[Archived] Course 4. Foundational Leadership Principles: (Discussion #1) Understanding your Leadership Style

@Heather225

1. What is your leadership style?

Communicating Vision 87

2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?

I communicate my plans in a way that excites others.

3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?

Being firm. I think I need to set boundaries and be firm when necessary.

1. What is your leadership style?

My leadership style is - communicating vision: 57

2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?

Unfortunately, it is not easy for me to communicate ideas in a way that excites others

3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?

I think I’d like to improve what I mentioned above. Maybe I could do this by learning how to be more confident in what I want to say.

1. What is your leadership style?

Communicating Vision.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?

I learned that I can excite others for a project, but need to make sure I am commutating it effectively!
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?

Presenting my ideas in a confident way. I feel like if I am confident in my ideas, I will be able to communicate the best I possibly can!

@Heather225

1. Communicating Vision 97! According to your answers, you are able to envision a clear direction for your company and communicate your plans in a way that excites others. You seem to have the level of charisma needed to convince people that your ideas are worthwhile. This is an essential skill, because employees will be much more willing to achieve a goal if they are passionate about it. People who excel in this area are innovative visionaries who are confident in their ability to persuade and convince others. They consider it essential to make those they lead aware of, as well as part of, their vision.

2. I seem to have a very good charisma background and this is something that I wasn't expecting! I seem to be able to inspire and motivate others as I’m excellent in communication but also listening to others. Apparently I can guide them with confidence and make them a part of the community, give them the right amount of information in the right time and in the right way to not discourage them and help them to lift their spirits and work with love and positivity to our purpose and the community.

3. A part that I believe I need to improve on is managing challenging situations and conflicts between others. It's sometimes very awkward and uncomfortable to try to maintain balance and it's a situation that causes stress. Although I have learned to keep my stress levels to normal there's always the risk to burnout and I believe I should pay some more attention to self-care, in order to maintain my personal well-being and keep being productive. I have observed that when I calm down I can manage things much better and this will help me grow.

@Heather225

1. What is your leadership style?

Communicating Vision 94

2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?

That I have the ability to make people understand my vision and be a part of it, I can make them feel passionate and excited about what we want to work on as a team by convincing them the idea worths the effort which is a good thing as this can make our work higher in quality if every team member feels a connection to the goal

3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?

Setting right expectations giving feedback and accepting and growing through faiure

@Heather225

1. I am a visionary leader

2. That I am very motivating.

3. To be more specific towards my working partners.

1. What is your leadership style?

An affiliative leader!

2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?

That I am very understanding of the needs of those around me.

3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?

I want to be able to work more efficiently. I want to increase my efficiency to its maximum potential.

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1. What is your leadership style? an affiliative leader
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself? My leadership style encourages relationships
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon? I like to spend less time on problems and more on creativity.
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@Heather225

I am an affiliative leader

I learnt that I have a leadership style that encourages relationships between people, prompting them to work together. My approach involves focusing on the importance of working together. I also understand the needs of your team and your partners very well, and you try to satisfy them. My greatest strength lies in my ability to ease tensions and motivate all team members during difficult periods. I also have a knack for getting people who are accustomed to working alone to work together instead.

However, Affiliative leaders tend to avoid conflict.
These leaders tend to stay away from dealing with conflicts that they may be asked to create because they focus on relationship-building within their team. If a team member is under-performing, the affiliative leader is likely to ignore the performance.

Affiliative leaders also avoid scenarios that make them feel uncomfortable.
An affiliative leader focuses on their own feelings too. They like to feel happy and positive about what they do every day at work. If there is a scenario that makes them feel uncomfortable, then they may do their best to avoid it altogether. There is a hesitance with this leadership style to confront difficult situations in a head-on manner. A leader might try to delegate the responsibility, ignore it to hope it goes away, or wait as long as possible before doing something about the situation

The advantages and disadvantages of the affiliative leadership style show us that a positive workplace environment is possible. People can make needed changes when positive feedback is given to them. Unless there is some adaptation, however, the characteristics of affiliative leadership can also create complacency, lower productivity, and resistance to change over time.

1. What is your leadership style?

I am an affiliative leader, meaning I focus on teamwork and relationships and understand the needs of others.

2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?

I learnt that one of my main strengths is the ability to ease tension during difficult situations. I'd never really considered this as one of my skills, but having read it in the description of my leadership style I can now think of several occasions where I did just that.

3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?

I would like to become better at accepting and giving negative feedback. This is difficult for an affiliative leader as they do not want to damage their relationships, which are central to their leadership style. I understand the value of feedback, and even more so after the discussion about it earlier in the course, but in practice I still struggle with it.