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Assessment Task Three: Leadership Development Course Code: BUSM4188 Course Name: Leadership and Decision Making Location where you study: RMIT Vietnam – Saigon South Campus Student Name: Buu Ngoc Minh Anh - S3752277 Lecturer: Mr Han Jung Woo Assignment due date: 18 th September 2020 Word count: 1627 words Table of content: Table of Contents I INTRODUCTION II EVALUATION a) b) a) b) a) b) III LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PLAN a) b) IV V TRAIT THEORY Theory Strengths and weaknesses analyzing based on test results PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY .4 Theory Strengths and weaknesses analyzing based on test results CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP THEORY .5 Theory Strengths and weaknesses analyzing based on test results Rationale .5 Personal Development Plan .6 CONCLUSION REFERENCES HARRIS, L 2020, ‘SELF-AWARENESS IS KEY TO LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE’, FORBES, 10 MARCH, , VIEWED 18 SEPTEMBER 2020, HTTPS://WWW.FORBES.COM/SITES/FORBESCOACHESCOUNCIL/2020/03/10/SELFAWARENESS-IS-KEY-TO-LEADERSHIP-EXCELLENCE/#1F6148E0384A VI APPENDIXES 11 I Introduction If somebody asked me two factors forming effective leaders, I would answer they are the charisma helping the leader influence followers’ visions and the determination sprouted from clear understandings about the leader himself As Osborne (2008) stated that we must be comfortable in our ‘own skin’ to effectively lead others and follow our life principles emerging from our experiences Correspondingly, this paper aims to discuss deeply about my strengths and weaknesses associated with related theories of leadership traits, participative leadership style and cross-cultural leadership theory with the support of diagnostic tools Then, my leadership development plan will be presented which illustrates clearly actions and detailed goals in order to intensify my strengths and ameliorate my weaknesses in the future II Evaluation Trait Theory a) Theory Acccording to Kirkpatrick & Locke (1991), aside from drive, desire to lead and honesty, selfconfidence and cognitive ability are crucial traits to form a good leader While employees tend to commit to the vision and trust the leader who owns the self-esteem to generate quality a decision-making process, they tend to decrease loyalty with any uncertainty revealed by the head Leaders are generally identified as intelligent and smart person to integrate abundance amount of data towards general situations accompanying with the company and himself abilities, to formulate sufficient strategies for sustainable growth of a whole organization b) Strengths and weaknesses analyzing based on test results Regarding the self-confidence test in Appendix 1, I achieved a high and desirable level of self-confidence, the factor that helped me to surpass many candidates and become a member of the Business Club, the oldest and most well-known club for students in RMIT Vietnam Self-esteem is also highly appreciated in both life and work, since without commitment, confidence and belief in ourselves, we will chase to other’s needs rather than ours and ideas will remain as idle thoughts and meaningless purposes (Premuzic et al 2019) Based on the Five-factor model on the personality test (Appendix 2), my characteristics ranked high of extraversion, conscientiousness and openness with the score of 44-42-45, respectively It showed that I possess a high energy level and open-minded perception Those traits are beneficial for my study industry, Bachelors of Digital Marketing, where the creativity and ‘outside-of-the-box’ thinkings are highly appreciated Despite being observed as a confident person, maintaining emotional stability is my limitation I got a medium grade of self-awareness in Emotional Intelligence (EI) Test (Appendix 3) at 5, which is defined as traits or ability that help a person evaluate his own emotion, actions or skills (Church 1997) I am an emotional person and rapidly change between the bad mood and happiness due to minuscule events happened such as receiving negative words from teachers or raising good ideas in the class My mood swings can cause uncomfortable feelings for others and reduce my work productivity Participative Leadership Theory a) Theory Ferrraris (2015) stated that participative or democratic leadership style takes the inputs of team members into account although the leaders take responsibility for final decisions People feel they are respected and valuable when building important contribution for the common goals, thus, participative leaders boost peers’ creativity and performance efficiency in teamwork environment b) Strengths and weaknesses analyzing based on test results My total score in team leadership skills test (Appendix 4) is 10, which depicted I refer to be a participative leader rather than authoritarian leadership style There are two factors in EI foster participative style that I also ranked high includes self-management and socialawareness