You must write a story about a situation (all mentioned in the attachment) it should be from a First-Person Point of View, talking about yourself, a situation that happened to you and explaining it.
Context
I attended school and participated in many volunteer services. School provided me with an opportunity to take part in different volunteer programs and create an excellent school image. My central task was to gather all key stakeholders and manage and facilitate the deaf community development process. My role was to find deaf children and ensure their enrollment in the school. My followers were classmates and other school friends. Even some faculty members were supporting me to meet the purpose. I had 20 followers.
American Sign Language is a complicated language, which employs different signs, facial expression, and hand movements to communicate with the deaf community. It is also called sign language. Deaf culture triggers deaf language (Sign language) and values. I knew these deaf language traits, and therefore, I took this responsibility. It is a hard language to learn. I used symbols and facial expressions to communicate with children.
Further, I delegated the process successfully. My followers were not similar to each other, as they contained different skills, experiences, and abilities. They came from different backgrounds, and it made them different from each other.
Analysis
In this volunteer program, I played the role of the leader to guide other people. My followers had to create the perception about me, and accordingly, I had to behave accordingly. Communicating with deaf children was a tough situation for me. I had to focus on my skills and delegate the work accordingly to followers.
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Skill Approach
The Skill approach is a useful leadership theory that emphasizes the utilization of technician, human, and conceptual skills. For Instance, I knew the deaf language, and I demonstrated this technical skill. The prominent human skills were motivation and work delegation. I managed people through these skills in an effective manner, and it also increased their assertiveness to meet the goals and objectives of the programs. I also demonstrated the conceptual ability to make this program relevant and meaningful (Northouse, 2016).
I streamlined and communicated the vision of this deaf community program. I idealized the whole project, and it worked for me and all key stakeholders. Also, I depicted problem-solving skills through effective work delegation. Delegating the right task to the right people according to their experience and background was a correct approach of social judgment to complete the project early. Technically, I revised some basic principles of the deaf language, and it helped me to communicate with the community with my knowledge and social judgment skills.
I did not use creativity and innovation as skills because I wanted to keep the process simple. I just wanted to help people and provide opportunities through simply allocating and managing resources.
The Leader-Member Exchange Theory
The Leader-Member Exchange Theory is a process developing relationships between team members and leadership to build strong organizations and serve people to meet their needs. It is an effective leadership style, which has been adopted by many leaders in organizations. The Leader-Member Exchange Theory values diverse opinions and cultivates the trust culture. The Leader-Member Exchange Theory helps others. The Leader-Member Exchange Theory works with other people to identify and resolve issues and make them future leaders.
I showed listening, awareness, and stewardship characteristics in my leadership role. For Instance, I always listened to my mates to idealize the situation. Integrating other’s thoughts, opinions, ideas, and reservations helped me to improve the process. Also, I was quite aware of deaf community problems. I was receptive to the social environment. Moreover, I portrayed the stewardship characteristics, as I took the responsibility to manage and maintain the people (Northouse, 2016).
The purpose was to serve the deaf community and streamline the efforts and roles of my followers. Due to the effective utilization of these skills, I gained success. It was an effective leadership style and execution of the theory. The Leader-Member Exchange Theory has helped me to integrate with the needs of the community, and it was a different thing for me.
I can apply these leadership theories to my personality, and it seems the main reason for choosing them. I can adapt and use several skills to manage and maintain people. Due to my experience, I could execute the skill approach and The Leader-Member Exchange Theory effectively. Serving deaf children is a process of The Leader-Member Exchange Theory because I intended to help this community. Selecting and implementing other theories are tough for me. Other methods or approach can be costly and time consuming for me.
Conclusion
My biggest strength is the excellent skill utilization. My weakness is the limited set of skills. For Instance, I did not show creativity and innovation to make the process more unique. Based on my strength, I excelled in people’s management. I motivated all followers and increased word of mouth to work for the deserved community. Due to lack of creativity, I struggled to manage the project with a minimum of people. For Instance, I needed more followers to sustain the work. Through creativity, I could make an original schedule. To become a better future leader, I would like to evolve with time. Change is imperative for me to be relevant. I would plan through creating the urgency and streamlining the vision. I will come up with my ideology, which can make me determined. Another strength is the decision-making process. Participative approach usually helps me to gather several ideas, thoughts, opinions and reservations. However, I usually struggle when making decisions in critical situations. Making rationale decision is a big challenge for me, and I always try to overcome it.
Reference
Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and Practice (7 ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc.
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