University Self-Leadership Skills and Personal Development Report

This report, submitted by a student, focuses on self-leadership skills development. It begins with an introduction that emphasizes the importance of self-leadership in identifying strengths and weaknesses for personal and professional growth. The report then summarizes relevant literature on self...Read More

Running head: SELF LEADERSHIP
Self leadership
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Step 1: Self-leadership skills literature summary............................................................................2
Step 2: Your current skill level incorporating 3600 feedback.........................................................3
Literature review..............................................................................................................................5
Achieving personal and professional change..................................................................................8
Action plan.....................................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
Reference.......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Determination of the self leadership is important due to the reason that it helps in the
identification and determination of strengths and weaknesses. In the case of the personal
development, determination of the self leadership skills is more important because skill
development can be designed on the basis of the positive and negative factors identified from the
process. However, it should be noted that there are different perspectives to be considered in
determining the self leadership skills in order to identify the issues and positive factors on the
basis of various considerations. Accordingly, different psychometric tests are being used to
identify the strengths and weakness. In this report, the different tests are being done to identify
the positive and negatives factors.
This report will analyze these results and based on these results, literature review will be
done. In addition, this report will also discuss about the current skills of mine along with the
major strengths and weaknesses. The identified positive and negative factors will be further
analyzed and evaluated on the basis of different literatures. Change process will be identified and
implemented on the basis of identified issues and to ensure the maximum positive outcome. The
key objective of this report is to identify the effectiveness of my personal leadership skills and
the extent to which they will have implications on the future potentiality.
Step 1: Self-leadership skills literature summary
In order to become a successful leader, it is needed that the person must have some every
important and in depth skills of managing and motivating others along with self. There are some
soft skills that the leaders must possess. Among the soft skills, communication, team work,
decision making, problem solving, empowerment and empathy are most important aspects.

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Communication according to Lippman et al. (2015), is one of the mist important aspect
that the leaders in this competitive world must develop within themselves so that they can
facilitate open within the team as well get negotiate with the others in business. Secondly
teamwork skill what makes the most critical decision to be made and solve problems with
collaborative actions, must be possessed by the leaders. Thirdly, decision making process is a
soft skill that leaders need to be well acquitted of is based on the ability to have a vision and
learn from the complete information to reach a point of making decision. The leaders are the
problem solvers because all the team members reach the leader for solving issues. It is the
empowerments that develop the skills if motivating the employees in such a way that the team
members are inspired to meet the common goal of the organization. Finally according to
Carvalhon and Rabechini Junior (2015), empathy is an essential factor that helps the leaders for
self-development. No leader can work successfully unless he realizes the emotions of the teams
and give them support to enhance the employee morale.
Step 2: Your current skill level incorporating 3600 feedback
Through different questionnaire and skills tools, the theories of positive psychology can
be understood and personal weakness. The positive psychology leads to understanding of the
positive emotions, traits and institutions. From the leadership skills test I have gained the
understanding the factors that impact on the growth of the leadership abilities of the persons. The
test reveals that the effective leadership has certain personality profile that refers to the clear
guidelines for behavior, provide feedback, reward performances, place in the management roles
for assigning tasks effectively, the test result reveals that I have scored 70 as the overall result.
This mandates that I need to work hard in order to match the determination and the desire of
mine. I can propel utilize my virtues to pull away hence deftly lead others to success. The overall

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score details that I am capable of handling group activities and possess some very important
abilities to become a success leaders to handle any situation effectively.
In the micro management section I have scored 45that suggest that I do possess some
efficiency of managing the subordinates of mine. It is related to the empowerment of the
employees working under me so that I can influence them relating my point of view. However,
score 45 is very low and I need to overcome some of the weaknesses in me to become a
successful leader. I try of dominate the others and bring the decision towards my desire. It is a
negative aspect in my personality which is adverse of micro management. Moreover, I am not
very empathetic towards my subordinates based on which I can understand their requirements for
completing tasks. I am found fairly sufficient to delegate the work authorities to the team and
place my trust on them and their competency level. In the long term planning, I have scored 93
which are fairly high for the leaders to develop their skills. It is the process which enables me to
plan to solve problems. As the leaders are the problem solvers because all the team members
reach the leader for solving issues, therefore I need to take all the important steps for achieving
goal by eliminating all the critical barriers. I have the capability to set long term plan and make
that fruitful in the desired period of time.
As mentioned before, communication is one of the most important soft skills for the
success of the leaders. In this particular area, I have scored 81 which refer to the fact that I have a
scope for growth. I have the capabilities to communicate and convince people about the
innovative ideas which will widen the capacity of the organization where I shall be working in
the future. Not only in the case of managing and communicating with the employees but also for
communication with the board members, my appealing nature of communication will help me to

