Task 2 Managing Orgs and Leading People
Task 2: Self Assessment of Leadership Practices
Assessment Code: C200
Name: Andrea L. Gibson
Student ID: 86015
Date: January 9, 2015
Mentor: Nelda Turner
Introduction
This paper will focus on evaluating my own leadership strengths and weaknesses and goals for leadership development.
Seven Habits Profile and Findings
After completing the Seven Habits Profile for myself I was not at all surprised at the findings. I’ve always been good at showing kindness and consideration to others, and try hard to keep my promises and honor my commitments. I know what I want to accomplish in life, and I make plans and goals, but I often let distractions in.
My family is my biggest distraction. All of their tasks and activities come before mine, and always have. I also love to help other people, and I say yes to everyone and everything. It’s exhausting sometimes, and even though I realize that I shouldn’t say yes to everyone all the time, I still do. Then I struggle with completing “MY” tasks that must get done either for work, school, or church. I procrastinate, and find myself in a tailspin at the end of the week or just before a deadline. I hate that I do it, and say to myself all the time that I will never do this again, and the next week or month it happens again.
In my defense, I do some of my best work under pressure, and I feel more accomplished when I work like this versus planning ahead. So, maybe this is why I do it time and time again. However, I do start each week with a “To Do List,” and I do make plans for myself not to be rushed and hurried, it just doesn’t always work out that way.
Assessment Code: C200
Name: Andrea L. Gibson
Student ID: 86015
Date: January 9, 2015
Mentor: Nelda Turner
Introduction
This paper will focus on evaluating my own leadership strengths and weaknesses and goals for leadership development.
Seven Habits Profile and Findings
After completing the Seven Habits Profile for myself I was not at all surprised at the findings. I’ve always been good at showing kindness and consideration to others, and try hard to keep my promises and honor my commitments. I know what I want to accomplish in life, and I make plans and goals, but I often let distractions in.
My family is my biggest distraction. All of their tasks and activities come before mine, and always have. I also love to help other people, and I say yes to everyone and everything. It’s exhausting sometimes, and even though I realize that I shouldn’t say yes to everyone all the time, I still do. Then I struggle with completing “MY” tasks that must get done either for work, school, or church. I procrastinate, and find myself in a tailspin at the end of the week or just before a deadline. I hate that I do it, and say to myself all the time that I will never do this again, and the next week or month it happens again.
In my defense, I do some of my best work under pressure, and I feel more accomplished when I work like this versus planning ahead. So, maybe this is why I do it time and time again. However, I do start each week with a “To Do List,” and I do make plans for myself not to be rushed and hurried, it just doesn’t always work out that way.