Relationship between Organizational Culture and Leadership Behavior

Question: Discuss about the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Leadership Behavior. Answer: Introduction This Reflexive research report presents the discussion of mine leadership journey and key events that contributes in development of mine leadership skills. Along with this, it also represents the MyersBriggs Type Indicator test to assess mine personality or leadership style. It also presents the feedback of my colleague on my leadership journey and feedback on colleagues journey. In addition to this, it also discusses about the influences of organisational and national culture on mine perception for effective leadership. It also presents a communication skills plan to build relationship and mentoring the functions and cultures. Apart from this, this reflexive research report also discusses the leadership theories and models to understand collected feedback. I think that leadership is process of leading to others for achieving the common or individual objectives. In other words, it is ability of leader to inspire the others beside the organisational or leaders goals. In this way, my leadership journey started when I was working in an organisation, within a group. During, working with team I have learned lot of things through participating in workplace and business events. In organisation, our group organises different events and I have got the responsibility of these events and to lead all my group members. At the time of organising the events I have faced that some time I was not able to make quick decisions and managing all event activities. In this way, my team member supported to me that how we can effectively manage these issues, which helped to me in development of my leadership skills. During the team work I have learned that through reviewing the performance of event and getting the knowledge about how to manage workplace activit ies, effectiveness of event can be measured. Along with this, team members helped to me in development of mine decision making and leading skills. MBTI test for personality or leadership styles assessment MyersBriggs Type Indicator test is a tool of assessing the personality and leadership styles. This tool includes the introspective self-report questionnaire that help an individual to measure his/her personality and leadership style. MBTI test was developed by the Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. This test method helps in identifying the different key areas of doing things such as taking information, making decisions, directing and receiving energy, and approaching outside world (Schultz and Schultz, 2016). Therefore, this assessment tool helps to me in assessing mine leadership style that which type of leadership style I have. The assessment of mine personality and leadership skills is as follow: On basis of personality style assessment test, it is analysed that my personality type is ESFJ that means Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging. This type personality is also known as Consul Personality. This personality type represents that I takes mine responsibilities vary dependable and seriously to do thing in right way. At the same time, this assessment test represents that I am cheerleader and can forward my team effectively to fulfil the goals and objectives. It also represents that I can influence mine Diplomat relatives through establishing the relations with them and by the help of laws. Further, it means I respect the hierarchy and do best for the self positioning with authority that allows to me in keeping the things organised and stable for the benefit of everyone. As per this type personality, I am always ready to talk with people and when someone of me in tension then I try to resolve theres problems and difficulties. Feedback from a fellow student or colleagues on my leadership journey I got feedback from my colleagues on leadership journey of mine that what they think about my leadership skills. The collection of feedback helps to me in getting information that what is my strengths and which skills of mine people like and what are my weaknesses. In this way, I collect the information from one of my colleague that what area of my leadership are effective and what areas are weak for leadership. He told to me that my leadership skills are effective but there is some areas of my leadership style are weak. He said that I am efficient in inspiring and motivating to others to achieve leaders or organizational goals. Along with this, my relationship building and communication skills are effective, which influence to other people beside me. At the same time, I am also powerful in building the quick decisions and analysing the issues that helps to me in development of my leadership skills more and being an effective leader. But at the same time, some skills of me are weak w here I have requirement of development such as team managing, Risk management, and Emotional control. During the leadership journey of my colleague I have analysed that there are different strengths of my colleague and weaknesses that make difference between us. The quick decision making power of mine colleague is very powerful as during the organisation event when I face the problem then he support to me in building decision for the success of event. Along with this, my colleague is also efficient in risk management and time management that support our team or me in managing possible event risks effectively. Further, my colleague is also powerful in building the relationship with others that influence others beside him. But at the same time, motivating and inspiring to others skills of my colleague is weak he cannot inspire or motivate to others. Apart from this, Communication skills of my colleague is weak that affects the growth of my colleague as it is the requirement of current scenario that communication skills of a leader should be effective that can influence others or team m embers effectively. Impact of culture on effective leadership Organization culture refers to the beliefs and values which exist in the perspective culture. The cultural dilemma affects the leadership style significantly in an organization or a group in which the people belongs to different culture (Tsai, 2011). As I have also worked in different organization where I got familiar with every type of people and the culture was major aspect to split into group. Culture is a social phenomenon which delivers the rules to behave in an organization pleasantly. Further, the