Development by Robert N. Lussier and Christopher F. Application and skill development to help the reader a broadened field on the subject. His approach is built within a wealth of experience gained in the field of. Climbing to higher levels for effective leadership is still not yet over. There is a lot to learn and the learning is. Qualities of Effective Leadership in Higher Education. Effective Leadership by Lussier and Achua 5th Edition ISBN 769. Pyll-Rates in Canada, Finland and Russia It provides detailed information about communication, empowerment, delegation, influencing, and change management.

Leadership Self Reflection Leadership is found not just at work but all around us. In any situation, leaders take a step forward and take charge of the situation. It can be at home, at work or at any other place. Leaders are never born, they become leaders because they have the credibility and people would love to follow them. This paper describes about my leadership strengths and areas for growth/future study. It also included how these qualities are used in my daily work routine, self-assessment results and a brief explanation on Individual style in leadership.

Introduction The most important quality that differentiates a leader from other people is the ability to think strategically. Vision is the most important aspect that drives a leader’s strategy. It is all about where you want to be. Other qualities include Decision making, problem solving, time management, self-motivation, emotional intelligence and many more.

Once we know the type of leadership, it is easy to find what leadership skills we have and which we need to develop which is explained in the book “Leadership: Theory, application, skill development (5th ed.) by Lussier and Achua.” Also, Keirsey Style Sorter personality type helps to knowing our temperament type, and work on our weakness and to emerge out as a good leader. According to the Keirsey temperament sorter assessment, the temperament type that fits my personality is ESTJ (Extroversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging) (Keirsey & Bates, 1984). After the self-assessment, now I feel confident about my qualities and how I need to deal with people with different personality having very differently thinking and how we can come to a common solution of any problem. In one of the exercise from the text, I dis. Middle of paper.lanned and things are just not going to work out. A leader with is experience and capability should be able to quickly assess the causes and try and fix those problem.

Summary After the self-assessments from the book, now I know what kind of leader I can be, what are the weakness I need to work on and how I can influence my team and the people outside my work environment. This course has taught me many different type of leadership style and one cannot be an effective leader but just following one specific style. To be an effective leader you need to assess the situation and act according to the situations. References: Lussier, R.N. & Achua, C.F.