Assignment: Personal Leadership Paper Introduction Leadership is one of most vital elements of corporate success. Leadership is the practice of inspiring a team of individuals to act toward accomplishing a common vision (Oreg & Berson, 2015). The favorite style of inspiring employees in the work environments is paying attention to individual matters of the employees. The managers or team leaders are equally responsible for the motivation level of their team members. The managers do this by creating a friendly and conducive environment which helps the employees to become more intrinsically inspired. The leaders and managers motivate other employees through effective communications in the organization. A great leader should be aware of his or her styles of leadership. A person must possess combinations of leadership skills and personalities that make other people show interests in following their directions for one to be termed as a leader. The leaders should be duly dedicated to organizing others and problem-solving in the right way. The ability to effectively solve problems is another vital element of leadership. Various leaders nevertheless use different approaches of leadership and this leads to differences in corporate performances. This paper will examine my leadership skills. This involves strategies, tools, and tactics I use in my leadership (Whetten, Cameron, & Woods, 2007). The work will as well focus on problem-solving and conflict management skills which I regularly use when managing others. Discussion As a leader, that there must be communication aspect for collaborations to work (Oreg & Berson, 2015). Poor or lack of communications leads to confusions and results in disagreements. I call for regular communications in implementation process in ensuring that arising problems are handled instantly when they arise even after taking the time to explain the workers and select the vital ones. This strategy promotes teamwork among the staff members and minimizes imminent loses. My informal and formal interactions prove me to be jovial leaders who utilize humor in elaborating even serious parts of conversations. My pitches have astonished my audiences and stakeholders such as clients since I am articulate in describing the problems and the solutions which the organization shall provide via its projects and products. If two employees are involved in conflicts or disputes, I do not continue arguing but rather, I usually put them done and mediate in finding resolutions for the problem. This ensures that all employees remain united in achieving common goals. To avoid uncontrollable behaviors of employees and magnification of the conflict, sometimes, I use confrontation of observed faults. Upholding excellent communications with my team members guarantee that disputes are minimized, and they are successfully negotiated if any. I believe with a right and proper channel of communication, all potential causes of conflicts within the company is d.

1. Assignment: Personal Leadership Paper
Introduction
Leadership is one of most vital elements of corporate success.
Leadership is the practice of inspiring a team of individuals to
act toward accomplishing a common vision (Oreg & Berson,
2015). The favorite style of inspiring employees in the work
environments is paying attention to individual matters of the
employees. The managers or team leaders are equally
responsible for the motivation level of their team members. The
managers do this by creating a friendly and conducive
environment which helps the employees to become more
intrinsically inspired. The leaders and managers motivate other
employees through effective communications in the
organization. A great leader should be aware of his or her styles
of leadership.
A person must possess combinations of leadership skills and
personalities that make other people show interests in following
their directions for one to be termed as a leader. The leaders
should be duly dedicated to organizing others and problem-
solving in the right way. The ability to effectively solve
problems is another vital element of leadership. Various leaders
nevertheless use different approaches of leadership and this
leads to differences in corporate performances. This paper will
examine my leadership skills. This involves strategies, tools,
and tactics I use in my leadership (Whetten, Cameron, &
Woods, 2007). The work will as well focus on problem-solving
and conflict management skills which I regularly use when
managing others.
Discussion
As a leader, that there must be communication aspect for
collaborations to work (Oreg & Berson, 2015). Poor or lack of
communications leads to confusions and results in
disagreements. I call for regular communications in
implementation process in ensuring that arising problems are

2. handled instantly when they arise even after taking the time to
explain the workers and select the vital ones. This strategy
promotes teamwork among the staff members and minimizes
imminent loses. My informal and formal interactions prove me
to be jovial leaders who utilize humor in elaborating even
serious parts of conversations. My pitches have astonished my
audiences and stakeholders such as clients since I am articulate
in describing the problems and the solutions which the
organization shall provide via its projects and products. If two
employees are involved in conflicts or disputes, I do not
continue arguing but rather, I usually put them done and
mediate in finding resolutions for the problem. This ensures that
all employees remain united in achieving common goals.
To avoid uncontrollable behaviors of employees and
magnification of the conflict, sometimes, I use confrontation of
observed faults. Upholding excellent communications with my
team members guarantee that disputes are minimized, and they
are successfully negotiated if any. I believe with a right and
proper channel of communication, all potential causes of
conflicts within the company is determined in early stages and
solved at the right time (Whetten, Cameron, & Woods, 2007).
Such actions result in commitments to realizations of goals of
the organizations.
As a leader I have a philosophy that a team of employees can
accomplish exceptional results once they cooperate in sessions
of brainstorming (Oreg & Berson, 2015). I believe that this
management approach is important since employees feel valued.
It minimizes turnover of employees, therefore improving the
stability of the firm. Consultations and brainstorming are not
closed for top executives alone. I ensure that all works are
involved in consultation meeting and brainstorming. These
factors ultimately improve interactions and collaborations, and
it is easy to monitor and handle the challenges which arise
(Whetten, Cameron, & Woods, 2007). The initial consultations
and collaborations ease the processes by ensuring that top
management enough information anticipated performances and

