The term itself infers to a person ability to perceive, identify, understand and manage their own inner emotions. Since emotional intelligence in the workplace concerns the manner in which people and the relationships work its success can greatly impact the way managers, staff, stakeholders, suppliers, customers, competitors and everyone else relate with each other. This can be applied in a number of instances and interactions from brainstorming and motivating a staff to making a company presentation. If a company truly understands how to harness this concept, it can build a team of highly productive, efficient and loyal…
“Key Qualities of Leadership” Individuals involved within leadership roles can “make or break” a company. Without key qualities of leadership, an individual cannot fully provide their customers or its employees with the experiences they deserve. Without proper skills and reinforcement, leaders cannot foster a positive workforce or support their employees. Without certain key factors a leader or manager becomes just another employee, and not the leader they are required to be. Having leaders with the skills such as honesty, accountability, the ability to inspire and to delegate, and basic communication skills are all necessary parts to becoming proven and respectable leaders within a business.…
Effective leaders come from all sizes, colors and religions. There are countless qualities that build an impressive leader. The two that are crucial, in my opnion, are effective communication and respect. Displaying these and other qualities is important and doing so has impacted my life as well as the lives of the people around me. Effective communication is a key component of leadership because many problems arise from substandard communication skills and when appropriate commendation is handed out it is more likely that the entire group will thrive.…
Emotional Intelligence is another topic I had heard of but not explored at any depth before this leadership class. Leadership requires the support and vision of the organization and creativity. A strong leader should have a high Emotional Intelligence (EI) factor for the staff to want to follow with his/her vision. If the culture is not where it needs to be leadership should first model the behaviors they wish to institute and then reinforce that behavior in others when observed. (Gokenbach,…
35). There are three skills associated with leading and influencing, including the ability to identify, analyze, and resolve situations that arise, adapt to situations as appropriate, and communicate with others in a manner that promotes understanding and acceptance (Huber, 2014, p. 4). Collectively, these abilities are determined by one’s level of emotional intelligence. A high level of emotional intelligence is demonstrated by a high degree of self-awareness, self-management, intuition, and an ability to form effective interpersonal relationships (Huber, 2014). Additionally, it is important for leaders to recognize their own weaknesses, so that they are able to follow when someone else is the better leader.…
In this slide, Crissie listens to the frustration one of her coworkers when her teammate cannot be found. Although she is being yelled at, she maintains an even temperament, knowing that self-awareness is critical to being a good leader. Self-awareness is one of the four components of emotional intelligence. Reflecting things over and not reacting impulsively and having a deep understanding of one’s strengths, values, and motives are traits associated with self-awareness (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002). Social-awareness is another crucial component of emotional intelligence and leadership.…
One characteristic that all individuals should aspire to have is leadership. Author, Dr. John C. Maxwell, expresses: "Everything rises and falls on leadership, but knowing how to lead is only half the battle. Understanding leadership and actually leading are two different activities”. In the book, The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, Maxwell discusses several key attributes to being a good leader. They include: character, charisma, commitment, communication, competence, courage, discernment, focus, generosity, initiative, listening, passion, positive attitude, problem solving, relationship, responsibility, security, self-discipline, servanthood, teachability, and vision.…
I believe that my natural leadership skills and conflict resolution skills are an asset. I know how to connect with people. I keep an open communication with my superiors and adjust to their needs. I am resourceful and have those skills that are difficult to highlight in a resume such as a passion, compassion, and love for excellence, common sense, and sense of humor. I lead others by example.…
The U.S. Army, as well as all other branches of the military, utilize the concept of Chain-of-Command. Higher ranking individuals are often times put in charge of lower ranking individuals. Leadership plays a major part in any military environment, thus, leader competency is essential to success. Competency is defined as the ability to execute something with proficiency and accuracy. In the U.S. Army, every soldier will be tasked to lead at one point or another.…
The team members were friendly that we became friends that were able to help each other even in other subjects. Every member was always ready to assist whenever one of us was facing some difficulties concerning the project. The fact that we all showed equal commitment to our objective, trusted each other and remained united even when we disagreed, gave me a sense of belonging, and I was motivated to work together. Throughout the project, there were several lessons that I learned one being that teamwork is not an easy job.…
Reflection #5 This week’s reading in, “Emotionally Intelligent Leadership,” was all about inspiration and being a good leader through inspiring others. This, personally, is an area where I have a lot of experience. When I was in high school I was the captain of my lacrosse year from sophomore to senior year. During this time of being captain I grew as a leader and learned many things about inspiring others. The main thing I learned, which the book also touched on a little bit, was that to effectively inspire others it is important to grow a relationship with them first and foremost.…
I define leadership as the ability to influence others to accomplish commonly agreed upon goals. I have held several leadership roles throughout my academic career, but rarely analyzed my strengths and weaknesses. Through Dr. Courtright’s course “Leadership in Organizations,” I became aware of mistakes I have made while leading and may continue building a quality leadership methodology. In this essay, I will identify my key leadership strengths and weaknesses.…
As I look back on my leadership skills I have found that I will have to utilize the methods and tools I have learned in this course to guide me to be a better leader which, can only keep me grounded and be a more marketable individual. During this course, I have learned that I tend to want to help others improve themselves and reach their goals and may at times loose site of others that are already progressing and achieving on their own. It is imperative that everyone is included and a participating member of the group and no one should feel alienated or like an outsider (Northouse, 2016). Helping others get to the next level is what I ultimately try to achieve. As a leader it is imperative that I always be a role model in my thought,…
For example, I always get the desired results for the group assignments. Ultimately, having these traits indicate that I have high interpersonal relationship leadership style. However, the tutorial in week 11 forced me to question why I cannot negotiate and say no to the others, which are also characteristics of the interpersonal relationship. Therefore, some of my interpersonal relationship skills need further development to become my strengths. Having looked at my personal leadership strengths and weaknesses in reference to leadership theories and literature, I saw that my strengths are conscientiousness, honesty and integrity, finishing work on time, and interpersonal relationship skills.…
Effective Management Skills Article Overview The article I chose to analysis, “6 Fundamentals That Can Make You a Better Manager in 2014” addresses what important fundamental that are required by managers in order for them to be efficient (Lipman, 2014). I chose this article so I could research even further, what it takes to be a successful manager in today’s healthcare industry. “Managers are those who are formally appointed to positions of authority in organizations or systems and who enable others to do their direct or support work effectively, who have responsibility for resource utilization, and who are accountable for work results” (Longest & Darr, 2008, pp.…