Leadership Skills Assessment and Development Plan Report

This report provides an analysis of leadership skills, focusing on the author's self-assessment and development plan. The report begins by outlining key leadership qualities and theories, such as contingency theory and trait theory, emphasizing the importance of adapting to different business situations and fostering a positive team environment. The author then details a self-evaluation process, including a feedback session from team members, to identify strengths in areas like innovation and weaknesses in communication and decision-making. A personal development plan is created to address these weaknesses through training and consultancy, with objectives set for improving communication, leadership, and decision-making skills. The report concludes by highlighting the positive impact of the development plan on team performance and the overall importance of professional leadership skills for effective team management and goal achievement.

LEADERSHIP
A good leader have many qualities which are important to make the team to
follows you. To make a good impression in the mind of team or follower I use
different methods and theories. These theories are contingency theory and Trait
theory. The business is consists of different phases it could be positive or negative.
But the most important thing is to change the working pattern as per the situation
this is more effective for the business and followers.
Next way to grow followers is to make the impression by implement self
knowledge to improve the working of team. For this I learn new things and gain the
experience. This experience help me to improve the methods and procedures to. By
this way the employees gets encouraged to work and perform better.
As a team leader the image of leadership have major impact on the
employees. My work in the team is to work with the team and give them support.
To communicate the directions and build the commitment in the employees I
communicate with them to reduce their stress and motivate them to improve their
performance. My image develops by the way I communicate and behave with the
employees. My experience as a leader is good for the employees and their work. By
sharing individual experience can help the employees to perform better. It is my
duty to develop good qualities in the employees by sharing the experience. It is an
investment to made by me for the team to achieve the goals of the company.
As a leader it is important to know the individual skills I am carrying and
what are the skills I need to learn. This can improve my leadership skills. For this
the best way is to conduct survey in the team.
Skills Employee 1 Employee 2 Employee 3
Communication Good Very good Poor
Leadership Good Good Average
Creativity Average Very Good Very Good

Innovation Good Good Good
Decision Making Good Average Good
As per the evaluation of my skills by conducting a feedback session of the
team members. The most of them are satisfied with the skills I have but there are
some areas where I need some improvement. According to the reviews of the
employees I need to improve my communication, leadership, and decision making
skills. For the development of the skills I had to create the development plan to
improve the skills.
As per the team observation and their experience they are satisfied with my
skills and methods I use. Some employees are not satisfied with my communication
skills while I am explaining the plans and methods to them. Cause of the rules and
methods which I have followed and they decided by the company and it creates the
restrictions to the creativity of mine. The employees have observed that some
decisions with in the teams are not that much effective for the goal completion and
implementation.
The strengths and weaknesses found in the feedback sessions are developed
through the personal development plan. The skills are enhanced and weaknesses are
overcome by joining the training and by attained the consultancy sessions. The
leadership skills a person should have to lead the team and manage the operation
with in the team better way are good communication, inspiring behaviour, good
decision making skills, better accountability, delegation and empowerment,
innovative behaviour and creativity.
This performance plan was consists of the development of the professional
skills which were scaled poor or average by the team members.
Objective Success Criteria Action Implementation
Communication Better Communication By joining the Has been

communication
and soft skill
development
sessions
implemented and
skills were
improved.
Leadership Better Leader The skills
development
Consultancy has
been joined.
The skills are
improved.
Decision making Good decision making
skills
The experiences
are consulted to
improve the
decision making.
The decision
making is
improving with the
time.
The skills which are developed through the personal development plan are
good for me and my team to perform better. Better communication helps me to
convey the information, visions and mission plan to the teammates which improves
the implementation of the procedures. The leadership skills are useful to lead the
team in better way to achieve the goals. Creativity is most important in the team
working. The performance of the team is enhanced by creativity which can help to
implement the decisions and procedures more effectively. This is how the
professional leadership skills are most required to run a team effectively and keep
the performance of the team consistence.