REFLECTING LEADERSHIP PLAN

Reflecting Leadership Plan

Reflecting Leadership Plan

Introduction

Leadership concept is used in many contexts with an array of meanings. Accordingly, there is a lack of common understanding as to what leadership is and what constitutes a good leadership. Leadership is an important concept for professionals working in different organizations. The leadership takes place in all aspects of an organization, and professionals can influence leadership in the organization and the larger community from any level of an organization. In this paper, I am developing my leadership plan which will help me in effectiveness leadership (Agger, 1999).

Effective Leadership

Leadership is more than just what one does or how one acts; effective leadership can be viewed through the framework of knowing, being, and doing. Knowing involves the knowledge one has and the values, beliefs, attitudes, and awareness one possesses, and doing reflects one's actions, behaviors and skills. Effective leadership involves each of these three components, and the components are interconnected. For example, what you know can influence how you think; how you act or behave can lead to a new awareness or new knowledge. Developing a leader also means developing a person through becoming more knowledgeable about oneself, others and leadership concepts; through identifying and solidifying one's values, beliefs, and commitments (Albritton, 1998). How good am I at building and leading teams the scores according to my team members are:

GE

102

EM

103

JP

102

GL

92

The concept of emotional intelligence stresses the importance of awareness of oneself and others in the leadership relationship. This aspect of the leadership process is important as organizations are made up of people and to create change one must be able to work with and mobilize others. The emotional intelligence component of leadership is vital to one's own self-awareness and leadership effectiveness, developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with others, and organizational success (Baldwin, 1988).

Personal Leadership Plan

Personal leadership specifies the personality we have while working. The leadership plan I am discussing here tells about the strategies of the leaders. This leadership plan will help me to develop strategies which will help me in future (Agger, 1999). The steps for leadership development plan are

Step 1 Individual preparation/self-assessment

Step 2 Articulate vision

Step 3 Got Goals!

Step 4 Action plan your way to success

Step 5 Communicate your plan

Step 6 Monitor progress

Strategies for Personal Leadership Plan

Here, I mention the strategies which will be used in developing the leadership plan:

Leadership Theories

First I will assess myself whether I have the qualities of leader or not. Trait leadership theory is suggests that a number of people have the same quality that they possess from their previous generations and behaviors that make them better fitting to leadership. Trait theories recognize the characteristics and behaviors of people across the globe. It states that leadership is an inborn quality and that leaders cannot be raised. The leaders with the trait theory have characters such as decisiveness, assertiveness, cooperative approach, ambitiousness, alertness, etc. It helps them to have in depth knowledge about their own identity and the way they can affect others in their ...