The Plan Was Done And A Great Deal Of Thought Was Placed And Typed About Leadership.

The Goal of This Plan Is To Create A First Person Leadership Plan That Clearly Defines Your Leadership Style And Vision of How You Intend To Lead.

Tell How You Will Do This And Support It With Research.

FYI:  The Outline & Original Plan Is Attached.

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Sherry Brown

Dr. Ben Bruce

March 1, 2020

In order to be a better leader, I plan on making a lot of changes with regards to;

Personal Habits:

· Practice preparation of the task to be performed pre hand

· Avoiding seclusion and socializing more

· Become more logical in decision making situations

· Accept that other individuals can have better ideas than the leader

Opportunities:

· Ensure to earn the respect of those that I work with and seek to guide

· Learn from the mistake of others and not necessarily my own

· Be more compassionate in terms of understanding contribution that is given

Lifestyle Changes:

· Become more humble in the task of leadership

· Delegate opportunities and tasks to capable individuals

· Create a vision and goal for achievements contributed as a team

· Resolve disputes in an impartial manner

· Be able to provide adequate motivation to perform tasks well

· Encourage open communication with subordinates and superiors alike

· Always approach issues with a positive outlook

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Sherry Brown

Dr. Ben Bruce

April 17, 2020

Introduction: What is currently standing in my way of achieving these goals? I intend to do is a complete turnaround and modification of behavior and perspective in how to be better in leadership. One of the first crucial changes involves changing my habits and specifically ensuring that I am well informed on issues that affect the individuals under my leadership. This is in line with opening communication more and avoiding seclusion and being alone as it is the role of a leader to be always communicating or around his followers at most times. More crucial is to change how I conduct decision making and implement more logical and practical consideration to every situation as it is always good to find an advantage for everybody. To lead the mission to a fruitful conclusion, a leader must establish priorities and utilize the talents, creativity, resources and energy of his followers, generally imperfect individuals, and empower them to rise to and occasionally beyond their previously assumed potential. Great leaders establish a plan, a map to help them organize and ensure they have an appropriate and effective team in place, clearly communicate the plan to and lead their followers to the destination (Jackson, 2012)

Personal values: Needless to say, “all leaders, all human beings, have values. Values are beliefs that represent an individual’s ideas about what is right, good or desirable (Robbins, S. P. & Judge T. A., 2011, p. 144). My philosophy on leadership is founded on my collective life experiences, reflections, successes, and failures. I see a great correlation in terms of how leaders and followers come to meet and get a way forward. As such, I should express more respect for the leaders and followers that are able to listen and interact with me as it shows they support some of my opinions in terms of strength through relationships. I intend to essentially align and try to use my values as a guideline in everything I participate in and everything I say in my work, my relationships and in my family. Also, it is the nature of humans to make errors once in a while but not too often. As such, it is important to be more compassionate and understanding in order to provide an opportunity for them and me to learn from it as their failures are my failures. The manner in which contribution is usually provided is at times not appreciated and as a leader it is crucial to recognize efforts made in a team work setting.

What do I want to make out of my life? This requires a clear vision in order for it to be implemented. This means that I have to lay own my agenda and goals in order to be more accurate in achieving the overall development and growth. This should be in line with my work ethic and beliefs in order for it to be effective and more professional. This would provide me a basis to be able to provide constant motivation to my followers in order for them to be a more effective team. This always requires positivity in order to create hope and the essence of there being a chance of overcoming challenges.

Disputes are also prone to arise once or twice in this environment and as a leader, it would be crucial to be able to solve this issues without there being any prolonged arguments. The ability to be able to solve the issues and reconcile individuals when they are at different perspectives would mean I am able to be an effective problem solver in terms of the relationships with my followers.

Conclusion

There are no shortcuts and quick fixes when it comes to leadership. Each must develop their own unique style, based upon values, experiences and mission to formulate leadership skills that build on the foundation of his or her existing strengths. As emphasized by Biro, “Each of us possesses skills, strengths, talents, and flaws. Each of us seeks to belong, to be engaged, to relate to those around us. Loyalty is built on relationships, shared goals and fair treatment. Don’t take loyalty and engagement for granted –create a remarkable culture where there are possible and rewarding outcomes of the workplace” (Biro, 2012). Continuous assessment and gauged reflections on my strengths are crucial to identify those characteristics and skills in which I require further development and the resources needed to enable me in the process to continue to work and develop my leadership capability. This is in line with Dr. Javitch’s guidelines provides a practical additional resource for identifying significant gaps in creating a plan for leadership development (Javitch, 2012).

Bibliography

Biro, M. M. (2012). 5 Leadership Behaviors Loyal Employees Trust, Forbes. June 4, p. 27.

Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A., (2011), Organizational Behavior (14thed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

Javitch, D. G. (2009). Ten Characteristics of Superior Leaders, Entrepreneur, December9, pp.38-9

Johns, H. E. & Moser, H. R. (1989). From Traits to Transformation: The Evolution of Leadership Theories, Education, Fall 1989, Vol. 110 No. 1, pp115-122

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