...successful manager. It’s a roadmap for critical thinking that’s needed in leadership where problem solving, decision-making and empowerment are daily routine roles. Senior management value leaders that can focused on accomplishing organizational objectives accurately and efficiently with these professional skill sets. At the end of each chapter the questions are designed to promote critical thinking as a leader. (Rue, p. 3) Healthy control of my emotional intelligence is another important attribute that’s needed in the workplace and is related to critical thinking skills, since a calm head allows me to engage more effectively; both attributes can help me establish better relationships with co-workers, senior and middle management and external resources. Stress and challenges are common in practically all workplaces and jobs. Healthy emotional responses and expressions in response to stressful situations will help me project an image of professionalism, avoid negative consequences and maintain an open mind for critical thinking. If I have better control over my emotions I will typically show poise and patience in response to a stressful situation. On the other hand, if I’m show less emotional controls I will react quickly by saying or doing things that can get me into trouble. Therefore, as a leader with good communication skills I should try hard to manage the emotional as well as my physical communication environment. (Rue, p. 50) Throughout this course I’m actually thinking more...
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...Leadership and Leader Identity Module Code: HR 4033 12/13/2014 LONDON PROPERTY AND FINANCE Word Count: 4370 except conclusions Table of Contents Introductions 4 Self awareness; 4 Importance for managers and leaders; 4 Continuing Personal and Professional Development [CPPD] 5 The CPD procedure is important for managers and leaders as 5 My role in my own organisation and experience of leadership: 6 My role in London Property and Finance: 6 Change in the management and its impacts on my role: 6 Leadership and identity: 8 Leadership- A preface 8 The current literature on leadership contemporary theories and models- A review: 8 Importance of values in leadership behaviour: 8 Self concept and its Importance to leadership effectiveness: 10 Application and relevance of self awareness to my role in London Property and Finance: 10 Leadership Tools and Techniques-A Brief Discussion & Self Analysis 11 Traits leadership 11 Strengths of Trait Theory: 11 Limitations of Trait Theory 11 Implications of trait theory in my job roles: 11 Findings in relation to my practice as a manager/leader: 11 Situation leadership 12 Strength of Situation leadership: 12 Weakness 12 Findings in relation to my practice as a manager/leader: 12 Authentic leadership 12 Strength 12 Weakness 12 Implications in my jobs roles: 13 Findings in relation to my practice as a manager/leader: 13 Self Analysis through leadership Tools –My Methodology 13 The Johari Window 13 Findings in relation...
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...vision of the command and commandant. A good leader must be positive and inspiring to his troops and informative to his superiors. Leaders will seek out opportunities to make changes and not be afraid to fail. They will fail at certain times, but a good leader will learn from his mistakes and downfalls and project positive attitude while correcting the mistake. A leader completes the tasks at hand and prepares for the next challenge. The leader is committed to his job and projects that positive attitude to all his subordinates so they will follow without question....
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...began the interview in a unique way compared to the other interviewers. After I told him what major I was, he asked me the most interesting class I have taken at LSU. I thought that was a unique way to get to know a little about me without simply asking me, "Tell me something about yourself." Peter never used any closed questions during the interview. I believe he did that because he wanted to get the most information out of me in the allotted time we had to speak with each other. I think the lack of closed questions was effective since we only had a few minutes to speak and a bunch of closed questions would have given peter little to work with when choosing his partners. As I explained before, Peter only used open-ended questions, and it was effective in getting high quantities of information about me. He used questions like, "Are you a leader or a follower, and explain why." I replied that I was more of a follower because I have great communication skills that allow me to increase group cohesion and optimize group output. Another open question he asked was, “Tell me about your strengths.” I replied by saying that some of my strengths are my social skills, determination, and my reliability. He was pleased with my group of strengths. Peter ended the interview by letting me know he would strongly think about picking me as a partner. I think it effective by letting me know how I did immediately. We were cut off by the timer, but he did what he could while everyone was starting to...
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... Group Number: 10. Full name: Linh, Dang Binh Phuong. Student ID: s3210262. Words Count: 1,995. TABLE OF CONTENT I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. LEARNING IN ACTIONS - FINDINGS - ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: 3 1. Observation: 3 2. Apply theories: 4 2.1 - Applied theory of "Specializing the tasks": 4 2.2 - Applied theory of " Establish task importance along with highlight achievement": 5 3. Interview 6 III. CONCLUSION 7 IV. REFERENCE 8 I. INTRODUCTION After doing research and review on Social Loafing at LCB, in this LCC, I would like to present what actions and strategies I have used and applied based on theories about this topic as well as making interviews in order to achieve my learning goal. Moreover, I would like to analyze and evaluate the results of what I have done based on the detail action plan introduced at LCB. Finally, in the conclusion I will point out what I have learnt, how effective my learning contract is and what I should do to improve it in the next time stage. II. LEARNING IN ACTIONS - FINDINGS - ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: While looking through the Social Loafing literature review (LCB) to get better and thorough understanding about my topic, I decided to take following actions to fulfill my understanding on Social Loafing as well as to reach my desired learning goal. 1. Observation: To me, observation is the very first means through which we can learn and define things more exactly. Moreover, it can help us shape and improve our own mental model which...
