Leadership Plan: MGT601 Report on Leadership Development

This report presents a comprehensive leadership plan developed by a student, incorporating self-assessment, Gallup test results, and feedback from colleagues. The student identifies their leadership roles, challenges, and journey, including the impact of an MBA program and practical experience as an assistant operations manager. The report analyzes the student's leadership style based on the Gallup test's five key factors: Input, Strategy, Activator, Relator, and Individualization. It also reflects on feedback from colleagues, highlighting strengths like open communication and weaknesses such as conflict management and time management issues. The student reacts to this feedback, recognizing its importance for development and plans to use the GROW model for creating a leadership development strategy. The report recommends time management and resource allocation to achieve success within two years.

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Name of the Student:
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Executive summary
For analysing the features and attributes of my leadership qualities I am going to seek help from
both the internal and external analysis. The internal analysis is resembled with my self-
evaluation whereas the external analysis is based on Gallup test and responses from my
colleagues. Those information regarding my leadership abilities will help me to create a better
leadership development plan. Therefore, I opt for the GROW model to shape the leadership plan
and recommend to follow the time management and listing out the required resources that are
helping to boost the leadership development plan to get success within the given timeline of 2
years.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
My leadership roles and challenges.............................................................................................4
My journey as a leader.................................................................................................................5
Gallup test for leadership style....................................................................................................5
Feedback and responses from colleagues....................................................................................7
My reaction to the feedback........................................................................................................8
Leadership theories......................................................................................................................9
Recommendation...........................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
Reference.......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Leadership is considered to be one of the important aspect in present day business. The
advent of globalisation increases the dynamics of business companies to a great level that they
are now required extensive knowledge about the market. Moreover, from the research of
Aljuwaiber (2016) it can be stated that the globalisation creates a better practice for all the
business enterprises to penetrate in any market irrespective of its size and business orientation.
As a result of that an increase into the market competitiveness is an obvious phenomenon that no
company can overlook. In this context, a clear perception regarding the market demands and
harnessing the employee perceptions with the organisational objectives become significant. As
a matter of fact, the intensity of the market pressure also compels the leaders to take proactive
approach by developing their leadership skills and abilities. The research of Bower and Paine
(2017) advocated that performance of an organisation is directly linked with the efficacy of the
leadership practices that the management serves. Therefore, putting emphasis on the leadership
styles and blending it with the organisational objectives is a core concept that prevalent in the
current business organisations.
In response to the importance of leadership style in business enterprises, this report is
going to analyse my leadership plan that will make myself efficient enough to serve the cause of
the organisation. Therefore, a number of roles and challenges of my leadership practice are
discussed in this report with a key focus on the feedback from colleagues. It will help me to
gauge the fathom of the strengths and weaknesses of my leadership traits. Based on this
understanding, this report will going to set a sketch of leadership plan with the help of GROW
model.

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Discussion
My leadership roles and challenges
My leadership role is primarily dealt with the representing the organisat5ion and integrate
the individual aspirations with the organisational objectives. It is essential for the leaders to put
extensive focus on their ability and capability. Therefore, focusing on my abilities is also
identified as an important aspect that I practice in order to create a better leadership style and
practice. Apart from that I would like to say that motivating and positively influencing the
employees is also considered to be another important aspect that as a leader I practice. Breevaart
et al. (2016) opined that the role of the leaders is to motivate employees so that they will stay
focused and understand the expectation and vision of the organisation to facilitate an effective
and strategic position in the competitive market. It is resembled with the performance of the
employees. Therefore, motivation and focus will pave the way for leaders to engage the
employees with the organisational responses. Therefore, it is also my responsibility to manage
the workforce in a positive manner so that it will facilitate better organisational practice.
However, there are certainly a number of challenges that I face in course of imposing my
leadership practice on my subordinates. First of all conflict management is the most vulnerable
part where I fail to cooperate with the subordinate. There are certainly a number of important
factors that as a leader I have to follow. Conflict management is one of the key aspects that is
also included into the practice of establishing an effective leadership style (Santos et al., 2016).
However, lack of understanding about the conflict management process makes me worry about
the efficacy of my leadership ability. Moreover, in the personal scale also I am facing severe
challenges regarding the time management practice. I can say lack of time management is the
most concerted factors that creates obstruction to my leadership qualities and styles.

