...SAT Task 2 Personality Traits and leadership styles of great leaders Each person is unique and has their own personality traits that make them different from the next person. Likewise, each leader is different and has their own methods of leading their teams. In order to be an effective leader there are certain traits that research has shown effective leaders have. They are broken down into two categories, general personality traits and task related personality traits. In the figure below you can see examples of the general personality traits of effective leaders. General Personality Traits of effective Leaders (Fig. 2-1 DuBrin, A. , 2013). A self confident leader is a good leader due to his/her self assurance. The ability and confidence to take charge and make (sometimes quick) decisions is important for leaders because it often must be done. Self confidence is also associated with being able to stay calm in stressful situations, another good trait for effective leaders. Humility is an very important trait for leaders to exhibit at the right times. No one knows everything and as a leader, they need to realize and acknowledge they too make mistakes and have room to grow in order to improve. Trustworthiness is an important trait for leaders to have so that they set a good example for their team. Also, honesty is important to be given the first and every time so that incorrect information is not communicated from employee to employee or from employee to customer...
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... 1. Identify a role for each team member. How will this structure allow the team to be more effective? The first two roles must be filled. Other roles could include facilitator, team members, note taker, timekeeper, and reviewer/publisher. (Note: There must be a team leader as well as someone designated to compile (a compiler) the handbook in addition to the remaining roles listed above.) Role | Team Member Name | How will this structure allow the team to be more effective? | Team Leader | Stacie Powell | Set-ups up conference calls, keeps group organized | Handbook Compiler | Ninfa Crews | Organizes the entire paper to ensure fluidity | Notetaker | Sabrina McCane | Keeps team informed of what was discussed and decided upon during meetings | Timekeeper | Tina Long | Updates and reminds team of deadlines to ensure that everyone is staying on track for the goals | Reviewer | Roberto N | Ensure that each section is written properly and grammatical correct | Facilitator | Raeline Berry | Makes sure we have the information needed, will bethe point of contact if we need to have someone get in contact with the course mentors. | 2. Identify at least three team goals. 1. Pass the task on first submission 2. Work effectively as a team. 3. Timely completion of team goals and due dates as well as course deadlines. 3. Review and discuss weekly assignments and deadlines outlined below. Week | Weekly Assignments | Date Due | One | 1. Complete...
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... 1. Identify a role for each team member. How will this structure allow the team to be more effective? Possible roles may include team leader, facilitator, team members, note taker, timekeeper, and reviewer/publisher. (Note: There must be a team leader as well as someone designated to compile the handbook in addition to the remaining roles listed above.) Jason Christensen (Team Leader), Greg Buckway (Note Taker/Reviewer/Publisher), Jeanette “Sundie” Gomez (Handbook Complier) 2. Identify at least three team goals. (1) Have rough drafts done the Friday before they are due. (2) Keep up communication at least every other day if not every day. (3) Keep the schedule written so we don’t push back and allow hardships to fall on other people. 3. Review and discuss weekly assignments and deadlines outlined below. Week | Weekly Assignments | Date Due | One | 1. Complete the Teamwork section of the course of study. 2. Schedule and conduct first team meeting (Note: Detailed instructions for scheduling the first team meeting can be found in the course of study.) 3. Complete the Team Contract and have the team leader submit to it to leadership@wgu.edu for approval. 4. Complete the Assignment Designation Form. | 2/16/2014 | Two | 1. Complete the Leadership Styles section of the course of study and determine your leadership style. 2. Research your topic for the first section of the handbook and review the resources outlined in the Leadership section...
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...SAT2 Leadership Task 2C Evaluation of Team Performance The following report will describe the team’s goals, specific motivation strategies, influence strategies, communication plan, conflict resolution strategies and over all possible improvements. Each area will be evaluated as to effectiveness in regards to the Leadership Handbook development. The team’s goals were: • Successful completion of Task 2. o The team will create and publish a leadership handbook that meets all requirements outlined for SAT Task 2. • Adhere to set deadlines. o All individual work will be submitted to the team by Friday at 11:59 p.m. to allow the reviewer and publisher time to finalize before the Sunday due date. • Effective and efficient team communication. o All team members will check email daily for updates on the project and are expected to communicate to other members in regards to feedback, progress, and/or any potential issues at least once a week. These goals were achieved by a six step processes. 1. Write it down and look at it. The team contract and goals were developed. 2. Tell People. The contract was communicated by email to all. 3. Break it up. The tasks were broken up into weekly assignments. 4. Set Dates. Due dates were set. 5. Be Realistic. The due dates were adjusted. 6. Buy in. The team bought into the goals and completed the process on time and on target. The motivation strategies that the team agreed to use was coaching and recognition. Coaching was...