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achieve goal (Gibert, Tozer & Westoby, 2017). However, cross cultural communication process
gives scope for improvement which is a part of vision.
The emotional control factor is low in me which reveals that I cannot manage my
emotions properly. Controlling the factor of emotional responses will negatively impact on the
relationship with the subordinates and the higher authority. It will also negatively impact on my
relation with the clients whom I need to convince for operation. In addition to this, emotional
instability makes me unable to take perfect decision on the basis of the information gained.
Finally motivation is another factor in which I have scored 84. This reveals that I have all the
necessary skills that can allow w me to pint out the positive and beneficial factors of the
organizations or task which may influence the employees positively. It is the process based on
which I have gained the scope for positive incentive method which incur the feeling of support to
the subordinates. Moreover, I desire to play the role of an ideal leader which my subordinates
will be following and become motivated effectively. The overall result of this leadership skill
test shares the idea that I have a positive perspective to become a successful leader in future and
share the common goal to achieve them effectively.
Literature review
Based on the examination of the leadership skill tests, I came to realise that I indulge
many of the qualities that are necessary to be a great leader. The results critically stated that my
leadership traits are at a functional paradigm that would help me lead a group of the team
towards the synergy of success and effective desired outcomes. As critically opined by Parker,
Holesgrove & Pathak, (2015), the demand for leadership traits is recognised to be high in terms
of a productive business organisation. In this connection, the result of the skill tests examined

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that I indulge the characteristics of the same that got what it takes to be an efficient leader.
Leadership comes with a lot of responsibility and pressure, and the result determined that I am
well-equipped of dealing with the same (Maruping et al., 2015).
In this connection, it was found that the different components of the skill test determined
different results for me. At the very first place, the trait of micromanagement showed that I
inherit with the strength of being a flexible manager. The benefit of this was examined to be that
I would be willing and capable enough of providing my group of team with sufficient freedom in
the concern of making choices in the workplace that would help the employees to work in a
better way. I am found reasonably adequate to delegate the work authorities to the team and
place my trust on them and their competency level. The results showed that this trait fosters a
profound sense of empowerment as well as pride in the team members. However, as stated by
Manninen, (2018), the micromanagement aspect also needs an individual to be able to provide an
effective solution to the uncertain failures and problem that occurs in the business. In this
context, the weaknesses that I inherit in the trait of micromanagement is that I fail to provide
feedback to the employees and provide an immediate solution in the failure of the work.
Secondly, in the concern of the component of long-term planning, it was examined with
the help of the test that I effectively excel in the same. As stated by Fernandez & Rainey,
(2017),in consideration of guiding other employees and the organisation to the steps of success,
the leader connected to the same should have a solid vision in and course of actions. In addition
to this, setting the necessary plans and goals before-hand that would help in the attainment of the
future objectives (Kapoor, 2018). The result investigated that I am well aware of the want of
setting the goal and desires for the long-term purpose of the business. I realised that I am capable
of taking the necessary decisions and steps that are required to achieve the future objectives of a

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business organisation. My strength lies in the self-motivation I have about the things I need to
do.
The third component termed as communicating the vision is stated to be that essential
skill which will help the employees to be more willing towards achieving the goals. In this
connection, the outcome of the test showed that I am capable enough of fostering a clear and
concise direction for my concerned organisation. I potentially gain the strength of
communicating the business plans that excites all the employees to work harder with better
enthusiasm. As opined by Perloff (2016), the individuals who are known to excel in the area of
communicating vision are able enough to persuade the quality of convincing other people. Thus,
I realised that the adherence of the same would help me form the part of the vision of the
employees connected to my organisation.
The fourth criteria that the leadership trait measured were emotional control. In this
connection, the result showed that I need prior improvement in this area. This is because I
directly monitor and regulate my responses and behaviour to my emotional feelings. The test
results stated that the loose in the emotional control would interfere with my ability to perform
practical functions of the leadership position.This is because the stress level encountered because
of the loose in emotional control is high.The report suggested that at the moment when I would
lose my emotional control, I should take a moment to revise my thoughts on the scenario and
think whether my response to the same is fruitful or inappropriate. One should keep in mind that
the lack of control in the emotions, impacts the business relationship with the employees in a
negative way(Pyc, Meltzer & Liu, 2017). This, in turn, becomes my weakness as the same would
create a tense and unease in the working atmosphere of my organisation.