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My journey as a leader
My leadership journey has been started since I took admission for MBA program in
University. During my academic phase I had come to know about a number of important aspects
related to the leadership and management principles. Those factors help me a lot to understand
the importance of leadership in business organisation in the present context and its role in a
company. As a result of that those theoretical knowledge helped me a lot to shape my leadership
practices in a robust manner. Apart from that in course of my academic phase I took personality
development training so that a positive and effective leadership personality can be developed.
Besides this, for communicating with the employees and colleagues properly I developed my
communication skills in a certain extent so that a good relationship with the employees can be
made. However, after the end of my education I got a job at a local cafeteria as the assistant
operation manager. For the first 6 months I was an intern and then got the permanent job as
assistant operation manager. In course of job I witnessed every aspect of a leader from
motivating the employees to monitor the performance as well. Therefore, an initial experience in
leadership and workforce management practice is already bestowed within me that can be an
advantage for leadership development.
Gallup test for leadership style
For getting more information regarding my leadership quality, I chose the Gallup test as
the best tool to analyse and evaluate my leadership qualities. In this regard, there are five key
factors that are determining the efficacy of the leadership quality. Input, strategy, activator,
relator and individualisation are the five factors that the Gallup test pointed out as my core
leadership characteristics. Each of those factors are highly responsible to formulate both the
strengths and weaknesses of my leadership quality that will help me while making a developing

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plan for my leadership development. The purpose of this leadership test is to project the deep
insights of leadership qualities that are important in the process of analysing different aspects of
self-leadership.
Input helps to point out the importance of my leadership quality to take responsibility that
is not bound to emotional perception. It means a professional approach is always within my
leadership that influence me to take decisions without having any biasness. As a result of that it
becomes essential for me to realise the fathom of decision and exclude any kind of emotional
presence in the workplace environment. The objective is to create better environment where all
the employees can get equal treatment and facilities to meet their individual aspirations and at
the same time organisational objectives.
Apart from that the Gallup test found out that my leadership is strategy oriented. It means
I always opt for the long term goals and set strategy in accordance with the goals. As a result of
that it provides a proactive leadership feature into my leadership quality. It means I can resolve
the issues before it emerges or possibly making difficulties for the organisation and the
workforce as well to perform without having any obstacles. The organisational performance can
also be heightened in course of this leadership quality. Indeed, the strategist nature of my
leadership helps me to focus on the right direction or at least towards the path that will be
beneficial for the organisation in the long term run.
The test results also shows that I play an important role as leader in initiating particular
project or activity. In other words, it can be stated that my task is to plan and implement an idea
that will be best for the organisation. Therefore, activator is one of the important characteristics
of my leadership trait. Moreover, the practice is also resembled with the practice of harnessing

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the concept of leader as a guidance and the employees as followers. Henceforth, it is important to
acknowledge my role is to guide the employees and the subordinates so that an effective chain of
commands can be created. It will facilitate proper hierarchy that will carry out the decision and
tasks in a planned way.
Another pertinent feature of my leadership quality is identified as relator where my
leadership quality is highly resembled with incorporating the employees into the organisational
activities actively. In this context, it can be stated that the role of the leader is to encourage and
motivate the employees to a great extent that they feel highly satisfied and shift their focus from
individual aspiration to the interest of the organisation. However, my leadership practice is also
resembled with the practice of putting emphasis on individualisation that will focus on the
employee interests. There is a reason behind opting for the practice of individualisation. The
practice helps to bring more creativity and innovations into the organisational practice.
Feedback and responses from colleagues
In this regard, feedbacks from my colleagues and supervisors has a deep influence on my
leadership abilities. Therefore, it can be stated that the feedback and responses are very important
for me to get insights of my leadership qualities and figure out the strengths and weaknesses. The
responses of my peers are comprised of mixed reactions. It means some of the aspects connote
positive leadership approach that is the advantage of my leadership quality. On the other hand,
there are also some negative points that the feedback highlighted which identified the flaws that
my leadership follows. Most of the responses are collected from verbal communication practice
whereas rests follow feedbacks and direct questions.

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Based on this understanding, it can be stated that my leadership practice has some
strengths in terms of open communication with my peers and subordinates. The open
communication practice enhances the satisfaction level of the employees and they are interested
in following the leader positively. Apart from that the feedback also highlight the fact that I have
the skills to read individual behaviour and interests of the employees. It also helps to make n
effective organisational practice where my leadership abilities will satisfy the needs of the
employees extensively.
On the other hand, there are certain disadvantages that my leadership style is facing in
course of influencing and motivating the subordinates and colleagues. The feedback also support
the fact that I have lack of capability to manage workplace conflict. Interfering into the conflicts
or resolving the problems, in both ways I fail to execute an effective measure that can resolute
the conflict permanently. Apart from that, I have some time management issues that the
responses of my peers are also supported. Late arrival or delay in response are basic flaws of my
leadership characteristics that are pointed out through the feedbacks.
My reaction to the feedback
The feedbacks are very crucial for developing my leadership to a great extent. It is
essential for my leadership style to get a clear insights into the leadership development process.
Therefore, the feedback is seemed to a guideline for me to develop effective leadership style and
quality to facilitate better organisational practice. At first, it is important to get enough
knowledge regarding strengths and weaknesses of my leadership abilities. Therefore, I would
like to rely on my peer response because I deal with them every day so that their responses are
very significant for my leadership abilities. In this regard, I am going to initiate a leadership
development plan which will be focused on both the strengths and weaknesses. The strengths

