...Learning Team Leadership 1 Learning Team Leadership Evaluation Thomas Hong, Ph.D., Arpad Szurgyi, Ph.D., Dawn Dobson, Ph.D., Stephanie Smith, Ph.D., David Benson, Ph.D., and Tim Halton, Ph.D. University of Phoenix Organizational Diagnosis and Intervention June 16, 2008 Learning Team Leadership Learning Team Leadership Evaluation The global economy, geographically distributed organizations, and increasingly rapid technological changes have added a level of complexity that has changed the nature of business interrelationships. Managerial self-awareness and personal reflection play an important role in the leadership development process (McCarthy & Garavan, 1999). The 360-degree feedback process, multisource assessments, and personality inventories are useful in the context of leadership development (Church & Bracken, 1997; McCarthy & Garavan, 1999). Selfassessment and personal reflection are valuable tools in achieving personal and professional 2 growth and success. The challenge, however, is that self-assessment is oftentimes a difficult task due to the subjectivity of personal perceptions of strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of this essay is to report out on the assessment of the leadership styles of individual team members and identify the most important areas for improvement. The essay commences with a discussion on the criteria used for the selection of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as a self-awareness leadership instrument. The essay continues...
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...presidency: Implications of psychopathic personality traits for successful and unsuccessful political leadership. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(3), 489-505. http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=79301650&site=ehost-live&scope=site The authors of Fearless dominance and the U. S. presidency: Implications of psychopathic personality traits for successful and unsuccessful political leadership used an assessment of psychological personality traits that pertain to the ability of individuals to be the president of the United States and also be outstanding leaders. One hundred twenty-one experts from the field of psychology used standardized methods to assess all presidents using an observable control variable that could not be changed or modified and determine whether any presidents demonstrated sociopathic tendencies. The psychological personality assessments included outgoing personality, the level of mental stability, experience, the ability to be agreeable, and whether they have a conscience. The findings indicate many of the assessments were positive but the authors stress that they are not suggesting that all presidents need to be sociopathic and /or mentally unstable to be successful. The article was published in a credible source for psychology. van Eeden, Cilliers, and van Deventer, (2008). Leadership styles and associated personality traits: Support for the conceptualization...
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...Self-reflection – the key to effective leadership Most authorities on leadership development understand the importance of assisting managers and leaders to engage in self-discovery and self-reflection. Recorded statements from philosophers about the need for self-awareness and reflection for those in leadership positions goes back thousands of years to ancient philosophers and teaches like Confucius, Socrates, Plato, Jesus and Mohammed. However, research has shown that self-reflection is possibly a manager’s least favourite activity. While much has been written on the need for self-reflection and for selfunderstanding by managers, little is available that points the way forward for managers on how to commence self-reflection, what are the processes involved and how one commences on the road to self discovery. In this short article, I will endeavour to assist you to commence learning about yourself. There are two good reasons why managers and leaders should be concerned about learning about themselves. First, while some people, because of personality flaws, like narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychological personality disorders should never be allowed to lead others, most people can improve their leadership potential and performance by engaging in self-reflection. Second, research has shown there is no better bedrock for effective leadership than a secure understanding and sense of oneself. Self-understanding also provides a sound basis for understanding ...
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...Accessing Your Leadership Styles Kaplan University To be an effective leader or a servant leader you must be motivated and have a vision as to where you see yourself and the company. Whether the goal is to double the company's annual sales, develop a product that will solve a certain problem, or start a company that can achieve the leader's dream, the leader must always have a clear target in mind. Leaders need to motivate the team so they can work together toward the same goal, and then understanding the talents and temperaments of each individual and effectively motivating each person to contribute individually their best toward achieving the group goal. To know your own leadership style you must conduct a few leadership assessment tests. The importance of these tests is to test the level of leadership skills you have. Some of these tests will test your leadership abilities, your strengths/weaknesses and how well you can they affect your leadership style, and even your personality. To test my leadership style I conducted two very common tests; the Vark Assessment and the Type A or B Personality Indicator. The Vark assessment provides insight to an individual’s predisposition toward a particular learning style (Coppola & Ledlow 2010). I notice that I am more of a kinesthetic learner My scores were: * Visual 8 * Aural 7 * Read/Write 5 * Kinesthetic 9 According to Coppola and Ledlow, this type of learner requires practical exercise, a hands-on approach...
