Overall, I feel that my
relationship with my follower team is a strong one. The team that I manage has
been open to change in the time that I have known them, even though there have
been times where they were curious about the change and wanted to ask
additional questions about it. The team also trusts me and my ability to lead
them through change without impacting them beyond what they can handle, so that
certainly helps my ability to get them bought in to change. I am still working
on engaging them more and ensuring that they fully understand the process
changes before they start, but I have been transparent about this and they
understand it is an opportunity of mine.
My thinking has changed slightly,
mostly in the area of identifying where my leadership style lies and my strategies
surrounding change within my organization. After doing some of the activities
that revolve around strategy, I came to the realization that I am more of a
driver when it comes to change, focusing more on the end result than how people
accept the change. This stems from my experience with my change and personal
views toward it. I more very resilient and adaptable, so implementing and going
through change in any capacity is not difficult. In fact, I enjoy it because
change represents improvement for me. This course has helped me identify this
and formulate ways to change it and improve upon it. In addition, this last
module has helped me with my personal leadership style, as I believe myself to
be involved in change. I am very results driven, and even though I have some
opportunity with inspiring my team around change, I am very involved with
processes and lead by example, as I have seen great success with showing others
through visual interaction.
This is important to me in my
developmental journey as a leader because it sheds some light on the
opportunities within my leadership style, some opportunities that may not be as
apparent in the workplace by those who are involved with me on a daily basis. The
activities and assessments embedded this course, especially this module, have
been helpful in my developmental. One of my short term goals in my organization
is to get promoted to a senior level management position with our distribution
network. Senior level managers deal more with the people side of the
organization, coaching and mentoring, so being able to uncover these opportunities
now will help me on my leadership journey in my professional life.
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