Report on People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

In my overall learning in the subject “People, culture and contemporary leadership" I have learned a lot about the leadership approaches cultural impacts and the behavior of people. Throughout the learning in these courses I have comes across different experiences and I also build a lot of different skills. I think in my postgraduate degree, this subject help me a lot to grow as a persona and develop good and effective leadership, communication and analyzing skills in myself.  In this courses I have learned different theories about the culture and leadership, the teachers have provided us with different learning material including videos, lectures, chapters, and podcasts to help me to effectively understand different aspects of this subject. In getting the help in the understanding of the subject I also attend the online seminaries of a famous industry leader named Steve Farber, to know about the different aspects of leadership that can be helpful for me to learn the concept of good leadership effectively. I personally found this subject very interesting for me, and that why I took part in a lot of class activities for this subject that also helped a lot of lottos develop a good knowledge of the subject (Duncan, 2018).

 For attempting the assessment of the course, I also keep in mind the feedback from the instructor for assessment 1 of the subject.  In the feedback, the instructor points out some of my shout coming in attempting the assessment 1 of the subject. The feedback of the instructor was very effective and it helped to understand what the major things that I am lacking and I would also consider them in attempting the assessment 2 of the course. There is no doubt that the feedback of the instructor for assessment 1 helped to improve my critical analyzing and the writing skills that would definitely improve my performance in the upcoming assessment. For this assessment, I have also taken some of the psychometric tests like a personality test, verbal test, and leadership tests. By attempting these tests, some of the personality traits also revealed, to understand my strengths and weakness (Duncan, 2018).

Theories of People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

The recruitment is an important aspect of human resource management that I have learned from the subject. The theory of strategic recruitment is an important aspect of the course that is an important aspect of the recruitment process in human resource management. In strategic recruitment, all of the activities of the recruitment link together with each other for better business strategies. The interview is one of the main factor of the recruitment process in the organization and from the learning of the reading in the class the other theory that I learned is the behavior based interviews that is also practiced by a lot of organization to select the most appropriate candidate for the job role. Strategic recruitment is also one of the most important theory to understand because the whole process of recruitment in the organization depends on the strategic recruitment process. When I was doing an internship as a nurse in the hospital, I noticed that the HR staff used the strategic recruitment approach to hire new employees in the organization. It is one of the easiest and effective approaches that can be used in the organization for the hiring and new recruitment of the staff (KUPPLER, 2014).

 It is obvious that for a certain role in a job the employers need to select the candidates that are not just qualified and experiences but have some interpersonal and leadership qualities to adjust in the job role and the organizational culture of the organization. There is no doubt that the behavior-based interviews are one of the most effective and popular approaches for the selection of the candidates in the interviews. When I give as a nurse in a hospital for the position of a nurse, the interviewee asked me major of the behavior-based questions to analyze my responses over different situations. From this experience, I also understand that who the employers used the behavior based interviews to understand the candidate’s personality traits and their strengths and weaknesses. So I must say that for the process of recruitment in the organization the major theories that I have learned is the strategic recruitment and the behavior-based interviews from the subject learning. Both of the theories are very important to consider while the recruitment process in the organization. 

Online Resources of People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

            For this assessment, I have used most of the data from the reading and the material provided by the teachers and instructors in the class. Other than that I have also used some of the material from the internet to expand my knowledge about the subject and to be more effective to understand different concepts and theories. I have also watched some of the Tad talks about the leadership also especially the tad talks of the business leader and author named Steve Farber.

Industry Speaker in Week 6 of People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

I have attended the online seminaries of one of the major business leader and author in the industry Steve Farber. I really like the way Steve Farber describes and presents the concepts of leadership. The Steve Farber is the founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute and he has written a lot of books regarding the leadership. I have listened to this speaker a lot during the learning of the subject because the way of making the listener understand the concepts of good leadership are very effective. According to Steve Farber, the leadership is not about the position or occupation, but it is a choice that one can choose even if he is an unemployed person. The leader is the person who has the ability to inspire the individual around himself to achieve something for them. By listening to this speaker I also understand that for a good leader it is very important to carry on its quest for knowledge and gaining all of the skills that can help him, to be the better version of himself. The leaders always know how to work in a team and they also know very well about how they can replicate themselves (Hogg, 2015).

