Mgn 442 - Self Leadership
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MGN442 Self leadership
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Assignment 2
Word count: 3010
Submitted by:
Jaspreet Kaur
N9603280
Introduction
Self-leadership plays a significant role in our personal life. This assignment reflects various skills of self-leadership through analysis of personal profile for instance, positivity, emotional intelligence, self-confidence, self-motivation, communication and decision making power. I would like to be a successful manager. Hence, it is very important for me (as a manager) to become aware about myself by identify the strengths and weaknesses. I must have management & leadership skills along with positive behaviour towards my colleagues and co-workers. By identify my strengths I can apply those abilities in my life to get positive results and by finding my weak points I can encourage myself to adopt new skills and actions to improve myself. The considerable purpose of this assignment is skill development by examine my current skill level in depth and find out weakness and strengths. The first part of this assignment provides literature summary of self-leadership skills. Second, I examine my current skill level through completing some surveys and 360 feedback from friends, manager and co-workers, In the third part I will reflect on my strengths and my area of improvement. Finally, after identify my area of development, I will set up a change goal to identify how can I improve myself. This assignment will help me to reflect myself and improve my limitations in my personal and professional life.
Literature summary of self-leadership skills
Self-leadership is the interpersonal influence, drive, and motivation towards achieving one’s objectives. Self-leadership skills impact all aspects of life from careers, social life as well as general grooming of any individual which translates to leadership competencies. A report by self-leadership describes leadership as a journey and that the more self-leadership anyone attains, the more successful they become thus the need for more self-leadership to govern this success. For any given organization, there is a need for those in leadership positions to poses governing skills for the smooth running of the facility.
My chosen occupation is management. I must consider manager’s self-leadership skills. There are core skills that are a must have in any manager. These skills will determine the success of the business and how it can deal with other competitors. The basics of planning are a major skill especially in laying out the objectives of the company (Carmeli, Meitar & Weisberg, 2006). A good manager should spell out the goals, objectives, resources, strategies and the budget allocations. All this should be determined before they are presented to the other managers of the firm.
In addition to that, another core concept of self-leadership skills in a manager is delegation. This entails assigning responsibilities for other to carry out. Delegating roles should prioritize those that need to be met soon. This is a critical decision since some tasks can only be delegated by the manager while others can be assigned to subordinates. As a leader, communication skills define how they relate to others (Politis,2006). Any information should be passed across in the right channel to ensure that the objectives are clearly spelled out. In conclusion, self-leadership entails a broad scope of skills that if possessed by any manager will foster the realization of the company’s goals.
Current Skill level / 360 feedback
I am presenting table 1. I did all the surveys to check my identity and individual profile. In the table I have examine the scores of surveys. In addition, I depict my qualities and weakness. Moreover, I analyse what I could gain from these surveys and improving my own profile.
Table1. Current skill levels
Instrument | Findings | Interpretation | Strength | Weakness | Learning |
Dealing with unattractive but necessary task | Score 52 | 15-22 very low level 23-37 low level 38-52 moderate level 53-67 high level 68-75 very high level | After I perform well on an activity, I feel good about myself. | I need some practice before starting any assignment or job | I am trying to be confident to face any specific goal. |
Positivity | Score 3:2 | 3:1= key dividing line Below 3:1 got plenty of company. | Optimistic nature. | Lack of confidence. | Need to be fearless. |
PERMA | Score 12:25 | Scores of 9 or 10 indicate a very high level Scores of 7 to 8 indicate a high level score of 6 indicates a slightly above average level score of 5 indicates an average level score of 4 indicates a slightly below average level Scores of 2 or 3 indicate a low level Scores of 0 or 1 indicate a very low level of this dimension | I feel confident every day that I step forward towards my destination. | But all the time I need my partner support to achieve goals. | I learnt I must do lot of compromises with life. |
Creating the self-motivation situation | Score 50 | 15-22 very low level 23-37 low level 38-52 moderate level 53-67 high level 68-75 very high level | I spend more time thinking about the good things than about the drawbacks of my job. | I pay more attention to rewards of my work itself than to the enjoyment for doing it. | I learnt that money (rewards) and enjoyment in work both are equally important. |
Psychological capital | Score 17-30 | 6-11 very low level 12-17 low level 18-23 moderate level 24-29 high level 30-36 very high level | I feel confident helping to set targets/goals in my work area | Now, I stuck with some jam at job, so thinking negatively. | I need some positive vibes so that I can come from negativity. |
Self- efficacy | Score 3.8 | Above 3.5= higher end of scale Below 3.5= lower end of scale | Effectively performed tasks | Sometimes I feel anxiety | Need more effectiveness in work |
Trait emotional intelligence | Score 4.1 | Above 5 =higher end Below 3= lower end | I can deal effectively with people. | I often find it difficult to stand up for my rights. | I need some motivation to raise a voice for myself. |
Locus of control | Score 6 | Above 8= have increase external locus of control Below 8= have increase internal locus of control | I would like to give a reward to my hard work as a strength | I cannot satisfy any person beyond my values | I need some more experience in managing things or circumstances. |
Mindfulness Awareness Attention | Score 6 | Above 5= higher level of mindfulness Below 3= lower level of mindfulness | My goal is always in my mind. | Sometimes I feel very low when I am unable to do small goals. | I learnt that small goals can achieve after some practice. |
Person environment fit | Score 5 | Above 5= higher level of end Below 3= lower level of end | Strength of my organization is equality | Need of money makes me down as compared to other staff at work place. | I need to be very strong mentally. |
Work life balance | Score 4 | Above 5= higher level of end Below 3= lower level of end | Preference to work and life equally | Increased emotional absenteeism. | Need to increase some motivation. |
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