MD4042 Leadership & Management: A Reflective Essay on Experience

This reflective essay explores a student's residential learning experience, focusing on the development of skills in teamwork, time management, conflict resolution, and leadership. The essay uses self-assessment tools like the ESFP personality test and global EI test to identify personal development needs. It critically evaluates experiences from the residential event, applying Gibbs' reflective model to analyze feelings, actions, and outcomes. The reflection highlights the importance of communication, planning, and emotional intelligence in leadership, and how these factors impact team performance and conflict resolution. The student identifies areas for improvement, such as time management and emotional regulation, and discusses strategies for future development based on feedback and self-awareness. Desklib provides this and other resources to support students' academic journey.

Running head: RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE REFLECTION
Residential experience reflection

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Residential experience reflection
This reflective report discusses my residential learning experience at the time of post-graduation
time. I observed my many number of skills, as it related with teamwork, time management,
conflict, and leadership. There are different elements that are considered by me to comprehend
the personal development needs like ESFP and the global EI test outcomes. The determination of
different areas will enable me to address the potential areas for future development (Herrmann,
and Herrmann-Nehdi, 2015).
Moreover, this reflective report discusses events in which I gained my experience in diverse
areas. I critically evaluate each point concern and make a reliable decision in the context of the
current matter. This essay is effective to deeply evaluate the feedback of the supervisor and make
the reliable conclusion. It is developed by their own experience about such acts (Taylor, Doherty,
and McGraw, 2015). Apart from this, Gibbs reflective model practices in this study as they
consider different factors like evaluation, feelings, descriptions, action plan, and conclusion.
These factors are interconnected with each other as they also assists to make a favorable
conclusion (Yoder-Wise, 2014). In addition, I also gained my understanding of the residential
experience and enhanced my learnings towards myself, which I never before noticed from now,
as it is possible by after the completion of events at fall barrow. This event supports to improve
my personal as well as professional experience. It gained my real experience that makes a real
image of the firm in the marketplace. In the initial stage, I want to share my strategy of
leadership that could be imperative for the attainment of the organizational task (Blanchard,
2018). At the time of completing this event, I participated in Web Bridge activity of day 1 in
which I arranged all resources in the right direction. The result demonstrated that I have a lack of
two skills that could be associated with team management and team coordination. It could be

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effective in the attainment of the organization task in the upcoming period in available resources.
From this, I observed that my leadership skills are very bad that leads to decline performance of
the organization (Siebert and Martin, 2016). From the application of the Myer Briggs test of
personality, I got lower marks in the feeling and sensing, which could be caused by a lack of a
plan. It is also evaluated that leadership skills could lead to an individaul for influncing others for
agring on their topic (Renz, 2016).
Apart from this, executives who have good leadership characteristics could lead to
accomplishing an organizational task. Moreover, residential experience supports to me in
improving my leadership skills along with abilities and supported to being a successful manager.
In addition, during business task 2, I developed my leadership skills in the least time and cost.
On day 2 and 3 of residential experience, there is a higher amount of smaller task in collecting
the wedge and sell them to meet the total sale quantity of 7500 GBP.
In this task, I make an improper plan that has to consume my time. But, my team coordination
was great so it was easy for me to effectively accomplish my task and get a favorable outcome.
At the end of the second day, I practiced my leadership skills in the accomplishment of the
specified task. From the application of global EI, test outcomes demonstrate that I got a higher
score in the self-management, which support to accomplish the desired goal (Sources: Appendix
2). In the first day of the event, I contributed to maze activity for sharping my mind and get a
reliable outcome. In this, I found the correct method to complete the task with specified
regulation. After the completion of this activity, I got the outcome that I have lack of
communication and planning skill and I never comprehend my allocated task before starting my
allocated task.

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Van Wart (2014) stated that the approach of communication should be reliable and
comprehensible, which will support to make the relationship between consumers and the
organization. I concentrated on diverse factors named sheep and shepherd. I leading to all sheep
in the box by providing an appropriate signal to the firm. From this task, it is examined that
communication and planning are better in the accomplishment of the organizational task.
Furthermore, I scored higher marks in the self-management and self-awareness, which could lead
to making a reliable plan for the attainment of the organizational task (Sources: Appendix 2).
From the application of the personality test, I will directly communicate with group members
(Sources: Appendix 1).
On the other side, Morse Babcock and Murthy (2014) the communication could play an
imperative role in business and professionalism. In addition, it is evaluated that a communication
tool could lead to the group members for comprehending each other feelings and meet the
specified goal. Effective communication tool could lead to declining conflict issues from the
organization and support to get a reliable outcome.
In support of this, Hillson and Murray-Webster (2017) examined that team collaboration could
lead to concentrated more in directing the team as it leads to obtaining a reliable outcome.
Moreover, I also observed that the organization could face by the conflict issues due to the
difference between opinion and views of individuals. I give more value to each member of the
team due to improving my professional career. I also prefer the culture of the organization as it
assists to do better with respect to the culture. During the residential period, I participate in the
cruncher task in the 2nd day of task wherein I buy all resources by considering the auction. I
started a task and complete it by considering available resources. In addition, the result of this

