Reflect on the following questions in a well-written post on your Reflection Blog.
Revisit your original definition of leadership from Module 1. Would you make any changes to your definition of leadership? In what ways have learning about these leadership theories informed your own view of leadership? What type of leader are you or do you aspire to be?
During
the past several weeks I have thoroughly enjoyed learning how to develop my leadership
skills using conceptual and proven theories through my studies, scholarly
research, and course discussions. How I apply these attributes will boil
down to identifying those opportunities and inducing the leadership skills to
which this course has offered.
In
my previous definition of leadership, I stated “There are collections of information that provides leadership hypotheses as
well as leadership theories that aimed at defining true leadership. “The first
responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you.
In between, the leader is a servant” Max DePree. I believe leadership is having
the capacity and passion to galvanize individuals to a shared meaningful
purpose and the charisma which stimulate action. Northouse & Guy
(2016) provides 4 components of leadership: (1) Leading is a process, (2)
leadership involves influence, (3) leadership occurs in groups, and (4)
leadership involves common goals. They conclude by defining Leadership as
a process whereby an individual influence a group of individuals to achieve a
common goal.”
Would I make
any changes to my definition of leadership?
I would say no, I will stand on how I define leadership as it is a
reflection of my experience as well as research taken from various
scholars. However, I would add more dimensions
to what leadership is as more and more scholars develop and refine leadership
theory. Leadership at it’s core is still
about the interaction between members of a team and the leader. Leaders are thinkers, catalyst or change
agent whose decisions affects other people.
Leadership behavior implies that you use influence in all interpersonal
relationships that focus on accomplishing a goal or task. Leadership is an
evolving phenomenon, Northouse (2016) stated, there are as many different
definitions of leadership as there are people and is much like the words
democracy, love, and peace which mean leadership could have several
meanings.
In what ways
have learning about these leadership theories informed your own view of
leadership? I believe the learning of
leadership has help me identify intrinsically and extrinsically what leadership
is. Learning what it should look like and feel like from a philosophical stand,
what it should look like externally, and feel like internally. Leadership theory has informed me that it’s
about inspiring ourselves as well as others to greatness and accomplish the
things that we are tasked to do. My view
of leadership has been influenced by the works of great historical leaders and
great scholars who consistently seek and study the art of leadership. For me I the leadership theories beg me to self-internalize
after asking what is my leadership style? Are you operating under authentic
leadership? Authentic leadership theory has shaped my view of true north
leadership which is about knowing who you are and staying true to self. Adaptive leadership is one style that peeked
my interest and invites me to study it more and of course put into practice. Taking a step back from the fray to identify
and diagnose the problem or walking to the balcony to understand if the work is
adaptive, adaptive and technical of technical and giving the work back to the
people and avoid micro-managing are all skills I look to build upon.
What type of leader are you or do
you aspire to be? My leadership style is a hybrid between someone who is an
authority-compliance leader, which is one who place heave emphasis on task and
job requirements and less focus on people.
Communicating with people is usually when there’s impact to the
organization affecting cost, quality, schedule. The other side of this is team
management. This style focus on both the task and the relationship with the
people, while promoting team work to a high degree that drives team members
commitment to the work at hand. In my position I spend a lot of time chasing
problems that usually calls for me to deal with other leaders, engineers,
production control and supply chain management.
Those relationships are driven by the authority compliance side of
me. On the opposite end, I deal with
represented employees to which I spend time understanding their needs, talking
it through for potential solutions and working with them to resolve
issues.
The things I ultimately like to master is self-awareness and adaptive leadership,
which is about seeing ourselves distinctively and understanding who we are as a
person and how we fit in the society. Continuing to master myself and
giving myself fresh perspective on who I am becoming while modeling adaptive
approaches. By using adaptive instruments which I feel overlaps several
leadership concepts I can enhance who I am in the frame of an authentic leader.
Reference:
Reference:
Northouse, P. G. (2015). Leadership: Theory
and Practice 7th ed. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publishing.
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