 One of the other traits of leaders that I have learned from the speaker is that the leaders always take the responsibility not just for their own actions but also for the followers and the other team members.  The leaders are the proactive one and they know how to control their reactions and responses to the critical situations. I must say that Steve Farber is one of the most inspirational and motivational leaders I have ever heard of, and his approach of leadership also seems very effective and different.  So I have benefited a lot from the speech of Steve Farber and I have learned many of the aspects of the leadership.  There is no doubt that good leadership is essential for any organization long term success. This industry speaker helps me to understand different aspects of leadership in effective mater and before that, I have never think of the term leadership as extensive and important.

In-Class Activities of Contemporary Leadership

 Throughout the learning of the subject, I take part in almost every activity of the class because from the very beginning, I have developed my interest in the course. Many of the times the teachers in the class take stand-ups from us to introduce over selves or talk on an issue. In the beginning, I found it a bit difficult for myself but by the time I understand how to make a talk with confidence and the teachers also help us to speak our minds with confidence I frond of audience. Some of the behavior-based interviews were also taken from the students to make the students understand how to control their reaction and be calm with the situations are changing and critical.

Assessment feedback of People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

The assessment feedback here also helped me to overcome my mistakes in assessment 2. It is important for me when researching my information, I need to use the readings I have given by the instructor as a starting point, and they are more credible and current than some of the ones I have used. I need to work on for developing my writing skills as some of the word choices are limiting how the reader understands what I am trying to say. I also need to present the theory that applies to the ideas I am exploring. It is also important for me to- explore what is going on a little bit deeper. In the previous assessment, I show a limited understanding and it would be good to develop a better theoretical understanding to help me to provide an analysis. So I can say that all of the feedback from the instructor in the assignment 1 help me to overcome all of the blunders I have made in the assessment 1 and I would also try to not repeat that mistakes in the other assessments.

Psychometric Test of Contemporary Leadership

 As a part of the learning of the subject, I have also conducted some online Psychometric Test, such as personality test, a leadership test, and verbal tests. All of the tests that I have conducted using the online resources help to know a lot of about myself and what is the level of my interpersonal and leadership skills to be an effective person in the future. In the personality test, a list of questions regarding the personal and professional life was asked, with multiple points from which I have to select one option as a reaction to the question asked to me. In the leadership test again there were a lot of multiple choice questions, from this test I come to know about my strengths and weaknesses as a leader. From the result of the test, it is estimated that I am good at teamwork and I know how to work with collaboration and corporation of other team members. I also some to know about my weakness as a leader, the major weaknesses of mine is the communication skills, being an introvert my communication skills are not very good and also while speaking to a larger group I often feel confused and shy.

By conducting the leadership test, I come to know that I have to overcome my weakness in communication to be a good leader in the future. The major role of the leader is to inspire people and motivate them to be productive, so for this purpose, it is very important to have good communication skills. Other than that, I also conducted a verbal test that is more likely to deal with words and vocabulary. From this test, I come to know that my writing and use of vocabulary needs a lot of improvement because around 22% of my answers were wrong. From this test, I realized that it is very important for me to improve my vocabulary and the overall writing skills to the more critical in my content.

Areas for improvement of Leadership

By analyzing the whole learning in the course, it can be seen that there is a lot of improvement is needed by me; first of all, I need to improve my overall communication skills in order to effectively communicate with my team members. Other than the effective communication I also need to focus on my writing because, the results of my Psychometric Test was not very good (Hogg, 2015).

It is also very important for me to develop effective leadership skills to be a good leader in the future in any organization. I have learned a lot from the overall learning of the course about the leadership, people behaviors and the cultural impacts on the environments of the organizations (Duncan, 2018).

References of People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

Duncan, R. D., 2018. Culture, Leadership, Performance: How Are They Linked?. [Online]
Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2018/10/30/culture-leadership-performance-how-are-they-linked/#791766c25e44

Hogg, B., 2015. 5 Things All Great Leaders Do to Create a Culture of Leadership. [Online]
Available at: http://customerthink.com/5-things-all-great-leaders-do-to-create-a-culture-of-leadership/

KUPPLER, T., 2014. Culture and Leadership: They’re Simply Two Sides of the Same Coin. [Online]
Available at: https://www.tlnt.com/culture-and-leadership-theyre-simply-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/