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activity was inappropriate planning and lack of time management skills, which affect the overall
outcome of this study.
Chelladurai (2014) evaluated that effective teamwork and team communication is effective in
meeting the specified task in the least time and cost. Therefore, I should improve my time
management skills, which could support to decline the wastage of time and increase the
reliability of getting the research outcome. I considered certain tests in the evaluation of
individual behavior and critical evaluation of my own need in personal development. From the
application of this tool, I analyzed that I have dominant characteristics that lead to meet the
organizational task. In this test, two methods that are considered named global EI test and Myers
Briggs test of personality. Each test result is practiced to evaluate the business strategy. I also
observed that I was not an effective group performer but need to create self-skills for a higher
extent. In addition, it is evaluated that Myer Briggs test of personality outcomes demonstrate that
I lying in the type of ESFP. The obtained outcome of an extrovert, sensing, feeling, and
perceiving is 41%, 25%, 25%, and 34%. It demonstrates my type of personality. From this, I
observed some strengths as well as weakness. The perceiving and extroversion were strengths of
mine while my sensing and feeling were weaknesses of mine. It could support the firm for
getting reliable outcome by attaining the goal of a firm (Sources: Appendix 1).
Rahim (2017) conflict is also another key factor that could create an unhealthy atmosphere.
Conflict is a major concern of disagreements and arguments, which can happen at the time of a
task. If two people have different opinion on same topic and disagreeing with each other then it
could create conflict. I will try to decline my conflict issues and lead to sustain my position in the
team. Apart from this, I also analyzed that I do not manage my task on time that demonstrates
lack of time management skills in me.

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Al-Asfour and Lettau (2014) time management is the process of making a plan and manage my
time in spending on specified tasks. I observed that effective time management could facilitate to
the group members in attaining more activities at the specified time. It could decline the level of
stress and make career success. From the evaluations of all events, it can be evaluated that I was
failed to evaluate my actual strengths that lead to getting a reliable outcome. I observed that my
actually personally was recognized by my family member and others and they can only deeply
understand my personality truth. If I take any activity then I work on it and complete it
significantly (Tjosvold, 2017). Subsequently, I make me concentrate on the failure and success
of the task. It could be imperative in making mutual support attitude and teamwork. I feel secure
with my group members and feel less security to operate if the prime responsibility is given
(Bleich and Kist, 2015).
In addition, it is examined that higher stress level and lower level of confidence could be caused
by ineffective management in the working place. Global EI test results demonstrate that my
emotions related to self-awareness, social management, and management of relation as it could
lead to getting a positive outcome in the organization (Armstrong, 2016). I got more than
average marks in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship
management that could be 7 out of 10, 7 out of 10, 6 out of 10, and 6 out of 10 as it could
support to manage the organization task (Sources: Appendix 2). The conflict issue is declined as
compared to the last activity due to situational leadership characteristics and emotional stability.
This method is effective for improving my team management skills and leads to get a reliable
outcome. My dominant nature could create a conflict situation. Apart from this, the situation
leadership strategy could facilitate to obtain the team support and imperative backing within my
group members. Therefore, the transformed leadership strategy is supported to obtain positive

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feedback of team and supervisor that positively influenced me to do better and reach the reliable
conclusion (Bryson, 2018). I have regularly made efforts to learn the reality and have accepted
my weakness and thus have made efforts for controlling my emotions. In this event, I controlled
on my emotional intelligence test for making the different image of the firm in the least time. In
the next event, I improved my performance as compared to the last activity. I also controlled on
the stress level that supported me to make a positive relationship eth others. There is a worry to
keep up the inward feelings with the result of expert life. It creates a ton of complexities in
expert advancement. I have likewise changed my administration from liberal style to situational
style and have been prospering in my present work jobs when contrasted with the past
disappointment (Schmitz and Ganesan, 2014).
From the application of the test, it is evaluated that I have perceiving as well as extroverted
feeling. Through the global EI test results, it is stated that I got good marks in the self-awareness
and self-management (Sources: Appendix 2). I really hurt in the business activity due to the
personal and professional life balance. I also faced issues related to emotional feelings, as it
could be possible by mismanaging of the personal as well as professional life (Pruzan and
Mikkelsen, 2017).
As opposed to this, I should more concentrate on the expert territory just as the requirement for
building up an individual organization with a person will's identity progressively powerful.
Consequently, the likelihood of confusion by other individuals can diminish just as social work
airs and passionate variables can turn out to be progressively important (Scholl, 2018). I have at
times hard to fathom my apportioned jobs as it could be considered as my shortcoming. There is
a need to build up an unmistakable comprehension with respect to the individual idea of mine
(Delmatoff and Lazarus, 2014).

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It additionally, it prescribes that I am great while performing in a group because of compelling
authority abilities, individuals overseeing capabilities, well correspondence with the group,
abnormal state of certainty and backings the choice of each colleague. There is expected to make
improvement in an alternate viewpoint from past occasions. The home experience is useful to
improve my capabilities and comprehend my authority, group the board aptitudes and
furthermore upgraded reinforce my identity at a higher degree (DuBois, et al., 2015).
With respect to the above discussion, it can be summarized that I have picked up my insight that
I am not a trend-setter and nor a competency to produce thoughts regarding a person.
Subsequently, I have to compliment myself with this shortcoming and tended to a group that has
all the corresponding aptitudes that I have insufficiency. It would bolster in my own execution
degree to upgrade essentially. I have turned out to be progressively engaged as for the real world
and have unmistakably understood the centrality of circumstance basic leadership with time the
board at the working environment. It very well may be additionally outlined that this private
experience has all the more defining moment of my life in both expert and individual dimension.

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Appendices
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 2