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LEADERSHIP PLAN

MGT601
ASSESSMENT 2: LEADERSHIP PLAN

NAME: geetanjali. kotha

STUDENT ID:00318289T
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

In the current report I have pointed out the leadership skills that I need to develop in

order to become transformational leader. I identified the problems and issues in my

leadership skills through self-assessment analysis and feedbacks that I have gained in my

leadership process so far. I have used the model of skills and personal develop to develop my

leadership skill to achieve the leadership goals that I want to achieve.

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Executive summary ………………………………………………………2

Table of contents………………………………………………………….3
Introduction……………………………………………………………….4
Time selected……………………………………………………………...4
Evaluation of my current leadership skills, capabilities, and my leadership
journey so far……………………………………………………………...4
Leadership development plan…………………………………………….6
Objectives of the plan…………………………………………………....6
Key changes and development requirement……………………………...7
Development plan according to the Whiteman Grow Model…………....8
Conclusion………………………………………………………………12
References……………………………………………………………….13
Appendix
Gallup -Clifton strengths ……………………………………………….14
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Introduction

Personal leadership plan is a plan through which I will be able to produce a document
that will show the evident ways in which I will be able to develop my leadership skills so that
I can become a good and efficient leader in the future. In the recent analysis and feedbacks
that have been received, it has been seen that I have several leaderships strengths and traits
that help me ineffective leading although there are some areas of development that I need to
focus on so as continuously develop my skills as a leader and become a transformational
leader through the participative leadership skills and methods. In the current assessment,
there will be a creation of personal leadership development plan that will be used to make
sure that the shortcomings that have been identified in the self-analysis and feedback received
from the previous workplace is managed and optimized and proper leadership skills are
developed to become a transformational leader like Elon Musk that I admire as a leader.

Time selected

I will try to make sure that the leadership development plan of 2 years is created as in
this time-space I will be able to develop my skills in an evident manner which will include
the theoretical and practical process of leadership skill development. The following time has
been chosen because it is the most suitable time scale through which rapid development of
leadership can be done making sure that there is fast leadership development so that I can
become a good leader in an efficient way.

Evaluation of my current leadership skills, capabilities, and my leadership

journey so far

Before developing the leadership plan, I think that it is important to understand the

current competencies and capabilities that I have identified through analysis via the Gallup

Finder test, feedback and by understanding the leadership journey so far. I have made sure

that I analyze both the strengths and weaknesses to make sure that I am able to work on my

leadership skills to better them in an evident manner. Firstly, in my leadership reflection I

conduct Gallup Strengths finder test which is an online tool through which one can

effectively assess and meet the competencies and strengths of an individual for 34 different

thighs. I conducted this test because through this test I would be able to understand my
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current position and skills using which I can better my professional and leadership abilities.

The result of the test was very convincing that stated I had high potential and stamina to face

challenges and that I am a focused individual that focuses on achieving goals regardless of

the factor that the work is Time consuming and hard to be conducted. The test also stated

that I am a hardworking individual and like to work hard in order to achieve goals that are

tough to achieve. In my personal reflection I have stated that I aspire Elon Musk as an ideal

leader and because of this I feel that innovation in operations is a key area where I tend to

focus more. I like innovation and creativity and as a leader would like to support subordinates

and fellow team members to work in an innovative and creative manner. Further the test also

showed that I am a learner and try to learn new abilities and skills to instantly improve my

competency as a leader and as a professional. The test showed that I had the abilities to

become a transformational leader in the future if I work on my leadership skills in a more

evident manner (Peck, 2018).

On the other hand, I also took feedback from my recent workplace where I was a Associate

project executor in a company named Hetero Drugs. In that Firm I faced some leadership

challenges which include challenges related to building relationship with team members and

challenge in conflict management, Although while gaining feedbacks from different

individual that have been a part of my leadership journey I have come to know that there are

string leadership traits in me this include transit such as emotions intelligence, self-

confidence, decision making skills and attractiveness. Although I also attended a conference

of Hetero Drugs and in the conference I also got feedbacks form different leaders there where

some positive and negative feedbacks given by them which will help me in identifying my

strengths and weakness based on which the current leadership plan can be made. The positive

feedback that I received included feedback from leaders saying that I have strong leadership

qualities and my friend said that I have strong relationship building cavities. On the other
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hand, the negative feedback that I got related to my leadership was that I was not good in

participative decision making and my friend Jackson told me that I am not good in managing

unexpected situations. These weaknesses are there in my leadership approach that I need to

work on these to become an efficient leader in the future. Hence based on the analysis,

feedback and understanding of leadership journey so far, I have been able to identify the

strength and weakness in my leadership skills that I would like to work on. This will help me

develop the leadership development plan so that a proper set of skills are developed to

become a transformation leader in the future.