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...don’t do a lot of self-care. Balancing school, work and an internship is very tough. Not to mention, trying to balance being a leader of a club at school, homework and finding some time for myself. I have a habit of placing things in order from important to least important. I place certain classes, work, my internship and physically eating as very important in my life. Homework, talking on the phone with my family and being a leader holds second place. And lastly, having some type of a social life is usually my last choice. I always find myself surrounded by work, school or my internship that I don’t really have time to go out or hang out with friends as much as I would like....
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...my personality type and found me to be extremely “Tough-Minded and Scheduled”, while finding me less “Friendly” than average. The other qualities were all approximately average. The temperament of “Guardian” implies that I likely possess traits of; dependability, hard work, strong work ethic, devotion, and more. The Subtype of “Supervisor” takes the traits of “Guardian” a step further and applies them to the career aspect of life. In theory, “Guardians” with the subtype, “Supervisor”, are highly social community minded people, and are likely to take charge in group situations. Often the optimal career lines for these individuals are that of management or administration in a social, political or business scenario. In my opinion, this survey has given a very accurate of my temperament at this point in time of my life. For me, this survey just re-enforced my own opinion of what traits I naturally demonstrate in life and my professional career so far. In situations where I have an interest, I usually assert myself and become a natural leader of the situation as well as assisting others in finding what skills or traits they possess that are of the highest value to the group effort. For example, I regularly play recreation paintball with some of my friends and the UNLV paintball club, and when given the opportunity I, without knowing it, seem to assume a position of leadership on the team to which I have been assigned. I always assist players in finding the formation that helps the...
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...Leadership Quiz of Rashiem Page A leadership quiz can assist those that are in leadership and management positions to understand their personal leadership traits. In this lesson, we are to complete the MindTools leadership quiz and analyze the findings. I am going to discuss my agreements and disagreements with the findings and explain if I can improve my leadership abilities using the resources that were recommended by the quiz. The leadership quiz consisted of eighteen questions with a range of not at all, rarely, sometimes, often and very often. The score interpretation range from 18-34 (Need to improve leadership skills), 35-52 (Doing OK as a leader but have the potential to perform better) and 53-90 (On the right track...
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...something, I put my mind to it then I pursue my dream, this is how I motivate myself. My family is my fortune therefore my first and utmost personal importance was always, to go back to school to achieve my goal. I graduated from Dade Medical College in November 2011 with an Associate degree in nursing, and I enjoy working as a med surge nurse. Right now I do not belong to any organization nor work in any leadership position, but my goal in the future is to become a director of nursing while continue to pursuing my goal such as the nurse practitioner. As noted by Blais and Hayes “completing a bachelor’ s degree will help me to enhance my knowledge in critical thinking, evidence- based practice, research, humanistic, communication, and leadership skills” (Blais and Hayes, 2011). Strengths and Weaknesses Strategic is one of the first strength that pinpoints me and still exhibited throughout my nursing training, I use to attain my goal and to care for my patients. Secondly as stated in the (Gallup), learner is another strength I crave for on a daily basis, I always have a desire for new ideas and knowledge, and this is extremely accurate, so I’m always open for ideas and retain as much information that can I possibly retain. On the other developer is strength as clearly stated in the (Gallup) “ I use it regularly to look for opportunities and to gain my patient special attention”? For example I will applause my clients for taking their meds...
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...A leader should strive to push the people under him/her to be their best and push each other to become better team players. This all stems from a performance-based setting within a company such as sales, where competition pushes people to compete. Competition is not necessarily a negative element when it comes to personal and group performance because it actually pushes people to complete their best work. This is a situation where an emerging leader would have the opportunity to step up and help wherever he/she is called upon in order to resolve any conflicts of interest where they may arise. Having exceptional leadership qualities is one special trait that every owner/boss is looking for and, in many ways, can lead to a pay raise and new job opportunities for the...
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...Finding the Leader in You: Self Assessment/Johari Window Finding the Leader in You Joseph Gardner, III Strayer University BUS 520 Instructor, Dr. Keith Graves Finding the Leader in You In order to develop my personality and what others think of my personality begins with understanding who I am. My personality is attributed to those I deal with on a daily basis and throughout my living. However, my girlfriend would have a difference of opinion because she understands my emotional side, my strengths and weaknesses. The characteristics of my personality can be described as generous, amiable and positive natured. I am proud to work with people who share my goals and aspirations. Working in the church has allowed me to be positive and nurturing to others. In my home we were taught to be generous to all those we encountered. I have never met a person could not get along with or left a lasting impression. My amiable ways have allowed me meet people from different cultures and has defined the person I am today. I am looking forward to experiencing new tools in life. Learning from others and being taught to think differently. The self assessment indicates: * A Twenty-First Century Manager Profile of Management Foundations (PMF) score: 10 of 10. * “TT” Leadership Style score: Transformational 28 and Transactional 18 * Intuitive Ability score: 6 out of 12. * Conflict Management Strategies scores: Yielding 13...
