Self Assessment Of Leadership Practices

Stephen Covey authored the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to offer his expert, professional, and personal insight of seven habits, or traits, exhibited by effective people. While outlining the seven habits, he emphasizes that each previous habit is the building block for the next. He also shows how all the habits are tied together to effectively transition through the growth stages of dependence to independence to interdependence to become an effective person.

In the book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, lessons for personal change are presented in a very powerful and understandable way. The Habits can be applied to our own lives, our leadership of other people, a school or any other organization that can be run more effectively. However, before an application of these Habits can be made, a basic understanding of the material presented in the book must be obtained. Comparison with other leadership styles and theories can also clarify and reinforce this understanding as well. Finally, application can be made to a particular setting, a school.

This following will outline my personal leadership practices and potential future leadership. To analyze my leadership qualities I will use the Seven Habits Profile and a leadership theory to determine my strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity for improvement. In conclusion, I will determine the best recommendations for long-term improvement as well as SMART goals, or short-term courses of action, for leadership improvement.

This following will outline my personal leadership practices and potential future leadership. To analyze my leadership qualities I will use the Seven Habits Profile and a leadership theory to determine my strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity for improvement. In conclusion, I will determine the best recommendations for long-term improvement as well as SMART goals, or short-term courses of action, for leadership improvement.

To be effective, one must find the balance between the actual production and improving one’s capability to produce. According to the book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey (1989), he illustrated seven habits that can be incorporated in the journey of success. To be an effective leader, one must have ethics and determination in the management in order to achieve goals of the organization. Covey’ s book illustrate the seven habits such as; being proactive, to begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand, then to be understood, synergize and the sharpen the saw. Looking at historical definition of these habits, they can

The Seven Habits profile reveals that I tend to score between good to outstanding with an average score of 16 in the nine categories. After reviewing the results I feel that they indicate that I have strong skills, knowledge and motivation habits as a highly effective leader. I value a team approach and strive to encourage and develop an environment of trust and support. I listen to the thoughts and opinions of others in my team and seek to find solutions that benefit everyone as we progress towards our goals. I feel that I would be best described as a Transformational Leader. Transformational leaders are distinguished by their special ability to bring about innovation and changed by recognizing followers’ needs and concerns, providing

I scored an eighty-seven (87) on the How Good Are Your Leadership Skills? Self-assessment quiz, which rated my skills as excellent. This score was not surprising to me because I’ve worked hard to become the best leader possible, and leading people is something I enjoy. Motivating people to achieve or surpass a particular goal is rewarding to me.

The main factor in assessing leadership effectiveness is improving personal capacity to lead in a changing world regardless of reform. This change may involve improving skills, competencies, and behaviors through purposeful, self-directed, personal learning, and skills to anchor directions for work groups, teams, or organizations. These leadership skills have the capacity to align people, systems, and resources with a common vision; motivate and inspire; and successfully handle change. In order for leaders to expect change, they must understand the change process and how members will react to change. Every member of the organization must be receptive to change to keep the vision

The first part of becoming an outstanding leader is becoming more conscious of self by identifying your weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats. The following will outline my current and future leadership style. To analyze my leadership I will use the Seven Habits Profile as well as the leadership theory to evaluate my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and recommendations using the smart goals.

also receiving much controversy and backlash from various states that are not part of the UBE. Since we don’t have the money to move to another state, it will be less beneficial in gaining employment when he is limiting himself to one branch of law when thousands can open if he would just be willing to take a risk. I had to understand his perspective, fears, and doubts to put his mind at ease to take a chance.

Dr. Kenneth Allard’s Conceptual Foundations of Management course has improved my performance as a manager and future as a leader. I have learned the distinction between managers and leaders and what skills are required to fulfill each position. As a result of this course, I have made plans to continue my development as both a great manager and leader.

To effectively lead others, one must first be able to lead themselves (Odom, Boyd, & Williams 2012). This paper seeks to present a combination of leadership behavior, leadership styles, and leadership that can develop through personal growth. What personality traits identifies our leaders of today?

The results of the self-assessments are not consistent. According to the Authentic Leadership Self-Assessment, I rated low on self-awareness. This is due to my inability to recognize my strengths and weaknesses. I did, however, rate high on internalized moral perspective, balanced processing, and relational transparency. Next, the LMX 7 Questionnaire, I rated high. This questionnaire was given to my supervisor and one of my followers. The results of my Path-Goal Leadership Questionnaire, I rated average in all leadership styles. I rated highest in the directive style. The Skills Inventory Assessment resulted in a high score in technical and human skills, and moderate in conceptual skills. Having a moderate score in conceptual skills results in my inability to see the goals of the organization. I should familiarize myself with the organizations aims and objectives and align my goals with theirs. Furthermore, the Leadership Trait Questionnaire scores averaged between a 3 and 4, the highest scores being in dependability and friendly.

The eight habits of highly effective people are made up of eight simple parts. From being proactive to finding your voice and inspiring others to find theirs. Stephen Covey, the creator of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Stephen Covey--The 8th Habit from Effectiveness to Greatness, while discussing these topics Covey international stature in the professional world enlightened to the mere public greatly. In the presentation of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people, Covey provides his advanced reasoning on whether the seven habits are of highly effective people or not. The viewpoints from educators, students, and professionals may differ widely for their successes they are reaching for. From a student viewpoint, the seven habits define many of the things that I need to start doing or even have been doing to advance my successes for the real world. Starting off the seven habits is to be proactive, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, and thinking win-win for every situation that is presented for people. One of the many seven habits, being proactive, plays a huge role in the life that I try to live today and it keeps me motivated to try to live by the seven habits to become an effective person.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a best selling book by Stephen R. Covey. The book has become a management tool for many companies. Covey wrote the book after reviewing literature on success from the last two centuries. Covey discovered that as he reviewed the literature on success, that the most current literature was based mainly on success based on having the “right” personality traits. Covey calls this the “Personality Ethic”. The Personality Ethic focuses more on success being a product of personality traits and maintaining a positive attitude. The author stresses that people need to go back to the “Character Ethic” which is based on what Covey calls “natural laws” that have always existed. The Character Ethic focuses on principles such as fairness, integrity, honesty, human dignity, service and quality. Covey wants people to examine their way of thinking from the “inside out” to see if we are applying the Personality Ethic or the Character Ethic.