The document discusses the importance of self-responsibility in leadership, emphasizing that accepting responsibility is crucial for personal growth and maturity. It explores various leadership development strategies, including the significance of a global mindset, relational theory, and path theory in enhancing leadership effectiveness. Additionally, it outlines a personal plan for developing global leadership competencies by navigating complexities and fostering trust within diverse teams.

1. Running Head: Leadership Responsibility –Preparing Self
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Leadership Responsibility –Preparing Self 2
Leadership Responsibility- Preparing Self
James Smith
MBA 6026 Unit 4 Assignment 1
5/8/2016
Leadership Responsibility- Preparing Self
Accepting responsibility is actually a measure standard of one’s
self-worth, security level and also indicate the true sign of
courage and strength of taking charge of one’s actions.
Possessing this ability can inspire an individual to grow in ways
which would create good rewards and even achievements in
one’s life and it is also a sign of maturity and personal growth
and not a show of weakness (Kramer, 2005).Considering
responsibility earns one respect having in mind that human
beings can never be faultless all the times and therefore are
prone to making mistakes which creates way for an appropriate
ground for considering leadership via making improvements on
the regions of weakness.

2. Lack of the ability to take responsibility for behaviours and
actions in our everyday lives is triggered by the sense of
insecurity of surrendering to being powerless, weak, or exposes
them to a possibility of losing the respect they had gained from
others therefore, leading to a lost sense of dignity and value
(Kramer, 2005). A person who takes personal responsibility
garners greater respect for owning up and is thus likely to
perform much better in facilitating the accomplishment of the
set goals and success in life.
As a way of taking responsibility, one must learn not to blame
others for the decisions they make for themselves and they also
need to understand that making a mistake is a normal incident
and should be treated as an opportunity for betterment. One
should instead seek on ways of improving on the self-esteem
and avoid the pretending to be what you are not but reasonably
build your confidence in the abilities you possess. Developing
self-centeredness by offering yourself in service to others is
another key step forward to ensuring a good preparation for self
(Andriessen & Drenth, 1998).
Architectural development in leadership is a key perspective in
improving corporate leadership capacity which identifies the
level of the competence and can be portrayed as an extensive
system approach to substantial investment in time, money as
well as energy in developing potential leaders (Rosen, 2000).
Several initiatives to leadership development do not indicate
good and required results because of the approach of observing
at leadership development too narrowly and also failures to
exhibit thorough development priorities to leadership. There are
many ways that can be implemented to improve on the skills for
global leadership encompassing taking initiative of indulging
into projects which are external to your job description (Rosen,
2000). Thiscan assist in progressing into a leadership
responsibility in the workplace.
To become a good and productive leader, one should basically
be a critical thinker and often be aware of the presence of
potential opportunities and apply them in benefit of the

3. company. Effective listening normally assists a leader in getting
a feedback from others and also attains a sense of the
requirements of the team members and act upon them
appropriately (Kramer, 2005). A truly effective leader should
energize and motivate others and be disciplined so as to
implement the set goals and be respected.
Good leadership is actually developed by the capability of
handling challenging circumstances and get solutions to
conflicts. Leaders must be honest and straight to the point and
appropriately understand the employees. A good leader must
basically consent to being a follower and know how to properly
organise the value of the team members and enhance team work
so as to create new ideas or strategies for effective
administration.
The current development program that I am participating on is
the Global Leadership Development Program. This is an
outstanding international program which is aimed at infusing
cultural exchange, diversity as well as non-linear system of
thinking into leadership. One of its programs is Ship for World
Youth Program (SWY) which was created in Japan and meant
for fostering an effective leadership in the careers of most
world youths. This program positively promotes the growth of
other youth’s by intensifying mutual understanding of potential
leaders from various countries therefore encouraging unity in
development.
The program additionally develops the ability of a leader to
handle various cultural needs and develops better
communication skills. This has solidified the level of
international cooperation by developing an improved economy
in many countries due international trading activities (Bass &
Berson, 2003).
Group learning is basically developed to facilitate improvement
in given regions such as negotiation and influence, decision
making, practice and principles, and self-awareness in
leadership. Trips and journeys are also planned to other
companies to learn some of the best practises that they do

