Leadership Self Assessment Paper

Introduction

The information discussed in this paper is an assessment of my personal leadership style. Throughout this paper I will make an honest self-assessment of my leadership style, effectiveness, and weakness as a leader in law enforcement. I will reflect on my strengths, weaknesses, influences, impacts, and personal dynamics to determine the type of leader I am today. I will be discussing and identifying personal dynamics that I believe effect the leadership style that I posses and the pros and cons of my leadership style. I will use the information gathered in this paper to identify areas for improvement within my leadership style to make me a better leader within my department. Identification of personal dynamics

Through an extensive

I have found the Democratic style of leadership to be very helpfully and productive. The employees respond well the extra responsible and take on the much-needed ownership of the organization. This style of leadership seems to help the subordinates grow professionally and be more incline to promotion.

I have also found that some of my previous supervisors have played a roll in the dynamics of my life that have influenced my leadership style. Over the length of my career I have worked under supervisors who refused to or was uncomfortable in delegating authority. This experience seemed to reduce the chances for growth and development within the employee. I found this style of leadership to be in effective. Experiencing this first hand as an employee caused me to recognize the impact it had on me as an employee. I produced more and was a more satisfied employee when given reasonability’s.

My personal style of

During these moments, important projects, task, or important dates can be forgotten. Knowing this I have found it very important to track and schedule these events and dates. By doing this, I have minimized these type of issues. The Democratic style of leadership can also become problematic when you delegate too much of the leaders responsibilities. I have found it to be very important to have a healthy balance. I would say that the employees that have worked under my command would describe me as somewhat disconnected at times, but understanding of the their needs and the needs of the agency. I believe they would also say that I get things done against all odds and work well under pressure. I feel the employee’s who have worked under my command would rate me a seven on a scale of one to ten. I believe that because the employees under my command don’t understand the other obligations that take up much of my time, but do see that I truly care for them.

The aspects of my leadership I would change if I could, would be to disengage in some of the other duties I have taken on and become more engaged in the department. I would also enforce the chain of command system more. I have found that an agency that uses the chain of command system seem to operate more