I enjoyed to have questionnaires to assess my trait and style of leadership.
The results I obtain are not surprising very much, but it is interesting to break the each traits which we need for leadership into numerous data and view myself characters objectively. To my surprise, the evaluation from others and myself still has the almost same trend.
According to Northhouse ( Northouse, P. G. ,2019) is some of the most important traits for a leader is intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, and sociability. I have believed self-confidence and determination which are the weakest for me are more important among these traits, which I believe my most weakest points as a leader. In fact, the questionnaires, it revealed that my two weakest points are self-confidence and determination. And different from the samples, my overall of self-rating is much lower than any other people’s rating.
However at the same time, the questionnaires show consistently my strength is building relationship with people. I noticed I am very sensitive my and other people’s emotion. I think it relates with my personal trait that I am not a confident person which I thought my weakness. I feel interesting that my weakest traits as a leadership strengthen my emotional intelligence at the same time, which is stated to be the most effective traits in leadership. I have been struggling to build my self-confidence but now I think because I am not confident, I am good at responding and supporting other people, and in my reflection, I was good at team management with my high supportive leadership style.
Through these questionnaires, it revealed I am imbalance as a leader in terms of skills approach and behavioral approach. I would improve my self-confidence and determination to gain more conceptual skill,task-oriented behavior for being a better leader.
References
Northouse, P. G. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.