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...Assignment Leadership Style and Personality Assessment Anioushka G-Saint Cyril HA510 Professor Yu-Wei Yang August 4, 2015 There are many leadership styles and is important to know which style you are. There are many ways one can learn their leadership style, for example, through assessments. Knowing your leadership style will help you become a better leader. Although there are many leadership assessments our text discussed four assessments that can give insights into building blocks of personality most commonly identified by peers, subordinate employees, and supervisors (Ledlow, et al, 2014). These assessments include: Hemisphere Dominance assessments; Jungian assessments; Vark test; Struder Group; Price Group; and many more. Some of these assessments listed where taken to see my personal leadership style. This paper will explain my personal leadership style through the use of leadership and personality assessments. It is important to know your leadership style. Everyone has a different leadership style and therefore will lead differently. Leadership cannot really be defined but can say that it is dynamic and active creation and maintenance of organizational culture and strategic systems that focus the collective energy of both leading people and managing resources toward meeting the needs of the external environment utilizing the most efficient, effective, and efficacious methods possible by moral means (Ledlow & Coppola, 2014). By knowing your leadership style, yon...
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...Introduction This week study module is all about my learning styles and how best I make use of my ability to learn, as a student on the MBA program. It is true that I might have a distinctive learning style. This particular learning style might have an impact on how well I am coping in my studies. It is particular true that some might learn best through audial information and others through visuals. Even so, there exist many different theories that were presented to us this week that describes how we as students prefer to learn best. Preferred Learning Style Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) developed a theory on learning style that categorises people in terms of different learning personality patterns. He highlighted two important processes that are important in learning, 1) how we take in information and 2) what we do with that information once it is in our brain. He called the first perception and the second judgement. This theory led to the ‘Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator’ (MBTI). However Kolb (2005) believe our learning styles comes from ‘genetics, our life experiences and demand from our current environment’ (Kolb, 2005). Four different learning styles were also developed and the theory of experiential learning and learning style inventory. In reading the four different styles by Kolb, I can easily associate my learning to ‘The Accommodator’. This style can be attributed to those strong in experience and experimentation. I am a doer and this style is for those that enjoy doing experiments...
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...Communicating and Collaborating Strategy GEN 200 Abstract Being a part of a learning team or group can sometimes be very beneficial but will also require working with different learning styles and personality types. Everyone will not always come together which will more than likely cause conflict among the team. The team has to be aware that everyone brings a different personality and learning style to the group. Acknowledging this will insure a better working environment and lead to the team’s success. Based on my personal assessment my learning styles are: interpersonal, verbal linguistic and bodily kinesthetic. My personality types are: organizer, adventurer and giver. These characteristics allow me to have a better understanding of my surroundings and be more knowledgeable of people who are different from me. Learning styles help to separate strengths from weaknesses. My first learning style is Interpersonal. An interpersonal person is able to listen to other people’s opinions and view them from another perspective. According to the book, “Interpersonal Skills to Leadership” (Fritz, 2005), I will be a lifelong learner. I prize curiosity. I want to be well informed. My ultimate goal is to learn from my life events so that sometime in my later years I will have great wisdom. As an interpersonal person I enjoy talking with people and helping them, which makes them feel comfortable. People are at ease to discuss conflict with an interpersonal person...
