LEADING AS A MANAGER

Leading as a Manager and Researching Mission Statements

Self-Assessment for Leading as a Manager

Introduction

This study is concern the general framework of my professional leadership development of strategic management at my organization. I will be presenting the details about what I consider to be in my current or future role for my clients, my team, my organization and myself. It is followed by the narratives of what I look like at my best with the understanding of my previous experiences. This report will reflect how I perform in current role with others and also the skills and strengths I have developed and discovered.

This strategic management position is designed for people who aim to:

Improve the competitiveness of my organization

Optimise the strategic utilisation of resources

Communicate effectively inside and outside the organization

Develop the management of my team into a coherent, mutually supportive and motivated group of people

An effective organizational leader

The success of an organization depends on people working together and sharing a common purpose. The leaders need to focus on the workforce to identify their individual human needs. Leaders are affected by the constantly changing environment in which globalization plays a key role. Accordingly, the workforce is in the trend of diversification. Hence, an effective leader is an individual who displays transactional and transformational leadership. To be an effective organizational leader, I must know the dimensions of two leadership styles.

In a study by Kauchak, & Eggen, (2005) a transactional leader is an individual who clarifies subordinates role and task requirements, initiates structure, provides rewards, and displays consideration for subordinates. To meet these requirements within the business, the leader must be able to adjust the style of leadership to satisfy the subordinates.

A transformational leadership goes beyond transactional leadership techniques. Tickle, Brownlee and Nailon (2005) state that a transformational leader has ...