My Current State of Leadership
Travis Durocher
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My Competing values assessments and resulting profile indicates my leadership style is red, which is ‘Monitor’ and ‘Coordinator’. The keys to effectiveness that I exude are; practicality and stability. The contributing behaviors of these roles are; factual, realistic, grounded, questioning, strong, confident, secure, trust and independent. I see myself as more of a strong, outspoken leader, which would invoke confidence and security among my teammates. Being strong develops trust and credibility. When people trust you, they will be more inclined to follow you. A leader builds trust by considering what is best for the team. Leaders do not abuse their power; oppositely they build trust by using it properly. Trust is based on the respect and expectations of a leader who cares and acts with compassion in the most positive way. Leaders make the decisions, thusly held accountable. When chosen to be a leader, you are expected to make decisions that either can be good or bad; take chances knowing the risks and stick by your decisions. Being held accountable is a positive thing, as you want to be known for the good things that you do and for the fact that people can believe in you.
The assessment from “what motivates me” exercise indicated that I receive the most motivation from internal growth needs and relatedness needs. I could not agree more with the growth needs because I believe individual success is a very important in becoming a great leader. I do agree that physical motivation is a big driving aspect like salaries and bonuses but learning new skills, achieving goals I set for myself is what will lead to physical motivational achievements. More growth leads to desire to perform, I push myself to the limits both mentally and physically. The relatedness needs; involves the building of relationships and a reputation with other co-workers so they can follow your leadership. Good relationships will create a great working atmosphere and bring the best out of everyone.
“How confident am I in my abilities to succeed” assessment was really high; in the high 80’s. I believe the assessment is what a good leader stands for. Self-efficacy is very important in confidence, through past experiences of failures and achievements. My confidence is so high because I have turned my failures into successes and have achieved goals throughout my past for which I am very proud. For me to maintain this confident mindset, I must continue achieving success but also continue to grow. I am able to grow by learning new skills and have no fear of failure.
According to my close friends responses they answered the question “ what are my leadership strengths” with the overall conclusion of a leader who shows tremendous passion in what he is doing, a confident leader who is not hard to follow and a one that success tells his story. All aspects contribute to a great role model. The responses resemble my competing values of leadership. I could improve on opening up to others opinions and leadership in certain roles and allowing more than one leader to take control.
My personal admired Leader is one that I get to see every day in my life and that is my father. This admiration is not only because of his familial status; but also his occupational title, status and responsibilities, make him a good leader. His job title is the UNIFOR union rep. of local 2458. He represents over 700 members in the local hospitals. He shows great responsibility by making sure all members are treated fair and have equal rights. He oversees occupational security for the members whilst, also makes sure the job is done proper. This occupation is accompanied with an election open to the workers every 3 years. My father has worked at his craft for 15 years, thus allowing him to become a better leader every day. His coworkers believe in him, and believe he is doing a great job. Although he is not a famous leader that everyone knows, he is the most realistic and gave me a direct impression of what a good leader embodies. The fundamental state of leadership would show that the two strengths my leader would exemplify are; reflective action and authentic engagement. In developing my skills to emulate my leader, I would have to build a great reputation, entrusting people to follow me, which is accompanied by being a strong and credible leader.