with and score, accordingly (Appendix 3) Social awareness mentioned the ability to empatize with others, who come from different races and cultures (Tait 2020) and self-management is the uncertainty and confusion’s supervision (Cottrell 2003) Thanks to those skills, I am able to connect with others and build a strong team However, working in group assignment projects, I usually ignore my teammates ideas and make final decisions based on my intuition This led to my low indicator of relationship management at score in the EI test It regards to how I develop and maintain a good relationship with people by inspiring and support them There is one more shortcoming that hinders me to become flawless participative leader, that is the poor evaluation towards myself ability and value With a low score of in selfawareness, Appendix proved that I not critically recognize my abilities and sometimes lose power control to someone else Self awareness is defined as consciousness of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires and this factor is a key to leadership excellence (Harris, 2020) As a consequence, I allocate unequal energy for my daily tasks and causes to the overloading tasks Cross-Cultural Leadership Theory a) Theory Globalization and innovation are not only shifted economy, politics, human behaviours but also transform the concept of leadership from traditional to global (Padilla 2012) As one leadership style might be effective in one nation but useless in other regions Hence, top global leaders are those who can bridge the gap between culture barriers of their employees who come from different places and own different beliefs (Kerfoot 2010) Cross cultural skills is the ability that leaders can ‘respond to particular foreign environments of different countries and interpersonal work situations’ (Allon & Higgins 2005) The Global Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (GLOBE) is observed to help managers better understand and perform in international environment by analzing cultural difference over 62 countries influencing on leadership style (House et al 2004) b) Strengths and weaknesses analyzing based on test results Looking at cultural map test (Appendix 5), my culture’s preference in leadership behaviour skewed more on high-context cultures, which has a sophisticated communication, indirect criticism and hierarchical leading It is revealed that I am not sufficient in cross-cultural leadership skill and get confused when expressing ideas with international peers In fact, the misunderstanding and miscommunication proned me to get the lower grade in team assignment than individual work Without cross-cultural skills, it is impossible for me to successfully lead others and receive their respects III Leadership Development Plan a) Rationale Mentioned to leadership’s traits, some researchers found that Emotional Intelligence is more important to a leader than Intellectual Intelligence and other technical skills when we are in higher positions (Dulewicz & Young 2005) Since the more responsibilities, the higher requirement in our appropriate manners On top of that, a good leader is a good listener and motivator Goleman and his partners (2005) reported that remarkable leaders make people laugh three times higher than decent leaders Compared to my career personal goals in the future, in which I want to become a marketer, building win-win relationships is more important than ever Self-awareness is seen as the key competency that participative leaders must develop to succeed in organizational environment by Stanford and other prominent schools (Showry & Manasa 2014) To productively work, I need to recognize my strengths and limitations to exploit them approriately Additionally, Goleman (2000) opined that the disparity between high-performing and low-performing leaders is self-reflection (Church 1997) It is essential for me to evaluate personal value and intrinsic motivation that drives me for actions to increase the quality in decision-making process In terms of cross-cultural leadership, cultural intelligence is a core element for those who aim to succeed in foreign markets (Alon & Higgins 2005) I need to excel this skillset for a couple of reasons Firstly, COVID-19 has ‘accelerated the adoption of fully digitized approaches’, in which digital and adaptability capabilities must be equipped for employees (McKinsey 2020) In my major, Digital Marketing, Internship program is compulsory and understanding of company’s requirement in the ‘new normal’ increases my career opportunities Secondly, the cross-cultural skills are also irrefutable to achieve high score when group assignment dominates a high grade portion due to my school’s curriculum b) Personal Development Plan Goal Enhance Action Frequency Meditation 20 minutes Target Date per From emotional day, repeat days 20/09/202 stability a week (Tang et al 2007) 20/03/202 to Spend hours asking On Better every From Recognize myself two questions ‘What weekends 20/09/202 personal value makes people appreciate me?’ and ‘what can I improve my to unsatisfied performace?’ 