My Leadership Profiles:
1.1 Conceptualizing Leadership Questionnaire
Trait emphasis: 14
Ability emphasis: 15
Skill emphasis: 17
Behaviour emphasis: 15
Relationship emphasis: 16
Process emphasis: 20
Reflection:
The results from this test does not surprise me. When I read the description of each theory I showed favouritism towards process emphasis. The reason why I like this theory so much is because the leader influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. I can relate to this as like a sports team. My second highest rated theory is skill. Conceptualized as a skill, leadership is a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively. I can relate to this because I feel if I need to get a task done on my own, through leadership, I would be able to accomplish my goals. No matter the situation, I know what I need to do and how to do it. Through this method you can also enhance your leadership by practice, instruction, and feedback which I strongly believe. The rest of the theories are generally close in rankings, but that does not make them less important. I feel that each theory plays a part in each leaders live's, just my top two theories I can relate to are process and skill.
2.1 Leadership Traits Questionnaire Chart
Rater 1 Rater 2 Rater 3 Rater 4 Rater 5 Average Rating Self-rating
Articulate 4 3 3 4 3 3.33 3
Perceptive 3 4 5 4 3 3.83 4
Self-confident 5 4 5 4 4 4.50 5
Self-assured 4 4 4 4 3 4.33 5
Persistent 5 4 5 5 5 4.83 5
Determined 5 4 5 5 5 4.83 5
Trustworthy 5 4 4 4 5 4.33 4
Dependable 5 5 5 4 5 4.83 5
Friendly 5 3 4 3 3 3.66 4
Outgoing 3 3 4 2 3 3.00 3
Conscientious 5 4 5 5 5 4.83 5
Sensitive 4 4 4 3 4 3.66 3
Empathetic 4 3 4 3 4 3.50 3
Reflection:
This test was also not as surprising as I thought. I knew when it came to some areas I was stronger in one area, and weaker in certain others. My highest results all kind of deal with your own values and things you can do on your own that don't involve including others. These traits included self confident, persistent, determined, dependable, and conscientious. I knew I would have a high rating in these traits because I am very productive when it comes to individual work or projects. I started to see my ratings drop when it involves such traits that are needed in certain 'group work' for example outgoing and friendly. I am a little shy so I am timid when I am placed in certain situations where I don't feel comfortable. Also if the group is not very productive I can easily become frustrated and feel a burden that I must do most of the work because I always like things done ahead of time.
3.1 Leadership Styles Questionnaire
Authoritarian Leadership: 21
Democratic Leadership: 25
Laissez-Faire Leadership: 20
Reflection:
I think I am getting to know myself better that I once did before. A lot of these results aren’t really knew to me because I am aware of which leadership style I represent. My results said that I was a high range democratic leader, followed by an authoritarian leader and then a moderate range of laissez-fair style of leadership. I am certainly a democratic leader. I do not constantly demand from my followers, nor am I harsh when there was a mistake made. I try to be as easy going as possible to get the job done and work together towards a common goal. However, there is a catch! If I feel that I am making little progress if not any, I tend to get angry and if that happens I quickly turn into an authoritarian leader. I do this because I know I can put the fear into my followers to get the job done or there will be consequences. There are very few times in which I take a full hands off approach because I don’t feel like I am doing any good if I am just a spectator and not a leader.
4.1 Task and Relationship Questionnaire
Task Score: 22
Relationship Score: 17
Reflection:
Without a doubt, these results are completely accurate! I know I am a task leader because the way I look at task, schedule my time management, and oversee the group. I always write down in my agenda when something is due, follow the due dates, and I always finish days in advance, if not weeks. I like being task orientated because it allows me to know that everything will be done on time and not rushed in the last few days. It helps me feel organized knowing that it will get done while multitasking other projects on the go. I think as a leader you need this skill to stay on top of your followers. Relationship is important, but I feel that in my style of leadership task is much more important than relationship. A perfect example of me being a task leader is this portfolio. I have took it upon my self to break down each section and have it completed week by week. The result will have the portfolio completed weeks before it is due and by the time some have just started!
