Leadership Management: Reflective Assessment of Skills & Feedback

This report provides a reflective assessment of leadership skills, focusing on the individual's role, responsibilities, and challenges within an organization. It identifies key aspects of the leadership journey, highlighting the most influential leadership aspects learned through seminars and conferences, such as empowerment and values-based recruitment. A summary of the Gallup Strengths Finder test reveals insights into the individual's strengths and weaknesses, including the need for improved arranging skills and focus. Feedback on the current leadership style, analyzed through a YouTube video and partner input, emphasizes the importance of emotional effectiveness, interpersonal skills, and integrity. The report also discusses the implications of feedback from superiors, linking theoretical frameworks like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory to practical leadership applications, ultimately concluding that effective leadership is crucial for enhancing organizational productivity.

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Executive Summary
The report has helped in performing a reflective assessment on the different leadership skills
of the individual which is required to be performed by them in the organization. The different
key aspects of leadership have to be identified which will assist in identifying the issues
while being a leader along with summary and interpretation of the Gallup tests as well.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Current Role, Responsibilities and Challenges in Organization................................................3
Key Aspects of Leadership Journey...........................................................................................3
Most Influential Leadership Aspects.....................................................................................4
Summary of Gallup Strengths Finder........................................................................................5
Summary of the Feedback on Current Leadership Style...........................................................5
Implications of the Feedback.....................................................................................................6
Theory and Conceptual Framework...........................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The report helps in analysis of the different kinds of leadership qualities which is
required in order to analyse the different kinds of issues and challenges faced by the
organization along with the different employees. The current role and responsibilities of the
leader is required to be identified along with identifying the key aspects of the leadership
skills as well.
Current Role, Responsibilities and Challenges in Organization
In the present scenario, I am working with an organization wherein there are five
individuals who are working under me. I am working as the assistant team leader in which
my duty was to handle the tasks performed by the different employees in the organization.
The current role is to integrate and reconcile the different personal goals with the different
organization related goals.
My responsibility in the team is to proofread the different tasks performed by them
and to solicit the support which is required by the employees in the organization and try to
analyse the problems of the group members in an encouraging manner. However, on the other
hand, I faced different kinds of challenges faced by me while handling the various conflicts
faced by the different members in the organization. There are few instances wherein I could
not make the member understand the meaning of the task and this affected the morale of the
employees as well. I felt that the leadership skills are missing in me and this is required to be
gained by me by providing myself training to handle the different conflict-based situations.
Key Aspects of Leadership Journey
There are different key aspects of the leadership journey which has influenced me in
an effective manner and helped me in being a successful leader (Storsletten & Jakobsen,
2015). I am very much passionate about the leadership and I try top coach the different

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executives as this helps them in enhancing their leadership skills. In the past few years, as the
senior HR professional in the corporate world, I was inspired by the different great leaders in
the organization along with demotivated by different poor performing leaders as well. The
world class leadership is when the leaders are:
 Self-Aware
 The leader is open and free in taking board the different feedbacks
 The leader is continually growing and developing (Antonakis & House, 2014)
Recently, when I went for the conference of the organization, I met with a great leader
who is the MD of Harvey Nash which is one of the professional recruitment and outsourcing
organization. I felt that he is inspirational and successful leader and there were different
aspects which I have learnt from them and is influential in nature as well.
Most Influential Leadership Aspects
There are different influential aspects of the leaders which has been learnt by me
during the seminar or the conference that was taken place in organization. Firstly,
empowerment is the aspect in which it has been explained that the employees in the
organization are influenced by their leaders as leaders create a positive image on employees.
It is essential for the leaders to motivate the employees and increase their morale (Dinh et al.,
2014).
Values based recruitment or selection is the other aspect which has been learnt by me
in which I was taught that the employees need to be valued and this is required to be seen by
the HR manager that the individual who is recruited bring in set of values which will be
beneficial for the company in an appropriate manner. Furthermore, I tried to analyse the
clarity in the communication along with lead by example and this will let the others follow
the leader in the respective organization (Peter, 2018).