4. assume in their success models. Organizing conferences which
help individuals to learn more about their specific career paths
and assists in the interaction with others who possess same
aspirations and interests is also critical. Additionally,
conducting distinctive project trainings which help tackle issues
of importance to the organization or company therefore
improving leadership effectiveness (Rosen, 2000).
Job rotation is also practised with an aim of magnifying an
individual’s expertise in dealing with other responsibilities
outside their major profession. A person can be associated to a
more experienced comrade who mentors and give advices that
are effectual in development. Organizing leadership forums as
well as coaching can assist in facilitating the performance of a
person via the manifestation of the quality of collaboration,
communication as well as trust amongst leaders of influence
(Bass& Berson, 2003).
References
Andriessen, E. & Drenth, P. (1998). Leadership: Theories &
Models. In P. J. Drenth, A Handbook of Work and
Organizational Psyxhology. United Kingdom: Psyhology Press.
Bass, B. & Berson, Y. (2003). Predicting Unit Performance by
Assessing Transformational and Transcaction Leadership.
Journal of Applied Psychology.
Kramer, R. (2005). Developing Global Leaders: Enhancing

5. Competencies & Accelerating the Expatriate Experience.New
York: The Conference Board.
Rosen, R. (2000). Global literacies: Lessons on Business
Leadership & National Cultures. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Simon & Schuster.
Running Head: GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AGENDA AND
THEORY
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AGENDA AND THEORY
Global Leadership Agenda and Theory
James Smith
MBA 6026 Unit 1 Assignment 1
4/24/16

6. Global leadership concerns for the future. Identify the current
global trends that you see driving a global leadership agenda.
In order to be a global leader, it is important for individuals to
develop a global mindset. In order to develop and establish an
exemplary global leadership, everyone should spearhead their
mindsets to the organization of global business strategy (Rosen,
2000). Some of the current trends established to be the thriving
force towards the establishment of global leadership agenda
include, the establishment of broader strategies which ensure
increased capacity of knowledge and skills to ensure clear and
effective interconnectedness and response to the external
business environment. Capacities of performance and cultural
interaction in organizations policies and system have been
enhanced to allow increased complexity in the establishment of
global business strategies (Kramer, 2005). Many companies
used to deduce a means to incorporate cultural, environment and
social issues which will impact substantially to the
organization. The change of the mindset of different
organizations to establish strategic decisions to affect the
business external environment and incorporate global
complexities has driven many businesses towards the
achievement of global leadership agenda.
Clearly link your leadership development needs to the
applicable global trends.
Many people think of the establishment of a thriving business
which could be recognized internationally. The development of
plans and strategies that would effect changes that are likely to
be established at the global level requires the inculcation of a
complex global mindset. In order to keep up with the global
leadership trends in business, connectedness, complexity and
context are the most essential skills to be adopted. Context
enables an individual to factor business strategies into
processes, while complexity helps in the assessment of
challenges and opportunities which assists in the construct of a
flexible and innovative business environment. Connectedness on

7. the hand helps an individual to understand various actors and
stakeholders in the global business environment.
Analyze the emerging leadership theories that are appropriate
for a global agenda
Leadership is defined to be a social and a mutual process in
which actors involve in interactions which lead to the
establishment of a collective goal. In order to develop global
leadership, individuals should develop the global mindset (Bass,
2003). The development of distinct interaction and
interconnectedness that facilitates the establishment of complex
social and interpersonal relationships forms part of the
strategies to develop global agenda in global leadership.
Relational theory is one of the emerging theories established to
provide an effective framework on the development of global
leadership (Andriessen, 1998). Relational theory entails two
major perspectives which include, the entity perspective which
ideally focuses on the identification of individual attributes
which assist in the development of interpersonal relationship.
The relational perspective of the theory, views leadership as a
social construct process through which the understanding of
global leadership develops. These two perspective help in the
development of a social construct which influences the
emerging coordination and dynamism in the world of business.
Contingency theory on the hand, matches the leaders skills and
capacities to appropriate situations. This theory purports that a
leader’s ability to be successful depends on how their leadership
styles fit to their situational context (Andriessen, 1998). This
theory is mainly concerned with an individual’s leadership style
and situations. It mainly evaluates the leaders through the LPC
scale to determine their ability to be successful in a particular
setting (Bass, 2003). This theory is purported to be effective in
global leadership agenda since it helps in the assessment of the
leader’s ability to become successful in a particular business
environment. Path theory on the other hand deals with how
leaders motivate subordinates in the accomplishment of
designated theories. This theory helps leader in focusing on the

