Reflective Journal Entry: Analyzing Core Leadership Skills

This reflective journal entry analyzes core leadership skills, including self-awareness, learning, communication, and leading. The author assesses their current competency in each area, drawing on personality tests (Jung, Belbin) and feedback from peers and tutors. The journal explores the importance of these skills, supported by relevant theories and concepts from Durgut, Gerakan, and Pehlivan (2013), Johnson (2009), and others. The author identifies strengths and weaknesses, contradictions, and allowable weaknesses, and discusses how each skill will aid them in the future. The analysis includes an action plan with specific activities to improve leadership capabilities, addressing areas such as leading a team, communication, and the overall goal of enhancing skills for future opportunities in a competitive environment. References to relevant research and theories are provided throughout the journal.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ENTRY PRO-FORMA
What is the core skill? SELF AWARENESS.
Self- awareness is the capacity to focus our attention on ourselves and evaluate our
behaviour, our thoughts and emotions. Have a clear perception of our personality including
strengths and weaknesses. To be self- aware give you the possibility to understand other
people and how they perceive you.
Why is this core skill important? (use relevant theories and concepts to support
your answer).
It is important to develop self-awareness because I can be able to make changes in my
thoughts and, also take control pf my behaviour and my emotions. Durgut, Gerakan and
Pehlivan (2013) state that emotions have an important role on human life and they can not
be separate from interpersonal relationships through physical and spiritual health. Also,
Johnson (2009) said that emotional health is fundamental to effective learning and most
critical element of a student’s success is an understanding of how to learn.
Self-awareness is important because, when we have a better understanding of our self we
can be unique and separate individuals.
How competent are you currently? (use your tool-kit findings, feedback from peers
and your tutor, plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
to answer this question).
According, to Junk personality type test I made, the description I choose about my
behaviour indicate that the personality type the most describe me is Extravert-Sensor-
Feeler-Judger, which totally I am agreed.
Like Extravert I am an energetic and action-oriented, enthusiastic and expressive person.
Sensor do live in present. I do rely on facts, handle practical matters well and like things to

be concrete and measurable.
Feeler. I let my feelings and emotions play a leading role because of my concerns for other
people.
Judger. I prefer a life style that is decisive, planned and orderly. I like a life that is
organized and controlled.
Also from Belbin Team Roles test I made appears that I am a Driver. Generally very
ambitious and energetic. I can be impatient and impulsive, a strong motivator and
sometimes somewhat emotional.
Can you identify any contradictions, or allowable weaknesses from your analysis?
According to Jung personality test, I think is a good overview of my personality and my
behaviour but from my experience the Feeler personality gave me most of the time
difficulty on managing my team. For example: because I care of people and I tend to have
friendly relationship with my team, I ignore details and the team respond slow to what I
delegate them to do (Barnard and Curry, 2011). This I think is my allowable weaknesses.
In the same time from Belbin test I find myself more a Team player than a Driver. I don’t
think of my self being challenging others at crucial times. As a team player, I am a caring,
avoids conflicts, and fosters harmony person.
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
By self awareness it become easy for me to communicate with each and every future
aspect. By this skill my future scope get expand through identify all weak areas of mine. As
by them adaptation of proper strategies aid me in developing them.

What is the core skill? Learning
Why is this core skill important? (use relevant theories and concepts to support
your answer)
According to Honey Mumford style of learning is a style of questionnaire through which
aspects in future get developed (Denny and et. al., 2012). This core skill is important as per
the context of future in which maximisation of self things is must.
Learning is consider as one of a most helpful and appropriate skill through which I can
present everything in front of others properly. By using the theory I can evaluate myself for
taking a beneficial decision for future growth and development.
How competent are you currently? (use your tool-kit findings, feedback from peers
and your tutor, plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
to answer this question)
I am very competent as according to this skill in which my learning style is good. As
according to this, I am become able to deal with any situation while remembering what I
have learnt in what class or seminar (Gervais and Norenzayan, 2012). I can evaluate
myself by using my tutor and friends with a help of conversation with them. As tutor aid me
where I am wrong so that proper learning process can be made and skill can implement
properly. I am more compatible than other batch mates as per my tutor view point.
Can you identify any contradictions, or allowable weaknesses from your analysis?
Yes, one of a major weakness of this theory is that I am not getting the things properly
which lead to create disturbance at the time of communicating such material with others.
My whole works get done in hurry and this is a major reason behind the weakness of my
learning. Hence, my learning skill get affected by this factor which have to overcome in a
well defined time period.
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
By applying this skill in me it become easy for me to communicate with every listening
problem. Moreover, this learning skill support me to get the things in near future and learn
them properly so that I can communicate with all such things properly.

