My Personal Assessment In preparation to determine what I believe are my personal strengths and weaknesses as a leader, I made a list of experiences where I believe I had to exercise leadership in the past three years. As I was developing the list I determined three areas that require leadership. The first is leadership needed within my coursework here at USU. The second is leadership needed within my everyday relationships. Leadership here is expressed in degrees of maintaining personal standards of etiquette and building up those that I am around. The final area is leadership in my church and religious responsibilities. Although all three areas have different responsibilities, I believe there are core principles that are relevant in all situations. With that in mind, I was able to make a list of three core strengths and three areas to improve within my personal leadership.
The first strength is that I believe that I am a great listener. I have always felt that it is my nature to listen to what others have to say and then offer my input
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The first part is that I want to make sure that every team member in my group projects has a specific responsibility or role right from the start. One reason I struggle with delegating is that it is more comfortable for me to just do an assignment rather than explain and give it to someone else. I believe that making sure that everyone has an assignment will go a long way in helping me learn to communicate responsibilities. It will also help to delegate meaningful responsibilities to everyone in the group. The second part of the plan is that I want to give positive feedback to every single person I work with on teams. Positive feedback is extremely motivating and an important part of passing on responsibilities. It’s very easy to slip into giving feedback when things go poorly, but a great leader makes sure to compliment people on their strengths (Hagel, 2013, p.