20/9/2021 asking at least friends for Twice a month giving straightforward after finishing the feedbacks after group assignment assignments or club’s events From 25/10/202 or event to 25/01/202 Improve the Follow a role model leader - One hour per From leadership Sara Blakely and imitate how lesson, skills she delegate tasks, behave twice a week with to her colleagues repeated and perceive objects by attending her Masterclass Become a good During communicate listener  25/10/202 Remember their names per month and repeat what they to said in my head to 25/01/202 give relevant Fine myself 10.000 VND for judging people via their hairstyle, accents and gestures or being a sentence-grabber That amount of money will be keep to donate for social charity such as blind association at From least new friends responses  01/11/2021 with Communicate others, I force myself to: 01/10/202  Raise at questions understand least to deeper their situation, beliefs and achievements Learn from communication Once a week From pursuasive experts on TED Talk like 20/09/202 communicatio Julian Treasure and Susan n skills David ( TED n.d) to Improve 20/12/202 Be confident in Join assignment project with At working in foreign friends least assignment 1 From per 20/09/202 multicultural year collaborating groups with foreign to friends Learn one more language such Two as Spanish or Japanese to get day, 20/09/202 hours per From repeated 01/01/202 closer insight into different twice a week culture and keep myself open- to minded 01/01/202 Get ‘ Building Cultural Two Intelligence’ credential from day, RMIT Cred hours per From repeated 20/09/202 twice a week to 05/10/202 IV Conclusion All in all, leadership and decision making course offered me profound knowledge to evaluate if a leader is potential Above all, it plays a fundamental role in shaping my leadership mindset and consolidating my understanding about leadership skills and competecies Recognizing my leadership strengths and weaknesses in the age of twenties helps me better prepare to turn it into my competitive advantages, especially leadership skills can be a plus point in the firce competition of top companies on those contemporary days It is evident that the leadership development plan is designated based on my weaknesses in three main points: increasing self-awareness, relationship management and cross-cultural leadership skills Although the plan has not reached to the highest satisfaction due to the author’s lack of experience, It will not demotivate me to tightly set commitment in achieving them V References Agrawal, S, Smet, A, Lacroix, S & Reich, A 2020, ‘To emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, companies should start reskilling their workforces now’, McKinsey & Company, May, viewed 18 September 2020, Alon, I & Higgins, J-M 2005, ‘Global leadership success through emotional and cultural intelligences’, Business Horizons, vol 48, no 6, pp 501–512, viewed 18 September 2020, Science Direct database Church, A-H 1997, ‘Managerial Self-Awareness in High-Performing Individuals in Organizations’, Journal of Applied Psychology, vol 82, no 2, pp 281-292, viewed 18 September 2020 Cottrell, S 2003, Skill For Success, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, viewed 18 September 2020, < http://my2.ewb.ca/site_media/static/library/files/414/successful-self-management.pdf> Dulewicz, C, Young, M & Dulewicz, V 2005, ‘The relevance of emotional intelligence for leadership performance’, Journal of General Management, vol 30, no 3,pp 71–86, viewed 18 September 2020, Sage Collection database Ferraris, A-V 2015, ‘Lead from the front: Participative Leadership’, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol 150, no 6, pp 1413-1415, viewed 18 September 2020, Science Direct database Goleman, D 2000, ‘Leadership that Gets Results’, Harvard Business Review, vol 78, no 2, 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followers, environments, John Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey Premuzic, C, Kanter, Moss, R, Su, Jen, A, Bregman, P 2019, HBR Emotional Intelligence Series, 1st edt, Harvard Business Review Press Tait, B 2020, ‘The road to social awareness’, Forbes, June, viewed 18 September 2020, < https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2020/06/05/the-road-to-socialawareness/#7bd8f43d6f80> Tang, Y-Y, Ma, Y, Wang, J, Fan, Y, Feng, S, Lu, Q, Yu, Q, Sui, D, Rothbart, M-K, Fan, M & Posner, M-I 2007, ‘ Short-term meditation training improves attention and selfregulation’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.104, no 43, pp.1715217156 10 VI Appendixes Appendix 1: Self Confidence test 11 Appendix 2: Big Five-Factor Personality Test Appendix 3: Emotional Intelligence Test 12 Appendix 4: Team Leadership Skills Test 13 Appendix 5: Cultural Map Test 14 ... diagnostic tools Then, my leadership development plan will be presented which illustrates clearly actions and detailed goals in order to 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