Self-Reflection on Developing Leadership and Management Skills MG629

This report provides a self-assessment of leadership and management capabilities, utilizing various models to identify strengths and weaknesses. It discusses autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire leadership styles, along with essential leadership skills such as communication, delegation, team building, and problem-solving. The reflection highlights the importance of these skills in enhancing organizational effectiveness and achieving shared goals. The report concludes by emphasizing the role of leadership skills in improving individual and team performance, ultimately driving success and growth within an organization. Desklib offers a wealth of similar resources for students seeking academic support.

Developing Leadership
and Management
Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Assess leadership and management capabilities with the help of models in order to identify
strengths and weaknesses.......................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................9
Online.....................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Organisations hire personnel who possess leadership skills for influencing their employees
so that they can perform in desired manner. It is very important to inherit required skills which
are essential for leading others (Grubaugh and Flynn, 2018). Management skills also plays major
role in the success of an organisation as it involves understanding and deploying people so that
they can collectively achieve goals. These skills help in making working environment better and
positive for everyone. This report will include about various leadership skills which helps in
identification of strengths.
MAIN BODY
Assess leadership and management capabilities with the help of models in order to identify
strengths and weaknesses.
Leadership skills are very important trait for an organisation because it helps in motivating
employees for the achievement of shared goals. Leaders help in organising various activities and
procedure and maintain a focused track so that all employees can effectively commence
operation. Effective leaders motivate their employees and enhance their interest in performing
effective operations which is a positive factor of leadership. Without leaders organisations
cannot properly achieve their goals because leaders are responsible in maintaining operations in
proper directions which are necessary (Schad and Smith, 2019). Leadership skills are very
important for every organisation which can be discussed as follows with the help of various
leadership models:
Autocratic leadership: Under this leadership styles managers of an organisation do not involve
their employees in planning and decision making processes. They formulate all the actions
which have taken and assign duties to their respective employees which is mandatory to follow
them. This leadership model helps organisation in making effective and fast decision for the
operations without any delay. This model helps me in neglecting various errors and mistakes
from the operations which results in higher profitability. I will effectively delegate
responsibilities to my employees so that it makes operations easier and fast.

Democratic leadership: In this type of leadership model, leaders provide opportunities to their
employees in involve in decision making process and plannings. This model is also known as
participative leadership which suggest that leaders should collaborate with their respective
employees so that they can encourage them to perform in desired manner (Kairys, 2018). This
model helped me in enhancing decision making capacity and productivity so that I can achieve
my goals and appropriate manner. This will increase my confidence level which results in better
growth and development which is essential for the leading teams. Democratic leadership helps in
contributing innovative ideas which can develop new solutions and ideas for the critical
situations.
Laissez Faire: This model suggest that organisations should provide flexibility to their
employees in participating in each and every operation of an organisation. It maintains positivity
in an organisation because it allows all the employees in making decisions according to their
behaviour and attitude (Bottomley and Willie Burgess, 2018). This model helps me in engaging
customers in effective manner so that they can contribute positive efforts towards the operations.
I will use this model where employees can formulate decisions for their own operations so that
they also feel flexible at work place.
It is evaluated that these models will help me in future so that I can manage my teams
according to the business environment. Different situations required different type of leadership
model so that employees can engage themselves and feel satisfied in an organisation. These
models assist in formulating strategies which can best suitable according to the situations so that
organisations can collectively achieve their goals and targets (4 ways to improve your leadership
skills). Various critical problems and challenges can be easily resolved with the help of effective
leadership models which is essential for each and every organisation. There are various
leadership skills are inherited by me so that it can easily shows my strengths during leading
teams in an organisation which are as follows:
Communication skills: This is one of the most important skills of leadership as it helps
in conveying relevant information and messages among their employees. I can effectively
influence the behaviour with good leadership is skills which results in a higher revenue
generation in cost-effective manner. Communication helps in better explaining and expressing
the thoughts which helps in guiding employees so that they can perform operations without

errors and mistakes. This skill also helps me in clarifying various miss understandings and
misconceptions which can affect the overall operation and growth of an organisation.
Delegating skill: This skill suggest that leaders should know how to delegate authorities
and responsibilities among their employees according to their abilities and expertise. It helps in
distributions of task so that operations can be fulfilled in less time frame and in effective manner
which results in higher profitability (Fair and Kondo, 2020). I can reduce burden and stress with
the help of delegating its skills in an organisation because it involves efforts of each and every
employ ee of an organisation. It also helps in evaluation of the performances of
employees and tracking their operations by exact thing reviews and feedbacks from them. I can
make operations more simpler and easier with the help of this Is kill so that employees feel
satisfied and perform in required manner.
Team building skills: In order to achieve success and growth it is important to build
effective teams in an organisation. This skill is very important for leaders so that they can
maintain uniformity in their groups by eliminating partialities and discrimination. Teamwork
results in evolution of creative and unique ideas and solve problems in less time period with the
contribution of different efforts (Longenecker and Mallin, 2019). I can effectively lead team
with the help of team building skill because it helps in maintaining healthy and good
relationships among employees which is a necessary for smooth operations. It also assist in
resolving conflicts and promoting peace and harmony during the operations.
Problem solving skill: Organisations can reduce various conflict and misunderstanding
with the help of this skill. Good leaders should possess this skill so that they can solve various
problems and develop new solution which can help and overcome various challenges and issues.
I practice various team projects so that I can handle various problems in day to day life which
makes operation more fast and smooth. I can easily resolve obstacles and remove them in
effective manner from external and internal factors which results in better growth and success of
overall organisation.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that leadership skills play important role in increasing
the effectiveness of an organisation. It helps in grabbing various opportunities by improving the
performance of over all team. It insists individuals in positive manner so that they can
accomplish various task in effective manner. This report discussed about various leadership
skills which enhance the productivity of an individual at work place.

REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
Bottomley, K. and Willie Burgess, S., 2018. Changing generations in today's workforce:
Leadership skills for Millennials. Employment relations today, 44(4), pp.5-9.
Fair, J.D. and Kondo, A.E., 2020. A University-Wide Approach to Introduce and Apply
Teamwork and Leadership Skills. In Integrating Professional Skills into Undergraduate
Chemistry Curricula (pp. 197-216). American Chemical Society.
Grubaugh, M.L. and Flynn, L., 2018. Relationships among nurse manager leadership skills,
conflict management, and unit teamwork. JONA: The Journal of Nursing
Administration, 48(7/8), pp.383-388.
Kairys, M.R., 2018. The influence of gender on leadership in education
management. International Journal of Educational Management.
Longenecker, C.O. and Mallin, M.L., 2019. Key leadership skills of great sales
leaders. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal.
Schad, J. and Smith, W.K., 2019. Addressing grand challenges’ paradoxes: Leadership skills to
manage inconsistencies. Journal of Leadership Studies, 12(4), pp.55-59.
Online
Ashira Prossack. 4 ways to improve your leadership skills [ONLINE] Available through
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashiraprossack1/2021/06/29/how-to-unlock-your-full-leadership-
potential/?sh=7ba9633944ac>