Assessment 1: Skill Discovery

Assessment 1: Skill Discovery

Introduction

Management and leadership are such disciplines which encompass comprehensive observation and information however both of these lack in conformity regarding the styles, theories, skills and competencies which work as best. Researches regarding leadership usually present trait, situational, behavioural, transactional, and transformational styles of management and leadership. In spite of the various categories, there are a number of countable skills and competencies which seem as must haves across the board for people who hold significant management or leadership positions.

Skills and competencies for successful management and leadership

There are a number of factors which may be marked as essential skills and competencies which are required for successful and effective management and leadership within organizations. A list of such factors is presented below.

Analysis

Analysis refers to the acquisition of pertinent information and the identification of major relationships and issues from a base of information. Also analysis denotes comparing and relating information from varying sources together with the identification of cause and effect associations (Avolio, 2009).

Customer Service Operation

Customer service operation refers to endeavouring for the order of listening and understanding the customers, making anticipations regarding the requirements of the customers, and prioritizing the best satisfaction of the customers.

Delegation

Delegation stands for the authority of decision making and assigning the responsibilities of particular tasks to the appropriate personnel. It also entails the utilization of the potentials, skills, and time of the employees in an efficient and effective manner.

Developing Organizational Talent

Development of organizational talent stands for the development of the competencies and skills of all the employees by means of effective planning of development activities associated to the existing and prospect tasks.

Empowerment

The empowerment skill denotes the development of a sense regarding the ownership of projects or jobs by imparting lucid coaching, responsibilities, control of resources and expectations.

Follow-Up

The competency namely follow up assures the establishment of processes for the order of monitoring the outcomes of projects, assignments or delegations, considering the experience, knowledge, and skills of the allocated person together with the parameters of the project or assignment (Bass, 2005).

Individual Leadership (Influence)

Individual leadership involves the usage of suitable interpersonal methods and styles for the order of inspiring and guiding the individuals towards the achievement of their objectives and also the modification of behaviour for the order of accommodating the individuals, situations and the tasks involved.

Initiative

The initiative skill helps the leader or manager to assert their influence over the occurrences for the order of achieving their objectives. It also facilitates them to take a start on their own selves instead of passively accepting situations, adopting measures for the order of guaranteeing the achievement of objectives beyond just the requirements showing a proactive attitude towards work.

Judgement

The judgement trait refers to the commitment of a manager or a leader to an action after the development of substitute courses of actions which are founded on factual information and logical assumptions and which consider the organizational values, constraints, and resources.

Maximizing Performance

Performance may be maximized or optimized by the establishment of development or performance ...