{"id":158,"date":"2018-05-13T14:07:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/layla11\/?p=158"},"modified":"2018-05-13T14:07:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T14:07:55","slug":"unit-1-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/layla11\/2018\/05\/13\/unit-1-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 1, Responses"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a response to Wafa’s post\u00a0https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/twuwafasiyam\/ldrs-500-unit-1-la3\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Question: Do you think leaders are vulnerable in the leadership process? How they react to it?<\/p>\n

I do not think leaders are willing to being vulnerable in the leadership process, but they are allowed. Everyone has his or her own vulnerable moments which are unavoidable. Although leader is an unique identity, a leader is a human being as well. Leaders, who are taking the responsibilities of establishing direction, aligning people, motivating and inspiring the whole team or organization, have to master the skill of managing personal stress. This is why emotional intelligence is counted as one of the most important trait for a leader. Therefore, I believe the leaders could deal with their own vulnerable time. Also,\u00a0Wafa mentioned that leadership was\u00a0a bidirectional connection, where the exchange and interaction took place instead of one step deal. I like this interpretation very much. Because of the bidirectional connection, not only the messages of tasks but also feelings could exchange and interact the team members\u00a0simultaneously. This perfectly explains why leaders are very good at concealing feelings. When being vulnerable or depressed, they might not want to affect other people’s emotional status or to send the wrong message to make the team less confident about the outcomes. But I would like to add that leaders are allowed to being vulnerable. Showing the vulnerable side can significantly close the relationship. It is helpful for leaders to manage inter-team relationship and be trusted and supported by other team members. In another word, when to show or not show the vulnerable side is also an essential part of emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n

This is a response to Lewa Ahmed’s post\u00a0https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/lewaahmed\/2018\/05\/07\/ldrs-500-unit-one-learning-activity-four-blog-post-two\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Question:\u00a0How can a healthy balance be achieved between leading and managing in an organization?<\/p>\n

In order to achieve the balance, I think the real leader or leaders in the organization have to identify leaders that should possess leadership skills, leaders that should wield management skills, and leaders who should engage both types of skills during work. As long as they confirm the list according to the managerial hierarchy in the organization, the specialized assessment and consequent training courses could be provided to them. Leaders and managers are in charge of different tasks every day, therefore, the requirements of their skills vary. Fortunately, scholars have listed the functions of management and leadership. It should be easy to distinguish between managers and leaders, and their typical activities could serve as the basis of the training content. “Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing” (Bennis & Nanus, 1985, p. 221). I might add that the right people have to be in the right position for the best of the organization.<\/p>\n

Reference<\/p>\n

Bennis, W. G., & Nanus, B. (1985). Leaders: The strategies for taking charge.\u00a0<\/em>New York: Harper & Row.<\/p>\n

This is a response to Maddison Olsen’s post\u00a0https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/maddisonolson\/2018\/05\/06\/unit-1-learning-activity-5\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Question:\u00a0How can I ensure I\u2019m listening to my team members and effectively communicating with them when our paths do not cross on a regular basis?<\/p>\n

This question sounds more like asking for suggestions. If I understand the question incorrect, please forgive me. As far as I am concerned, when your paths do not cross on the regular basis, it would be hard for you to have effectively straight communication. The communication might be interrupted anytime and you have to restart the conversation and to reorganize the thoughts. It would be better if you change the form of “listening” to “reading”. You can leave notes, messages, and Emails to each other. It is important to make sure the content written in the notes or messages can effectively pass the thoughts and feelings to each other. It is more important for everyone to check the Email in time and respond to each other when available. At last, when you feel that you cannot exactly grasp the explicit or implicit meaning written in the note, just find the comfortable time for both of you and listen to him or her face to face. All kinds of communication can build trust, and they should all be used to facilitate the communication as much as possible and to build the bridges among the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a response to Wafa’s post\u00a0https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/twuwafasiyam\/ldrs-500-unit-1-la3\/ Question: Do you think leaders are vulnerable in the leadership process? How they react to it? I do not think leaders are willing to being vulnerable in the leadership process, but they are allowed. Everyone has his or her own vulnerable moments which are unavoidable. Although leader is … <\/p>\n

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