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...Personal Leadership Strength and Weakness Analysis Leadership (SAT2) – Task 2, Part D Course Mentor: Dwane Thomas September 5, 2012 D-1. Strengths One of the strengths that were reiterated more than once during my peer evaluation was the fact that I was able to communicate well. As the facilitator of my group, I was given feedback stating that I communicated “effectively,” had “meaningful ideas” and facilitated the group with a “great sense of direction.” I believe my strength of being able to communicate well with my team members is an asset that I can possess within a working environment. Communication is a strong suite because it allows a person to not only understand situations, but also keep others aware as well. Within our group setting, by sending out a group email on a weekly basis to make the team aware of where we stand and what we have to do next, I was able to not only confirm for myself the timeline and goals we had to abide by, but also keep the team members on the same page as me. This act of communication would be tremendously helpful in a working environment because it shows a sense of direction, organizational skills, commitment to the group, and also participation within a team setting. Since in a working environment a person needs to be aware of a multitude of group settings (management team, co-workers, employees of other departments, associated agencies/clients of the company, etc.), facilitating communication is important for the completion...
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...SAT2 Leadership - Team Evaluation 1.Identify your team’s goals. Creating a leadership; handbook was a very large and detail oriented undertaking. To complete the task at hand our team needed to be very organized and stick to a very strict plan. Our first step was to clearly define the goals for our team and delegate roles for each member. We identified the following four goals that we would accomplish by the end of our project: 1. To evaluate how essential teamwork is to be effective in successfully completing a task. 2. To apply the process of team development throughout this task and decide as a team on the best recommended means of communication to utilize and the best decision-making technique to practice. 3. To utilize techniques on conflict resolution, influence strategies and motivation strategies within the team when the need arises. 4. To create a comprehensive leadership handbook as a team. a. Discuss how your team achieved or did not achieve its goals. Our team worked together to assure that all goals that we set out were in the end accomplished. The first, and most important task at hand was to create a leadership handbook, which we completed within 2 short weeks. The bi-products of working together to accomplish this feat, were the other goals mentioned. From the first meeting we constantly worked to apply the process of team development throughout the task. We decided early on via a general consensus how we would communicate and...
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...ever asked better questions than Peter Drucker. All the personality, all the wisdom is here to make your work dramatically more effective. There’s nothing better. It’s like having Peter at your side.” —Bob Buford, author, Halftime and Finishing Well, and founding chairman, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management “Peter Drucker’s penetrating and profound insights are more relevant and needed today than when he originally produced them. This helpful revision of his classic Self-Assessment Tool offers managers and leaders in every sector—nonprofit, business, and government—a useful guide to figuring out what’s needed, why it matters, and how to make it work. At a time when the need for more effective management and more ethical leadership are the moral equivalent of global warming, Drucker’s common sense and courage should be modeled by everyone who cares about doing things right and doing the right thing.” —Ira A. Jackson, dean, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, and board member, The Drucker Institute “Peter Drucker’s Five Most Important Questions continue to be the indispensable questions that an organization must ask itself, regardless of size or sector, if it is determined to be an organization of the future. When these questions are asked, the journey begins. And as Peter Drucker reminds us in this book, the answers are in the questions.” —Kathy Cloninger, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA “The Leader to Leader Institute has done a great...
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...WGU SAT2 Leadership Task 2 A. Leadership Style There are certainly several types of leaders, and both good qualities and bad qualities to every type. While I think most leaders cannot be pinned completely into any one label, my own personal leadership style most closely matches the participative style. The participative style of leadership lends itself toward collaboration within the group rather than dictatorship or authoritarian style leadership that makes firm decisions based on their own personal judgment. Generally, the authoritarian leadership style is considered to be the more traditional type. In the past most businesses operated under the assumption that there were not effective reasons to discuss decisions with staff before making significant changes. This rather militant style of operating businesses can be visualized as a top-down approach; decisions come from above and trickle to those below. This is mostly effective, but leaves the people on the bottom, oftentimes the ones actually doing the labor, with no voice about how to perform their daily work activities. Over time management concepts have evolved into modern techniques that rely more on listening to and understanding the needs of employees as more businesses realize how much more productive employees can be when they have some control in their team or work environment. I do feel that some leadership decisions can and should be made directly by the leader or manager in charge, as there is not always...
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...Running Head: LEADERSHIP - TASK 1 1 SAT2- Leadership Task 1 Lauren Hutcheson ID#: 282778 April 14, 2014 MBA – Healthcare Western Governors University Running Head: LEADERSHIP - TASK 1 2 A1. Leadership Style Upon conducting research, it is clear that the definition of “leadership” is not agreed upon. It is fluid, based upon many perceptions, situations, and surroundings. According to Robinson (2010), adopting a specific style of leadership is rather futile as it is, “contingent on the personal traits of the leader, the people being led, and the nature of the activity.” Tools are available to help guide potential leaders in determining a preferred style of leadership. For example, utilizing the “Leadership Self-Assessment Quiz: What Style of Leader Are You or Would Be?” as created by Durbin, 2009 it was determined that my leadership skills lean towards becoming a participative leader. As defined by Dubrin (2009), participative leadership shares decision-making with the group and its members. Participative leadership encompasses so many behaviors and characteristics that it can be divided into three subtypes: consultative, consensus, and democratic. Consultative leaders confer with group members before making a decision. However, they retain the final authority in making those decisions. Consensus leaders strive for consensus while democratic leaders confer final authority to the group. They function as collectors of group opinion and take a vote before making a decision...
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