Leadership Development: Self-Awareness, Models and Theories Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of leadership, beginning with an introduction to leadership concepts, theories, and models, including transactional and transformational leadership. It explores self-awareness techniques, such as the GROW model and Boyatzis’ Model of Intentional Change, to analyze individual personality traits, strengths, and weaknesses. The report details a leadership journey, reflecting on past experiences and identifying areas for improvement, such as emotional intelligence and pronunciation. It offers suggestions for enhancing leadership style and concludes with a detailed action plan for future development, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and continuous improvement in achieving leadership goals. The report also includes an analysis of strengths and weaknesses, feedback, and suggestions for future development, making it a valuable resource for understanding and improving leadership skills.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Assessment 1.........................................................................................................................................3
Leadership journey............................................................................................................................3
Leadership concept............................................................................................................................3
Leadership models and theories.........................................................................................................4
Strengths and weaknesses for development.......................................................................................6
Feedback and suggestion for future development..............................................................................8
Suggestions for improving leadership style.......................................................................................8
Assessment 2.........................................................................................................................................8
Develop an action plan for future leadership journey........................................................................8
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................9
References...........................................................................................................................................10
Appendix.............................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
This reflective report presents the leadership concept, leadership theories, and leadership
models. It also presents the self-awareness techniques like GROW model and Boyatzis’
Model of Intentional Change. These tools are effective to analyze the individual personality.
This report also discusses the recommendation for future development. In last, it presents the
action plan for improving the weakness.
Assessment 1
Leadership journey
I enhanced my skills of leadership from my last organization where I functioned as a leader. I
observed that a team leader can influence the employees by using motivational techniques. It
is illustrated that a team leader can improve the vision that is executed by each member of the
team and mutually to have possession (Swanson, et al., 2016). From last organization, I also
analyzed my weakness that can affect the quality of outcome. I worked on my short coming
for getting reliable data. I also encouraged to my group member to perform the same. I
increased my understandings towards the methods to inspire the employees through
excitement. Since, once a leader is properly aware of their liabilities then they can properly
guide the employees and obtain reliable outcome (Pruzan, et al., 2017).
Leadership concept
I created my awareness towards the concept of leadership concepts that will help to enhance
my self-awareness. I learned that the leadership can be a power to control the group member
towards the completion of a particular group. Moreover, I understood that a leadership can
define as a process where one person can direct the employees towards accomplishing the
organizational goal in less time and cost. In addition, a leader can be a person who has the
ability to motivate towards their assigned work (Kim, et al., 2017). I also learned about the
guidelines of leaders that can be effective to monitor the subordinates and inspired them to

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meet favorable outcome. A leader plays an imperative role to develop the collaboration
between the team to complete the estimated target (Ward, 2016). A person can become an
effective leader from the approval of team member and their personality characteristics. I also
analyzed that a leader can be developed and born (Ang, et al., 2015). I analyzed that some
authors examined that the leadership qualities can be genetical while other is explained that
the leader qualities established by offering the training and development method. I also
gained my knowledge towards the leadership which can be imperative to enhance my
leadership style in the working place. As a result, I can obtain the feasible result. Further, I
analyzed that knowledge towards leadership can help to enhance my personality
systematically. Moreover, there are different types of factors like personality traits, formal
authority, and knowledge and experience that are considered in the leadership.
Leadership models and theories
I gained my understanding towards the leadership models and theories. It can be effective in
developing the transactional and transformational plan. I analyzed that both transactional and
transformational leadership style is effective to build the reliable decision. From the
understanding of leadership style, I will be able to apply the leadership style as per the
situation. It can also be effective to obtain eh reliable outcome. I enhanced my weaknesses
and strengths after the lecture. I analyzed that a leader can be accountable for many activities,
therefore, they need to update themselves timely. I observed that the transformational
leadership permit the leader to work with group member and determine the needed change by
using motivational techniques. It can also support to build an effective relationship among
leader and employees. I also learned that the transformational leadership can motivate the
employee to perform beyond the expectation of leader. Beside this, a transactional leadership
can enable the leader to use the reward and punishment structure in the working place
(Northouse, 2015). It can positively influence the employees because a transactional leader

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can give the reward to the employees who perform better at the workplace, which can
positively influence the workforce to perform their assign work systematically (Herrmann, et
al., 2015). I also observed that this leadership style enable the leader to take an appropriate
decision towards the employee performance. Through this leadership style, a leader critically
analyzes the subordinate performance and punishes the employee who has not perform better
in the working place (Rock, 2014). Moreover, I observed that a teacher can expect same to
the scholars. In addition, the leadership style can be effective for improving my professional
as well as personal life. I observed that the transformational and transaction leadership can be
different from each other. In addition, the transformational leadership model can offer the
different kinds of services to the subordinates like intellectual stimulation, inspirational
motivation, and individualized consideration. I observed that I improved my leadership style
as compared to the past data. I improved my communication skills through the lecture that
was not effective. Through the effective communication skills, I can handle the conflict
issues at the workplace and gain the performance in long-term (Strom, et al., 2014). I
observed that the communication skills can be supportive to retain the employees at the
working place. Further, effective communication can play an imperative in the conflict
management that can directly influence the performance of the organization (Renko, et al.,
2015).
Self-Awareness Tool
I gained my understanding regarding self-awareness techniques, which will be needed to
analyze your personality. The GROW Model and Boyatzis’ Model is an effective technique
of self-awareness (Herrmann, et al., 2014).

