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Future Leader's Self-Reflection

This document contains a self-reflection by a future leader on their leadership skills and areas for improvement. It includes analyses of their personality using several frameworks, a SWOT analysis, and a personal development plan with short, medium, and long term goals. The leader identifies strengths in creativity, motivation, and responsibility, as well as weaknesses in organization, distractibility, and lack of hard skills. Their development plan focuses on launching a business, acquiring financing, building a network, and growing the business over time. Key performance indicators and potential obstacles are also outlined.

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Future Leader's Self-Reflection

This document contains a self-reflection by a future leader on their leadership skills and areas for improvement. It includes analyses of their personality using several frameworks, a SWOT analysis, and a personal development plan with short, medium, and long term goals. The leader identifies strengths in creativity, motivation, and responsibility, as well as weaknesses in organization, distractibility, and lack of hard skills. Their development plan focuses on launching a business, acquiring financing, building a network, and growing the business over time. Key performance indicators and potential obstacles are also outlined.

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Future

Leader’s
Self-
Reflection
Final Presentation
MGMT 601
Contents

• Part 1 Self-Reflection
• GAPS Analysis
• My Power in Leadership
• Personal motivation to
power - McClelland
theory of needs
• Hierarchy of Needs by
Abraham Maslow
• ERG Theory
• OCEAN Model of
Personality
• GLOBE leadership
attributes
Part 1 Self Reflection
Where do I stand? Am I a manager or a leader? ME

• Managers administer; leaders innovate. Innovate


• Managers maintain; leaders develop. Maintain
• Managers control; leaders inspire. Inspire
• Managers think for short-term; leaders, long-term. Short Term
• Managers ask how & when; leaders, what & why. How & When
• Managers imitate; leaders originate. Originate
• Managers accept the status quo; leaders challenge it.Accepts It
Action Needed

• I can be a good leader by :

• Developing rather than maintaining


• Having a Bigger picture view
• Asking How & When
• Challenging the status quo
GAPS Analysis (Leconte, 2021)

Goals Abilities Standards Perceptions


Acquire funds and Determined Strong overall Confident
savings Organized communication Risk Averse
Launch a business of my Innovative Anticipate growth in Challenge accepting
own business
Emotionally Intelligent Can manage workload
Be CEO of my own
business
Action Needed

Need to work on hard skills –


stress resistance, technical Work on feedback for
skills, project management leadership & growth
etc.

Being more flexible and Should be delegating more


receptive for new ideas authority and tasks
My Power in Leadership
("Power: Definition, 10 Sources of Power, Uses of Power (Explained)", 2021)

Legitimate
Reward (20%)
(60%)
Coercive
(10%)
Referent
(70%)

Expert
(75%)
Action Required

• Develop and practice these powers in different situations


• Learn when to switch these powers
• Be more rational, persuasive, inspirational, and a good
stress manager
• Need to be more knowledge oriented
• Build more networks
• Appreciate and encourage others’ ideas and contribution
• Delegating authority
Personal motivation to power - McClelland theory of needs
(Michele, 2020)

• Teamwork • Vision for my • Sociable


• Employee business organization • Cooperative
Development • Socialization • Flexible
• Supportive
• Making Relationships

Achievement Power Affiliation


Action to be taken

Motivate team Encourage Analyze changes and Develop my career &


members personalized power motivators leadership potential
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs For
Leadership
("Leadership and Human Behavior Motivation Information | Living at UMass Amherst", 2021)

Self actualization – Need more


Growth, development, creativity

Esteem – lack of power, control &


recognition

Belongingness – Good
relationship network

Safety – Determined & good


manager

Survival – Communication skills,


Confidence
Action

Be more emotional Have empathy Practice delegating Build a more


intelligent authority and tasks comprehensive network
ERG Theory
("Leadership and Human Behavior Motivation Information | Living
at UMass Amherst", 2021)

• Clayton Alderfer's
Existence/Relatedness/Growth (ERG) Theory
of Needs
• Existence - Basic requirements for material
existence of leadership like active listening,
communication skills, strategic thinking
• Relationships - Establishing and maintaining
interpersonal relationships, building
networks
• Growth - Personal development need like
career growth, innovation
Action

1 2 3 4 5
Set SMART Motivate and Build team Lead change Manage
goals influence and trust conflict
people
OCEAN MODEL
OF PERSONALITY
• Openness 70%
• Consciousness 80%
• Extraversion 75%
• Agreeableness 60%
• Neuroticism 50%

• (Belyh, 2019)
My Personality

• I am persistent
• I cannot manage stress
• I have a small circle of friends
• I need to say No when necessary
• I may be moody
Action Needed

