LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS
Great leaders are required for the success of critical organizational projects. Notably, leaders have different strength that enable them to lead, and inspire the team members to support the goals of the organization. Strengths enable the leader to act as a coordinator and offer direction, where there is a plan of action on how to proceed and focus attention on the particular task to be achieved.
Leadership Strengths
Communication
Communication skills are critical as they promote an healthy working relationships. As a leader proper communication is critical to ensure that team members are informed as this helps them develop a sense of belonging. Listening to the team members and appreciating their contribution is among the strengths, and convey my visions to others. Establishing an environment where individuals can comfortably express their opinions is critical to avoiding conflict.
Self-Confidence
This is a great strength because it motivates the team members as they feel there are no traces of doubtfulness. Confidence is critical as I was able to admit where I am not familiar with anything, and involve the team members in finding a desirable resolution. Furthermore, this is a strength that allows to have faith within the team members and ensure that they will handle a particular situation (Rath, Conchie & Magazine, 2009). Therefore, it is strength that enhances empowerment among the team members and helps in delivering the qualities that ensures empowerment among the employees and thus increasing the performance levels.
Teamwork
Human beings an learn a lot through participation. As a leader, team work is critical not only to organize the teams, but also to participate in the team. Teamwork is critical in resolving issues, especially the ones which require a sense of urgency. Therefore, diverse teams tend to integrate their expertise which results to a successful resolutions of the issues.
Enthusiastic
As a leader I tend to be committed towards completing the task at hand. I have been able to overcome the shortcomings of procrastination, and thus focusing on ensuring that the team members fully participate and avoid delays.
Opportunities for Growth in Leadership
Leading within an organization
Leadership tends to be a set of behaviors, and not a formal role. One can always acts as a leader even though they have not been assigned any formal position within an organization that requires leadership. For example within the organization one can come up with new projects, new initiatives or even the old projects that have not been solved in the past.
Assignments Outside the Job
This requires the leader to take assignments even within the community. Volunteer opportunities in the community are critical to help the leader as they represent diverse situations that one can always strengthen their leadership. The community opportunities provide diverse leadership responsibilities which are important. One should engage in activities outside of their jobs which they can participate for a short period of time.
Education
formal education is an opportunity to advance education. Learning about leadership in a classroom setting is not a replacement for practicing but it is essential for laying a foundation. One can pursue many different forms of leadership, that will help to add to leadership knowledge.
Strategies for turning Opportunities into Leadership Strengths
Set realistic goals for development.
Goals are critical to promote the development of leadership strengths and skills. After these strengths that have been shortlisted, this will determine the areas that will need improvement. Therefore, with realistic future career goals, provides the necessary focus and direction. This provides an opportunity to measure the progress and see the improvement made. The goals that are well-defined will help to create progress and also will boost motivation through repeated success. For example, in becoming a better communicator, then one of then a realistic goal might be to enroll into a communication course. This helps exploit the opportunity of education that helps promote leadership strength.
Blend different styles for different scenarios
In the interactive process, I used different leadership styles for different situations. This enabled to sometimes take control which contributed to strength (Sengupta, Chakrabarti, & Mukhopadhyay, 2018). In this case the community opportunities especially taking into consideration the different leadership style will enhance strengths such as communication, and also organization. This a critical strategy especially taking into consideration the volunteering opportunities that exists in the community.
Balance tendencies and improve the overall habits
This is a strategy that entails learning how to deal with the diverse weaknesses. Thinking critically about the actions that I should take as a leader, and enhance balance. For instance, streamline overdelegation even though it is evident that a situation might benefit from the guidance of a leader.
Strategies to leverage other’s Strengths
Know the strengths of others
This can be achieved through undertaking a strength assessment, and strengths spotting. Paying attention to what other people like doing, what they do well and what might excite them. Thereafter, it is imperative to compliment an individual on that strength. Identifying the strengths of the collaborators will promote motivation.
Encourage Team Strength Conversation
Team members are given an opportunity to say the aspects of a project that they have expertise and enjoys doing. Each members talks about their strength to making a specific project a success (Froidevaux, Alterman & Wang, 2020). Through discussing the strengths and organizing work, team members are capable of dividing the diverse tasks based on what is good. This provides more motivation for the team members to tackle a specific situation which in turn contributes to the goals of the organization.
Assign roles based on strengths
Conversations helps to break down the different functionalities into segments which are assigned to the team members on the basis of their strengths. Great teams integrates people with complementary strengths as each team member is excited to on what they are good at. For example you might find one person is good at generating ideas, another one is good at organizing the information. Assigning roles helps in
References
Sengupta, M., Chakrabarti, S., & Mukhopadhyay, I. (2018). Conflict management in health care sector: An Indian scenario. International Journal of Education and Management Studies, 8(1), 153-161.
Froidevaux, A., Alterman, V., & Wang, M. (2020). Leveraging Aging Workforce and Age Diversity to Achieve Organizational Goals: A Human Resource Management Perspective. In Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work (pp. 33-58). Springer, Cham.
Rath, T., Conchie, B., & Magazine, T. (2009). Finding your leadership strengths. Gallup Management Journal, 12-2008, 73.