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help me to bolster the positive sides of my leadership abilities whereas working on the
weaknesses definitely provides a strategic advantage to establish proper leadership qualities that
the organisation expects. The leadership plan will address all the relevant points that the peer
reviews and responses are found out. Therefore, assisting me to develop the leadership
development plan is considered to be one of the important aspect that my leadership abilities are
trying to deal with. Henceforth, the feedbacks are playing a pivotal part in my leadership
development and execution.
Leadership theories
The leadership development plan will be focused on a clear theoretical perspective in
order to make the plan sound proof and effective enough to serve the purpose and meet the
expectation of the organisation. In this context, choosing the GROW model is definitely an
effective practice that the development should follow. According to Singh et al. (2015) the
GROW model is associated with the coaching practices that helps to enhance the decision
making practice of the organisation and solve problems in quick timing. Moreover, there are also
a range of advantages behind choosing the GROW model such as learning new skills and
progress in careers. As a result of that the GROW model provides a futuristic aspect to the
individual and the person can see the positive impact of GROW model for developing leadership
process. Apart from that Milad (2017) articulated that the GROW model helps to mentor an
individual in order to make an effective and efficient leadership development. In other words, it
can be argued that GROW model play the role of a guide through mentoring and guiding the
person and setting objectives for his development plan. As a result of that it becomes easier for
the person to get acknowledged with the organisational practice and possess in-depth
understanding related to the required steps and measures for leadership development plan.

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According to Berg and Karlsen (2016) the GROW model is comprised with four key
steps in terms of the goal, current reality, options and the will of the person. The research of
Jones, Woods and Guillaume (2016) opined that the leadership practice required a futuristic
observation and expectation so that it shaped the relevance of the development planning. It is
pertinent for individual to keep a check on the vitality and relevance of the leadership plan so
that it will project the expected progress in development. There are some advantages that the
GROW model can provide in the development process. Othman and Yee (2015) figured out that
the GROW model is well planned and well-structured to meet the expectation. The well
coordination of the practice makes it effective for the person to design his development plan to a
great extent so that it will facilitate excellent outcome. Furthermore, Grant and O’Connor (2018)
defined the efficacy of the GROW model develops the trust and confidence of a person so that he
will take initiatives on his own without having any outside assistance.
Henceforth, it is my job to set the goals at first. Goals are considered to be the most
important aspect for any development plan in order to facilitate a proper guidelines and
objectives that are essential for the personal development. Choosing the SMART objectives will
meet the purpose of establishing goals. On the other hand, it is also essential for me to
comprehend the goals because those goals are responsible to set specific objectives for my
leadership development plan. In addition to this, I would also like to check the objectives and its
relevance in order to create a relationship between the objectives and the goals.
The next step will be examine the current reality. It is often been seen that people are
very much satisfied with setting objectives and meet those targets. However, a development plan
never restrict itself within the SMART objectives and its implication rather the outcome is also
considered to be an important aspect for a person before taking any important decisions. In

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respect to this, the examination of the current reality is the best practice where I can analyse and
evaluate the efficacy of my goals and objectives. In case of any gaps or flaw within the
objectives, it is recommended to check for alternatives that will resolve the problem.
Thus comes the importance of exploring alternative options. It is important for me to
consider the alternative options as well so that in case of any problem or dire situation the
alternative options will be performed as a contingency plan for me. Leadership is definitely a
brainstorming process but there is always being a risk to delay the process due to the
complexities. As a result of that it becomes essential for the leader to cope with the process.
Henceforth, as a leader I would like to manage the risks to a great extent and enforcing a great
emphasis on the different steps of leadership development.
Will of the person is also essential in order to make the development plan a success.
Therefore, it is my responsibility to emphasis on the will to develop leadership. For establishing
will to conduct leadership development to sort out the actions in accordance with the specific
objectives. As a result of that it becomes easier to understand the leadership approaches and the
requirements that are resembled with the specific goals and objectives of my leadership
development plan. Moreover, the timeline to complete the development plan is also required.
Therefore, I decide to finish the entire development plan within 2 years. This timeline will
provide me a clear perception of measuring the actions on the basis of priority.
Recommendation
Clear understanding of the needs and requirements for establishing an effective
leadership development plan is considered to be the most important aspect for any individual. In
response to this, I would also like to emphasis on my leadership development plan timeline and

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the required resources that will boost me to achieve the target positively. As a matter of fact, I
have to follow a professional approach for making the leadership development plan in order.
Conclusion
The above discussion is trying to portray a plan for leadership development so that in
competitive business market it will facilitate a strategic advantage. Henceforth, this report also
follows proper structure to address the plan in an optimistic manner. For instance, at first the
leadership characteristics of myself and its challenges are discussed in order to get the scenario
of the entire process. Based on this, a leadership background is discussed which will help me to
get the abilities to achieve the development plan. Apart from that the reflection report on my
leadership development plan also seeks help from the external tools like Gallup test where
different attributes of my leadership abilities and skills are projected perfectly. Finally, with the
help of the feedback from my peers I am going to propose a leadership development plan based
on GROW model. Therefore, it can be concluded that the development plan is effective to
achieve all the proposed objectives.

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