Introduction:

            A leader is the person, who acts as the driving force and inspire a group of employees, and the system of leadership is a process, whereby, a leader guides, influences and directs the work force and also determines their behavior. Th leadership process is done towards achieving the mission statement of an organization and the goal of the same (MEndEnhALL. 2013). Therefore, leadership is the ability of the leaders to motivate and inspire the work force of an organization, by inducing the same with confidence and zeal, in order to achieve the goals and the vision of the organization. According to Goetsch & Davis, (2014) leadership is the capability of a person or a group of people, to inspire and persuade others in the way to seek the defined goals of the organization with an enthusiasm, and they also work as a conclusive force that keeps the work forced together (Davis & Jones, 2014). Therefore, to drive the employees and to motivate them, and to create an organizational morale among the workforce, it is important for every organization, to have a leadership program.

Therefore, in the following report, the features of a leader is illustrated and the further an analysis has been made on the strengths and weaknesses in a leadership program, and a plan has been provided on the development of the leadership program in an organization.

Characteristics of a good leader:

A competent leader must have certain traits that defines the competency of the person being a leader. The researchers believe that these traits are in born, and cannot be developed. Therefore, the characteristics that enable a person to achieve the position of a leader are –

Good communication and listening habit:

A good leader must employ and practice an effective communication system within the team, as well as, in the organization. Communication is important on the parts of the workers to learn about the mission statement of the organization and to learn about the goals that the organization is aiming to achieve. More importantly, a good communication system refers to the fact that the. leader of the organization is approachable, which is very important for any organization. (Antonakis & Day, 2017)  A good leader must be approachable enough so that the employees can learn from their leader and also, so that they can deliver their grievances to the leaders, this again, is very important, for it contributes to the growth of the organization as a whole.

A good leader must also practice a learning habit. An integral part of the communication system is learning the opinions of the employees. The habit of listening also helps the leaders to plan their strategies and implement the same effectively. More importantly, to include a problem-solving approach into the institution, the habit of listening is very important.

Positivity and Motivation:

A good leader must act to motivated the employees and to inspire them continuously. Positivity is very important within a team for it to perform better, and the employees of a team can get that positivity from the leader. The leaders must act to induce a positive zeal among the employees. The leaders must try to motivate the employees as well (Chemers, 2014). The terms positivity and motivation go parallelly. Motivating the employees refer to the process of engaging the employees in the work and to make them understand that their personal goals fall accordingly to the organizational goals.

Collaboration and Innovation:

Collaboration refers to the unity among the team. The word team gets its true meaning only when there is a unity in the group, and the unification of the group is very important for the team to perform better and produce at an optimum level. If there is a distance or conflict within the group, then it will affect the productivity of the same, as to produce better, the members of the team should work cooperatively and coordinately, and only the leader of the team can make sure that there is a bonding and unity among the group (Lauzen, 2015). The leader of the team must be the force that keeps the team, together.

Moreover, a good leader must also include the practice of innovation and individuality within the team. The leaders must practice the habit of innovation within the team, thus giving space to the employees, to work according to themselves (Lauzen, 2015). Therefore, for this particular organization, communication skill among the employees and also among the managers of the company, which is not present in the team. Moreover, the leaders of the organization must incorporate space for innovation among the employees.

Leadership Analysis:

According to me to get an exact portrayal of my aptitudes and capacities, I utilized the self-appraisal device as sketched out by the contending esteems the board practice study. This apparatus speaks to a director’s framework by taking a gander at different elements that are between related. The results produced form the study is further utilized to draw a director’s profile. In this overview, a sum of eight groupings of characteristics have been investigated. They incorporate help, tutoring, development, dealings, directorship, profitability, coordination and checking (Quinn, Bright, Faerman, Thompson and McGrath, 2014). In light of the identified qualities and the scores got from the review, I have identified the accompanying characteristics as qualities and shortcomings.

