Polytechnic Institute Australia: Leadership Personal Reflection

This report presents a personal reflection on leadership, analyzing the student's approach using frameworks and theories from the course MGT301 at Polytechnic Institute Australia. The student utilizes self-assessment to identify strengths such as strong interactive and communication skills, along with ethical leadership qualities. The discussion delves into concepts like 360-degree feedback, authenticity in leadership, and the Great Man theory, drawing connections between these theories and the student's behavioral characteristics. The report explores ethical leadership practices, emphasizing honesty, integrity, and the importance of team goals. The student critically examines the relevance of the Great Man theory and its limitations in the modern context, concluding with an emphasis on the evolving nature of leadership and the importance of ethical considerations.

Running head: LEADERSHIP
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Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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Table of contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
In order to maximize efficiency as well as achieving the organisational goal effective
leadership quality is needed to be developed. I believe the leadership quality can help me in
terms of constructing good interpersonal relations with the followers. I also believe, using the
leadership skills, growth opportunities can also be enhanced. Self-assessment is being considered
as the important process in which behavioural aspects of individuals can be easily identified.
Using self-assessment tool it has been identified by me that I have strong interactive skills which
help me in terms of maintaining the friendly environment in the institution. I have the ability to
react sensibly in the critical situations. My strong communication skill helps me while interacting
with my friends and it also helps me to understand the emotional needs of individuals. As per my
understanding, I have the effective emotional intelligence skill that helps me in case of
responding in the emotional situations. On the other hand, it is true that strong ethical sensibility
of mine helps me in terms of managing my operational process in the ethical manner. Analysing
these characterise, I can say I have ethical leadership skills, which drives me towards responding
against the unethical practices.
Discussion
In most of the scenarios, I act in an honest way such as If any time I made a mistake, I
would admit it and correct it in order to avoid further adverse consequences. : As a leader must
be valid truthful to him or herself. Anything devised will be seen for what it is – an endeavour to
control. This suggests learning initiative is on a very basic level diverse to learning different
abilities. Leading a team is all about the outflow of our true selves – our entire selves. It is less
about procedures and then some about building up the confidence to just be the individual we

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truly are and that implies adapting new practices, seeing the hole between our expectation and
effect, being delicate to various circumstances, and acting reliably and properly.
360-degree feedback is being considered as the effective approach that significantly
drives the evaluation process. In other words, it can be said that 360 degree feedback approach
can also be called as the multi-source evaluation process in which the based on the execution of
ideas as well as performance of individuals, their performance is being judged. As per my
understanding, incorporating this approach in the workplace, performance improvements can be
ensured. I strongly believe that in order to analyse my abilities, 360 feedback approach can play
an effective role.
Avidness, which means being consistent with oneself and the world is one of those
characteristics of a pioneer that plays a key job during the time spent affecting others1. Despite
the fact that the idea of realness in administration has completely developed lately, it currently
basically implies a focal point of capable conduct of leaders. As an individual, being true means
consistent with oneself and others such that the expressions of an individual mirror his activities.
Therefore, a valid pioneer is steady in his conduct and his internal considerations and emotions.
Individuals of most elevated honesty who are focused on structure associations, and leaders who
can take association's Obligations as a reason and are consistent with their qualities. He
referenced such characters as real leaders. He further recommended that corporate board should
choose real leaders based on character. The hypothesis of bona fide authority, hence, underscores
on genuineness as a fundamental attribute of a pioneer that encourages a pioneer to be credible
through "mindfulness, self-acknowledgment, connections, confidence, activities advancement,
1 Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018. Awdishu, Linda, Amy Zheng, Anne Gerd Granas, Janine Galasso, Karen
Macauley, Cheryl Butera, Sophie Hutchins, Peggy Wallace, Karen Garman, and Jennifer Namba. "360-Degree
Feedback Model to Enhance Interprofessional Learning." MedEdPublish 7 (2018).

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self-information of credible associations with their adherents and partners, upheld by
straightforwardness, trust, honesty and high moral norms." Leaders of today are relied upon to
esteem the HR of their associations and give a domain that elevates singular commitments to the
association's work. Individuals long for customized administration that addresses their hearts and
motivates them to do things they didn’t know they were fit for achieving. It is consistently been a
bad dream to work in a climate where you don’t feel a feeling of cooperative energy with your
chief. Eleanor Roosevelt has appropriately referenced, To handle yourself, think carefully; to
deal with others, u “Consistently, look into reveals to us that the administration attributes of the
individual in control works either as a magnet to attract, hold, and motivate, or as a power that
repulses.
Consistently focus on their own learning in request to comprehend themselves as an
individual and how they and others see the world Profound mindfulness is the establishment
here. What's more, it fabricates and develops – it's a deep rooted voyage of learning from
encounters and having the option to share these en route. They impact others by telling accounts
of progress and thrashing, of good occasions and intense occasions and of achievements and
difficulties. Really knowing their qualities – what their identity is, what do they put stock in,
what's the correct activity – for the correct explanation and in the correct manner is regularly all
that leaders need to help explore by when the profound vagueness of vulnerability wins and
exhibit practices which empowers me to trust in them constantly take possession when they
have committed an error, share duty regarding any error, demonstrate the essential mental
fortitude to drive further up the authority chain, to address current status, quo or guard their kin
or procedures.