3. expectations of the new projects.
Before undertaking any corporate operations, I always ensure
that there is a goal behind it. I am goal-oriented (Oreg &
Berson, 2015). Being goal-oriented as noted serves as an
important pillar to my personal successes. For instance, I do
ensure that the company is working with clearly defined goals
and approaches and techniques on how to accomplish the goals
in each fiscal year. I do involve the main corporate employees
in creating the goals for them to be reasonable. I believe
creativity is another important trait that I use in running the
company and team members. I believe that with creativity, I am
able to persuade and convenience other employees of the best
methods to problem-solving and redirecting their energies
towards the vision of the company (Whetten, Cameron, &
Woods, 2007). I as well maintain concentration and inspire staff
members on the significance of commitments to accomplish
goals of the company and this helps the company in moving
towards realizing its core values, mission and vision.
I believe I am good leader who is capable of equipping my team
members to contribute to the success of the company because I
possess effective skills of leadership (Oreg & Berson, 2015). I
generate and mobilize resources from new ideas, sell vital
information being generated to the executives, work on both
technical and instrumental organizational level and design
commendable methods. In other words, my role has changed
from that a transactional leader to that of transformational
leader expected to lead transformations. I am capable of
opening communications on new levels as a transformational
leader. I am inspirational, supportive, and encouraging.
Regardless of compensations, I initiate changes and motivate
team members to work beyond and above the standards. I have
established a culture in which workers are always inspired. I
motivate employees to achieve the objective and goals defined
by the company. Also, I inspire team members to fuel the
powerhouse and productivity of the business. I motivate my
teams to beyond and routine call-to-actions as a

4. transformational manager (Whetten, Cameron, & Woods, 2007).
I act as a role model to other employees and support expansion,
changes, and transformations.
A strategic leader gains his or her skills through practice (Oreg
& Berson, 2015). Practice needs a fair autonomy amount. I
always distribute responsibility and delegate duties to juniors.
As a top leader, I distribute power downwards across the
company and empower employees at every level to make
decisions.
As a potential strategic leader, responsibility distribution gives
the opportunity to see what takes place when I take risks. It
also increases the resilience, intelligence, as well as
adaptability of the company with time by harnessing the
knowledge, ideas, and concepts from other people. I can adapt a
business to guide me in my own career as a leader by being
open to information and honest. Information is surely equal to
power and access to current information would make the leader
make a well-informed decision. As a leader, with access to
information, I would know what factors are important to the
strategy of the company without having to guess (Whetten,
Cameron, & Woods, 2007). With the information, I would be
confident to challenge an idea and propose ideas which are
unique to enable the organization to gain competitive
advantage.
The personality traits that help me to be a creative person
include empathy, openness, conscientiousness, and
agreeableness (Oreg & Berson, 2015). Conscientiousness is the
personality trait that assists me to operate as contingent leader.
I am persistent, accomplishment-oriented, dependable and
responsible. I am the figurehead of the organization. He I am an
extrovert because I am assertive, sociable, talkative, and
outgoing. I am also an agreeable individual since he tended to
soft-hearted, cooperative, good-nurtured, and trusting. I am a
strong emotional stability and am able to make tough decisions.
Even during hard times, I appear to be unworried, relaxed, and
secure (Whetten, Cameron, & Woods, 2007). As a person, I

5. have openness to experience. I am broadminded, curious,
imaginative and an intellectual.
I have creative abilities. I am a charismatic leader (Oreg &
Berson, 2015). My style of charismatic leadership depended on
his persuasiveness and charm as a leader. I adopted the tactics
of Gandhi whom I admired and imitated. My commitment and
convictions drove me to my cause of actions. I am a skilled
communicator both with a great appeal on the emotional level
and verbally eloquent. I appeal to the emotions of the audience
to work towards the greater good of their rights. I attract other
people to my cause with the individual and unique approach as
well as my energy and enthusiasm. As a professional in my
field, I am extraordinarily devoted to my cause with a strong
ability and clear visions to involve with a broad team. I relate
my unobstructed views to my audience giving increased energy
and direction to my cause. I communicate with pathos and
passion. I “draw people in” with their tone of voice, language
usage, gestures, and facial expressions. I connect at a soul level.
I appear to understand the core of other people’s feelings and
emotions. This is both a blessing to me as I get so many
followers. Generally, I am of high energy. I am able to work for
long hours (Whetten, Cameron, & Woods, 2007). I energize my
followers with positive and rhetoric energy. I instill in my
followers a “can do” attitude.
Conclusion
Increasing efficiency is one of the objectives of a leader. It is
significant to identify or find out the challenges the team
members are facing as a leader and establish workable solutions
to meet the needs of employees and accomplish the goals of the
company. As a leader, it is important to be a close of workmate
of the staff members. This helps me as a leader to determine the
strengths and weaknesses and allow me to allocate activities,
roles, duties, and responsibilities to employees in accordance
with their specialization level. In great functional team in which
members of the group support each other; creativity is
encouraged by enthusiasm by collaborating with one another. It

