Being a manager, I believe that this
is one of the hardest positions for any person to hold in a company. As a
manager you are in charge of many employees and you are given the task of
leading the team so that your company can succeed. Many managers are not able
to succeed at this task and it becomes a chore to have to get in front of
people which one might not be able to lead. On the other hand you do have
people who are naturals at the position or well-trained individuals which can
guide your team or organization to be one of the best. During this past year
while being a student of the MSLD program I have been able to truly reflect on
my leadership skills and where I can improve, I think I have increased my
management skills and it might have shown in my PAMS results. The following
questions were asked of the results which I received after taking my personal
assessment of management skills.
1.
What
do you notice in your results?
So my results say that I am in the
top quartile of management skills (Whetton and Cameron pg. 97), I believe that
this might not be true or maybe I might have answered some of the questions
wrong. Although I am confident in my management skills I do not believe that I
am among the top quartile yet. I notice that a lot of what the results had to
do with my own self-reflection and how I felt about how others thought about
me. This was an interesting way to asses a manager because I feel that a good
manager is able to take feedback from others and turn it into a great learning
experience.
2.
How
much of this rang true for you?
As I said before I do not believe
that I am close to being among the top quartile when it comes to my management skills. I feel that I have a long way to go because I have not had
enough experience yet to be able to evaluate myself. Even though my
self-disclosure and openness to feedback is a part which I scored high in I do
believe that I can do better. I believe that an important part of being a
manger is when you are able to understand yourself and how you react when faced
with certain situations. I still have not seen the way that I react when faced
with a big dilemma in front of people which I am supposed to be leading. This
will be a true test of my leadership skills which I look forward to learning
from someday.
3.
What
did you see that you were expecting in the results?
I was definitely expecting to score
high on the emotional intelligence portion of the assessment. I feel that I
know the importance of relating with your employees and knowing exactly what is
going through their minds is essential to the success of an organization. Many
experts have talked about the importance of emotional intelligence, “In fact, many experts now believe that a person’s
emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) may be more important than their IQ and is
certainly a better predictor of success, quality of relationships, and overall
happiness”(Lifehack.com).
I know that even though I might be in
charge of a certain situation I still need to count on my subordinates to get
the job done. Many times as managers we begin to give out too many orders and
delegate work to others without taking the time to read how our employees are
feeling on certain occasions. I believe that when I am put in charge I am able
to pick up and read certain employees actions throughout the day. I feel that I
am good at realizing if I need to give certain people brakes or perhaps keep
two employees apart which might not be getting along.
4.
What
were the surprises?
I was surprised that I was not as
open to feedback as I would have thought that I would be. I believe that
feedback is important because many times we do not recognize how we react in
certain situations. It is important for a manager to go through a difficult
situation and then have someone that is willing to give them honest feedback.
This is how a manager learns that they are making mistakes and it is the best
opportunity to improve themselves.
5.
How
will you make use of this information?
I will make sure that I leave myself
open to suggestions and try to make myself as approachable as possible when I
am in the management role. I believe that I will make it a point to get good
feedback from the ones which I trust and also those which my critique me the
harshest. I will make it a point to get diverse responses not just the ones
that I want to hear, diverse responses are the ones which will help us grow the
most as leaders. I know that this is information is vital to my growth and I
will not brush it off without evaluating the different situations which I will
encounter.
Reference:
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Scuderi, R. (2015, April 10). Emotional
Intelligence, why is it important? Retrieved from http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/emotional-intelligence-why-important.html
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Whetten,
D., & Cameron, K. (2011). Developing management skills (8th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
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