Leadership Assessment For a leader to be successful, he or she must analyze their own strengths and weaknesses. The importance of self reflection, is that it gives the opportunity to grow. This reflection helps to analyze traits such as communication skills, the ability to recognize opportunity, knowing the position of being an advisor, and the ability to recognize talent. One such way of doing this is by completing a leadership assessment. The University of Kent in the United Kingdom offers an online leadership styles test, which helps people to better assess their attributes as leaders. Upon completion of this quiz, people are provided a chart explaining which styles of leadership they fall under. According to the University, these
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Throughout my lifetime, I have always tried to be cogitative with my decision making. I also seek out as much information as possible prior to making big decisions. Entrusting others with theirs strengths and abilities allows me to see their quality of workmanship and personalities. To me, being patient has always been beneficial. I don 't like to pat myself on the back much; however, I feel more encouraged through other peoples satisfaction when I help them. Overall, the reassurance of this assessment helped me to see both the positive and negative sides of being a participative leader. One area which I would like to strengthen my leadership style, is that of the authoritarian aspect. It would hopefully enhance my qualities, while supporting stronger and faster decision …show more content…
This style generally looks to achieve success in groups instead of a single person basis. Therefore, special recognition, like an MVP, is awarded by the leader through group consent.
Recognizing Participative Leadership Participative leadership is commonly employed amongst people sharing a democratic perspective. These people often lead by example. A few examples of these modern day participative leaders are Donald Trump, Jack Stahl, Bob Diamond, James Parker, and Jim Lentz (http://www.adviseamerica.com/famous-participative-leaders/, 2015). Advise America, a sales training and management magazine, published an article stating,
“Trump built a business empire by being more of a director than an authoritarian. He facilitates ideas and encourages others to share information freely so that the best decision can be made instead of one that has a personal bias. He considers the opinions of others into every decision, factors the various outcomes that may occur, and works to increase the collective mind in any choice so that everyone has some skin in the game.” (http://www.adviseamerica.com/famous-participative-leaders/, 2015, para
Throughout my lifetime, I have always tried to be cogitative with my decision making. I also seek out as much information as possible prior to making big decisions. Entrusting others with theirs strengths and abilities allows me to see their quality of workmanship and personalities. To me, being patient has always been beneficial. I don 't like to pat myself on the back much; however, I feel more encouraged through other peoples satisfaction when I help them. Overall, the reassurance of this assessment helped me to see both the positive and negative sides of being a participative leader. One area which I would like to strengthen my leadership style, is that of the authoritarian aspect. It would hopefully enhance my qualities, while supporting stronger and faster decision …show more content…
This style generally looks to achieve success in groups instead of a single person basis. Therefore, special recognition, like an MVP, is awarded by the leader through group consent.
Recognizing Participative Leadership Participative leadership is commonly employed amongst people sharing a democratic perspective. These people often lead by example. A few examples of these modern day participative leaders are Donald Trump, Jack Stahl, Bob Diamond, James Parker, and Jim Lentz (http://www.adviseamerica.com/famous-participative-leaders/, 2015). Advise America, a sales training and management magazine, published an article stating,
“Trump built a business empire by being more of a director than an authoritarian. He facilitates ideas and encourages others to share information freely so that the best decision can be made instead of one that has a personal bias. He considers the opinions of others into every decision, factors the various outcomes that may occur, and works to increase the collective mind in any choice so that everyone has some skin in the game.” (http://www.adviseamerica.com/famous-participative-leaders/, 2015, para