Importance Of The Leadership In The Organizational Growth

Definition of Leadership

Discuss about the Importance Of The Leadership In The Organizational Growth.

Leadership is important for the professional and individual growth of a person.  It is also important for showing the efficacy and the professionalism of a person. However, leadership is the demonstration of combination of behaviour which establishes an influence on the followers. The leader should have the capability to see a vision and should be able to motivate the followers to achieve that vision or goal (Carroll, Ford & Taylor 2015).

In the recent times, the importance of the leadership in the organizational growth has garnered the attention of most of the users. Many scholars have tried to identify the factors leading to the development of leadership and the characteristics of the leaders so that the leadership can be learnt or taught to other people. Most of the researchers have agreed on a few characteristics, namely, assertiveness, authenticity, character strength, dominance, emotional intelligence, self-monitoring and self-motivation. The leadership can be defined as the process of providing direction, implementing plans and motivating people so that the followers work together to achieve a common goal. A person can adopt a few of these characteristics to enhance his ability to lead the people (Henry 2011). In the present essay, the self-development of the leadership style is discussed. In personal perception, it has been identified that the disorganized behaviour is the biggest challenge in the personal leadership development.  The essay will address the improvement of this behaviour in the leadership development plan.

 

• I would like to make effective contribution to the issue of emotional intelligence and disorganized behaviour. The disorganized behaviour emerges from the lack of emotional intelligence. The emotional responses of such people are perceived as strange and inappropriate according to the situation. This behaviour can be described as silly such as inappropriate laughter in a serious situation. It also refers to the complete absence of emotions or lack of motivation. The disorganized behaviour emerges from the lack of emotional intelligence. The emotional intelligence model posits different competencies and skills which can increase the performance of a leader. There are five basic emotional constructs which can drive the performance of a leader, namely, self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy and motivation. The emotional competencies are not the inborn talent of an individual; however, these capabilities can be learnt and enhance the overall performance of a person as a leader (Ryback 2012).
• This area of leadership is important in fostering innovation and assists the leader in dealing with uncertainty. If the leader is emotionally intelligent, he can use it to understand the emotions of the followers and motivate them and emotionally linking them with a cause. Emotional intelligence is very important part of the leadership process as the leaders become equipped with learning new skills and capabilities. When a leader is emotionally intelligent, he can better perceive the needs of other people and it can enhance the innovation capabilities of the organization (Schein 2010). With emotional intelligence and organized behaviour, the leader can deal with uncertainty as he can assure other people and give him confidence in difficult situations (Stevans 2011).

 

• ). The emotional intelligence refers is an essential part in the demonstration of leadership in people. Emotional intelligence is essential in the realization of leadership as it is important to perceive the emotional response of the followers and use it to adapt the response. It is also important to emotionally connect with other people. The emotional intelligence refers to the capability of the individuals to identify their emotions from others, differentiate between different feelings and understanding them, using emotions to guide the behaviour and adapt the personal emotions according to the personal goals of an individual. The people with high emotional intelligence have good mental health, demonstrate good performance at job and will be capable in demonstrating better leadership skills. The emotional intelligence is very important in the demonstration of leadership as it is important to understand the emotional response of other people and use it according to the situation. The emotional intelligence is the skill of monitoring the personal and other’s emotional response, discriminating them and labelling them accordingly. A leader can effectively use the emotional information of other people to guide his personal and other behaviour. It is the ability to combine the use of intelligence, empathy and personal emotions to develop understanding and increase the interpersonal dynamics. The emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive emotions, access and generate emotions to understand emotions and regulate emotions to promote the emotional and the intellectual growth of a person. The emotions are a useful source of information which can be used to navigate in the social environment (Nader 2007). Different individuals vary in their ability to process the information which is emotional in nature.
• In the past, I have taken several personality test and leadership tools to identify my personality type and analyse to identify the strategies to improve my overall leadership style. I realized that the disorganized behaviour is the most significant issue in my personality. I tend to focus less on the situation and cannot relate to the personal issues of other people. As a result, I give irrational responses and cannot reply appropriately to other people. Therefore, it is important to develop empathy and emotional intelligence. In my personal leadership plan, I will focus on eradication of irrational behaviour. I have realized that it is important to build a strong character and build empathy towards others. Therefore, the development of the emotional intelligence can be characterized as the specific development goal. I will try to participate in different educational programs and training sessions to build on my activity of emotional intelligence (Western 2007).
• Under the conditions of intense pressure and innovation, I am not able to handle my emotions appropriately. I become hyper angry and am unable to control my anger and emotional outburst. I become sensitive and angry at little things and cannot handle my emotions properly.
• Different feedbacks such as what triggers my anger can assist me in my professional development plan. I can also attain feedback regarding my emotional outburst and how can I control them.