5.1 Leadership Skills Questionnaire
Administrative Skill: 18
Interpersonal Skill: 19
Conceptual Skill: 20
Reflection:
For these results I found it a little strange for all my results to be very close. All of them fell into the moderate range and I don’t think I agree on the rankings. I would have liked to seen my conceptual skill results a little higher because to me that represents a ‘task style’ of leadership. It also involved having a good vision and overseeing the followers, which I tend to be very strong at. My second rating was interpersonal, which I don’t feel should have came second. I believe this should have come last. The reason why is because this to me represents a little bit more of the ‘relationship style’ and showing emotions to your followers. I don’t think this is one of my strong points because sometimes I don’t care about feelings, conflicts, or emotions, at the end of the day the work needs to be done and goals need to be achieved. Last place was my administrative skills, although it wasn’t last place by much, I would have liked to seen it much higher, but still below conceptual skills. I feel like this is an area where I also strive in. I always take leadership when I have competence in certain situations. I am also able to manage my group and resources wisely. I think this ties in a lot with me being organized and having good time-management skills that help me get the job done.
6.1 Leadership Vision Questionnaire
Visioning Ability Skills: 46
Reflection:
I wish I could say this number is shocking but its not. I knew right from the beginning I was going to have a very high vision ability. This is one of my greatest assets as a leader. As soon as I am given a task, for whatever reason I start to visualize what I am going to do and how I am going to do so. I give myself a mental image of what I want to complete. Then I will use my task style of leadership to layout to foundation or map to follow to complete it. Another aspect I am able to handle is change, I can adapt easily and allow for different scenarios to occur. To be a great leader I think having a good vision is very important because if you have a solid vision and you are determined, then there should be nothing stopping you along the way. There are always challenges along the way, but they are only there to make the victory even sweeter.
Trait emphasis: 14
Ability emphasis: 15
Skill emphasis: 17
Behaviour emphasis: 15
Relationship emphasis: 16
Process emphasis: 20
Reflection:
The results from this test does not surprise me. When I read the description of each theory I showed favouritism towards process emphasis. The reason why I like this theory so much is because the leader influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. I can relate to this as like a sports team. My second highest rated theory is skill. Conceptualized as a skill, leadership is a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively. I can relate to this because I feel if I need to get a task done on my own, through leadership, I would be able to accomplish my goals. No matter the situation, I know what I need to do and how to do it. Through this method you can also enhance your leadership by practice, instruction, and feedback which I strongly believe. The rest of the theories are generally close in rankings, but that does not make them less important. I feel that each theory plays a part in each leaders live's, just my top two theories I can relate to are process and skill.
2.1 Leadership Traits Questionnaire Chart
Rater 1 Rater 2 Rater 3 Rater 4 Rater 5 Average Rating Self-rating
Articulate 4 3 3 4 3 3.33 3
Perceptive 3 4 5 4 3 3.83 4
Self-confident 5 4 5 4 4 4.50 5
Self-assured 4 4 4 4 3 4.33 5
Persistent 5 4 5 5 5 4.83 5
Determined 5 4 5 5 5 4.83 5
Trustworthy 5 4 4 4 5 4.33 4
Dependable 5 5 5 4 5 4.83 5
Friendly 5 3 4 3 3 3.66 4
Outgoing 3 3 4 2 3 3.00 3
Conscientious 5 4 5 5 5 4.83 5
Sensitive 4 4 4 3 4 3.66 3
Empathetic 4 3 4 3 4 3.50 3
Reflection:
This test was also not as surprising as I thought. I knew when it came to some areas I was stronger in one area, and weaker in certain others. My highest results all kind of deal with your own values and things you can do on your own that don't involve including others. These traits included self confident, persistent, determined, dependable, and conscientious. I knew I would have a high rating in these traits because I am very productive when it comes to individual work or projects. I started to see my ratings drop when it involves such traits that are needed in certain 'group work' for example outgoing and friendly. I am a little shy so I am timid when I am placed in certain situations where I don't feel comfortable. Also if the group is not very productive I can easily become frustrated and feel a burden that I must do most of the work because I always like things done ahead of time.