6. is important for organizations to remain innovative in order to
remain relevant, competitive and sustainable. In response to the
competitive global environment, many organizations engender
innovative behavior in their employees by adopting
transformational leadership strategies. The transformational
leader articulates challenges related to current systems and
provides followers with a convincing vision about how an
organization should ideally be run. Transformational leadership
is an effective leadership style because it leverages both the
leader and the follower. Because it is more flexible, open, and
democratic, many organizations are increasingly embracing the
model of transformational leadership. The model has the
capacity to be authoritative and directive yet has room for
follower participation. Transformational leadership is
particularly needed in working environments where staff
members deal with high stress, strict regulatory requirements,
and high demands.
References
Oreg, S., & Berson, Y. (2015). Personality and charismatic
leadership in context: The moderating role of situational stress.
Personnel Psychology, 68(1), 49-77.
Whetten, D. A., Cameron, K. S., & Woods, M. (2007).
Developing management skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
Arrange with a classmate to exchange your Exec Summaries or
Powerpoint decks. (Or email me on Canvas if you would like me
to help facilitate a peer review.) Up to three points extra credit
for each student.

7. Upload a word doc here with the Peer Review that you write for
your partner.
Include thorough and thoughtful answers to the following dozen
questions. (Helpful hint: Read the entire form before you begin,
if you wish to save yourself time and be eligible for full extra
credit! :-)
Peer Review: Questions, Guidelines, and Lexicon
Composed by UW Bothell Writing Center and Professor Carol
A. Shaw
Read your classmate’s entire paper or presentation deck before
you begin. Focus on content and ideas, evidence and analysis,
progression of logic, and flow of language. For executive
summaries and presentation decks, consider organizational
structure and layout , as well as visual appeal and relevance of
images and infographics. Then go back and address the
following 12 questions thoughtfully and thoroughly. In addition,
it is helpful if you make comments directly on the pages,
wherever you have questions, comments, or suggestions.
1. What is the central theme of this paper or presentation?
Paraphrase and summarize the main points in one or two
sentences.
2. What evidence or persuasive techniques does the author offer
to support his or her position? (Identify all evidence and all
techniques.)
3. What are the primary strengths of the paper or presentation?
4. What keeps you most engaged?
5. After reviewing the materials, do you still have any questions
on who, what, when, where, how, and/or why?
6. What could make this paper stronger or more compelling?
(e.g., personal storytelling, images, ideas, concrete specifics,
factual evidence, quotations, conceptual interpretations....)
7. Does anything confuse you or seem incomplete? Do you need
further information or definitions to understand context and/or
fully engage? Where would you recommend further
development?
8. Does the author cite sources in the text? Are quotations

8. properly attributed?
9. How would you describe the content and tone:
(Conversational? Professional? Personal? Intellectual...?)
10. Is the formatting and design work effective? impressive?
Where might you suggest more revision? polish?
11. Wild card and review review: Add some key comments or
suggestions here, using the editorial terms listed below. Then
review your review answers above! Consider any tweaks and
revisions: Can you add any of the following terms to your
discussion points, compliments, and suggestions above?)
12. Close with a positive note of inspiration and
encouragement!
Here is some terminology to incorporate in your reviews:
Depth—What are some of the complexities related to this
leadership issue?
Breadth—Do we need to consider additional arguments or
points of view?
Logic—Do the "arguments" make sense? Is there a logical flow
of ideas? Does the conclusion follow from the evidence?
Significance—Is a particular fact, statement, or story important
to the argument?
Clarity—Can you elucidate? elaborate? offer an example?
Accuracy—Have you checked these facts? Is the source
reliable?
Precision—Can you be more specific? offer more details?
Power—This is a powerful statement, image, piece of evidence,
analysis. Impactful. Persuasive. Insightful.
Relevance—How does this relate to the issue? Show us the ties.
Emotional appeal—moving, understated, remarkable, evocative
words or images that pull at our emotions.
Artfulness and creativity-- original idea. wonderful metaphor.
inspirational story. beautiful language.