leadership reflection
2-4 Final Project Milestone 1: Personality and Self-Concept
Since the beginning of this course, I have had the opportunity to participate in several
different self-assessments that classified and identified my personality type, productivity, the
locus of control, and burnout levels. Following the completion of these assessments, I was able
to validate some of my strengths as well as weaknesses.
My Jungian Personality type is Extrovert, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging (ENFJ).
Beginning to understand my personality type allowed me to identify the kind of leadership skills,
I want to develop. Some of my strengths include self-awareness, reliability, and diligence. Self-
awareness has been essential throughout my daily life. Being self-aware allows me to reflect all
aspects of a situation and process it. Self-awareness in a workforce can be extremely beneficial
because it enables you to ask questions and find the best strategy. A point that adds to my
abilities as a leader is being reliable, I continuously want to be a person my peers can count on.
Trust with people is absolute to be a successful leader. Diligence is a necessity in leadership as it
shows persistence and hard work, which may motivate my peers to do work efficiently.
However, an area that needs improvement includes being gentle in my expectations of
others. Now and again, I fail to grasp that people around me may not comprehend the subject
matter, which can affect my leadership aspirations. I am working on developing a new mindset
due to the unfairness my expectations lead to. Leaders should be attentive especially about when
it involves their team's capabilities. I should let my team absorb the information they are able to
and eventually allow them to work their way up.
In conclusion, I am a reliable source and also self-aware, which allows others to gain
trust quickly. Nevertheless, I still struggle with the expectations I have for others, which I must
improve since it will allow them to show their capabilities as well as potential. With this
newfound perception, I will be able to reach my full competency. This will then alter my team's
views and enable them to become more motivated and improve their performance.