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Robert answered on
Dec 27 2021
Leadership Analysis Report
Introduction
The report aims to identify ethical leadership framework and my personal leadership traits.
Theoretical, conceptual and ethical issues are examined when dealing with people. Report
evaluates the leadership styles, strategies as well as practices in context of ethical and moral
framework. For this purpose, four areas of leadership are considered. Results are summarised
and presented to a person for reactions and comment. Report mentions about learning drawn
from feedback of person. It indicates the difference between perception of my and other
person. Report determines my relationship with others. Report concludes with taking
advantages of strengths and recommendations to remove weaknesses.
Four areas of leadership
Establishment of trust and demonstration of integrity
I prefer to display honesty factor in dealing with others in leadership and promote fair
communication. But I practice situational leadership where I tend to avoid to do walk of the
talk and do not often take respectful stand for following the principles. I also tend to speak
from institution more that evidences and experience.
The second area of leadership is setting clear direction. I ensure that simplicity in the work
must there and roles should not be ambiguous. I think that deployments of people with right
skills are not mandatory all time. I believe that employees should be involved and engaged in
setting direction.
Grow relationship is another dimension where I show respect to others thoughts but I
consider people as resources as well.
Focus on results
I track progress of others towards achieving objectives periodically. But I believe that money
and resources should not be wasted with perseverance towards something continuously. I use
a process for learning and sharing success and failure.
Suggestions of friend
When I shared my summary of leadership, he recommended various other aspects on these
areas. For establishment of trust and demonstration of integrity, he suggested that I should do
walk the talk. I should take a courageous action to protect principals. He recommends
speaking from logic and evidence to followers. He also mentions to safeguard sensitive
information.
For setting the clear direction, he mentions about clarity and consistency factors for setting
goals and strategies. He mentions about enabling individuals to see their own efforts
esponses. He asks to eliminate those efforts that cause low pay off. He mentions importance
of offering consistent information to the followers. He considers participative management
for leadership effectiveness.
For growing relationship with others, he stresses to listening habit and inquiry about
grievances of other people. He suggests that a leader should consistently show value and
espect for others. Friend mentions importance of seeing people as individuals. He stresses
that initiatives should be taken to eliminate misunderstanding and to repair strained
elationship. He suggests seeking opportunities for building cross functional relationship and
working network. He prefers to have open communication and peoples’ inclusion in planning
and decision making.
Analysis of my own leadership competencies on basis of theoretical framework for
ethical leadership
Ethical leadership is related with virtues. Concept of virtues is derived from work of Aristotle
(1947) and it has been found in the work of Arjoon (2000). There are numbers of factors
considered for moral virtues such as courage, good temper, temperance, pride, friendliness
and truthfulness. Virtues are considered as moral excellence (Hendrix et al., 2004). The
virtues are humility, integrity, passion, compassion, humour, and wisdom (Sa
is et al., 2006).
Honesty (London, 1999); altruism (Engel
echt et al., 2005); tolerance, determination,
enthusiasm, and responsibility (Guillen & Gonzales, 2001) and forgiveness, love and trust.
There are two factor integrity and authenticity that are found to be most significant for ethical
leadership. For ethical leadership integrity is found as vital (Brown et al., 2005; Heres, 2010;
Kolthoff et al., 2010). Integrity refers to ability of a person to take ethically co
ect course
(Keating et al., 2007). It is found as one of pillars of ethical leadership (Resick et al., 2006).
In my approach, I have well adopted the ethical virtue of integrity to my leadership therefore
it can be said that I have a good ethical leadership base.
The second value is authenticity that is important for ethical leadership and it refers to know
oneself and act transparently according to values and beliefs (Avolio et al., 2004). According
to Luthans and Avolio (2003), authentic leaders demonstrate traits of confidence, optimism,
esilience, future orientation, moral/ethical, and networking abilities. Authentic leaders are
having self awareness, balanced processing, internalized moral perspective and relational
transparency (Walumbwa et al., 2008). In my case, I have not developed self awareness to
that level that is required for ethical leadership and my approach towards balanced processing
is sometimes hampers due to my own personal biasness.
Next factor for me is consideration towards others where I have scored low. It is found that
those leaders who act fairly and consider others needs may elicit supportive responses in
attitudes and behaviour of employees (Brown et...