When I think about myself as a leader and what I would want
from a leader, I always think about the followers first and how I can help them
grow and be successful. In my current
job, I try to implement this strategy through some of the tools I have learned
throughout this program. After taking
this assessment, I found that it was fairly accurate to how I current take
steps to be a leader. I scored 9 points
in the strategy 3 section (involve), 4 points in the strategy 4 section
(devolve), 2 in strategy 1 (tell), and 1 in strategy 2 (sell).
For the strategy 3 (involve), I
think this most closely resembles my actions as a leader. I am very people oriented because I often
feel that with my skill set and personality, being people oriented will help
reach the goal. I also think that I
scored highest in this section because I often times question my decisions and
whether or not I am leading the right way.
My lack of confidence is something that I feel I have learned to develop
a lot more with the help of the courses I have taken in this program. Aside from lacking confidence, when I feel
that there are a variety of right answers to a solution, I tend to let the
follower make the decision, not because I feel my decision would be inaccurate,
but because I feel like it will help to empower the individual and take on more
ownership of their tasks.
The second category I scored
highest in was strategy 4. Strategy 4 is
also very similar to the way I try to lead throughout the day. Especially in my current job, a lot of the
followers are very knowledgeable in their particular tasks, so I feel that I do
not necessarily need to intervene with their decision making process, unless I
feel it hinders us reaching our goal.
The followers here know the boundaries and the rules, so I am simply a
monitor in the situation. Both strategy
3 and 4 and styles that I felt I naturally gravitated toward, but never really
understood how to ‘own my voice’ in them.
I have started to learn to develop and grow this voice throughout the
program and it has helped me greatly with understanding different situations
and making the right leadership call for those situations.
I started my current job around the
same time I started this class. This was
my first opportunity to really be in a leadership role in a company where my
actions and decisions are widely seen and speculated. I was very nervous at the beginning, but it
paired nicely with the conversations we were having in the class. I have learned that there are a variety of
different ways to lead and that the way I was gravitating toward could be
successful. This has helped my
confidence grow overall, as well as allowed me to implement different
strategies suggested in our readings throughout the course of my position. I would like to further work on developing my
voice and learning about situational actions to take. I feel I still struggle with leading a group
that is a lot more knowledgeable about different tasks. While I am always eager to learn, I also
recognize that people see that as a lack of ability to lead. I feel that working on my questions to ask
and strategies to develop in my leadership role will help others see me as
someone who is eager to learn, but also has a lot to offer.
Obolensky,
N. (2010). Complex adaptive leadership embracing paradox and
uncertainty. Farnham, Surrey: Gower.
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