Question

1) Leadership now. Analyze your leadership qualities, strengths and style at the end of our course, emphasizing your learning and development over the term.

2) Strategic and Innovative leadership. Discuss how you will develop the leadership of others going forward, enabling them to realize their potential and to achieve organizational success. Considering the need for managers capable of leading creativity and innovation in the current global economy, do you believe you have the necessary skills for success and why?

3) Future leadership. Do you feel you have increased your leadership skills and abilities throughout this course, and that you are better prepared for future roles – why or why not? Looking forward, consider whether reflective journaling can add value to your own personal and professional leadership potential.

Answer 1

1. My leadership style is as:

MBTI – Discovering my work style-

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) describes my personality assessment as per my prior work experience –

Type                                      Value                                                    Appearance

ESTJ                                       Organisation                                      Methodical, Focused, Planned

(Extravertism, Sensing, Thinking, Judging)

I am a doer, roll up my sleeves and dig in to achieve the tasks by using log and doing an analysis of the situation and determine a plan of action quickly. I organize, implement and follow up the job until it’s finished.

Management Style diagnosis test-

This test is directly related to 3D theory of managerial effectiveness.

Basis on score the style profile chart tells me which my supporting or dominant style is

My dominant style is: NONE

My supporting styles are: BENEVOLENT AUTOCRAT

Leadership – Motivational Profile-

Dominant Style: AFFILIATOR AND AUTHORITARIAN

Support Style: COERCER

Untapped Style: COACH AND DEMOCRAT

Reject Style: PACE SETTER          

2) Developing the leadership of others by using Adaptive leadership:

• Adaptive Leaders utilize the process of Mindful Engagement in turbulent environments
• Adaptive leadership balances tensions and make an impact where there are no easy answers
• Adaptive Leaders drive empathy, integrity with courage across all organizational hierarchies
• Adaptive leadership forms a strong foundation for action even in varied turbulence and serve as guideposts for other/ future leaders
• Adaptive Leaders see the world through others’ eyes, take suggestions and feedbacks, perform corrective actions
• Adaptive leadership is all about doing gap analysis, improvising by adaptation to new technology/ people/ process/ tactics
• Adaptive Leaders change small tactics to suit a long term vision and mission in turbulent environments

3) Yes, I have improved my leadership skills.

• It has reinforced positive work ethics and culture in myself

• A 360 degree feedback has been helpful in improvising myself from 360 degree perspectives
• It helped me to identify and set goals, keep an eye, measure performance over time, identify the problem areas or weaknesses or existing strengths, do gap analysis and take corrective actions