Leadership Development Plan of an Operations Manager
Course Scenario
You have recently received a promotion from operations team lead to operations manager. The organization you work for has established an Emerging Leaders Onboarding Learning and Development program to assist new managers in closing minor skills gaps, and to set them up for success. During the one-year onboarding program, you are required to participate in assessments and activities that will help you to identify and understand your organizational leadership style. As part of this onboarding process, and to assist you to better understand your organizational leadership style, there is an outline development requirement as part of the one-year onboarding leadership development program.
Instructions
For this onboarding outline, you have been asked to create an outline and state which of the five leadership styles (transformational, transactional, servant, laissez-fair, autocratic) best defines your leadership style addressing the following questions:
Why do you believe this is your organizational leadership style? Explain the traits you exhibit as an Emerging Leader that leads you to believe you possess the specific leadership development style.
What are your leadership strengths? Explain the strengths in detail as they relate to you as an Emerging Leader.
What are your leadership weaknesses? Explain the weaknesses in detail as they relate to you as an Emerging Leader.
Explain in the outline in chronological order the steps you will take to understand and improve your organizational leadership style.
Leadership Development Plan Outline OM
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As an operation manager, I oversee and lead my team in different workplace instances. Also, I plan and maintain work systems and procedures that allow and motivate the team to attain optimal performance. I believe I am a leader falling under the transformational leadership style. A transformational leader sees gaps and opportunities that have an impact on them. Besides, as a transformational leader, I can tap into the flexible energy, creativity, and possibilities within the people around me.
As a transformational leader, I possess various traits that describe this leadership style. For example, I am a creative and interactive leader. Usually, a transformational leader thinks critically and motivates their team to do the same. These leaders also have the unique capacity to associate with people at all levels of the business, which is vital in fostering a sense of commitment and unity toward common goals. Additionally,