Leadership and its definition can vary depending on the context. According to Cox (2016), leadership is a person’s ability to intentionally influence other people, resulting in structure, facilitation, guidance and relationship building for team members. Displaying effective leadership skills means being able to adapt to changing environment and inspire others to meet a collective goal (Cox, 2016). Necessary skills that a leader must display include the ability to be flexible, build trust, incorporate interpersonal skills and mentor team members to be an effective leader. Being able to effectively display my leadership qualities it will be necessary for my future career. Focusing on my current traits, behaviours and attributes of leadership
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I was able to guide the new day camp leaders in the planning process for day camp. This allowed me to instill confidence and motivate the staff to envision new and creative ideas. I was able to listen to their concerns and worries about their new job and reassure them of how much of an incredible experience it will be. In contrast, leadership skills, attributes and behaviours that I wish to improve on include the ability to efficiently problem solve, be able to take criticism, adjusting my leadership style to the setting I am working in and being able to mentor others. In addition, the concept of building trust with my team members that they will carry out task accordingly. As an example, when I was working in the hospital as a therapeutic assistant, occasionally I would do a task that I had assigned to another co-worker since I did not trust they would do the task accordingly and the blame would fall back on me. I need to develop the ability to trust my co-workers and not feel I need to do everything, that tasks can be delegated. As a future leader I want to attain the skills, behaviours and attributes that will allow me to be flexible, understanding and goal …show more content…
According to Ebadifard Azar & Sarabi Asiabar, (2015) there are three leadership styles that are commonly used; laissez-faire, transactional leadership and transformational leadership. They concluded that transformational leadership is efficient and practical for teams than the other leadership styles. First, laissez-faire is a laid back type of leadership, leaders who display this style tend to avoid responsibility and neglect their responsibilities (Ebadifard Azar & Sarabi Asiabar, 2015). Secondly, transactional leadership is seen as an exchange process between the leader and their followers and is based on management by exception (Ruggieri, 2015 & Ebadifard Azar & Sarabi Asiabar, 2015). Transactional leaders focus on reward and punishment that can be positive and negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement consists of praise, compliments and rewards when team members are meeting goals. In turn, negative reinforcement is used when failure or error occur; when goals are not met (Ruggieri, 2015). Finally, transformational leaders focus on four principle factors; idealized influence or charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration (Ruggieri, 2015; Judge & Piccolo, 2004). Although different, leaders can use both transactional leadership as well as transformational depending on the setting and task (Lindholm, Sivberg & Uden, 2000) Transformational leaders focus on the
I was able to guide the new day camp leaders in the planning process for day camp. This allowed me to instill confidence and motivate the staff to envision new and creative ideas. I was able to listen to their concerns and worries about their new job and reassure them of how much of an incredible experience it will be. In contrast, leadership skills, attributes and behaviours that I wish to improve on include the ability to efficiently problem solve, be able to take criticism, adjusting my leadership style to the setting I am working in and being able to mentor others. In addition, the concept of building trust with my team members that they will carry out task accordingly. As an example, when I was working in the hospital as a therapeutic assistant, occasionally I would do a task that I had assigned to another co-worker since I did not trust they would do the task accordingly and the blame would fall back on me. I need to develop the ability to trust my co-workers and not feel I need to do everything, that tasks can be delegated. As a future leader I want to attain the skills, behaviours and attributes that will allow me to be flexible, understanding and goal …show more content…
According to Ebadifard Azar & Sarabi Asiabar, (2015) there are three leadership styles that are commonly used; laissez-faire, transactional leadership and transformational leadership. They concluded that transformational leadership is efficient and practical for teams than the other leadership styles. First, laissez-faire is a laid back type of leadership, leaders who display this style tend to avoid responsibility and neglect their responsibilities (Ebadifard Azar & Sarabi Asiabar, 2015). Secondly, transactional leadership is seen as an exchange process between the leader and their followers and is based on management by exception (Ruggieri, 2015 & Ebadifard Azar & Sarabi Asiabar, 2015). Transactional leaders focus on reward and punishment that can be positive and negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement consists of praise, compliments and rewards when team members are meeting goals. In turn, negative reinforcement is used when failure or error occur; when goals are not met (Ruggieri, 2015). Finally, transformational leaders focus on four principle factors; idealized influence or charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration (Ruggieri, 2015; Judge & Piccolo, 2004). Although different, leaders can use both transactional leadership as well as transformational depending on the setting and task (Lindholm, Sivberg & Uden, 2000) Transformational leaders focus on the