What is the core skill? Communication
Communication skill support in dealing with various problems which occur due to lack of
knowledge (Gonzales and Hancock, 2011). Communication is a process under which a
person become able to pass and exchange information from one person to other. Behind
every clear understanding of words, appropriate communication channel took place.
Why is this core skill important? (use relevant theories and concepts to support
your answer)
This core skill is helpful for me in better development of mu future. In future I have to deal
with many large organisation CEO so in front of them getting embarrassed is not good.
Thus, this communication skill support me in my future. Proper communication channel is
one in which flow of information take place properly. Moreover, without any hesitation all
command can provided properly. Communication skill is beneficial for making operations
effective.
How competent are you currently? (use your tool-kit findings, feedback from peers
and your tutor, plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
to answer this question)
According to my friends my skills are good but I really require some area to get improved. I
am capable to deal with every person but sometimes get hesitate which create a negative
impact on other. This negative impact is not beneficial for further future and my personality
will not sound good at all. As for such relation, communication skill have to improvize.
Can you identify any contradictions, or allowable weaknesses from your analysis?
One of a major weakness by my analysis is that I get hesitate in front of others. This is my
weakness that when ever is see some more people I become disable to communicate with
them properly. As this is not appropriate at all (Hadwin and Oshige, 2011).
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
In future this skill support me more and more because by this my path for betterment get
open and I can communicate with big companies managers and directors in an
appropriate manner.

What is the core skill? Leading
Leading is define as guiding a team as well as a unit so that they lead to get work in right
direction. “Leaders are born not made” this statement is right because leadership skills are
identified from a person till born.
Why is this core skill important? (use relevant theories and concepts to support
your answer)
Leading a team is an effective thing because it is must for me to to built an effective team.
As this is a core skill which have to get developed in me because by this my work become
effective and I can deal with various problems of a team (Hollis-Walker and Colosimo,
2011). For enhancing the productivity and profitability and for grabbing the future
opportunity I have to lead a team properly. This aid me in bringing out to deal with every
sort of problems which arise due to various culture people.
How competent are you currently? (use your tool-kit findings, feedback from peers
and your tutor, plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
to answer this question)
I am so compatible for this as according to my juniors. They told me that I managed them
properly (Inzlicht and Schmeichel, 2012). Along with this, leading a team is not a easy task
because there are various number of people are identified which belong to different
culture. As for this I have to ask from my subordinates.
Can you identify any contradictions, or allowable weaknesses from your analysis?
While leading a team there are various members are found out which have different
interest. As while dealing with such situation, this is my major weakness (Kim and Lee,
2011).
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
Near future require large number of leaders and for this field scope of leaders are high. By
working on this I cam manage a team and resolve their issues also.

Analysis
According to above skills it get measure that I have to work on my skills for sustaining at
competitive world (Leary and Tangney, 2011). As this is beneficial for me to grab more and
more future development opportunities. As by applying self awareness skill, I become able to
focus on myself more and more so that my thinking criteria get expand. Moreover, another
major skills which are helpful in growth and development are learning, leading and
communication. Leading a team is a task and it provides lots of opportunity in corporate
world (Maddux and Kleiman, 2012). As this is helpful for me in making and binding all facts
of a team. Along with this, my communication skill aid me in transferring and understanding
all sorts of information in an adequate manner. Hence, all these opportunity grab by me when
my skills got analysis as well as improvement in all limited areas get done.
Action Plan
Activities Present state Future state Number of days
Leading As my present state of
leadership is average.
I can lead a team but
not more than 3
people.
I want to become a
leader of a team in
which I can manage
easily more than 10
people
1 month
Communication As I have good
communication skill
but for betterment and
development it
require to get more
developed.
I have to consult
several seminars
through which many
new words get
measure which enable
me to communicate
every information in
an adequate manner.
15 days
Learning My learning skill is
good in which I can
grab the things more
easily than others.
But getting the things
easily is not sufficient
but remembering
them at the time of
requirement is must.
25 days

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