Assignment on leadership
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Leadership involves three key skills: creating a vision, gaining commitment to that vision, and monitoring progress toward achieving that vision. A leader must have the creativity to envision where an organization will go in the future. They must also be able to inspire others to commit to that vision. Finally, a leader oversees and manages the implementation of the vision to ensure objectives are met and deadlines are achieved. The document discusses these three skills, called the VCM model, and provides an example of how the author exhibits them as a leader.
Assignment on leadership
- 1. Assignment on Leadership Leadership includes three fundamental clusters of skills and availabilities: creating vision, garnering commitment to that vision, and monitoring and managing progress toward the realization of that vision. Vision – powerful leaders have a clear vision of where they want their organization to go. Vision is the view a person holds about what the organization will look like and do in the future. Some people have greater visions than others, and some have visions that extend further into the future than others. Vision is an essential part of leadership. Having a vision requires creativity; one must be able to think and see beyond the present timeframe and beyond the usual options, for example, Steve Jobs. Commitment – the ability to garner the commitment of others to one’s vision is a key cluster of leadership skills. A leader may have a vision of what an organization can become, but unless others receive and become committed to that vision, it is unlikely to be realized. Leaders can create visions, but commitment, on the other hand, is offered by followers. As a leader, I foster commitment in a variety of ways: weekly meetings, one-on- one interactions, involving others in the decision – making process, and by modeling commitment to an idea, to name a few. Monitoring and managing progress toward the vision – The third cluster of skills in leadership that we see is the ability to monitor and manage progress of the organization toward the vision. Management is a component of leadership. As a leader, ensuring that deadlines are met, objectives are achieved, and budgets are used appropriately are valuable and necessary leadership skills. Other people might not characterize me as a balanced VCM model just because I am relatively weak on creativity. I admit that I am not a genius as Steve Jobs but I do have vision for the team I lead and I stand firm on the vision. Overall, I am a balanced VCM model leader.