Leadership Self-Assessment Reflection

This essay reflects on a personal leadership self-assessment, discussing strengths and weaknesses identified through feedback from a friend. It emphasizes the importance of active listening, effective communication, and decision-making in leadership roles. The author acknowledges areas for improvement, such as verbal communication and emotional control, to enhance their leadership effectiveness.

Running head: LEADERSHIP
Leadership in Business
Name of the Student:
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Author’s Note:

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Question 3: Results, insight, and conclusion of self-assessment
The findings of the self-assessment reveal various aspects of the leadership and I have shared it
with my best friend who gives me their perspectives regarding my self-assessment. According to me
several strengths and weakness are associated with the leadership process that leaves both positive and
negative impact on my leadership approach. Based on this assessment my friend has said that it is
important for the human being to reduce their weakness and to develop themselves as a leader. According
to him the between the strength and weakness as the leader it is important for me to eliminate the
weakness and to concentrate on the strength. According to my close friend is a leadership, it is important
for me to be an active listener as active listening will allow me to understand the perspectives of other that
are big area of the leadership (Klaus & Fernando, 2016). However, if a person is not able to understand
and respect other’s viewpoints then it is difficult for them to be a good leader as for an effective leader it
is crucial to give value to other perspectives. On the other hand, it has been realized by me that for good
leader it is important to be good decision maker as it will enable me to take decision for long term action
and to analyze the proper information regarding the organization. Hence, based on such aspect of my self
assessment my friend has said that it is vital to be a good decision maker in order to manage a leadership
while it is important for me to take right decision regarding any issue within the organization as a small
error in the decision making of a leader may lead the organization to face difficulties in their operation
and team management.
Identification of the weakness is important for an individual while working as a professional in
the business sector as detection of the weakness enables the individuals to improve them personally and
professionally (Wei et al., 2016). From the self-assessment, it has been addressed by me that lack of
good verbal communication resists me to be an effective leader within the organization. According to my
close friend I need to overcome this weakness as for a good leadership good communication is necessary
with the team members and the management. Regarding him I need more interaction with my team
members to improve my communication level and need to focus on the adoption of alternative language
as language barrier is the big issue of the interaction within the professional sectors. Regarding my friend,
we should not let our weakness to ruin our strength as often the lack of confidence destroys the skills of
the individuals. It has been received that there are many elements in the professional sectors that
positively and negatively influence the leadership style. According to my friend from the various factors I
need to focus on the positive factors and to discard the negative factors to improve myself as an effective
leader in my organization. One of the most important is the anger that may affect my leadership as I am a
very short-tempered person. Hence, based on such character my friend suggested me to control my

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temper during my professional work as aggressive nature may lead my team members to feel hesitate and
they are not able to express their problems and query to me.
According to my self-assessment in context of the leadership, my friend gives his opinion based
on my strength and weakness. As per my viewpoints, I have found that being a good leader the prior duty
of an individual is to understand the perspectives of their team members through developing a good
communication. Regarding my friend in order to develop myself an effective leader, I need to enhance
my confidence level as it will help me to take challenges during my leadership. On the other hand, my
suggested me to improve my oral communication as verbal communication needs to motivate the team
members and to encourage them in their work. Therefore, interpersonal skill is required for a better
leadership management. Moreover, keeping patience is another vital area of the leadership that is
considered by me and my friend.

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References
Klaus, L., & Fernando, M. (2016). Enacting spiritual leadership in business through ego-
transcendence. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 37(1), 71-92.
Wei, N. R., Baroto, M. B., Salam, Z. A., & Usman, A. (2016). Relationship of Charismatic
Leadership and Organizational Change on Business Transformation among Malaysia
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES). In Postgraduate Colloquium 2015 (p. 118).