Leadership

During the course Leadership I met many new interesting ideas which I did not have opportunity to see earlier in my educational and personal life. On my basic study I usually learned about micro and macroeconomic theory and about functioning of the business, company and whole economy, where we had not discuss about leadership in such direct way like at this course. I became aware of the importance of Leadership in my personal and professional life, in applying it in my future personal development, to grown my own skills and to learn how to motivate people in the right, long-term way, profitable for both sides. Those are just some of the most interesting examples for me which we discussed during this course and there are more others topics which I will explain in my following work.

Through ours career we usually pass some different positions where the required leadership challenges are various. And so at the beginning, at first, supervisory level which is closest to me, the required leadership skills are inserts with people, professional and technical knowledge. At upper levels, skills are changed and at senior level there are need for strategic and visionary thinking, and also need for external focus. In each of these levels in our career, firstly we should realistically evaluate our strengths and limitations and thus become self-aware. Also we should analyze what drives our best performance. One of the best ways to evaluate our self is to get appropriate and honest feedback from the other fellows in our company by applying 360 degree method, or some similar. But we should be careful because as manager become more senior, the quality of feedback decreases. Also, for one manager, it is important to develop soft skills, to build trust to employees, to inspire them, to be them role model, and to sense other people’s emotions. Despite this he should be aware that he is the leader and not to become too empathic if it is not desirable.

In the article “Why...