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...Finding the Leader in You Introduction People have different types of personalities and each manager has different ways of managing. Finding out about the personality and how to deal with people can help a manager deal with subordinates and employees. A person who can learn how to deal with subordinates can grow and to have a better relationship with the employees. Knowing their own personality can help the person to have a personal understanding of issues, planning, and definitely professional development. A leader has to know how to analyze and understand his or her own leadership style to be able to deal with diversity and how to influence decision making. In this paper I am going to analyze and talk about my leadership style. My personality characteristics I was required to take a Self-Assessment test which is attached to this paper as appendix 1. The test shows that my personality is focused on a future leader but I still have to improve a lot of areas if I want to one day become a leader/manager. My skills and foundation are strong but I need to work on my self-confidence and learn how to schedule my day, from beginning to end, making better use of my time. I have a good balance between the “Transformational” and “Transactional” leader which is good because a good leader should have a good balance between both. Since my self-confidence is not very high, I am uncertain of my intuitive ability, usually I second guess myself and even though I know I am right I am...
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...Leadership in Your Life Story 1. During your early years, which people had the greatest impact on you? A: Growing up, I was mesmerized by my father superior (I am an arm force brat). I was very fascinated by all the honors and respect an army officer got. What I didn’t realized was that my dad was the subject of admiration to other kids in in camp ( I life in military camps through out my childhood) and deep inside I developed the desire at least become the man that my dad was . 2. Starting with your earliest memories, which experiences marked key turning points in your life? A: When I was about 11 to 12 years old, I came to the realization that a career as fulltime commissioned officer will not be possible due to an accident that let me with limited physical abilities. I then turned my ambition into becoming a scientist that would still be able to serve in the arm force but rather to being in the fighting front, will be in the lab doing research to help the advancement of military research. (This was being a little ambitious given that I am from Cameroon a third world country with no much financial capabilities to really invest in cutting edge technology. But I was a kid and I had dreams). 3. In which experiences did you find the greatest inspiration and passion for your leadership? A: During my childhood, I saw my dad go through most of the promotions in the armed forces to become a senior officer in the national army. Being a senior officer came with strong leadership...
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...not believe in the role of a student leader as a person who only commands a group of people. He believes that he, as a student leader, is there to represent his followers. Jose Miguel “Migi” V. Moreno, a senior PSM-LMG (Bachelor of Arts major in Psychology and Bachelor of Science in Legal Management) student, is this year's De La Salle University Manila University Student Government President. But before his presidency, he has had a lot of leadership experience not just in the University Student Government, but also in his other affiliations. He was a FAST2010 Batch Student Government President during his first year, Vice President for Alliances of the Samahan ng mga Mag-Aaral ng Sikolohiya during his second year, and President of the LaSallian Scholars Society during his third year. Also, he was an exchange student at the National University of Singapore in 2012. As he entered Starbucks, he greeted me with a smile. Immediately after his arrival, we started the interview. He willingly answered all my questions which were mainly about campus politics. There was an awkward vibe to the interview at first, as I was stuttering when I asked him questions. His mellow voice, even if it was interrupted by the sound of the coffee blenders in Starbucks, helped calm me down and set the mood of the interview. Migi believed that at some point in an individual's life, he would ask himself, “What is my identity and purpose?” Being a leader of a student government, Migi Moreno believes...
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...True Leader When we look outside in our business world we see managers, CEOs, executives at the top of their game. Businesses trying to innovate, new industries coming up, new work culture. Companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter which could not have been thought of fifteen years ago being at the top of the Forbes lists. It makes me think what is important to make it to the top, an idea, an innovation, a new way of thinking, giving people what they want or is it something more something to do with the people that come up with all this. Lots of people have ideas and ideas that might sell, lots of innovators out there coming up with new inventions and gadgets, how many of them make it to the top? We all have different thinking everybody is different, giving people what they want well I don’t really know if that is just the only thing required to succeed. Then what is it that is required to be at the top, for me it is a true leader. A leader that leads by example, someone who is aware about himself, his strengths and weaknesses, someone who has taken the lessons he got in his real life and put them to use, Someone who knows where he comes from and where he wants to go. There is no book that would teach a person to be a good leader, no study or research would give a definitive style (George B., 2011). So looking at it from the perspective that leadership is so vital for an organization and there is no definitive style of leadership, then what constitutes a true leader? Phil...
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