Leadership Essay 1

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INTRODUCTION ​120 ​TO LEADERSHIP ​5.4 R​EFLECTION AND ​A​CTION ​W​ORKSHEET

Task and Relationship

Reflection

1. ​As you reflect on what has been discussed in this chapter and on your own leadership style, how would you describe your own style in relation to task and relationship orientations? What are your strengths and weaknesses? ​After reading chapter 5, My leadership style is definitely a combination of task and relationship. I am task oriented between the use of to do lists, keeping focused on goals.

2. ​What biases do you maintain regarding task style and relationship style? How do your biases affect your leadership? ​In terms of biases regarding my overall leadership style is that I sometimes take offense when my co-workers are not friendly and are too task of focusing. When joining new organizations, I look for and value a team approach where management emphasizes working together and getting along.

3. ​One of the most difficult challenges leaders face is to integrate their task and relationship behaviors. Do you see this as a challenge in your own leadership? How do you integrate task and relationship behaviors? ​Keeping work relationships on a professional level as a challenge since I look forward to connecting with colleagues.

Action

1. ​If you were to change in an effort to improve your leadership, what aspect of your style would you change? Would you try to be more task oriented or more relationship oriented? ​If I were to make an effort to improve my leadership style, I would focus on prioritizing the tasks, but use lunch breaks as a time to really focus my engery on connecting with colleagues.

2. ​Identify three specific task or relationship changes you could carry out. ​I could talk more to others, Invite everyone to go out for lunch to build team spirit, and Invite people to a happy hour so we can get to know each other outside of work.

3. ​What barriers will you face as you try to make these changes? ​My main barrier is myself and my confidence. I am naturally shy so I am my bigger barrier.

4. ​Given that you believe this change will improve your overall leadership, what can you do (i.e., what strategies can you use) to overcome the barriers you cite in Action Item #3 above?​ I need to put myself out there more often so I can be more comfortable in social situations. The only way to do this practice so the more events I go to I can be more comfortable.