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Last but not least, the final area of the leadership test skill was considered to be termed as
the motivating factor. According to the viewpoint of Cohen (2017), the aspect of motivation is
essential as well as the necessary skill, any leader of a productive business should possess. In this
context, based on the determination of the test, it was critically examined that I inherit this
quality of leadership in an effective manner. The outcome gained by the skill test showed that I
significantly possess all the required skills and level of knowledge that is essential to help and
motivate the employees to work harder and reach to their fullest of the potential. Studies show
that a good leader and a significant motivator is the one who knows the synergy of drawing the
strength of other people out of their mindset and bring them to practical work (Sousa, 2016).
Thus, I realised that I would be adequate to seek out the strengths and talents of the employees in
my working organisation and therefore create value for their work input. The test results also
signified that I would be capable enough to find different ways to motivate and inspire the
employees. This is because an effective leader always makes a point that the employees in the
productive organisation work to their best capabilities in order to gain both the individual and
organisational goals (Drucker, 2018). In addition to this, it was also examined that the leader
should be well aware of the behavioural approach of every individual working in the
organisation as the same would help them to provide the right kind of motivation to the right
employees.
Achieving personal and professional change
Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time bound
To enhance
the soft
skills
Soft skills Determining
the
communication
Can be
developed
with the
Soft skill is
important for
communicatio
Within 1
year

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style with
others
given skill
sets
n process
Training
courses
Communication
courses
Measuring the
skills of the
candidates
Training
courses are
related for
leadership
skills
Training can
help in
increasing the
effectiveness
of soft skills.
Within 1
year
Thus, as per the above SMART goals, it is identified that developing the soft skills and
training courses will help in overcoming the identified issues and challenges. However, it is
recommended that the training courses should include the emotional reaction skills. This is due
to the reason that emotional reaction is one of the major issues identified from the above
analysis. As per the above objectives, developing soft skills will be beneficial due to the reason
that emotional reaction can be enhanced. If I can gain soft skills, then the communication process
of mine with the opponent parties will get enhanced. The development of soft skills will also
help in creating the positive impression in the communication process and effective listing skills.
Thus, it can be concluded that development of the soft skills will help in overcoming the
shortcomings in terms of emotional reaction.
On the other hand, it is also identified that initiation of the training courses can also be
beneficial for enhancing the skills related to the micromanagement. This is due to the reason that
according to the test, I am excelling in terms of micromanagement but I need improvements
because higher sets of delegation to the subordinates will create problem. There are certain
extents to which the autonomy and flexibility for the employees are having favorable outcome

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and beyond that it will pose challenges. In the case of developing leadership skills, higher sets of
autonomy and flexibility of the employees will pose issues in the decision making process. This
is due to the reason that the more will be the delegation of authority for the employees, the more
they will take decisions by their own. Also, they will be likely to be reluctant towards accepting
the vision of the leaders. Thus, with the help of the initiation of the training courses, this
micromanagement process should be included and this will help me in developing the leadership
ability of delegating the certain extent of autonomy for the employees.
Action plan
First
month
Second
month
Third
month
Fourth
month
Five month Sixth
month
Identifying the
shortcomings
Determining
the key issues
Evaluation of
the situations
Identifying
alternatives
Implementation
Evaluation and
feedback

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The above action plan considered a few dimensions starting from the identification of the
issues to evaluation of the feedback. The elements considered in the above action plan prior to
the implementation of the implementation of the alternative plans will help in implementing the
right choices for the right sets of issues. On the other hand, initiation of the evaluation and
feedback will also help in determining and measuring the effectiveness of the implemented
plans. In addition, this will also help in the identifying the feedback of different parties. Thus, I
will be able to have the understanding about the areas of amendments and improvements.
Conclusion
Thus it can be concluded that there are major two issues identified in terms of the
leadership development skills of mine. These issues are emotional reaction and
micromanagement. Literature review is also being done on the basis of different views of the
authors and it is identified that both the emotional reaction and micromanagement are important
in the leadership development skills. It is also identified that I am trailing majorly in both these
areas. On the basis of these issues, SMART objectives are identified and it is concluded that
developing the soft skills and initiation of training courses can be beneficial in the overcoming
them. This report discussed that development of the soft skills will be helpful in creating positive
impression among the involved parties in the communication process and thus the emotional
considerations will be more effective. This report also concluded that initiation of the training
courses should be in line to the micromanagement in order to enhance this skill. Action plan for
implementing these activities are also discussed and different elements are considered. Feedback
and evaluation is given the maximum focus in the action plan, which will ensure that
shortcomings and limitations with the new plans will be identified in the initial stage and can be

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mitigated accordingly. It can be finally concluded that each of the above identified issues are
having importance in developing the leadership development skills.

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