Personal Refelection

In this post I will walk you through my leadership map starting with what I believe is the appropriate way to approach leading a group:


Step 1:

Situational (child)

This theory establishes respect if handled correctly based on the ability and willingness of the team or group being led.  The stages of this theory includes relationships such as telling, selling, participating and delegating.  Through this theory and approach I believe that fairness and equality are two values that re important because you need to to make the people who need to be handheld (participating) feel less than others.  I was able to relate this theory to the way I felt I was raised as  a child.  As a kid you are more used to a "telling" type of relationship, in this stage you are told what performance orientation works best for you.  My parents told me what to do a lot and her i am today, a leader :)


Step 2:

Transformational (teenager)

This theory is purely situational.  It states that a leader must bring out the best in their followers and inspire and motivate them as individuals.  Honest and Integrity are important because in challenging situations a defense mechanism may be to lie but honesty is the best policy and keeping your integrity is huge.  I believe this form of leadership is good in middle stage of growth or the teenage years because lots of influences come your way.  you've already established a leadership role in the first phase and now its handling situations and rolling with the punches.

*Here is were I am between (transformational) sticky situations and LMX which is figuring out relations with the people you are leading in your young professional life*

Step 3: 

LMX Theory (young professional)

As you move into more of the professional world it is important to decide what/how much info is okay to tell your followers for fear that you may lose your respect you built through the prior phases.  You may have pulled out people you can relate to and trust so you must choose whether you need be a stranger, acquaintance or partner with. Trust and truth are important because you need to know you can depend on and share with.  Relationships to environment is huge because it defines what type of bond to build.


Step 4:

Vroom and Yetton's Normative (professional)

This is the last phase of leadership because after you've established you leadership role then you are left with making high quality decisions and going with it.  A huge part of this is motivating and inspiring to enhance decision acceptance.  And a lot of this theory depends on a lot of responsibility in your own self to make the right decisions.  Another large part of this theory is how a leader takes info and decides what to do with it.  Reliability and commitment on others.  "knowledge and truth" are important because this stage you know (last stage) and must be an established individual which implies that you will tell the truth.




I'm noticing a trend here...I think that trust is a value I believe is important and might serve as a outline of what I think I might try to practice most as a leader...