Managerial Leadership Report
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Managerial Leadership
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Managerial Leadership
Part 1: What does managerial leadership mean to you?
Managerial leadership concept entails combing the aspect of leadership and management to achieve set goals and objectives. It requires one to be able to reshuffle their roles and responsibilities to fit in the prevailing condition to accomplish their goals. Managers and leaders have different skills for instance leaders have soft skills whereas managers have hard skills; therefore, combining the two aspects creates a managerial leader (Blom, & Alvesson, 2014). Managerial leadership entails one performing out of self-will as opposed to what is required in their job description. Managerial leaders tend to operate under the influence of willpower. They are moved by the desire to change and adopt new behavior that will make them successful.
Identify how you see yourself as a managerial leader.
I had an experience on managerial leadership when I was in high school by being the president of Health Club. It was a good experience that made me believe in myself for being, in fact, a leader. Even though, I had lesser knowledge not only on managerial leadership but also in administration I portrayed some level of good leadership from what I had learned and also what I thought was right to do.
I could influence the club stakeholders effectively. It thus enabled me to have an easy time in leading since there was minimal resistance which was also triggered by my decision making power. I would ensure that I put all relevant aspects into consideration when making decisions and thus the members had their trust in me. I planned for things beyond our limit hence would activate our willpower. I highly valued the spirit of persistence. As a club, we faced challenges when pushing for our projects to be implemented in the entire school. I kept the members motivated, and thus we were able to persist for our goals to be achieved. The other value that I imposed on my club members was to remain positive and focused. Each decision had an impact on fulfillment and success of our club, therefore; I ensured that by keeping the team positive we would make decisions that would motivate us to work more on our goals. Having a positive mentality improved the willpower of the club members and thus led to the success of the club. I had competent communication skills that enabled me to develop confidence with the team since I would keep them updated with any information.
I would like to grow in engaging teamwork in my leadership. As a leader, I did a lot by myself without delegating or engaging other members, especially in decision making. I have discovered that this was the reason for the times I felt my willpower going low. Now that I have known that teamwork can help maintain willpower and chances of success I would like to grow in this area.
Goal: create a life skill workshop every month for three months in the school to enable me to develop teamwork skills
Part 2: Outline a goal-oriented action plan
From part one discussion I would like to advance my skills and experience in engaging other members in my leadership. Therefore, I intend to hold small workshops within the school to train on life skills which are a relevant topic to almost everyone. I will first approach my friend and classmates in school and request them to register for the workshop. I target a group of 20 people who will be social support. I will also engage my classmate who is right in teamwork to mentor me in the process of meeting this goal. After identifying my team, we will meet and discuss the topics we will be going through as well as discussions on time and venue. I will allow everyone to participate as we make the decisions. During the workshops I will engage the team in giving new ideas, commenting on progress and also to ask questions.
Action steps
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Talking to prospect members and explaining the need for the workshop |
The first week of the first month |
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Registration of members |
Second week on Monday |
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Holding the first meeting for introduction and discussing the way forward |
The Second week on Tuesday |
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First Workshop |
Third week |
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Review of the first workshop |
Fourth week |
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Second workshop |
Second Month on either the first, second or third week |
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Review of the second workshop |
Second month on the fourth week |
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Third workshop |
Third Month on either the first, second or third week |
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Review of the third workshop |
Third month on the fourth week |
References
Blom, M., & Alvesson, M. (2014). Leadership On Demand: Followers as initiators and inhibitors of managerial leadership. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 30(3), 344-357.
