjundeswaraswamy, T. S., & Swamy, D. R. (2014). Leadership styles. Advances in
management, 7(2), 57.