CPD 1102: Professional Development and Ethics Report on Leadership

This report delves into the critical role of leadership skills in professional development, specifically for managers. It begins with an introduction defining leadership and its related competencies, distinguishing between the two, and outlining the importance of leadership in a managerial context. The report then conducts a literature review, exploring why leadership is essential for today's managers, supported by research and evidence from various sources. It examines the impact of leadership on organizational development, employee performance, and the ability to manage various challenges within the workplace. The report also highlights the importance of skills like motivation, teamwork, and communication. Finally, the report concludes by summarizing the findings and emphasizing the necessity of leadership skills for managers to succeed in their careers, manage teams, and drive business processes effectively. The analysis includes a critical examination of the reviewed literature and underscores the impact of leadership on a manager's professional life, emphasizing the need for continuous skill development to achieve career success.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................1
Literature Review:.......................................................................................................................................1
Critical Analysis of Literature Review:.........................................................................................................3
Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................................4
References...................................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
In the present era, a manager should have various types of skills to complete their job with good results.
In addition, few skills make them different from others. Leadership is necessary for a person for their
personal and professional works. It is highly required to manage various conditions at the workplace or
in personal life as well. There are many skills, which are required to improve leadership skills in a person,
such as motivation, courage, honesty, teamwork, and many others. A manager should have leadership
skill in them to manage people and their works in a good manner.
This report will provide a literature review about the leadership skill in a manager and critically analyze it
based on the various research papers and evidence. In conclusion, the report will summarise its finding
of the leadership and other skills, which are required in a manager.
Literature Review:
Leadership is necessary for organizational development and management. In addition, a manager should
create leadership skill to organize various works at their workplace, which is beneficial for the
organization and manager as well (Bolden, 2016). Moreover, leadership is necessary for the
development of different skills in their followers, which is good for the work and their performance.
According to Cameron (2012), positive leadership is helpful in extraordinary performance at work. There
are many things affected through leadership skill, such as working style, negotiation, management, and
many others. it is the best way to make all the follower positive towards their work to increase their
performance. In addition, positive leadership can make an impact on the efficiency and performance of
the employees.
Moreover, leadership style matters a lot on the profession of a person. it requires different types of
leadership that are based on the work. Besides, transactional leadership is better in openwork in which
followers are free to learn and work (Cherry, 2018). Most of the manager is having many skills in them
but it is necessary to have leadership skills in them.
A good leader is always a good manager (Day, et al., 2014). It is the best way to develop leadership skill
to manage various skills in a person. A manager only manages their particular work but a leader can
manager additional works that are related to their professional work.

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Manager can use their various skills to manage their works at their workplaces. A manager has many
responsibilities, such as employee’s management, processes management, and many others. In
addition, leadership makes a huge impact on work-based approach using leadership (Gerhardt, 2019).
Few things make other skills in a person, such as teamwork, patience, motivation. Followers always
follow their leaders in professional and personal life. Therefore, a leader always provides a better
approach to their followers, which make an impact on their works and performance (Greyvenstein &
Cilliers, 2012). A manager can learn from teaching methods because it provides a better understanding.
The teacher is a good leader for their students. In addition, a manager can build professional
development from the various methods of teaching (Hadar, 2010).
Transactional leadership is the best way to manage all the employees and business processes. Elon Musk
is the greatest example of transactional leadership, which manages its employees and development
processes. In addition, it makes a huge impact on the business and reputation of the organization (Hoch,
et al., 2016). Besides, a good leader is always focusing on the well-being of their followers. He or she
makes them safe from various types of health-related issues. In addition, well-being is necessary to work
in a good manner with high performance and efficiency (Kelloway, et al., 2013).
According to Langley (2016), positive leadership is a good way of boosting organizational performance.
In addition, performance is based on the manager and their behavior towards their followers. Therefore,
a positive impact is necessary to increase the performance of workers. A leader is having critical thinking
skill, which is used in critical situations at the workplace. A good leader is always a good reflector for
their followers. In addition, the leader makes an impact on the thoughts and behavior of employees,
which is directly connected with the profit of the organization. The leader uses proper communication
to innovate, engage and reflect on different processes (Mayfield & Mayfield, 2017).
A manager should responsible for their work as a leader. Most of the projects have failed because of
lack of monitoring or change management issues. Therefore, a manager should have leadership skill to
take responsibility for the success or failure of the project (Nixon, et al., 2012).
In addition, personal and professional development requires various skills. Therefore, basic skills are
necessary for a manager because a manager should manage different processes in a proper manner
(Sangster, 2017). In addition, performance measurement is necessary for professional works. Therefore,
employees require a good leader, which consider various factors of employees and measure their
performance based on those factors (Tseng & Levy, 2018).

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Furthermore, a manager can develop their communication using a team as well. The team requires
many technical and non-technical issues in a project, which can be solved using teamwork with a good
leader. Most of the organization has succeeded in the market based on their leaders and their
leadership approach. A manager should have collaboration skill to merge various skills of their team
towards a dedicated work. These days it is clear that emotional intelligence is a skill that cannot be
neglected. It is critical so that it will recognize that things do not and might not continually cross your
way. A great manager takes the coolest with the bad. Moreover, he or she can take duty and learns from
mistakes. In addition, emotionally suit leaders are able to manage their pressure levels. They do not take
their emotions or frustrations out on their group. Moreover, managers who might be empathetic – who
apprehend what makes their employees tick – are able to encourage and encourage those employees
extra correctly.
Critical Analysis of Literature Review:
Leadership makes many impacts on the professional development of a manager. In the above section,
the role of leadership in the professional development of a manager has discussed. There are many
good things in leadership. In addition, a manager provides the best services in their work. However, few
works have affected because of lack of few skills in them. A manager can improve their skills using self-
awareness and self-reflection. It will provide various advantages to the organization and manager as
well.
There are many good skills in a manger but it requires advanced skills to make better professional
career, such as communication skills, creative thinking, critical thinking, and leadership. A manager can
be a good project leader. Leadership is a must for a project manager, as the team can complete a
project, which requires good bonding in all the team members. Moreover, few skills are based on other
skills, such as teamwork, motivation, patience, and many others. A leader is always believed in
teamwork. Therefore, a leader is to work with his or her team to resolve many critical issues and take
responsibility for its success or failure.
Moreover, a project manager can generate or develop leadership skill in them using basic skills, such as
patience, motivation, and effective communication. All those skills make a person a good leader. There
are many critical issues in a project, which can be solved based on individual and teamwork. There are
few critical issues in a project that can require a leadership skill to resolve them in less time and cost.

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Furthermore, leadership is necessary for a project manager to develop their career in this field. A team
can be managed using leadership skill in an easy way. A project cannot complete without leadership.
Therefore, a project manager should have leadership skill in them to complete the project successfully.
However, technical issues can be a reason for the failure of the project. Therefore, a project manager is
always having good communication and technical skills with leadership skill.
Conclusion:
It is concluded from the above parts that leadership is a necessary skill for a manager to develop their
career in the industry. In addition, a manager is always good in their managerial skills but it is also
necessary to behave like a leader in front of their followers. Behavior makes a high impact on
employees. This report has explained about the role of leadership in the professional development of a
manager at their workplace.
This report has described the leadership skill and its advantages in the professional life of a manager.
Moreover, a critical analysis of the literature survey has completed in the above section. It is necessary
to develop various skills to get success in the career.
Finally, a manager should have leadership skill to manage their team and other business processes. It
will beneficial for the manager to create new skills, which are necessary for professional development in
the future.
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