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Summary of Gallup Strengths Finder
After analysing and taking the Gallup strengths finder test, it has been seen and
identified that the result is positive and satisfying in nature. In the respective test, it has been
noticed that the belief is the essential skills which has been important and this is present in
me in boosting morale of the employees. However, there is little negativity in me which is
due to the trust factor in me as I trust individuals easily.
Furthermore, the strategic thinking power is good as I am innovative in nature in
suggesting different ideas which will bring positivity in the organization. However, I am
weak in focusing on different goals which is required to be ascertained as it has been depicted
that I am lazy in nature. As an arranger, I am new in this field and this requires more patience
in managing such skills effectively.
Additionally, this has been seen that based on the results which has been generated, it
can be seen that the result is quite similar to the entire reality. I have noticed that there is
proper requirement of the arranging skills along with the focus as this will help me in
managing the different kinds of skills in managing the and executing the different strategies
in an effective manner.
Summary of the Feedback on Current Leadership Style
As per the YouTube video which has been seen, it can be analysed that there were
two individuals who were communicating with one another. It was seen that there were
differences in the behaviour of the two individuals. From the video, this can be analysed that
there was no such effectiveness in the leadership procedure in the first scenario, however
later on the lady leader tried to make the man understand regarding the project which is
required to be completed by him.

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With the help of the video, this can be analysed and identified that the leadership is
and will be effective in nature when there will be huge emotional effectiveness along with
interpersonal and social skills as well. Furthermore, this has been analysed that in order to be
a successful leader, this is essential for the leader to analyse and understand the honesty and
integrity is required along with confidence which is the supreme kind of integrity and this
will lead to successful leadership.
Furthermore, the commitment along with passion is the other important criteria which
will help the leader in managing the grievances of the employees in an effective manner.
According to the test of Gallup Strength, I have tried in analysing that I need to be more
focused towards the different kinds of the alternatives in an appropriate manner. It has been
seen that the things are required to be arranged by the leader effectively which will help the
company along with the employees in handling the differences in an appropriate manner.
Furthermore, my partner in the organization tried to help me with the different kinds
of problems and this will help me in increasing the interpersonal skills which will help me in
maintaining the leadership more effective in nature. The socialising skills is essential in
nature which is required to be inbuilt in the leader which will help me and my team members
in performing the tasks effectively.
Implications of the Feedback
The feedback which has been provided to me relating to the leadership style from my
superior in the organization is that I need to handle the different issues in the company in a
positive and effective manner. My boss in the organization has told me to understand the
situation in which the employees are working as this will help me and make it easy for me to
understand the different issues of the employees and try to analyse the situation with
patience.

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Furthermore, the confidence is required to be built in me which will help me and my
team in managing the different difficulties in such a manner which will assist me in
understanding the different alternatives which can be provided to the employee to solve the
issues easily. Additionally, the feedback process has helped me a lot in analysing the different
faults which have been done by me and I tried to rectify the same with the proper
understanding of the different issues effectively.
Furthermore, the decision-making capabilities is essential which is required to be
adopted by the leader in the organization which will help them in managing the different
issues of the employees by handling them in an appropriate manner. The delegation along
with the empowerment is essential which is required to be adopted by the individuals in the
organization which will help the company and the leaders in providing support to the
employees as this will bring creativity and innovation in the tasks which are performed by
them.
Lastly, this is important and accurate in nature for the leaders to develop a skill
wherein the emotional intelligence along with interpersonal skills are required to be adopted
by the leader to improve the overall effectiveness of the tasks of the company effectively and
appropriately. The feedback has helped and assisted me in a great manner was I tried to learn
to solve the problems of the different employees in an appropriate manner as well.
Theory and Conceptual Framework
There are different theories which is required to be analysed and it can be
incorporated while leading a team or a group in the organization. The Maslow’s Hierarchical
theory along with two factor theories can be linked together as this helps in analysing and
defining the different needs of the individuals as this helps them in performing better in the
organization and the results become more effective in nature (Silva & Mendis, 2017).

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As per the Maslow’s hierarchy theory, there are various type of needs such as basic
and higher order needs which are required to be adopted by the leaders in maintaining proper
diversity in the entire organization which will help the company in achieving the different
organizational objectives in an effective manner (Ang & Van Dyne, 2015).
Furthermore, this can be analysed and identified that the hygiene needs along with the
needs of the employees for job is required to be implemented in the organization as this will
improve the overall productivity of the organization effectively. The growth of the employees
in the organization is the main criteria which is required to be adopted by the leaders along
with the employees which helps the leaders in analysing the needs theory with the
McClelland’s and Alderfer theory which are the other basic needs theories in an appropriate
manner (Covelli & Mason, 2017).
As per the Needs theory, this can be analysed and identified that the theories are
required to be analysed in an appropriate manner which helps the leaders in becoming
successful in the attainment of the different goals (Day & Miscenko, 2016).

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Conclusion
Therefore, this can be concluded that the leadership is the major concept which is
required to be maintained by the different individuals in an effective manner which will help
them in increasing the overall productivity of the organization.

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