Strengths:

Monitoring:

As indicated by the study utilized in the examination of my monitoring aptitudes and capacities, contending values in the executives work on, observing, as an authority expertise comprises of qualities, for example, the capacity to oversee basic reasoning procedures, overseeing data over-burden and overseeing center exercises in an association (Quinn, Bright, Faerman, Thompson and McGrath, 2014). Following my investigation concerning this attribute, I scored 6.5/7. This means I am well experienced and adapt in managing circumstances identified with this quality. I look at this as one of my best quality, which highlights competency of me being a competent leader.

Mentoring:

Results from the survey furthermore has shown that I have extraordinary training capacities as I have scored 5.25/7. The fighting regards in the board practices audit recognize various properties related with coaching, for instance, supporting the progression of specialists, singular understanding and reasonable correspondence (Quinn, Bright, Faerman, Thompson and McGrath, 2014). Training, essentially refers to helping the junior delegates in their master and mindfulness in an affiliation. This is basic for a relationship as it focuses on making agents progressively beneficial by boosting their assurance. In like manner, the necessity for individual understanding for individuals in an organization, their position is also huge as it ensures that pioneers acknowledge how to pass on themselves at their different workplaces.

Directing:

Directing is portrayed as the state of being in charge of a given plan or being in control of activities (Dewan and Myatt, 2008). As it is shown in the results, got from taking the review, I scored 5/7 in this quality. The investigation recognizes characteristics related with directing as the ability to make and pass on the vision, the ability to set targets and objectives, and the ability to structure and deal with limits in a given condition. As demonstrated by the results got from the survey, I can achieve the errands related with this property and would along these lines have the option to recognize it as one of my characteristics (Quinn, Bright, Faerman, Thompson and McGrath, 2014).

Coordination:

Coordination is the synchronization of exercises and duties in an association with the point of accomplishing efficiency (Collett, 2015). The overview utilized in this investigation recognizes the attributes related with coordination, for example, the capacity to oversee ventures, structure work and oversee crosswise over capacities. A score of 5.8/7 demonstrates that I can deal with the errands related with this expertise without hardly lifting a finger.

Facilitation:

As demonstrated by the outline used in the examination of my own aptitudes and limits, my score for facilitation was 5.4/7. The outline delineates a couple of traits related with a person’s ability to deal with a given situation, for instance, building gatherings, enabling participative fundamental administration and directing struggle. Further, based on the results, I think I can perform assignments related with this capacity feasibly.

Weaknesses:

Negotiations:

As per the study, arrangements abilities, additionally named as ‘The Broker’ in the contending esteems the executives’ practice, comprises of initiative aptitudes, for example, introducing thoughts, exchanges, duty, constructing and keeping up a power base. As per the outcomes acquired from the review, I scored 4/7 in this quality. This demonstrates as a pioneer, I lack the capacity to accomplish the errands related with the distinguished ability, for example, consulting with laborers, and exhibiting thoughts to bosses (Quinn, Bright, Faerman, Thompson and McGrath, 2014). I order the abilities related with this quality as a quality because of the low score and I still need to improve on some of the aspects, especially in the field of managing responsibilities.

Innovation:

Innovation, from initiative’s point of view, is depicted as the use of new thoughts that give better answers for a given issue (Johnston and Marshall, 2013). As indicated by the study utilized in this examination, development is an amalgamation of a few qualities and attributes, for example, overseeing change, imaginative reasoning and living with change. Regarding the outcomes acquired from the study, my score for development was 5/7. This is a generally an average score which features that I am not well adapt in giving space to the employees to practice innovation at the workplace. However, this is not a bad score for a pioneer, which refers that I have to work on it more.

Productivity:

Productivity depicts an individual’s or an office’s sufficiency in performing work (Sabharwal, 2013). As demonstrated by the results got from taking the specific audit, my score for effectiveness was 5.4/7. The diagram depicts a pioneer’s effectiveness as a factor which consolidates working productively, the time and stress management and empowering a beneficial working environment. The results show that being a beginner, I may have various difficulties while overseeing issues incorporating benefit in the workplace which essentially refers to my lack of managing responsibilities sequentially.