 

• There are several frameworks or diagnostic tools such as personality test and Johari window which can assist me in analysing the perceived issues in my personality.
• There are four abilities in the emotional ability of a person, namely, perceive emotions, using these emotions, understanding the emotions and management of these emotions. Perceiving emotions refers to the ability of an individual in detecting and deciphering emotions in the facial expressions, voice, emotions and the cultural gestures. Perceiving emotions is the fundamental of all other aspects of emotional intelligence. The second phase in the emotional intelligence category is the use of these emotions. It is the ability of a person to use emotions to facilitate different cognitive abilities such as thinking and problem solving for better decision-making. An emotionally intelligent person can use different information for performing the task at hand in a proper manner. The third phase in the emotional intelligence is to understand the emotions so that complicated relationships can be solved with the help of emotions. Understanding emotions encompasses the ability to perceive the slight change in emotions and to understand how emotions evolve with time. The last phase in the emotional intelligence model is the ability to regulate or mange these emotions (Goleman, Boyatzis & McKee & 2013). An emotionally intelligent person can regulate his emotions even the negative ones to achieve his goals.
• Working on these issues will be going to be a stretch for me as I need to identify the personal emotins and control them. I will need to practice to control my emotions at different situations.
• If I will develop my leadership im increasing my emotional intelligence, I will try to extend my networking. Meeting and conmmunicating with different people will increase my ability to perceive emotions and handle them effectively.
• It will be beneficial for me as a leader as well as the followers. When I am working in an organization, these emotios can be used to manage the organization effectively. Moroever, these emotional intelligence will be beneficial in long term strategic planning of the organization.

The emotional intelligence is a personality trait which albeit difficult to develop can provide powerful results in the leadership skills of a person. There are several methods of developing the emotional intelligence of a person and integrating it in the leadership style of a person. In order to increase the emotional intelligence of a person, the person should enhance his interaction with other people. It is important to remain vigilant, careful and aware of the surroundings. With increased attention, a person would be able to better grab the emotional response of other people and utilize this information to give a proper and more mature emotional response to other people. Other than that, the learner can participate in formal training sessions wherein different strategies to control the emotions are taught. It can be critiqued that the biggest issue in my leadership style is that I cannot control my emotional response at different situations.

In the past, in several situations, I have realized that I have burst my emotions which have created a negative image. I have been perceived as an emotionally unstable person who can behave irrationally at stressful situations. I realized that it is important to build a reliable character and image in front of other people. Other than that, I also realized that reliable and strong image is important in gaining the trust of the people and attracting followers towards the leader. Therefore, development of emotional intelligence is important in the overall development of an individual leader (Palmisano 2011).  

I will tell others that I have enhances my leadership skills by adopting an emotional intelient stance. I have better control over my emotions and takes a rational approach in the decision-making.

I will also adopt various monitoring techniques to whether the learning strategies have a direct impact on my behaviour. I will try to evaluate the positiveness in my behaviour aftet the inteervetion techniques. I will also try to take suggestions and recommendations from other people and include them in the inyervention strategy. I will take several steps to ensure that my leadership skills are efficient and capable of helping me and others in leading  others.

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