Managing Organizations and Leading People

Managing Organizations and Leading People

C200 Task 2

Melissa A. Kammer

Western Governor’s University

Table of Contents

Managing Organizations and Leading People C200 Task 2 3

A1. Leadership Evaluation 3

A1.a Reflection of Profile and indications of my leadership style 3

A2. Leadership Evaluation 6

A2a. Strengths 6

A2b. Weaknesses 8

A2c. Recommendations 9

A2d. SMART Goals 10

A2d(i). 11

References 13

Managing Organizations and Leading People

C200 Task 2

In this paper I will analyze my personal leadership style, utilizing the 7 Habits profile as well as other sources. I will then identify strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations of my leadership style. Finally, I will develop SMART goals to achieve goals based on this evaluation.

A1. Leadership Evaluation

I have completed the “Seven Habits Profile” resulting in all above average and outstanding in the category areas. The profile is attached separately and I will analyze further to understand my leadership style.

A1.a Reflection of Profile and indications of my leadership style

I scored 15 or higher in areas 3, 6, 7, and 8 and 12—14 in areas 1,2,4,5, and 9. Overall, the profile shows that I am skilled in a number of areas and not seriously deficient in any category. I still have room to improve in the categories that I scored Very Good versus Outstanding and will work to sharpen those skills while trying to maintain the proficiency of the other skills already developed.

I will start with areas for improvement. The first area I will discuss is Begin with the End in Mind. While I definitely know what I want my life accomplishments to be I need to focus more on how I get there. Proper organization and a clear outline of how I am going to accomplish this is not crafted as well as it should be. I am generally good at targeting a goal, I do not spend enough time thinking about how to get there. For example, when joining my company in 2014, one of the first things I noted was...