Be more imaginative Be more responsible, Be more assertive and Be more flexible, Be more emotionally
and intellectual persistent and social cooperative and good stable and secure in a
achievement oriented natured positive way
GLOBE leadership attributes
("2004, 2007 Studies - GLOBE Project", 2020)
BE MORE RISK BE MORE
TAKING AMBITIOUS
Action
Required

BE MORE BE MORE
LOGICAL COMPASSIONATE
Common Sense
Approach
• I rely on common sense approach
• I think emotionally
• It increases curse of knowledge bias
• It neglects other perspectives
• Consequently, leadership hinders
Action Needed
• I need to start thinking logically
• I should go for a in depth analysis
• I should take time to react
• I need to work on when to use logic and
when common sense
• I may practice self-awareness
• I may improve my decision making
• I should remember common sense has
limitations
Ethical Decision Making

• How do I make decisions?


• Moral justification
• Self-protective ways
• Advantageous comparisons
• Distortion of consequences
• In between Care based & rule based
thinking
How can I improve?

Dubious reputation Collect facts & Identify feelings Rationalize Check the feasibility Advance moral
approach figures of the decision knowledge

Make ethical
judgements
Extraversion – Introversion

Myers
Briggs Sensing – Intuition

Type Thinking – Feeling

Indicator Judging – Perceiving

(MBTI)
(Cherry, 2017) I have a personality directed more towards Extraversion
(E), Sensing (S), Thinking (T), and Perceiving (P)
ESTP Personality Type Traits vs Me
Emotionally stable Not much
Content Yes
Thick skinned Nope
Decisive Yes
Adjusts easily Take time
Likes crowds Of course
Outgoing Love it
Disorganized Bit
Messy Bit
Risk taker Not much
Fearless Not much
Enjoys sports Love it
Likes to lead Determined it
Good presenter Yes
So, what do I need to work
on?
• Be more emotionally stable
• Be Thick skinned
• Be more adjustable
• Be more organized
• Avoid Mess
• Start taking Risks
• Be Fearless of the consequences of decision
My Personal SWOT as a Leader

• Strengths
• Creative
• Motivated
• Leadership mindset
• Passion
• Determination
• Responsible
My Personal SWOT as a Leader

• Weaknesses
• Messy
• Unorganized
• Easily distracted
• Lack of hard skills
My Personal SWOT as a Leader

• Opportunities
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Networks & relationships
• Planning & management
• Threats
• Risk Averse
• Obstacles
• Financial Constraints
• Unexpected Circumstances

My Personal SWOT as a Leader


Part 2 Personal
Development Plan
Short Term Goals

LAUNCH MY ACQUIRE SET UP A WEBSITE MAKE ACCOUNT HIRE EMPLOYEES


BUSINESS FINANCING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

BUILD NETWORK
Medium Term Goals

• Grow business
• Motivate and retain employees
• Delegate tasks and authority
• Be creative & innovative
• Exploit opportunities
• Be more risk taking
• Work on my decision-making skills
• Use networking
Long Term Goals

Be the most successful Keep my employees Adopt more rational Develop analytical Influence my network
businessperson in my happy and contented approach skills
city
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Establishing my business
• Acquiring funds
• Hiring employees and making a team
• Retaining team
• Influencing people
• Growing business
Obstacles

Acquiring Hiring right Time Competition Unexpected Business risks


funds talent Constraints circumstances

Bad Decisions
Measures

Timely Moving Acquired the Hired a good Able to retain


achieving goals forward right financing team the team
References

• 2004, 2007 Studies - GLOBE Project. Globeproject.com. (2020). Retrieved 12 March 2021, from https://globeproject.com/study_2004_2007.
• Belyh, A. (2019). The Big Five Personality Traits Model (OCEAN Model). Cleverism. Retrieved 12 March 2021, from https://www.cleverism.com/big-five-
personality-traits-model-ocean-model/.
• Cherry, K. (2017). Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: The 16 Personality Types. Verywell Mind. Retrieved 12 March 2021, from
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-myers-briggs-type-indicator-2795583.
• Leadership and Human Behavior Motivation Information | Living at UMass Amherst. Umass.edu. (2021). Retrieved 12 March 2021, from
https://www.umass.edu/living/leadership-and-human-behavior-motivation-information.
• Leconte, P. (2021). Conducting A Gap Analysis: A Four-Step Template. ClearPoint Strategy. Retrieved 12 March 2021, from
https://www.clearpointstrategy.com/gap-analysis-template/.
• Michele. (2020). McClelland's Human Motivation Theory: Discovering What Drives Your Team. Mindtools.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021, from
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/human-motivation-theory.htm.
• Power: Definition, 10 Sources of Power, Uses of Power (Explained). iEduNote.com. (2021). Retrieved 12 March 2021, from https://www.iedunote.com/power.
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