core values derive from the leadership style of leaders to evolve. I experienced that national and international culture has divers range of styles behaviour and rules are followed to embrace the leadership practice in effective manner. On the other hand, a dynamic leader can influence and transform the organization culture as lenient organization through which staff of an organization got affected and work better than previous performance. Along with this, a supportive and open cult ure organizational environment motivates and persuades the human resource to give his or her best. In our group, I was with 6 different national wide people and their culture and behaviour was also different to learn the new styles of leading the people. I got that the goal focused leaders are successful in different culture and nature of environment. Evaluation of communication skills for relationship building Communication skill is the heart of a leaders cognitive style and behaviour to lead the human resource in best manner. Lacking in communication skill is the most challenge for leaders to adopt the best leadership styles in organization and get the desired outcomes (Barker, 2013). Todays leaders have lots of opportunities to build the strategy and gain the communication skills because it is most qualitative aspect for the leaders to develop for active participant in organization success. Communication has significant impact on the relationship, organizational functions, culture and disciplines. Further these skills has perceived within a culture. I am lacking in some communication skill so that I feel to develop and apply on my behaviour to embrace. This is the communication development plan to build the communication skill strong. I also followed this plan to improve the communication skill n best way. Further, the habit of listening habit enabled me to understand the issue at that time which is required to build the relationship in organization with cross cultures people. Leader should have the skill to maintain relationship with colleagues. Along with this, face to face communication skills also improve the conversation and association with people in organization or group (wfm, 2011). At the same time, mentoring is the key function of leaders in an organization so it needs to be done effectively. In addition, co-ordination with team supports the leaders to control the subordinate and enhance the efficiency of team work. Reflection of theories and model for effective leadership Theories and models are the thumb to building the leadership more demonstrative but the nature has shifted towards the personality based leadership trait. Apart from this, theories and models are the best practices to develop the leader. At the same time, the theories come under the three aspects such as leadership as relationship, leadership as personality trait and as behaviour. The great man theory states that the leadership styles and behaviour is inherent or the leaders are born not made by the external experience (Sharma and Jain, 2013). I am not fully agreed with this theorist because somehow it happens where the leaders are born but most of the research describes that leaders are developed through enhancing the skills and abilities of person. From the contingency theory it has been experienced that the situation in an organization builds and creates the effective leaders which I consider as the best approach to quantify. Along with this, the situation theory focused on the ci rcumstance based style to adopt for decision making. I think it suits best to the successful leaders when they take productive decision for organization. From the application of situational it is assessed that a situation creates the relationship with subordinates and it assists the leaders to influence the followers easily. Evaluation of my strength as leader and leadership style and development areas From the reflection aspect I have many leadership skills to effectively motivate the people to get the desired objectives. With this, I possess the dominant communication skill to easily share the information to the followers for being focused on objectives. Further, I have an experience to manage and co-ordinate the group of team because my organization provide the opportunity to take forward to lead the event. With this I can take the decision on situation based which adds value in my personal development. Self awareness and emotional intelligence and takes effective measures to enhance EQ Self awareness and emotional intelligence are the common states of perception for different aspect of a leaders qualities. Emotional intelligence is a cognitive style to think better and enables the leaders to learn and understand easily (Russell, 2015). I experienced that high emotional intelligence maintain the interpersonal relationship with subordinate and vertical functional leaders. Further, I found that emotional intelligence has an impact on performance. Measuring the EQ by 3600 model: Emotional intelligence can be measured by the 3600 model. The model emphasize on the evaluation of intelligence which are a leader have. From this test the emotional intelligence can be measure easily. In this test the questionnaire is filled by the known of us. Further the people who are subordinate and colleagues they give feedback about the personality trait and leadership style. Conclusion From the above reflection research it can be concluded that reflection is a best way to conduct the self awareness using different questionnaire. It can also be concluded that MBTI test is useful for evaluating the type of leadership personality which I have as consul. It is also assessed that culture and communication impact leadership practice significantly. In addition, a communication test is helpful to enhance the communication skills for leader. With this, it can also be evaluated that the emotional intelligence can be measured by the 3600 test. References 16 Personalities, (2017) CONSUL PERSONALITY (ESFJ, -A/-T) [Online]. Available at: https://www.16personalities.com/esfj-personality (Accessed: 25 March, 2017). Barker, A. (2013) Improve Your Communication Skills. UK: Kogan Page Publishers. Russell, L. (2015) Leadership Training. UK: Association For Talent Development. Schultz, D. and Schultz, S. (2016) Theories of Personality. USA: Cengage Learning. Sharma, M. and Jain, S. (2013) Leadership Management: Principles, Models and Theories. Global Journal of Management and Business Studies. 3(3), pp. 309-318. Tsai, Y. 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