As a leader and a team member in academic endeavors at Minerva, I am highly creative, skilled and proactive, but I can have the tendencies to be excessively controlling, self-centered and harsh. I possess high talents and competencies that could be useful to the execution of projects and tasks, in various areas like writing, design, logical analysis, scientific thinking, analysis of social dynamics, PowerPoint, video-editing and proofreading. I easily form coherent visions of what our optimal final product will look like and take initiative to execute such visions and enact disruptive change. For example, after my final project proposal feedback was posted and the results were mediocre, my group mates were prepared to begin implementing the …show more content…
In most of the projects I work on, I end up taking on a bulk of the work because other people simply cannot meet the standards I set for my own work. In cases where I must work with other people, I often lead planning and give orders to implement execution when I myself cannot execute the entirety of the project, such as in the “Negotiation” assignment I submitted earlier this semester. In the particular context of academic work, there are numerous factors that contribute to my transactional leadership style. For school assignments, it is assumed that everyone is operating at the same skill level, since we all recently learned the same curriculum. This does not hold true in most of the teamwork situations I have been in, but after appraising my classmates skills, it is often uncomfortable to verbally acknowledge any difference in our skill levels because of the existing culture of equality. The idea of stating that I am better at them at a particular task would be downright unacceptable, even if it could lead to more efficient teamwork. Additionally, I am often more emotionally attached to the successful realization of a vision rather than the successful mentorship of my team members, even though I recognize that I have a lot to offer them. I often hold on to the creative vision I generate for a …show more content…
In order to reduce these controlling behaviors while maintaining the benefits of creativity and high performance, I should internalize the truth the best project outcomes are more often a result of collaboration, the development process and timing rather than the exact implementation of a particular plan. Even if working with people on tasks rather taking over the task could generate slightly less stellar results, the process of growing with and teaching another person could help me sharpen my aptitudes in those areas and my patience. In addition, the repetition of such a behavior could help me understand that people truly are capable of growth, even if it seems as if they could never change. As such, I should develop ways to transition to a transactional leadership style with these causes in
My robotics team and myself had to work together to create a robot that would complete tasks specified by the First Tech Challenge. We had to work together to decide what we wanted to achieve, and create a design to accomplish those goals. In particular, I worked a lot with the other programmer on our team because we were both new to the process and had to teach each other, as well as ourselves, many aspects of programming. This helps to prove that I am able to work well with others, listening to what they have to say as well as sharing my own thoughts and ideas. I believe that a good leader is able to work with others as well as work alone.
2. Delegate tasks - By understanding who are better at particular tasks than yourself, delegating can be implemented as a major time saving technique. Providing them with the resources and support they require, they can get the job completed just as well or even better than you could under time pressures. While delegating tasks, you can focus on more important issues that have a larger consequence of not completing. It also gives them a chance to shine, learn and up skill if they haven 't had the exposure needed to develop.
The leadership issue in this setting is that most of the focus is on completing the job. The school nurse is focused on completing tasks that must be addressed as they occur. Every leader has their own style and method to leadership. The style that a leader chooses may be based on their experiences or influences from previous leaders. Regardless of the type of leadership every individual can have the ability to lead.
I make sure I am always leading by example and maintaining a strong work ethic. The way I am currently influencing the performance of my colleagues in the Military Division is by consistently meeting my performance requirements every quarter, and continually assessing how I can coach others to do the same. I lead my military admission team by supporting and assisting team members that have worked in the organization for as little as 6 months and as long as 6 years. I also focus on how I can help the entire graduation team meet their goals with financial clearance and continuing student body requirements. Leadership is needed in all areas of higher education, therefore I believe it is beneficial to have strong leadership and guidance provided on the front end and that will help maintain the successes of students and staff long
In my business class, I was given the opportunity to create a business involving 4 different sectors. In a similar manner, being the team leader during this project, I integrated the best factors from the ideas of my peers and teacher and established what would be most profitable. With my experience growing up in two different cultures, I am able to decide what qualities and factors are best for each situation and act upon it. In the future I hope to be able to possess the right qualities to be a team leader that is open to new ideas and thoughts, to fully optimize each opportunity given to
Many of my peers are content with average grades but I have always been an overachiever and have high expectations for myself, both in and out of school. Another way that I demonstrate leadership is by respecting
But first, you should have clarity of your own identity and knowledge. Once you have your own foundation with being a leader, I think that as a leader you can transition and understand the behavior of others that may be on your team. When acknowledging others on the team, I think that it is important to identify strengths and weaknesses of others and the team. As you can see, I have outlined what I believe makes a great and effective leader.
Rather, a leader should recognize the areas of strength in other members of the team. Leaders should be facilitators for projects. Ultimately, they make sure work gets done at the highest caliber possible. They do so by inspiring members of the team to contribute a high level of effort and dedication. That being said, I do not think it is right for a leader to sit back and let others complete all the tasks.
To avoid personal bias, a leader should not only rely on self-assessment. I refer to Belbin’s team role questionnaire I did in the LPDCM class, feedback from the team, and assessment result from a consultant when I worked as an HR Director, to identify my strengths and weakness. I am aware that I have high work standard, high motivation, enjoy building a partnership, driving execution and innovation to deliver my commitment. However, I should better delegate the task and not to worry too much about the outcomes/perfection, which could result in giving too much pressure to my team. Even though my CP team enjoys our group work, I may stretch them with some pressures for detail and
For example, if the tasks are complex or the subordinates are not able to comprehend their task by themselves, the leader supposed to be more directive leadership to help followers by clarifying the path to the goal, making it less ambiguous. To be an effective leader, I have to behave different in different situations, sometime directive, sometime
1) Question: If you were consulting with the HTE board of directors soon after Harold started making changes, what would you advise them regarding Harold’s leadership from a transformational perspective? Answer: Firstly, transformational leadership is a process that does exactly how it sounds, it transforms people. Through this sort of leadership, it is involved in being concerned with things such as standards, values, ethics, emotions, and long-term goals. If I were consulting with the HTE board of directors I would advise regarding Harold’s lack of awareness for those around himself and how that was making him an ineffective president.
Ask your team members about your performance. You will get a more accurate picture as a result. Do the same for them. Maintain your strengths - Continue to take on responsibilities in the areas you do well.
1. A leader who I admire whose behavior is primarily task-oriented would be my teachers. While my high school teachers feel understanding and concern for their students, they manage their classroom through task-oriented leadership behavior. Teachers provide students with specific instructions for assignments and homework. The tasked required by the teachers are meant to help the student increase their performance in school.
How can I score high in one area and not the other? This is discussed in greater detail in my action-planning worksheet for ‘enabling others to act.’ ‘Inspiring a shared vision’ was not a strong leadership behavior that I personify. I have a tendency to be quite selfish sometimes and this is never a good trait to have in a multicultural work environment, especially as a leader. The score that I gave myself in this department was lower than my peers review, suggesting that I am sometimes harder on myself than others.
Looking into this challenge, I can see how this would hinder my growth as a leader. Things around us are constantly changing and what has worked in the past may not be the best solution. I will start to explore and seek out challenging opportunities that I can learn from through testing my own skills and abilities. I also want to be able to help others visualize an image of what the future can be like if goals are met. By being exceed those and accomplish the highest goal we have set for ourselves.