As we understand that, Leadership
is termed as an ability to influence others to achieve the desired goals and a
good leader is surrounded with several attributes including self-confidence,
high intelligence, integrity, sociability and conceptual skills. [Laureate
Education, Leadership in organizations - Video file].
Being in the better level with the stated attributes, such a leader will be good also in task oriented behaviors and relationship oriented behaviors. For example, a leader in our organization is responsible in helping others to get the tasks done clearly and also to build confidence and recognition to the team members.
Being in the better level with the stated attributes, such a leader will be good also in task oriented behaviors and relationship oriented behaviors. For example, a leader in our organization is responsible in helping others to get the tasks done clearly and also to build confidence and recognition to the team members.
I have been into the leadership
roles for several times since when I was only 7 years old. I served as a class
monitor being at standard one in 1999. I have been a leader in almost all seven
years of my primary education. At a such childhood state, I really did not
realize what traits of good leadership are but I just knew that I had been
chosen to hold a position because I was the best in the class. It was sometimes
leaded by being angry and the emotional intelligence from my perspective was
very less.
After some years I came to realize
what good traits are for an effective leadership. I also understood that most
of the qualities of a good leader cut across all the roles, positions and
contexts of organization. i.e. Organizational Executives, Heads of units,
profit or nonprofit organizations, etc. As per the question, I agree that I
possess most of the hats that could influence the performance of the team that
I might be leading. [Laureate Education, Leadership in organizations -
Video file].
Being as a role model. For some of the students that I
got a chance to be their leader, they came to declare that they are learning a
lot from my style of leadership and the way that I plan my schedules to ensure
that everything goes proper in academic side as well as leadership too. I
believed that a good leader builds a relationship for the purpose of helping
the team members who are less experienced or less knowledgeable about the
tasks. I had to make sure that I make good leaders from me, who would stand and
be my successors when my time gets over.
A power of convincing. For instance, when I was a General
Secretary of The Youth of United Nations Association at College level. I
understood how hard it takes for a person to lead the people in performing volunteering
activities that they are neither enforced by university rules nor state rules.
It was a huge task for me to make sure that I convince people until when they
build that passion of volunteering from within. It was a great achievement for
me when I succeeded in several projects in helping the community such as
helping the orphans and others in need.
Being as an authority figure. I also understood that a leader
must always be on the front line in taking people where they need to be or
where an organization needs to go. As per my leadership experience, I
understood that I was leading a charity community. It required me to be in
front line of what I always preach for the team to do. That also encouraged
much and raised the team morale in performing further different activities that
out team planned to do.
Being as a coach. I believed that a good leader must work with a team
he/she leads in ensuring the good performance. I have been a project manager
also for about 3 months in 2016 just after completing my BSc degree. A team had
tough deadlines but I used to encourage the team members, making them motivated
and giving them hope even when things look like being impossible to get
accomplished.
Being as an academician. Our supervisor always expects
something good and right from me. In my time as a project manager, I invested
much on precision of all the projects that we were supposed to do. I encouraged
early completion of every task so that we can get enough time for the review
and get rid of minor errors which our manager would not like to see. I also
agreed that in most cases, the team members do believe that their leader knows each
and everything better than they know even if you are all at the same
educational level. Therefore, as a leader I had to be aware of all team
objectives and being able to respond to any query delivered to me of describe a
right source that can provide e better solution. For example, when I was a leader
of The Youth of United Nations Club at College level, I got to receive a lot of
questions related to United Nations including those I was not aware with. As a
result, I found myself taking a time to get frequently updated with different
UN programs and news.
Being a visionary figure. I understand that I am required to
show the rest of the members a good way to go forward. I must be able to think
beyond the box and embrace the vision of the team I lead. In the whole time
that I served as a leader, I always had a vision of imparting something new to
my team that would stay as my icon of change after that. I understood that, at
the end, the team have to move from one position to another.
Conclusively, the leaders should
always remember that they are part of the team and they can only get power from
the people around them. By understanding that, I knew that I have been trusted
enough by the authorities that placed me there and I had to work with and for
the people I was leading. The aim was to make everyone feel comfortable with
the leadership style I was applying.
References
Beach, L. R. (2006). Leadership
and the art of change: A practical guide to organizational transformation.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Laureate Education (Producer).
(n.d.). Leadership in organizations [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Laureate Education (Producer).
(n.d.). The many hats of leaders [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
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