Leadership development

Objectives of the plan

In order to develop a leadership development plan there is a requirement of setting proper

objectives that are to be achieved on the completion of a leadership development plan. The

objective set in this section will provide a directive approach to me so that I am able to

develop a leadership development plan which is viable and feasible and that I will be able to

achieve goals that I want to achieve to develop abilities and competencies as a leader. The

objectives that I have developed are based on my aspirations as well as weaknesses that I

have identified through self-assessment, feedback and understanding of leadership journey so

far. I will look to achieve these objectives at the end of the leadership development programs

that I want to initiate to develop my skills, abilities and competencies. The objectives that

want to achieve through the current leadership development plan is as follows.

1. To Improve my team relationship building skill

2. To develop my Conflict management skills as a leader

3. To be able to conduct Participative decision making as a leader

4. To enhance my communication skills for Better communication with subordinates

5. To, become a transformational leader

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6. To achieve greater self-awareness about leadership behavior

Based on these objectives I will develop my leadership development plan which will help me

in achieving goals that are needed to become a better and transformational leader.

Key changes and development requirement

Now based on the set objective above it is seen that I need to bring changes and

development in my leadership ways and have to learn different skills that will help me to

become a better leader. Now it is important to consider that the first objective that has been

set above is to achieve improvement in team relationship building skills. Now it is seen in my

analysis and feedback that I have received that I am not able to properly build effective

relationships with team members in a short time and this affects my leadership process in a

negative way. Hence the relationship building approach and process will be changed and

developed by me so as to make sure that I am able to develop relationships that are better and

efficient in nature (Carpenter et al. 2019). This will help me in developing strong

relationships with team members and subordinates while I am leading them in improving the

overall coordination and trust that exists within the team and the leader. It is important to

consider that the second change that I will have to bring and the skills that I have to develop

is related to conflict management. It has been indeed twice that I am not good at conflict

management and not good at handling unexpected situations. For this purpose, change in the

management approach when managing conflicts and unexpected situations will be done to

make sure that such situations are handled and managed in an efficient manner. This is a

major change that I will have to bring so that I am able to develop a stable leader that can

face uncertain situations and conflicts. The third change or skills development that I will

focus on in this leadership development plan is the participative decision-making skills. As I

know that I am a very competent and individual decision maker, but this affects the

participative method of leadership that I want to use in my leadership process. It was

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indicated by another leader that I am not good at participative decision making and this will

affect the leadership approach that I want to adapt. For this purpose, I need to develop my

participative decision-making skill where I can gather advice from different subordinates in a

transparent manner and use them as pieces of information for my future decision-making

process. This will enhance my leadership and will help me in complying with the

participative leadership method that I want to follow in my leadership process (Dye &

Garman, 2014). I also need to enhance and change some elements in my interpersonal

communication to make sure that I am able to communicate to my subordinates and team

members in an evident manner. This will help me in developing better relationships with

them and will also help me in brainstorming and motivating them to achieve goals and

objectives that have been set. I also want to become a transformational leader for this

purpose I will need to become a leader that is transparent, visionary and innovative in nature.

My focus on innovation and creativity is immense and I want to learn more innovative and

creative skills of leadership that will help in removing a transformational leader.

Development in innovation and creative fields will help me in becoming a visionary which

will eventually increase my vision as a leader as I aspire to become a leader like Elon Musk.

Lastly, I also want to become more aware of my leadership behavior so that I am able to

adapt to different circumstances in an evident manner and so that my leadership approach is

flexible in nature. This will help me in developing my leadership skills in a very evident

manner helping me to become a very successful leader in the future.

Development plan according to the Whiteman Grow Model

In this assessment I would like to enlighten the development plan in regard to the

Whitman Grow Model. Sir John Whitmore with his colleagues founded the GROW model in

the year 1980. The objective of the growth model was to develop the leadership skills in an

individual on an everyday basis so that the individual can be able to develop the innate
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qualities of leadership inside them. The GROW model is based on four categories which

includes goal, reality, options and will. For proper understanding of the GROW model all the

four division of the model are discussed below:

● Goal- The goal differs from one individual to another and to develop the leadership

quality setting goal is one of the most important things. Once the goal is set then there

are different levels of the goals in which the individual crosses each level for

achieving success. The goal of every person is set based on their achievement like

what they want to achieve in the future. The goal is one of the most important tasks

for a leader through which he moves forward and climbs the ladder of success. Hence

it can be said that setting a goal is one of the most essential tasks for the development

of a leadership plan.

