Educational Leadership: Developing a Personal Leadership Philosophy

This report delves into the student's personal leadership philosophy within an educational context. It emphasizes the importance of empathetic and participative leadership, drawing on transformational leadership theories and the need to involve team members in decision-making. The report explores the student's commitment to ethical standards, including honesty, loyalty, and suitability, and how these principles will guide their future career. It also analyzes the student's challenges, particularly regarding indifferent discipline and perfectionism, and outlines strategies for improvement through meditation, planning, and seeking feedback. The report connects leadership principles with practical applications, highlighting the student's commitment to continuous self-improvement and the development of a strong leadership approach.

Running head: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Educational leadership
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:

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Part I
A sound leadership system is needed for the overall welfare of any organization. As per my
perception, an ideal leader is one who must be able to support the needs and demands of their
employees at every point of time. As per my perception a leader must be empathetic in nature
and try to give the moral support to all his employees so that they can develop a kind of trust on
their leader. Transformational leadership is one of the most important leadership theories that I
have come across. However, I feel that in the modern day scenario the leaders must always try to
include their followers or their team members in all the business decision making process. This is
mainly because of the fact that in order to develop a unity among the team or the group, it is
really essential to get the ideas and the opinions from all the team members. However Hallman et
al. (2019) is of the opinion that might vest more power in the hands of the team members and
also the ones who are not well trained or properly experienced. In such cases there is the chance
that they might become unruly and disobedient. Fenning and Johnson (2016) has argued in the
similar context that imposing one’s own opinion and perceptions on others is not right as this
might hamper the moral and the understanding of the team members. As per my understanding I
will always try to set a proper example in front of all my team members. In my future career, I
will always take the ideas and the opinions of all my team members before taking any decision.
Kouzes and Posner’s (2009) best practices of leadership have really been very helpful. This is
because they help in making the concept of leadership much clear,. I feel that all the different
approaches that have been dealt with in this reading are every useful. As per my perception,
following all these approaches will surely benefit the leaders in developing a good relationship

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with all their team members. I feel that the last practice that is to encourage the heart is one of
the most important aspects as this is the very motivation that must be used by all. I will also
follow this method throughout my career, so that I am able to understand the different ways in
which I can motivate myself and can also work over the different areas of my weakness. These
findings are enough to help me develop a good leadership philosophy. I have however been able
to connect my leadership philosophy based on the different findings that I got from my team
members, I made it a point that I take regular feedback from all my mentors and my team mates
as well so that I am able to use their opinion in shaping my own leadership philosophy for my
future years.
I feel that while taking any decision the most important factor for me is the opinion of my team
members. This is because I always believe in working together as a team by following the
method of relationship building; I feel that participative leadership approach is also a very useful
approach that must be used in order to make sure that all the team members are being able to
take part in the same (Li, Liu & Luo, 2018). The calculation of the upcoming results of my
decision is also one of the major factors that help me to take up the right decision. Making a
diagram will be of a great help because it will help me to understand the step by step process of
proceeding in my leadership journey. I will also be able to highlight and mark the different areas
of improvements so that I am able to work on the same in the coming years.
I developed some knowledge before enrolling myself into this course that the course has some
kinds of ethical standards. In order to make sure that I am able to go to a better job position in the
future, I will always try to abide by the different ethical standards.

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The ethical standards like misconduct-I will make sure that I am not falling prey to any kinds of
ethical misconduct. I will always try to work with honesty and make sure that there is no one
trying to use any dishonest means, I will always try to maintain a very honest approach in my
entire leadership journey.
The other curricular standard like loyalty, prudence and care is also of utmost importance, I will
be using this so that I can form a very good relationship with all my co workers and my team
members. This will help me to ensure that there is no anger or any kinds of complaints among
my team members; I try to take proper care of all the queries that are being raised by team
members so that I can also solve them at the right point of time.
The other curricular standard that I must maintain is that of suitability. This is essential because
in order to train all the different employees or the different team members, I have to assign them
the suitable role. I have realized that all the team members are unique in their own way and each
of them has their own areas of strength and weakness. Therefore I will never overburden them
with my own opinion or perspectives (Egger, 2019). I will always give them the needed time and
support to make sure that they are able to cope up with their surroundings. I will give them that
work which suits their current skill set. However in order to match up with the recent trends in
the industry, I will have to ensure that all the employees are being able to improve themselves
and also upgrade themselves. In order to help the team embers to upgrade themselves, I will
always help them to develop themselves by gaining new insights. However I will help them with
the adaptability skill so that they are able to understand the need for developing this new skill set
and also the different ways in which they will be able to work over their respective areas of
improvement.