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...workplace and group cohesion. Every individual has different personality traits and tendencies. Managers need to recognize these differences and develop a plan for cohesion and stability. In the University of Phoenix class Organizational Leadership, the members of Learning Team B have all taken DiSC Assessments to understand better these traits and tendencies. In the following paper I will outline a professional development plan for these members both individually and as a group with my ability to lead them. Ebony Ingram Ebony Ingram is an Assessor (Ci) with a predominately cautious style. The assessor is “less guarded and less indirect than most other cautious styles” (University of Phoenix, 2015). An assessor is a wonderful asset to have on a team because they can have great intuition with a head full of knowledge through detailed evaluation. The negative of this style is that even though Assessors are quick thinkers, they may be slow to take action (University of Phoenix, 2015). This is something to keep in mind when putting together a professional development plan with contrasting personnel working together. Rasha Long Rasha Long is a Go-Getter (Sd) with a predominately steadiness style. The go-getter is “less open and less indirect than most other steadiness styles” (University of Phoenix, 2015). This can be beneficial to a group through taking charge in short-term situations and multitasking. One negative of this style is that a go-getter can become rigid and guarded when under...
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...Over the past five weeks, learning about leadership in a diverse society has given me clarity of the tools I need to become a more effective leader. In the short few weeks we focused on self-assessing leadership theories, management, time management, personality traits, conflict handling style, and emotional intelligence according to my type of leadership. Self-assessing each of these components has given me the proper tools to improve my leadership and I am intrigued about what I found out about myself on this journey to enhance my leadership skills. Discovering the tools needed from a combination of leadership theories management, time management, understanding my personality traits, understanding conflict handling styles, the importance of the emotional intelligence, using the instructor’s recommendations, and understanding the role of nurse informatics and its technology in healthcare has helped me better understand my leaderships strengths and how to repair my weaknesses. I have learned many different things about leadership, management, and time management. According to a 2014 article by MSc Nizar Said defines time management as, “The ability of a person to use the time function to accomplish the tasks in the exact timing” (Said, 2014). It is important to acquire effective time management skills to use time efficiently. This same article states, “Time management is recognized as an important component of work performance and professional nursing practice, as well as help...
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...assignment is based on the strategic management and leadership and it is discussed about the McDonalds. There are different types of skills such as personal skills and professional skills and as a manager it is required to have both types of skills to achieve personal goals and professional goals. From this assignment it is identifying the company strategic goals and the required personal and professional skills to achieve those strategic goals. Same time it is mentions the learning styles of those skills and evaluates the skills. It is mentioned personal development plan including budget reports, resources and time framework. It is important to evaluate the developments and the progress of the skills and it is able to use several methods to evaluate. There are several impacts from the self learning and it is affected for the strategic goals achieving. Therefore it is discussing all these areas based on the McDonalds case study and it is significant to get a clear idea about the skills of the individuals. Task 2 2.1. Personal skills audit evaluating strategic skills needed to meet current and future leadership requirements According to Boselie et al. (2005:4) there are different types of skills which should have with an individual and it is supports to perform in the business. Therefore it is required to have personal skills as well as professional skills to perform in the job. As a manager it is significant to have leadership skills with him and it supports to direct the team...
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...failures, and turmoil. By focusing on the personal aspect of these situations, we can alleviate the outside influences of markets and economies. This would allow us to look closely at the intricate inner workings of personalities, and how they are the foundation people and their interactions. How can we take this knowledge of personalities and turn it into a successful and productive working environment? When we look closely at the interaction of people, we see that their personalities are not the same. We also see that certain personalities don’t work well together, while others work together like a fine tuned instrument. By closely examining them we will come to understand why this happens, and what we could possibly do to resolve these personality confrontations. With leadership playing an important role in a working environment, how do we become better leaders? Like personalities, leadership styles also have their characteristics and it’s these characteristics that we need to take a closer look at. In an article titled “Seven Mistakes To Avoid As A Manager” by Max Messmer he writes “most management skills can be learned” (Seven Mistakes). This thought is resonating, telling us the importance of leadership styles, and how by learning and understanding these different styles, we can become a better leader. How do leaders create a cohesive and productive environment? All businesses rely on employees to perform tasks in order for them to be...