● Reality- The reality is based on the current situation of the person, from the reality

one can understand the present situation and problem that exist at the present time.

Analyzing reality also helps in identifying current barriers which are stopping the

person or the leader from achieving its goal. In order to identify the current problem,

it is important to set some questions so that the individual can find his own strength

(Hudak, Russell, Fung & Rosenkrans, 2015).

● Options- There are many options that one can explore or choose alternative ways to

attain the goal. It is important to keep some other options rather than sticking on one

single ideology so that by exploring more options can help to enhance the imaginative

power of the individual. Keeping options also helps in understanding the obstacles

that the individual can face. It can be said that after the obstacle is identified then it is

the work of the leader to find out various kinds of methods in solving the problems,

these various methods used by the individual are based on options.

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● Will- After following all the three stages mentioned in the above the last stage is the

will. The will means when the leader wants to achieve its goal then there might be a

question of will. For example, if the individual wants to do certain things for

achieving the goal then when will he start doing something for the goal, when will the

individual take any further step for the future. Hence it can be said that following the

GROW model developed by Whitmore will be helpful for developing the leadership

quality among one individual or a group of people. For developing the leadership

qualities Whitmore GROW model can be used.

I can say that to develop the proper leadership plan it can be said that there are some points

that need to be fulfilled which will help in the development plan. In becoming a

transformational leader, I need to use options from the GROW model in which I need to keep

a lot of other options for achieving one single target. I can say that a better communication

plan is also important for the proper leadership skills within me. It is important for me to

improve my communication skills in a better way so that I do not have to face any kind of

communication problem. For being a proper leader, it is important to be good in

communication since I must meet a lot of people who will be related to business.

Participative decision making is another important part of the developing plan, If I use the

Whitmore GROW model for the participative decision making I can say that it is related to

reality of the GROW model that is mentioned in the above (Zimmermann & Antoni, 2017).

According to me I can say that reality helps in understanding the current situation of myself

and it will help me in understanding my current situation and I will be able to analyze the

barriers which I have in the path of goal. It is very much important for me so that I can

provide the right to my group for making any decision.

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Using the GROW model developed by Whitmore I will be able to achieve greater self-

awareness among others in terms of leadership behavior. Self-awareness is one of the

important factors which will help me to understand my own problems and will also guide me

to identify any future problem that I might face in the future. The GROW model will also

help me to spread awareness among others about leadership behaviors. The GROW model

will also help me to develop my innate potentialities; some of the things that I need to

improve within me among which there is communication problem (Alabdali, 2020). With the

help of the GROW model I will be able to improve my communication skills which will help

me in various stages of my life. For instance, it can be said that better communication will

allow me to speak anywhere with confidence, with my improvement in the communication

skills I will be able to communicate with different people belonging from different cultures

and religions. In order to become a better leader and develop my leadership skills I have to

explore a lot of things from which I will be able to learn a lot of new stuff. I have some lack

in becoming a proper leader for which I will implement and apply the growth model which

will help me to identify my problem and will help me to rectify my weaknesses so that I can

develop it for becoming a good leader. Therefore, I can say that Whitmore’s GROW model

will help to build a proper leadership plan.

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CONCLUSION

Concluding in the light of above context it can be said that through the help of the above

leadership development plan I will be able to effectively develop my leadership skills that

will help me in becoming an efficient leader. As seen above I wish to work on my

participative decision making and as well as participative leadership skills to make sure that I

am able to effectively mitigate and optimize the problems and issues in my leadership so that

genuine and effective leadership is developed for leading in the future. I made sure that I use

an a effective time scale of two years to development my skills as this will help in effectively

gaining skills that are required as well as to test my development that I am making in my

leadership approach and whether the following complies to the transformational leadership

goals that I have set for me to become in the future. I tried to make sure that I cover every

aspect of leadership skills development so that I am able to train and develop my skills in an

effective way to meet the growing demand of leadership skills in my leadership approaches.

NOTE: Sir, I don’t have a certain partner(Mayank) for this assignment to give or receive

feedback. In assignment 1B – reflexive report, it was mentioned that in additional we can

write feedback from friends and colleagues. In continuation, I have written this assignment 2

without any feedback from partner but from friends and colleagues.
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GALLUP-CLIFTON STRENGTHS