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Introduction When concerning an individual who is placed in a position in which leadership is required developing effective leadership skills is critical to the success of a business. From previous assignments and course information what is learned is that even though an individual has a management position that does not mean he or she has an effective leadership style. For this particular assignment the requirement is to imagine receiving a leadership position and allowed to define the role that can benefit the company and is the most successful. A person regardless of what type of workplace that is at hand has to put him or herself in a position in which he or she can successfully lead other employees. The assessments for this week helped with identifying the strengths and weaknesses of my personal leadership style and how I can apply it in successful business setting. As being a leader it is important for a person to know his or strengths and weaknesses. An effective leader has to know how to stand effectively firm on company’s policy and procedures and still have employees willingly follow rules and regulations. An individual should not put him or herself into a situation in which he or she cannot effectively lead. The best thing to do is work for an organization compatible with a person’s leadership style. Just because a person is appointed a management position that does not mean that person has good leadership skills in that specific workplace environment. The main thing a person should know is that a manager is not the same as a leader. The main difference between these two words is that a management position is appointed to a person by higher authority in the company. A leader is how other people view an individual. The individuals want to follow that person because he or she wants to but are not required to follow the person as opposed to if the individual was a manager then it is the employee job duty to do that. To be a good leader an individual should not put him or her in a position not compatible with his or her leadership style. Leadership and Team Skills self assessment After completing the Leadership and Team Skills self-assessment there was valuable information learned about myself to determine what position I would excel in as a leader. The first assessment titled, “What is my Leadership Style.” The main goal of this assessment was to inform a person if his or her leadership style was a concern for people or a concern for task. When a person takes a leadership position or role many times, he or she will have to depend on others to complete a task. Many of these individuals will have his or her opinion, views, and work style. An effective leader job is to implement the strengths and weaknesses of all individuals involved effectively to complete the task. My result for this assessment was a score of three for the concern of people and a score of 10 for the concern of the task. This score labeled me as task orientation concerned with completing the job as opposed to people orientation that focuses on group’s interactions and the needs for individual members. This is valuable information because it allows me to know when taking a leadership position it is important to still to take other individuals opinions, views, and work styles into consideration even though completing the task is most important. The second assessment titled, “How Charismatic is I.” This assessment focused on How close a person pays attention to other people who he or she is communicating with my score for this assessment was a 19. The management of meaning is how affective a person is with getting his or her meaning across my score for this was a 15. The management of trust focused on how an individual perceived to follow through on promises and take clear positions on issues my personal score was an 18. The management of self assessment focused on how concerned an individual is about the welfare of others, his or her feelings, and self regard my personal score was an 18. The management of risk focused on if a person is willing to take risks for topics that he or she believe in and is also willing to accept some failure in pursuit of goals my score for that assessment was a 10. The management of feelings assessment focused on if an individual can tap into the feelings of others to make his or her work more meaningful for him or her my score was a 16. For the previous assessment “How Charismatic is I,” an individual score may be between one and 20. After reviewing my personal scores for this assessment the scores were high in the areas of having clear communication with others, willing to follow through on promises, and are concerned about the welfare of others. These results informed me that in a leadership position my strengths are clear communication which is important because knowing how to communicate effectively with others may dictate the outcome of a task. Another important aspect as a leadership is to speak false statements to complete tasks or to make team members complete his or her requirements. My personal score for this resulted into following through on topics promised is important because employees want a leader who he or she believe is trustworthy and concerned about his or personal feelings also. The scores that need personal improvement are getting my meaning across, management of risk, and management of feelings. To produce a productive workplace environment it is important that employees know your exact point. At times a leader will have to take a risk for things that the leader believes in and also accept some failures in pursuit of the leader’s goals. For the third assessment titled, “Do I trust others'” My personal score was five that defines me as having low faith in people. When an individual has a leadership role it is important to have faith in others because of the fact a leader has to have followers so that the company’s task are complete and goals reached .The fourth assessment titled, “Do Others See Me as Trustworthy.” My personal score for this assessment was 56 is important because employees have to see his or her leader as trustworthy to build a trusting relationship between him or herself and those he or she seek to lead. The fifth assessment, “How good am I am disciplining others.” my personal score is 19 that have some deficiencies need room for improvement because it is critical for a successful leader to know how to discipline employees which are under his or her supervision. Jobs Compatible with my Leadership Style Based on my personal scores from the assessment to be an effective leader is being familiar with my surroundings, the individuals, information, and task that is at hand. My leadership style would be most effective with a smaller organization and the daily routine of the job is the same. I am more of a hand on leader to lead by example. I am not a leader who likes to sit behind the desk and just dictate I like be associated with the task and assist with accomplish the goal. I am not that vocal so if it were a position in which required dealing with many people is not a good fit. If the position required me to travel and do various speaking or be the focal point of attention I believe that I would do poor at it. I know my strengths and weaknesses so I would not put myself in a position to fail. The organization that I am familiar with it is mostly nonprofit organizations, which I enjoy very much. I think I would excel better in a nonprofit organization than a for-profit organization. Many nonprofit organizations have one common goal so you are repeating the same actions consistently and help an individual who situations are similar which is my preference. Conclusion When an individual is a manager and have an effective leadership style then it will reflect positively in the workplace. The main difference between a manager and a leader is that a manager is a title on the job so employees have to follow his or her rules because that is part of the employee job. A leader is kind of chosen by individuals and follow you because he or she want to, and it is not necessarily a requirement. A company will benefit if a manager has good leadership skills. The role of a manager has changed it is not a dictator role employees want to see his or her manager lead by example and not just be told what to do. A manager has to able to communicate effectively with his or her employees and know what is going on at all times in the workplace. This individual has to be very observant and ready to make decisions at any time. If an employee see that his or her manager has a good leadership style it will motivate him or her to be consistent in his or her work and make sure that his or her job description is completed correctly. Managers have to take charge in the workplace to make sure that tasks are complete if not there will be conflict in the workplace. If a manager does not have a good leadership style, it will reflect in his or her relationship with other employees and also the managers work performance.