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Convey extraordinary results over longer times of time in a world progressively restless
for results and requesting prompt results, genuine administration is persistently tried. The
weights of moment conveyance versus longer-term alluring results are a genuine administration
strain in itself. Bona fide leaders however, realize what they can and can't settle or settle on for
the time being since it will effect on the more drawn out term result. True leaders have a brutal
relentlessness on the more extended term objectives. They adjust their own qualities create future
leaders and construct feasible fruitful associations. characterized bona fide leaders as those
people who are profoundly mindful of how they think and act and are seen by others as
monitoring their own and others' qualities/moral point of view, learning, and quality; mindful of
the setting in which they work; and who are sure, confident, hopeful, flexible, and high on good
character. Analysing my behavioural characteristics, I can say that due to my strong emotional
sensibility, I can effectively adopt the transformational leadership skill in mine. While working
on my leadership skills, to actualize the hypothetical ideas of real initiative, it is proposed that
mindfulness, self-guideline, balance and straightforwardness be reflected upon in real life
explanations. Along these lines, the hypothesis can be tried in practice.
Proficient improvement may intentionally start to support a potential chief get their
attributes and zones where the person may need capacities. It is recommended, at that point, that
an individual endeavouring toward self-completion would be able to create as a pioneer. In
hierarchical terms, an organization conducts key wanting to progress in the direction of
understanding their central goal and their long haul vision. The authoritative procedure surveys
qualities and shortcomings, breaks down inner and outer condition and works toward
understanding where the organization was and where they need to be.

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I believe I have the highly influential personality that help me in terms of developing the
unique image on my followers mind. Critically analyzing the natural attributes of mine, it has
been identified that I have superior intellect as well as divine inspirational personality, which
reflects my easily convincing characteristic.
Great man theory is the 19th century concept which has been explained for reflecting the
heroine personality that has highly influential capabilities2. In the great man Theory of leadership
the necessary attributes of people are being highlighted indirectly reflects through their
behavioral characteristics. Analyzing my capabilities as well as approaches towards my
followers I believe I have the great man Theory of leadership characteristics. While performing
as a team leader I have noticed that in some of the cases I have recovered the extremely worst
situation by using my strong image. I have also noticed that I can easily convince all manipulate
people in extreme situations. People find me trustworthy as well as they positively believe in my
decision making abilities. During the learning station it has been identified by me that the great
man Theory of leadership is highly interconnected with the situation and leadership
characteristics. As per my understanding, analyzing the situational factors as well as needs and
nature of followers, a true leader generates solution for emerging effectiveness. In the great man
theory, it is mentioned that effectiveness and leadership qualities are the independent variables
and based on the assumptions of leadership roles needs of the followers can be satisfied. By
continuing this it can also be said that leadership qualities are the inborn qualities which cannot
be transmitted through exposure and education. Analyzing my situation handling ability as well
as manipulating skill, it can be assumed that existence of some of the traits of great man theory
2 Church, Allan H., Lorraine M. Dawson, Kira L. Barden, Christina R. Fleck, Christopher T. Rotolo, and Michael
Tuller. "Enhancing 360-degree feedback for individual assessment and organization development: Methods and
lessons from the field." In Research in organizational change and development, pp. 47-97.

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of leadership in me cannot be ignored. Critically analyzing my problem solving ability I can say
that I believe in engagement of individuals in every operational process. As its result this quality
of mine drives me towards adopting the heroic nature.
I believe, I can relate with some of the characteristics of great man theory, but I also
believe that the great man theory cannot be described in systematic manner. In the great man
theory, it is mentioned that leadership is an inborn characteristic, however, I believe, leadership
is a quality, which can be adopted at any age. I also believe, in the current scenario the
implication of great man theory approach is very less as people have become concerned about
the decision making ability of a leader. Rather than blindly following leader, people have started
focusing on critically analyzing the leadership direction in a particular situation. Therefore, I can
say that although some of the characteristics, which have been mentioned in great man theory of
leadership can match with my characteristics, but I cannot see the heroic characteristic in me.
Conclusion
During the learning station, I have also learned about ethical leadership practices in
which ethical believes as well as values are being considered as the important components of
leadership. Depending on the concepts of consideration, charisma, fairness and honesty, ethical
leadership is being developed. I believe justice, honesty, strong value and encouragement
initiatives are being considered as the important characteristics that the ethical leader should
have. Using the self-assessment tool, I have critically analyzed my characteristics, in which it has
been identified by that my behavioral characteristics are quite similar to the ethical leadership
characteristics. I believe, my honesty and integrity towards my job are the biggest strength of
mine. I also believe that encouraging initiative of mine towards ensuring the engagement of my

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followers in achieving the goals can significantly describe my strong values. Rather than
achieving the individual goals I believe in achieving the team goals.

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