Development plan of Leadership:

            With a precise focus on the factors described in the weakness section, it is pretty evident that I lack negotiations skills and along with that, I need to improve my skills of innovation. I require creative thinking and that affects the effectiveness of my leading. It is visible that, I am notably conscious about the rules and regulations while leading my team and that somewhat forces me towards investigating the correct solutions only. However, being a leader, I should have the capability of producing considerable number of options for my followers to look from and under such situation, my priority should have been the number of different solutions rather than the correct solutions. Hence, it is understandable that I need work on my leadership skills to improve in the mentioned aspect. Other than this, one of the major drawback of my leadership is observed to be the productivity. Being a leader in the organizational context, I will be responsible for the effective management of the production of my team. In order to improve the productivity of my team, it is important for me to allocate the tasks in an efficient manner and at the same time, evaluating the performances of the members of my team will also be crucial for me as a leader. Under such situation, I have the tendency of getting affected by the rater bias when I am evaluating the performances of the members of my team. Other than this, I consider I have a poor negotiation skills as I often get affected emotionally while negotiating.

            One of the major concern for me as a leader is the lack of awareness regarding the importance of the team bonding and the necessity of it in improving the team performances of my team. On the other hand, my incapability in providing the much required motivations to the members of my team is one of the major drawback of my leadership. I have the knowledge of the fact that a dissatisfied group of employees neither can achieve the desired quality in their services nor the required amount of productivity. Hence I feel that the achievement of the much required capability in forming the rewards plan that have the potential to motivate my team members, will play a crucial role in increasing the effectiveness of my leadership.             

What	Why	How	Where	When
Performance Measurement	To avoid the detrimental impact of the rater bias from my evaluation of the performances of my team members.	With the formation of assessment criteria for the in depth evaluation of the performances of the members. This will be crucial for me in avoiding the halo, horns effect nad the leniency effect while assessing the performances of my team members.	In the organization.	Within 10 weeks
Creative Thinking	To improve my ability of providing multiple number of solutions to my team members.	I will take part in the brainstorming activities. Along with that, I will practice the Osborn Checklist and six thinking hat to improve my creativity in thinking nad providing multiple number of suitable solutions to the employees of my team.	In the organization.	Within 6 weeks
Task Allocation	To avoid the inappropriate allocation of the tasks.	With the allocation of task for the members of my team on the basis of the expertise of themselves. This will be crucial in reducing the number of faults in the operations of my team members.	In the organization.	Within 6 weeks
Team Performances	To improve the team bonding amongst the members of my team to enhance the quality of the team performances inside the organization.	Through conducting employee engagement activities and through conducting the team dinners for the members of my team.	In the organization.	Within 4 weeks
Rewards and Recognition	To recognize the good work of the members of my team and to motivate them for the improvement of their operations in the aspect of the quality and production.	Through gaining the idea regarding the impact of the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on the performances of the employees of my team. Through conducting a cost benefit analysis for the new rewards plan for the employees of my team. With the formation of a reward plan that includes both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards for the members of my team and is appropriate to recognize the good work of the employees of my team.	In the organization.	Within 15 weeks

Conclusion:

Leadership, as recognized in the introduction fragment of this report includes provide guidance and motivation to a social occasion of people to empower them to achieve destinations. Starting at now, the modern organizations are at the point, where suitable and convincing organization is required in various fields, for instance, the political scene, the business condition among others. This solicitations for pioneers to act normally careful, plan and reflect about their drive attributes as I did in this report. I have expanded enormous learning in the midst of the meaning of the key activity game plan spread out in this report. For example, I have appreciated not simply the importance of sharpening my characteristics as a pioneer yet likewise the necessity for a pioneer to develop his/her zone of inadequacy. Through the execution of the course of action portrayed in this report, I believe I will end up being progressively careful as a pioneer which will contribute immensely towards social affair my drive destinations.

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