There are four leadership styles inherent in people, structural leadership, human resource leadership, political leadership, and symbolic leadership. I have both strengths and weaknesses for each of these styles. Using these leadership styles as frames, it should be mentioned that I am more intended to one leadership style than to another one. Thus, possessing some characteristic features of structural leadership, I usually use well-developed management systems. However, I am not organized in my decisions, and I prefer to apply another leadership style. Therefore, the structural leadership style is lower developed. I stress more on human resource leadership.
My strength in this frame is that I am inclined to create a good match between people and the organization. Training and motivation are the most important aspects for me. However, building good teamwork is my weakness. I have many disadvantages while developing the political leadership style as being a healthy person with the leadership characteristic features I cannot live in a world of conflict. I would better refer to rational decisions in solving the problems than gather the resources for fighting the organizational goals. Finally, I am ready to inspire employees, and this is my strength. However, I am not good at telling stories and encouraging based on the prophet and visionary leadership.
Characterize Your Strengths/Weaknesses in Terms Used by Kaplan and Kaiser in the Required Article Reading
Kaplan and Kaiser dwell upon leadership positions as forceful leadership, enabling oversight, strategic direction, and operational leadership (Kaplan and Kaiser 22). Bold and promoting leadership and strategic and operational leadership, have opposing virtues and vices of leadership styles. Trying to assess my place critically within these virtues and vices, I would like to state that I am an operational leader and I am rather enabling than forceful; however, in this aspect, I sometimes refer to the features inherent in bold leadership. Trying to assess the leadership style from the point of view of strengths and weaknesses, I want to say that my muscles are as follows. I am able to delegate the tasks as well as listen to the opinions of others. However, I abdicate responsibility when the job is delegated. Being an understanding leader, I still make others be accountable before me, which is the feature of forceful leadership. Focusing on the short-term results, I forget about strategic goals, which are to be present as well. I also think narrow that prevents me from seeing the broad opportunities.
Comment on how you might improve your weaknesses
Therefore, I am inclined to think that by taking the virtues from the forceful and strategic leadership as the parts of my style, I would improve my work and limit the weaknesses of enabling and operational leadership. I should work more on broadening my vision and making my thinking strategic, which is also really important, as well as functional thinking.
Comment on associate’s original posting
The posting left by another student is not completed as having stated the strengths and weaknesses, a student failed to dwell upon the actions which are to be taken to combat with defects. This is one of the main disadvantages of posting. A student has mentioned Kaplan and Kaiser’s classification; however, the posting lacks argumentation.
Works Cited
Kaplan, Robert E., and Robert B. Kaiser. “Developing versatile leadership.” MIT Sloan Leadership Review summer (2003): 19-26. Print.