The LDRS 500 course would go down for me as a sound expose about leadership; very insightful,\u00a0interesting, intriguing and mentally tasking. An overview of all that I learnt in this course include:<\/p>\n
(a) The difference between assigned and emergent leaders,<\/p>\n
(b) The difference between leadership and management,<\/p>\n
(c) Applying the intelligence of practice towards discerning truths,<\/p>\n
(d)\u00a0The concept\u00a0of transformational servant leadership and the difference between transformational leadership (TL) and servant leadership (SL),<\/p>\n
(e) Team development and team performance,<\/p>\n
(f)\u00a0The applications\u00a0of critical thinking,<\/p>\n
(g)\u00a0The basics\u00a0of andragogy and adult learning,<\/p>\n
(h) Leadership ethics,<\/p>\n
(i) Transactional and transformational leadership,<\/p>\n
(j) Women in\u00a0leadership\u00a0and the importance of fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion, especially for women in a workplace,<\/p>\n
(k) Applying foresight towards developing and growing an organization.<\/p>\n
To summarize my learnings in this course, I\u00a0at this moment\u00a0describe two of the aspects that have impacted my practice in this\u00a0blog post. The first has to do with the difference between assigned and emergent leaders.\u00a0Assigned\u00a0leaders attain positions and lead others as a result of their\u00a0individual\u00a0capabilities, merit, experience or other considerations. Emergent leaders lead others by sheer influence. In my practice, I have come to appreciate that not all leaders are assigned,\u00a0and\u00a0not all\u00a0assigned\u00a0leaders emerge.<\/p>\n
Further, a leader might occupy a position but remain limited in their capacity to influence others. Conversely, a leader may exert tremendous influences and yet\u00a0stay\u00a0limited because they lack a formal\u00a0position. Based on this, I realize that for a leader to be\u00a0effective, it is\u00a0essential\u00a0to leverage both the authority that comes via\u00a0a formal\u00a0position\u00a0and also their ability to positively influence other as a result of their emergence. With this insight, as a leader and founder of my establishment, I better appreciate the importance of avoiding the trap of being too dependent on my formal position.<\/p>\n
The second key learning that has impacted my practice is the place\u00a0for\u00a0applying critical thinking.\u00a0Through the various studies about critical thinking, my leadership practice has been positively impacted through my enhanced understanding of the need to:<\/p>\n
(a) Take charge of my thought process,<\/p>\n
(b) Attaining freedom from societal conditioning,<\/p>\n
(c) Evaluating information sources to eliminate the negative influences of conjecture, hearsay and others in my decision-making process, and<\/p>\n
(d) Applying creativity and lateral thinking towards problem-solving.<\/p>\n
The knowledge and applications of critical thinking\u00a0have\u00a0better enabled me to take more effective and rational decisions a leader in my professional practice.<\/p>\n
I conclude with the following quote;<\/p>\n
The next level of human advancement does not depend upon computers, technological advancements or natural resources, it depends on the quality of leaders that society\u00a0can\u00a0inspire. With the right leaders, anything and everything great remains possible.<\/p>\n
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