Leadership Insights about Leadership

Question: Examine yourself as a leader. Share some insights about leadership that you have identified about yourself. Answer: Leadership This paper examines and reflects my insights on leadership. The reflection is based on the way I view myself as a leader. Over the last few weeks I put emphasis on several aspects such as purpose of leadership and traits possessed by a successful leader. The data collected from peer interactions and secondary sources over time provided insights about my leadership. When I see someone as a leader, I wish to be like him or her. Through my experience, leadership is a continuous process for me. The leaders face different situations in life and their act accordingly. The leaders possess several character traits that are essential for effective management. I have developed traits such as creating vision, problem solving skills, interactive skills, conflict management, and many more (Kouzes Posner, 2013). However, I need to improve my team building skills by assigning appropriate work to the members. I have learned many things about leadership in my lectures and personal experience. I have developed propensity to take control of situations. I prefer to take an organized approach to solve problems. I prefer to interact with others and collaborate using different perspectives (Johansen, 2012). I possess assertiveness that allows me to be positive and direct with the individuals. Every organization needs to be interconnected so that they can anticipate problems, frame plans and execute them as and when required. My peers told me that I am very comfortable to talk with and they can discuss their problems with me. I am keen to solve issues after critically analysing the situation (Yukl, 2013). I consider multiple perspectives before arriving at a decision. Additionally, I am detail oriented and can be critical of others work. I have set high standards for myself as well as team members. I prefer working beyond my comfort zone. I take criticism constructively although I need to put efforts to make rectifications based on others judgments (Kouzes Posner, 2013). I aspire to strive, continually improve and never quit. The fundamentals as a leader are in place. My focus shall be on tuning and enhancing my leadership skills. I shall develop my critically analysing skills. I welcome feedback and learning experiences from everyone. I have a desire to maintain equilibrium and consistency as a leader (Kouzes Posner, 2013). Going through the leadership theories and models, I aspire to become a transformative leader. I intend to increase self-awareness and attempt to shape them. I shall empower others by encouragement, cultivating vision and providing right tools. My willingness to adapt, grow and improve shall help me in leading others (Giuliani Kurson, 2012). Conclusively, leadership strengths and weaknesses are evident after conducting self-evaluation. The reflection in the above paper shall help me in growing personally as well as professionally. As a leader, I am constantly growing as the one I envision in the future. I shall develop realistic and measurable action plan for accomplishing my future leadership goals. References Giuliani, R. Kurson, K. (2012).Leadership. New York: Hyperion. Johansen, R. (2012).Leaders make the future. San Francisco, Calif.: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Kouzes, J. Posner, B. (2013).The leadership challenge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Yukl, G. (2013).Leadership in organizations(8th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.