self learning
Introduction300
Learning is a lifelong process; it is like a journey with different scenes to explore. From a good to great leader, I believe learning from others’ behaviors and rationale is the fundamental step to understand people dealing in different situation. However one said it might be more effective to learn from the mirror, by asking feedbacks and to improve myself by looking deep into my strength and weakness. This learning journal is interesting, I feel curious and a bit fear in confronting myself in new angles, but on the other hand I understand that it helps me to reflect on how my personal styles influence my interpersonal relationships, particularly in my role as a regional manager. In my working environment, I have to actively communicate with different front line managers both in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. I need to travel twice a week between two areas engaging me to deal with the cultural difference in leadership role. An examination of the literature gives me an idea that leaders are different from managers, Conger’s definition in leaders are individuals who establish direction for a working group of individuals, who gain commitment from these group members, and motivate them to achieve the directions’ outcomes. For me, I believe leadership is the alignment of a common team goal from a group of committed people, to achieve the target interactively within the agreed period of time. Although there are differences between leaders and managers(Kotter 1996), I as a manager aware the importance of self-awareness in relation to leadership, so I’ve choose to emphasis on examine the quiz results on ranking instrumental & terminal values, Rotters’ Locus of control; and the cognitive style instrument. These three quizzes review the core aspects of self-awareness in values, attitude towards change and the cognitive style of me.
Sharing & feedback110
I used to ask and learn from my seniors; now it is hard for me to evaluate my performance since my superior
Learning is a lifelong process; it is like a journey with different scenes to explore. From a good to great leader, I believe learning from others’ behaviors and rationale is the fundamental step to understand people dealing in different situation. However one said it might be more effective to learn from the mirror, by asking feedbacks and to improve myself by looking deep into my strength and weakness. This learning journal is interesting, I feel curious and a bit fear in confronting myself in new angles, but on the other hand I understand that it helps me to reflect on how my personal styles influence my interpersonal relationships, particularly in my role as a regional manager. In my working environment, I have to actively communicate with different front line managers both in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. I need to travel twice a week between two areas engaging me to deal with the cultural difference in leadership role. An examination of the literature gives me an idea that leaders are different from managers, Conger’s definition in leaders are individuals who establish direction for a working group of individuals, who gain commitment from these group members, and motivate them to achieve the directions’ outcomes. For me, I believe leadership is the alignment of a common team goal from a group of committed people, to achieve the target interactively within the agreed period of time. Although there are differences between leaders and managers(Kotter 1996), I as a manager aware the importance of self-awareness in relation to leadership, so I’ve choose to emphasis on examine the quiz results on ranking instrumental & terminal values, Rotters’ Locus of control; and the cognitive style instrument. These three quizzes review the core aspects of self-awareness in values, attitude towards change and the cognitive style of me.
Sharing & feedback110
I used to ask and learn from my seniors; now it is hard for me to evaluate my performance since my superior