8. relationship of employees and their work setting in order to help
in development of employee satisfaction through effective
motivation (Andriessen, 1998). This theory mainly entails the
definition of the organization’s purpose, clarification of the
path to follow, removal of obstacles through the assessment of
the organizations internal and external threats and provision of
support through distinct motivation of subordinates. This theory
is effective in the development of global theory leadership
strategies and agendas since it provides a leader with an
exemplary framework that provides a practical model which
focuses towards the establishment of purpose of the
organization and utilization of employees’ energy towards
maximum performance (Andriessen, 1998).
Select a theory that is appropriate for professional growth and
for guiding an individual global agenda.
In the establishment of an effective professionalism, path theory
seems to be providing a distinct and a unique framework which
helps in the development of skills and capacity that facilitates
global agenda (Bass, 2003). Path theory assesses the ability of
the leader to establish interpersonal relationship between his or
her subordinates. In order to become a global leader, the
assessment of external and internal business environment is
paramount in order to determine the opportunities and threats
that are likely to impact the organizations goals. This theory
also provides the leader with the capacity to provide support to
the subordinates to ensure that organizations goals and
effectively fulfilled. I think this theory is effective in
professionalism growth in a business environment since it deals
with the inculcation of the three unique skills required by a
global leader in the development of a global mindset (Bass,
2003). The development of distinct social, environmental and
cultural interconnectedness is purported to be one of the most
essential global agendas. This theory provides a means for the
establishment of sophisticated and advanced social and cultural
constructs which facilitate business development globally.
Personal plan to develop your global leadership competencies

9. In order to become a global leader, one requires navigate
through complexities and move beyond the traditional and local
borders and develop new perspectives and experiences that
enables them to become global leaders. A global leader
develops their skills and capacities to incorporate both global
and executive leadership competencies. The development of
personal plan for global competency involves the establishment
of leadership competency that enables the individual to lead the
organization in the management of vision and strategies that
enhances its performance (Kramer, 2005). Secondly, it involves
leading self towards the demonstration of ethics and integrity,
in the adaptability of leadership stature in display of drive and
purpose.
Thirdly, it involves the development of plans to lead others
towards the value of diversity and pre-existing differences and
building trusts and effective teams which eventually enhances
the organization performance (Andriessen, 1998). Global
executive competencies, requires an individual to inculcate
open minded thoughts and tactics towards cultural interest and
sensitivity in order to deal with complexities in the global
world. In order to grow and adapt effective skills to become a
global leader, I am required to adopt the global leadership
competencies and leadership competencies. The contingency
theory can also be incorporated in order to establish the ability
to become successful as a global leader.

10. References
Andriessen, E. & Drenth, P. (1998). Leadership: theories and
models. In P. J. Drenth, A Handbook of Work and
Organizational Psyxhology. United Kingdom: Psyhology Press.
Bass, B. & Berson, Y. (2003). Predicting unit performance by
assessing transformational and transcaction leadership. Journal
of Applied Psychology.
Kramer, R. (2005). Developing global leaders: Enhancing
competencies and accelerating the expatriate experience. . New
York: The Conference Board.
Rosen, R. (2000). Global literacies: Lessons on business
leadership and national cultures. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Simon & Schuster.