3.1 Leadership Styles Questionnaire
Authoritarian Leadership: 21
Democratic Leadership: 25
Laissez-Faire Leadership: 20
Reflection:
I think I am getting to know myself better that I once did before. A lot of these results aren’t really knew to me because I am aware of which leadership style I represent. My results said that I was a high range democratic leader, followed by an authoritarian leader and then a moderate range of laissez-fair style of leadership. I am certainly a democratic leader. I do not constantly demand from my followers, nor am I harsh when there was a mistake made. I try to be as easy going as possible to get the job done and work together towards a common goal. However, there is a catch! If I feel that I am making little progress if not any, I tend to get angry and if that happens I quickly turn into an authoritarian leader. I do this because I know I can put the fear into my followers to get the job done or there will be consequences. There are very few times in which I take a full hands off approach because I don’t feel like I am doing any good if I am just a spectator and not a leader.
4.1 Task and Relationship Questionnaire
Task Score: 22
Relationship Score: 17
Reflection:
Without a doubt, these results are completely accurate! I know I am a task leader because the way I look at task, schedule my time management, and oversee the group. I always write down in my agenda when something is due, follow the due dates, and I always finish days in advance, if not weeks. I like being task orientated because it allows me to know that everything will be done on time and not rushed in the last few days. It helps me feel organized knowing that it will get done while multitasking other projects on the go. I think as a leader you need this skill to stay on top of your followers. Relationship is important, but I feel that in my style of leadership task is much more important than relationship. A perfect example of me being a task leader is this portfolio. I have took it upon my self to break down each section and have it completed week by week. The result will have the portfolio completed weeks before it is due and by the time some have just started!
5.1 Leadership Skills Questionnaire
Administrative Skill: 18
Interpersonal Skill: 19
Conceptual Skill: 20
Reflection:
For these results I found it a little strange for all my results to be very close. All of them fell into the moderate range and I don’t think I agree on the rankings. I would have liked to seen my conceptual skill results a little higher because to me that represents a ‘task style’ of leadership. It also involved having a good vision and overseeing the followers, which I tend to be very strong at. My second rating was interpersonal, which I don’t feel should have came second. I believe this should have come last. The reason why is because this to me represents a little bit more of the ‘relationship style’ and showing emotions to your followers. I don’t think this is one of my strong points because sometimes I don’t care about feelings, conflicts, or emotions, at the end of the day the work needs to be done and goals need to be achieved. Last place was my administrative skills, although it wasn’t last place by much, I would have liked to seen it much higher, but still below conceptual skills. I feel like this is an area where I also strive in. I always take leadership when I have competence in certain situations. I am also able to manage my group and resources wisely. I think this ties in a lot with me being organized and having good time-management skills that help me get the job done.
6.1 Leadership Vision Questionnaire
Visioning Ability Skills: 46
Reflection:
I wish I could say this number is shocking but its not. I knew right from the beginning I was going to have a very high vision ability. This is one of my greatest assets as a leader. As soon as I am given a task, for whatever reason I start to visualize what I am going to do and how I am going to do so. I give myself a mental image of what I want to complete. Then I will use my task style of leadership to layout to foundation or map to follow to complete it. Another aspect I am able to handle is change, I can adapt easily and allow for different scenarios to occur. To be a great leader I think having a good vision is very important because if you have a solid vision and you are determined, then there should be nothing stopping you along the way. There are always challenges along the way, but they are only there to make the victory even sweeter.