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Part II
The issue that I had was that of indifferent discipline. This is one of the major issues because this
has a huge impact on the course that I was undertaking. I am a perfectionist by nature and I
always try to finish up all the work with proper perfection. However at the same time, I also
suffer from palpitation and I get very nervous. In the week 3, we had to complete all the given
assignments and this was at times really becoming tough for me as I could not maintain a calm
and organized mind. This indeed is one of the major issues and must be stooped immediately so
that I am able to work in a very organized and also in a peaceful manner. I have realized that
through all the different perspectives,
Human resources
I have been able to use this perspective because as a leader, I have to analyze the new trends
arising in the organization and also the qualities that are needed among the employees. However
in order to recruit the right person for the right job, it is really very essential to make sure that I
am putting forward a good indifferent discipline in studying the different trends that have taken
place in the industry and also the ways in which we will be able to solve the same. However I
always over burdened myself and was not really being able to work within the right amount of
time.
Political
The political rules and regulations of different places are different. In order to work in the
modern day industries, I will have to develop a wide range of knowledge and also be able to
maintain a good indifferent discipline level (Colvin & Sugai, 2017). In order to ensure that I am
well versed with the political aspects and the different changes taking place in the political

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environment, I will always try to make sure that I can concentrate over the political order and be
able to implement the same in my working style as well. However, I was much over burdened
with work and I could not keep an eye upon the changing rates of taxes or the newly
implemented political aspects. As a result of this, I could not include these essential details in mu
work and this had a bad impact.
Symbolic
As a leader, I always try to set a right example in front of my team members. I am like the
symbol or the ideal person that they want to follow. Therefore, I must always try to practice the
best habits and make it easier for my team members to follow the same.
Technological perspectives
Technology is developing at a very rapid rate and is also being utilized at almost all the different
sectors. I have seen that in order to work with the remote employees, the technological platforms
like the laptops, smart TV and other such ICT materials are needed. However, during my
projects, I have often forgotten to mark the attendance of those employees that are working from
their home or working from the other distant or the overseas locations. These issues in turn had a
very bad impact on the overall working of the assignment. This is because of the fact that in
order to train my team members the proper handling of the technological tools and implements, I
will have to start practicing the same myself so that I am able to set a right example in front of
them. Therefore from this perspective I have been able to develop a clear mindset that in order
to work in a smooth and error free manner, I will have to work over my lack of indifferent
discipline and try to develop a very calm and organized mindset. This will help me to develop a

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more focused approach towards my projects and thus I will be able to teach the same to all my
employees or my team members.
Part III
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I will be enrolling myself in the indifferent discipline improving classes like meditation,
yoga and others. This will help me to develop a calm and organized mindset so that I can
actually increase my indifferent discipline level and also be able to focus properly over
my work. This will help me to make sure that no details are being lost from my sight
while I work
 I will also develop a rough plan or a rough schedule before starting any new projects.
This will help me to have a well planned schedule and will also enable me to move
forward in a step by step manner. As a result of this, I will be able to work with all the
minute details and be able to save some extra additional time for rechecking the works
before I am submitting them. This is actually very useful as this will help me to get newer
projects or assignments and work in a sound manner.
 I will also try to take small refreshments in between my work. I will take small gaps so
that when I come back, I am able to get a proper indifferent discipline level and start the

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work in a fresh manner. This will surely help me to proceed in a very planned and also in
a very detailed way.
 I will take up all the new and the challenging assignments so that I can work hard and
also be able to develop a better indifferent discipline level.
 I will also make it a point to take the timely and regular feedback from all my colleagues
and my mentors as well. This will surely help me in the long run and I will be able to get
the honest and the realistic feedback about my progress which will surely help me in my
professional career. This will help me to develop a good disciplined approach.

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