MGT 601 Dynamic Leadership: A Reflective Report on Personal Growth

This reflective report delves into the author's leadership journey, highlighting the evolution of their talent and knowledge into core strengths. It analyzes the author's personality using the Gallup Strength Finder and compares it with DISC assessment and the Five Personality Tests. The report reflects on the author's leadership style, influenced by various readings and experiences, and discusses their current role as a cafe all-rounder and past experiences in media. Key achievements, influences, and significant events that shaped the author's self-perception are explored, alongside feedback from friends and its implications for personal and professional growth. The report concludes with a comprehensive self-assessment and a plan for continuous improvement, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and adaptability in leadership.

Dynamic leadership

Executive summary
This reflection journal will be focused on my leadership journey regarding how I figure out
my talent, knowledge and turned them in to my core strength. Further this report will analyze my
personality result of the Gallup strength and comparison between two similar tests that are DISC
assessment and 5 personality tests. Through the course of subject came across different readings
and tried to relate that what leadership style I need to follow and what I want to implement in my
future in order to strengthen my leadership skill.

Table of Contents
Executive summary............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................4
Reflection on my leadership journey to date.................................................................................4
Current role and position .............................................................................................................4
Reflection on my achievements.....................................................................................................5
Results of two (2) other personality or leadership style inventories.............................................5
The Gallup Strength Finder result.................................................................................................8
The feedback from my friends......................................................................................................8
Implications on peers feedback and my reflection on its significance..........................................9
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Developing as leaders is not a short term process or plan because god leadership qualities
take time to be part of one's personality (Flumerfel and Green, 2022). Leadership abilities are
nurture within a specific environment or surrounding and context where there is need to bring a
discipline in life (Pertiwi, 2022). In this report I have taken approach of the self development as a
leader and the self awareness is cornerstone of this approach. In order bring a discipline and
routine to the life, there are certain specific models of the self development. Leadership has
fundamental duty and obligations to help other people. Individuals are not followers only, they
accept the leadership when they consider leader able to represent them (Gurr, Drysdale and
Goode, 2022). This report will be based on the key journey of leadership, current role and
responsibility, a reflection on the personal achievements, comparison between two test,
implication and so on.
Reflection on my leadership journey to date
I was born in a small village of Australia. I have studied in boarding school within my
village till 6th standard, where I was topper of my class. After this I went to a nearby city for study.
Here, again I topped my all classes. It was quite difficult for me to adjust and cope with new
environment and friend in city. After school, I have completed my higher secondary level. After
this I had faced many challenges. I took part in various competition that was a turning point for
my lifer as after this I got a lot of opportunities where I can build my career. When I was a
monitor in my classes, then I had learnt about how to lead whole class with some people and after
wining the competitions I learnt to lead a huge mass of the people.
Current role and position
Currently I am living in Australia an pursuing my master's degree and I also working as a
cafe all rounder. So this, is completely a new thing in my life from what I had done in past. I had
worked with various media personalties in radio, journalism and television. By focusing on my
current role as cafe all rounder, so I had faced many challenge like understanding of work's nature,
people, accents of specking and many more. Likewise, working with the people belonging to some

other country, culture, tradition and background is challenging as my understanding regarding
same matter very differ many times.
Reflection on my achievements
Who influenced me
Every person get influenced by someone in their life (Naudé, 2022). I got influenced my
father's friend who has been an inspiration for me. He is a business man and leader around 300
employees, there I observe that how they lead people and I also start to learn that how to control
huge mass. I also got influenced by my father who is a social worker and work as a social activist
in different social organisations. He encouraged me to take part in different social events and other
competition as it help me to identify my weakness and abilities.
Significant events contributed to my self perception
As I always top my class and got appointed as class monitor so that I can control and lead
the whole class regarding discipline, homework's collection, submission to teacher, keeping record
of unusual activities and so on. That was a time when I realize of being capable for leading a
group though I also feared of being unable to perform my responsibilities and duties. Later I
worked as vice president in succeeding year and then president. Form this time, I start to work
with the people form various sectors like I had played the basket ball on state level, I participated
in dance and quizzes competitions and other sports.
Exposure to different filed like sports, media help me a lot to become all rounder. My father
facilitate a proper training for further polishing my knowledge and skill. Various thoughts
navigated in my mind during small achievement and practices or training for future. Further, all
these training build an essential steps for a better future. By participating in different filed, a
person become more contributed and talented (Sridaran, Bakshi and Reynaldo, 2022).
Results of two (2) other personality or leadership style inventories

http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ Myers Briggs
From this test of which I have received the score for the personality test, it could be analysed that I
and an open minded person which will be helpful in dealing with the social world. Also, the score
tells that I am neither an extrovert nor an introvert., I am kind of a mixture of both. I try to agree
and expresses my feeling of the irritation and nervousness, which makes me an extraversion,
Although, I am reliable for my work and try to help out other in doing their work. It tell my
behaviours, attitude towards the people and how I try to deal with the situations.