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...Communicating and Collaborating Strategy Inez S. Causey GEN/200 05-23-2011 Professor Heiko Sweeney Abstract This paper discusses and developments a strategy to collaboration and communication between different members of a group that is tasked with functioning as a team. Team functionality described in particular group or team that is comprised of people who possess different personality types and different styles of learning. There will be at least three different learning styles explained. The strategy includes the design of a proficient strategy for the collaboration and communication between the various learning styles. Discussed in this paper; there are at least three different types of personality that explained. The strategy explained within the text includes the development of a method to proficiently collaborate and communicate between the varying kinds of different personalities. The assignments titled ³Multiple Pathways to Learning´ and ³Personality Spectrum´ used as information resources within the text. This paper will illustrate the concepts and strategies for success in a social setting, known as working with others. Communicating and Collaborating Strategy Communication is a skill that we learned and developed through the course of our lives experience. Whether it is verbal or nonverbal, we use it in our everyday lives. It makes you grateful, that I decided to return to school, in doing so I am now working to enhance my communication skills...
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...Synthesis Paper: Leadership Ella Mathis-James June 17, 2015 Doctoral students are the future of academic circles and need to possess an in-depth research-based approach. The three articles covered in this paper focuses on organizational candidates, presidential affiliates and doctoral students with the leadership skills needed for the role of educated professionals research. This paper will have the in-depth research-based on the commonality of all the articles which is inclusive of personality and behavior traits as well as embracing the management philosophy portraying a functional method to detect prospective leaders. It is not an ironclad method which envisages who will direct or by what method will he or she direct. These articles give a concept into the methods to effect or utilize a particular description of successful management. However the conception of an effective leader is biased, which makes it challenging to visibly describe what characteristics and qualities cause somebody to be an effective administrator or leader. There is also not any unanimity concluded as to which traits are largely significant for those in chief positions such as leaders and administrators to have. Although some view character traits like self-confidence and inspiration, others contemplate natural traits like individuals size to be more important. This paper is a synthesis analysis of three research articles that explored leadership styles, individual’s temperaments, perception of themselves...
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...- I Report prepared by Abhishek Shah Roll No. 2 Under Guidance of Dr. Hardik Shah 2 Contents 1. MBTI Basics 1.1. Short Guide to Development and Use of MBTI 1.2. Applications of MBTI for Everyday life: 2. Literature & Findings of MBTI A. Achieving Optimum Communication and Group performance B. Understanding your client C. Creating a new culture D. Emotional Marketing E. Reflective thinking for decision making F. Decision Making G. Forward Thinking H. Split Personality I. Selecting Majors J. Influence on Interviewer reactions K. Leadership traits in Project Management 3. Learning and Implications 3.1. Learning 3.2. Application Based on Past Experience 3.3. Theoretical & Practical Implication Sources and References 3 “Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgments sounder, and your life closer to your heart’s desire.” --ISABEL BRIGGS MYERS [1] MBTI Basics: The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C.G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. [1.1.] A Short Guide to the Development and Use of MBTI: Below is a short guide to identify your type; ask yourself Favorite...
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...This essay will compare two articles that will conclude how personality and skills are essential in being a good leader. The premise for each article all had the same hypothesis in mind, with regard to effective leadership. The studies that will be compared will be “Personality traits, management styles & conflict management in a military unit” by Salimi, Karaminia, and Esmaeili (2011) and “The leadership skills strataplex: Leadership skill requirements across organizational levels” by Mumford, Campion, and Morgeson (2007). A comparison of the research questions, sample population, and limitations will be discussed. Salimi and colleagues (2011) investigated personality traits with regard to management styles. They wanted to find out if personality traits had any affect on a leader’s management style and conflict resolution. They found that extraversion and when conscientious leaders were more successful. Northouse (2010) in regards to personality traits gave perfect examples on how personality traits in fact can affect how leaders resolve issues and tribulations. Northouse (2010), stated how leaders are more tolerant for uncertainty, openness, and curiosity. When leaders are confident they are more inclined to be helpful in sudden situations that involve conflict. Mumford and colleagues (2007) addressed the skills needed by a leader to help perform their daily job functions within an organization. They suggest that cognitive, interpersonal, business, and strategic skills...
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