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Personal Narrative: Myself As An Effective Leader

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Introduction
On one of my social media accounts, I describe myself as a “hesitant leader”. I have often walked away from leadership opportunities and chosen to rather contribute from the crowd rather than lead due to a fear of being found lacking by others. As I grew and moved from one job to the other and one position to the next, I found that one cannot avoid leadership altogether as it does not refer to leading others also but that one needs to be able to lead oneself as well.
My name is Karabo Ramookho, a wife, mother of three and a Regional Marketing Manager where I have one direct report. Although I regard myself as someone with above average levels of intelligence, I struggle from time to time to see myself as one of the individuals who are seen as the one most set to succeed as a leader, resilient and tough. All qualities I have come to associate with true, natural born leaders.
In an article that formed part of a recent class’ pre-reading, Goleman (2004) states that “effective leaders are also distinguished by a high degree of emotional intelligence, which includes self-awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy and social skill.” (para 01) And so, a journey that was started years ago, punctuated with self-doubt, high highs and very lows, continues.
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The biggest take out for me was realizing that the result of another test that I took in the week spoke to how I am seen by my peers, colleagues and manager. The Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid Leadership Self Assessment Questionnaire uses a list of leadership behavior statements that you then rate according to how you feel they apply to you. Your total score then determines if you are an Authoritarian Leader (high task, low relationship), Team Leader (high task, high relationship), Country Club Leader (low task, high relationship) or an Impoverished Leader (low task, low

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