https://hbr.org/2015/06/quiz-yourself-
From this test it is analysed that I am lacking in self awareness due to which often I miss my
positive points. But I have a positive outlook that make me enable to face challenges with a
positive mindset. I am average at the emotional self control as am efficient to control myself in
any critical situation. I afraid a little to adopt any new changes as it is difficult for me to change

my prioritize. In empathy I have scored good marks that indicate that I show empathy towards
other people as I am very supportive for other. This quality help me to become a good leader in
future.
The Gallup Strength Finder result
In this, I had conducted a strengthen analysis for me. It is a part of our team's first
assessment, as per this, my nature is very restorative who loves to bring backs the things in to
rights place and I am able to solve the critical problems. Like types of the transformational
leadership, in which a person tend to change the entire framework rather than performing in the
built framework ( Hur, 2022). My another quality is that I am very responsible person as I can
manage everything in critical situations. In addition, I am a good learners, there is not matter what
is the content, I am able to dissolve myself in to any subject. A learner individual mostly observed
for the self improvement by leading. Moreover, I am starves for the achievements that make me an
achiever. I am also a futuristic individual fascinated by thoughts of the future events. All these
qualities are the result of my analysis to question in Strength Finder assessment. I was also
nominated for class representative as during that phase, my colleagues and friends used to agree
that I was determined on the learning from my mistakes. As development of mature personality
depend on various lessons learnt from mistakes and important events in life (Liggett, 2022).
The feedback from my friends
There is requirements of the feedback in this assignment (McKimm and et. al., 2022). In
order to get feedback I had contact with my friends. According to him, I am a multi talented and
versatile person who has skill and knowledge of several things. In addition, he says that I have
good quality to understand thoughts and nature of other people when they talks to me he also
added that I am a very down to earth person as it can respect the others words. As I had
participated in many social activities, so I had knowledge about the social norms, rights, wrong
and values, he added. As per him I can trust anyone which is not good for me. He further told me

that I am capable to become a good leader as I have ability to make good decisions. That means, I
am acumen and also bear an emotional intelligence.
Implications on peers feedback and my reflection on its significance
It is very essential to implement the feedbacks in life (Ly, 2022). Therefore, there are
some feedbacks that I have implement on my life.
Based on the strength finder analysis
 Restorative- I enjoy to face the problems as it give a lesson in life which is better than to
solve a problem. To improve it more, I need search ways not only to solve problems but
also prepare myself for the future unforeseen.
 Learner- A learn is who learn from their mistake or faults (Sousa, and et. al., 2022). I
am a person who learn from my mistakes and them effort to improve it. It is significant for
me to refine the ways I learn better and utilize it for effective learning.
 Responsibilities- I am a very responsible person and in need to learn how to manage my
responsibilities by examining if I am really right person who must handle the issues or not.
 Achiever- I am very excited by work and I am very focused towards the achievements, but
I also need to pay more attention to the work quality as well.
Implications based on feedbacks from friend
 Knowledge and skill- A person with knowledge about the multiple aspect related to
success, life and more things can gain attention and able to make other people believe the
right things. A skilful individual has never got his skill or talent wasted without being
utilized, it has own importance at some points of the life. Thus, I also can utilize my
knowledge and skill for accomplishing a successful life and I need manage to impart and
also improve these thing or qualities as well.
 Versatility- As I am a versatile person, that help me to easily adapt myself in any situation
either in professional or personal life. It make me enable to deal with different people.
Furthermore, it also lead people being a versatile individual. In also need to focus that I
can cover every part while covering another one.
 Emotional intelligence- According to my friend's feedbacks, I am also an emotionally
intelligent. Whenever I works in a group, then I can recognize nature of other people

around me. I can easily understand them and also make them understand that what I want
to convey the,. It help me in cooperating with other people easily. I personally believe in
the cooperating rather than a competition, so I need to be cooperating and collaborative.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that, process of leadership development over some
years can be successful and implement effectively. This time period is appropriate for learning the
leadership's essential lessons. There are a lot of moments in my life, when I realize that I can lead
a hug mass and become a good leader. I got influenced by my father who always showered his
support and love to accomplish my plans or goals throughout my journey. I have participated in
many social activities and world in various filed such as education, sports, health and media,
people always believed on me. They have believe that I could become a good leader. According to
my friend's feedbacks I ma a versatile person with an emotional intelligence. Likewise, strength
finder gave a result about me like, responsibility, learners, restorative and learner. Overall all these
qualities can help me to build a better relationship or bond with other people and thus to become
an effective, efficient and good leader.

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