Understanding Leadership And Its Personal Aspects Is Crucial For Effective Essay.

Question:

Discuss About The Quality An Individual Possess Management?

In the concept of leadership there are several models and concepts, but as leadership is a quality that an individual possess it has a lot of personal and customizable aspects related to it. From the inputs that I have gathered from the lessons and classes of leadership I have understood that leadership is not only a quality in a human being it is a process of understanding, interacting and dealing with other individuals (Choudhary, Akhtar & Zaheer, 2013). I am a person who is sentimental and throughout my life I had a view that it is a negative aspect of my character, but while learning the leadership concepts and models I figured that being sentimental means that I have a better understanding about the emotional values of other people which makes the other person more comfortable to be under my leadership than anyone else. One of the biggest strength that I have is that I am patient and I am willing to listen than to speak more often. For a leader to operate effectively it is very important to be able to attentively listen to the followers than to just put ahead thoughts of my own (Nahavandi, 2016). I realized if I listen only then I will be heard by the people who think me to be their leader. In today’s time people think that it is alright not care, but a little effort in caring and showing that you care makes all the difference in the world.  A leader should care to bring about a difference. Another aspect of leadership is communication that I have discovered about myself is I lack in the skill of communication. Communicating and interacting with other individuals is an art that not everyone has but it can be cultivated, it can be learnt and developed through training and guidance (Du et al., 2013). I realized that in the process that the effectiveness of the communication process lies in the medium that is being used to communicate. For example if I want to talk to someone who is in a place where the cell reception is very bad I should leave that person and message rather than trying to call in him or her.  Along with communication comes the feedback aspect this is where listening is required, until and unless there is a feedback to the chain of communication it process is incomplete (Jain & Jeppe Jeppesen, 2013).  Every communication has a purpose and that purpose if is completely fulfilled when it ends with a feedback.

Personal Aspects of Leadership

I had always perceived my emotional side being a negative aspect of my character, something that I have always tried to hide so as to mask my outer appearance with a rough and tough character. While discussing this assignment with my partner I understood that being considerate and understanding is not a negative aspect rather it is the best part of a leader. I think I always tend to be a transformational leader as I look forward to changes and improvement of the current situations. In order to understand and work out the grievances and negative outlook of the followers or juniors it is very important to bring about changes in small quantity. My partner also appreciated my participation in the task and complimented on my commitment and work ethics. Ethics is something that I feel is a backbone of someone’s character (Moriano et al., 2015). It is not only doing the preconceived right things or listening to the conscience it is also behaving and applying smartness in the process. Being ethical is an individual aspect and keeping the leadership skills in sync with the ethics of an individual is the best practice of leadership according to me. Business ethics teach a lot about leadership as well but again I think leadership is circumstantial and depends on the type of institution which is being represented by the leader (Vermeeren, Kuipers & Steijn, 2014).

As a transformational and adaptive leader I think most of the clash of interest is bound to occur to conflict the changes proposed. Most human beings are apprehensive of changes and are most of the time comfortable in the situation and position they are in. Hence, to bring about changes and to alter the mindset of people in the first place is the most challenging aspect of transformational style of leadership (Nanjundeswaraswamy & Swamy, 2014). Many people tend to think of a transformation to be imposing in nature and will try to retaliate by not following the guidelines without realizing that the changes that are brought forward are made keeping in mind the improvement and the betterment of the organization as well as the employees. In the case of conflict of interest among people and leader the most effective way I think of solving the issue is making an informative presentation of the changes implemented and how it will affect the lives of the people in a positive way. In doing so again ethics become important part of leadership where false hopes and lies can take a leader down the rages as trust is the basis of leadership and a leader should always show loyalty towards the people and work for their betterment and put the interest of the people over his or her own (Delmatoff & Lazarus, 2015).

Emotional Values in Leadership

For me it is very important to gain the trust of the people who are going to follow me in the future. It is important because if they do not trust me they will not listen to what I have to say even if it is for the betterment of the people. In order to cultivate this trust first of all I have to know the point of interest of each of the people, I think a leader should know the group of people he or she is leading because that gives an insight in analyzing why a person is behaving the way he is. As I have mentioned my characteristic of listening to people and being patient, this is an advantage and lends me an edge over any other leader (Aydin, Sarier & Uysal, 2013). I do my research and my homework because I know there are several questions that I need to answer to the people. Another advantage in my characteristic is that I am attentive and observant of my environment. In this way I learn a lot form the people and try to implement that in the operational process. This aspect of my character makes the people believe in me and gather a loyal group of followers who are free to question my decision but ever doubt my judgment of a situation. I am also adaptive leadership styles in any organization has to be dependent on the type of followers, the goal of the team and the circumstance the team is working in. depending on the task requirement and the requirements of the department a leadership styles may take the form of  Autocratic, Participative, Transactional and Transformational (Anderson & Sun, 2017).

I have always seen myself as a people person; hence I can engage with people and motivate and inspire them to move towards a collective goal in the future. In case of my shortcomings in the way I communicate and especially the poor choice of medium can be easily overcome by engaging in various communication lectures and understanding some basic theories of communication. As a leader I want to be always fair, ethical in my work and also maintain my value as well as respect others.

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