Leadership involves three key skills: creating a vision for the future of an organization, gaining commitment from others to work towards that vision, and monitoring and managing progress to achieve the vision. A leader must have the creativity to envision new possibilities and inspire others with their vision of the future. They then foster commitment from followers through regular communication and involvement in decision making. Finally, effective leaders oversee the work to ensure objectives are met, deadlines are upheld, and resources are appropriately allocated to realize the shared vision.

1. Assignment on Leadership
Leadership includes three fundamental clusters of skills and availabilities:
creating vision, garnering commitment to that vision, and monitoring and
managing progress toward the realization of that vision.
Vision – powerful leaders have a clear vision of where they want their
organization to go. Vision is the view a person holds about what the
organization will look like and do in the future. Some people have greater
visions than others, and some have visions that extend further into the future
than others.
Vision is an essential part of leadership. Having a vision requires creativity; one
must be able to think and see beyond the present timeframe and beyond the
usual options, for example, Steve Jobs.
Commitment – the ability to garner the commitment of others to one’s vision is
a key cluster of leadership skills. A leader may have a vision of what an
organization can become, but unless others receive and become committed to
that vision, it is unlikely to be realized. Leaders can create visions, but
commitment, on the other hand, is offered by followers.
As a leader, I foster commitment in a variety of ways: weekly meetings, one-onone interactions, involving others in the decision – making process, and by
modeling commitment to an idea, to name a few.
Monitoring and managing progress toward the vision – The third cluster of skills
in leadership that we see is the ability to monitor and manage progress of the
organization toward the vision. Management is a component of leadership. As a
leader, ensuring that deadlines are met, objectives are achieved, and budgets
are used appropriately are valuable and necessary leadership skills.
Other people might not characterize me as a balanced VCM model just because I
am relatively weak on creativity. I admit that I am not a genius as Steve Jobs but
I do have vision for the team I lead and I stand firm on the vision. Overall, I am a
balanced VCM model leader.