Leadership in OrganizationsEssay Preview: Leadership in OrganizationsReport this essay1.How can you further develop your management and leadership skills? What experiences do you need to become a better manager and a better leader?Before I start the journey to develop myself both as manager and as leader, I need to get acquainted with the traits of transactional and transformational leaderships. By reflecting my current management style and behavior, which mainly refers to the approach of “Management by exception”, I aim to continuously shape my management skills towards the level of the “Management by Contingent Reward”, and to increase interaction with the team members instead of solely organizing, controlling activities and coordinating team members according to the corporate process.
2. Do your team members represent the same culture, community, interests, and values as any other participants in organizations? Do they have the same views, values, and approaches that are appropriate for a management environment as the one currently in existence?3. Are there any differences or different skills among managers on the leadership level? Are there any differences or different skills between management and their peers and colleagues in the organization and organization in general?4. What do your team members view as the most important characteristics for a managers management environment? Is there any difference between leadership and leadership positions where you hold a leadership post and there not in a similar way?5. Where did you want to build up your leadership skills? What did you want to show those working at the team that you are capable of moving your organization in the right direction, that you recognize the importance of your core competencies, and that you recognize that the value creation and growth at the team, and in particular the potential impact your work would have on the team, ultimately contribute. In other words, how can you achieve the things in your management environment that you see as critical and important to your organization in the future of your organization?6. Where did you want to work with the team members so that they were well-informed regarding key aspects of management and performance within the organization, what factors they share with your team that are likely to contribute to a better management environment, and also how can they use their experience to further develop and enhance management skills?7. What aspects of the team members will be most important if your organization becomes a more open, cooperative, and collaborative work environment in the future? How can you develop this process and how should you implement it into your future work?8. Will you use teams as a way to bridge the gap between corporate and individual managers and other organizations? What are the needs of the organizations you work at on the management level, how do you think your organizations could be more more like yours and what can you do to strengthen that relationship through the use of teams?9. What should you be thinking about when choosing to use teams? Why should you seek them out after they become operational?10. What are your thoughts on the way you think people will be used to managing and managing the organizations you are doing business with? If you could work for a company and take care of your customers and customers’ needs, wouldn’t that help you with your business? What would that make you think?11. Why should you be involved in operations between people and organizations to try and get them to trust us as people, especially if you want to create a better corporate and individual management environment for the customer and the organization? Are there any questions you would like answered for your company or if you would consider other organizations where you would like people to go to spend some time.
2. Do your team members represent the same culture, community, interests, and values as any other participants in organizations? Do they have the same views, values, and approaches that are appropriate for a management environment as the one currently in existence?3. Are there any differences or different skills among managers on the leadership level? Are there any differences or different skills between management and their peers and colleagues in the organization and organization in general?4. What do your team members view as the most important characteristics for a managers management environment? Is there any difference between leadership and leadership positions where you hold a leadership post and there not in a similar way?5. Where did you want to build up your leadership skills? What did you want to show those working at the team that you are capable of moving your organization in the right direction, that you recognize the importance of your core competencies, and that you recognize that the value creation and growth at the team, and in particular the potential impact your work would have on the team, ultimately contribute. In other words, how can you achieve the things in your management environment that you see as critical and important to your organization in the future of your organization?6. Where did you want to work with the team members so that they were well-informed regarding key aspects of management and performance within the organization, what factors they share with your team that are likely to contribute to a better management environment, and also how can they use their experience to further develop and enhance management skills?7. What aspects of the team members will be most important if your organization becomes a more open, cooperative, and collaborative work environment in the future? How can you develop this process and how should you implement it into your future work?8. Will you use teams as a way to bridge the gap between corporate and individual managers and other organizations? What are the needs of the organizations you work at on the management level, how do you think your organizations could be more more like yours and what can you do to strengthen that relationship through the use of teams?9. What should you be thinking about when choosing to use teams? Why should you seek them out after they become operational?10. What are your thoughts on the way you think people will be used to managing and managing the organizations you are doing business with? If you could work for a company and take care of your customers and customers’ needs, wouldn’t that help you with your business? What would that make you think?11. Why should you be involved in operations between people and organizations to try and get them to trust us as people, especially if you want to create a better corporate and individual management environment for the customer and the organization? Are there any questions you would like answered for your company or if you would consider other organizations where you would like people to go to spend some time.
According to the “SMART” criteria, I am going to formulate the goals as clear as possible for my team and break them down into projects with defined milestones in future, before the work packages fairly and appropriately get distributed to my team members according to their individual capabilities and work experiences. Based on mutual respect and trust in the team, we will focus on our overall team performance as a whole. Thus, as manager I will be committed to assure the available resources and provide the best support for everyone to achieve team’s goals. By arranging regular jour-fixe meetings, we will consistently monitor the progress of our activities and struggle to analyze the root cause of the problems. In addition, we aim to set priorities for problem-solving and develop proactive measures to prevent problems in advance. Also, rewarding for individual achievement and critical reflection will be part of my management career.
Comparing to management, leadership is more complex and linked with social behavior of leaders as well as their transformational abilities to take influence on other people. The development of leadership skills is a long-term journey as it takes time for every individual to shape his personality traits. Therefore, I need to find my leadership purpose and aim to formulate a compelling vision under weighing of positive or negative situations for our team. Also, I have to get used to making strategic decisions and taking responsibility for any potential risks.
In particular, born as a Chinese and inherently growing up with the reserved Confucius mentality, I will encourage myself to show more confidence and passion while I am presenting the vision to my audience. Also, I am endeavoring to strengthen my charisma by practicing rhetoric and presentation skills. Appropriate body gestures and facial expressions shall help me evoke, revoke and reframe emotions of my supporters. Although the vision has to be frequently repeated, I strive to deliver on the made promises and motivate my team members to contribute to the team’s goals.
As leader, I am committed to take on the role of a mentor, and to implement a “big-family” feeling based on mutual trust, respect and support in my team, where creative and critical thinking of every team member will be listened and stimulated, and everyone will be motivated to develop his abilities. Also, care about the team on the job and in social life will be an indispensable part of my leadership career.
2.Who could best help you and motivate you in your pursuit to become an ever better leader?Leadership is a complex social behavior that has to be continuously developed on an individual journey. Thank to this leadership course, which not only helped me detect and reflect my leadership deficiencies but also inspired me with successful leadership behaviors as well as valuable techniques, I learned on how to strengthen my leadership skills.
First of all, the person who could best help me become a better leader is myself indeed. To succeed as a leader, I have to find my leadership purpose by questioning myself why do I wish to lead, why should anyone follow me, and how can I make a change in this world. Furthermore, I need to create a compelling vision and define measures in order to put my leadership purpose into action. Being supported by my passion and purpose, I will gain strong will and firm determination to motivate people to follow my vision and achieve the goals step-by-step.
In addition, as effective leadership is a matter of making influence on people, great international personalities with extraordinary charisma traits and abilities of persuasion will positively inspire and encourage me to develop my charisma. I would learn much from the unique charismatic leaders like Barack Obama and David Cameron etc., who are excellent at holding speeches and motivating their supporters through their visions, and thereby passionately catching their heart. Therefore, in order to gain charisma, I intend to frequently watch speeches of charismatic leaders or “TED” talks and read the related books, which will convey me a strong sense and awareness of the well-articulated