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From this model, I analyzed some different factors such as goal, reality, will, and options. It
can critically analysis my personality and help to demonstrate my weakness that will improve
my personality in the upcoming period (Delmatoff, et al., 2015). I observed that I was not
able to independently make a goal and clear them on the front of subordinates that were
major issues for me. From this model, I analyzed that, I was able to exit reality at the working
place that can influence the performance of the organization. I observed that I was capable to
explore the alternatives regarding the existing situation. It can support to eliminate the current
issues systematically (Zhang, et al., 2015). From the discussion of my team member, I
analyzed that, I have the capability to provide the appropriate suggestion towards the
accomplishment of goal in an appropriate manner.
Strengths and weaknesses for development
As per this lecture, I gained my awareness towards my personality that can be supportive to
improve my weakness in the upcoming period. Moreover, I analyzed that self-awareness can
support to critically analysis our personality where I analyzed like, dislike, strength, and
weakness. The self-awareness can also be supportive to identify the time under stress.
Furthermore, the self-awareness motivates the employees and leader for gaining the
understanding about each other and makes strong relationship with each other (Vermeeren, et

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al., 2014). Moreover, I also gained my competencies for attaining the specified goal. In
addition, it is also evaluated that a leader can also focus on different factors such as technical,
human, personal traits of an individual, business, and traits of individual due to obtaining the
feasible result in less cost and time.
Boyatzis’ Model
Boyatzis’ Model can be implied by an individual to critically analysis our characteristics and
understand the strength, weakness, effective relationship, ideal life, and real life. It can
support to make an effective life (Grunes, et al., 2014).
From this model, I critically analyzed my strengths such as dynamic listener and prompt
decision making. I analyzed that, I have some weakness such as pronunciation issue and
depth-oriented. Moreover, I learned that the fast decision making supports me to enhance the
competitive benefit of the organization. Besides this, too- depth-oriented characteristics can
be major issues for me because it can waste the time of employees and subordinates.
Therefore, I needed to improve my weaknesses. As a result, an organization can be able to
get a favorable result.

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Feedback and suggestion for future development
I created my understanding about two kinds of leadership issues such as emotional
intelligence and pronunciation problem that are investigated by using the self-awareness
I learned about two kinds of leadership problems e.g. improve the emotional intelligence and
pronunciation issues that are discovered from the self-awareness techniques. A Leadership
skill can be improved by using the emotional intelligence and actual pronunciation.
Suggestions for improving leadership style
I increased my understanding about the different cultural ground, family, and religious for
easily inspiring the others and also attain the specified objectives in the specified time and
cost. Through the lecture, I learned that a group member should enhance their understanding
towards the leadership style, communication methods, and method of presentation due to
avoiding the misinterpretation problem form the team. Moreover, I also observed that best
understanding towards the cultural factors because it can enable the team member to
accomplish their task in less time and cost. I also analyzed that a leader of an organization
can aid the team member without any biases and obtain a favorable result. I also analyzed
that each group member has different characteristics that show their diverse leadership style.
A leader can deal with diverse characteristics of people and get a favorable result (Popli, et
al., 2015).
Assessment 2
Develop an action plan for future leadership journey
Emotional Intelligence

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Pronunciation complexity
Conclusion
On behalf of the above interpretation, it can be summarized that a leader should be aware of
the leadership style due to inspiring a large number of employees at the workplace. It can also
be concluded that the understanding towards the values can be vital for meeting the
organization task. Finally, it can be illustrated that GROW and Boyatzis’ Model is effective
self-awareness technique that can help to critically evaluate the personality of an individual.

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Appendix
Prepare an action plan for upcoming leadership journey
Emotional intelligence
S.No.
Models of emotional
intelligence improvement
for a leader
Estimated
Time (in
months)
Result
1. Self-awareness (GROW and
Boyatzis’ Model)
1 Through this, I will be capable
to identify my emotions and
gut sense.
2. Aptitude theory 1-2
I can be able to develop my
knowledge towards my
emotion and behavioral
modifications.
3. Trait theory 2-4 Through this theory, I can be
able to control on myself to
respond on other before
knowing the actual concept of
them.
4. Empathy theory 4-6 This theory helps to manage
many emotional elements in
the specific situation.