Index Strength-Based Leadership Assessment (SBLA)ExecutionInfluenceRelationship BuildingStrategic ThinkingAdditional Assessments. Perceived Leader Integrity Scale (PLIS) Strength Bombing Emotional Intelligence (EI) Assessment 360 Feedback General Summary Conclusion Throughout my life, I have always been taught to focus on my weakness rather than strength. As a child, although I received praise for all the A grades I got in many subjects, the B in math was what my parents focused on as they had to immediately hire a tutor to turn that B into an A. Fast forward to When I am in the workplace, during the annual review, while even my supervisors praise me for all the achievements and positive attitudes I have at work, it was more and more important to focus on the area where I can improve. My whole life, I have learned that in order to become a better person, I should focus on improving my weaknesses to turn them into a strength because a strength is something I'm already good at, so there's no point in doing more about it. Therefore, it was very interesting for me to focus for once on analyzing my strengths because not only did I find that many of the traits that I consider a weakness turn out to be a strength, but I also found that it is much more beneficial focus on my strengths and continue working on them, then focusing only on my weaknesses. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Strength-Based Leadership Assessment (SBLA) According to Rath and Conchie (2008), awareness of one's strength is necessary to be able to lead affectively because we lose confidence in ourselves if we manage to focus only on our weakness; and self-confidence is definitely necessary for our followers to not only trust us as leaders but also instill self-confidence. Therefore, to gain more awareness of my strength, SBLA was chosen and my strengths are listed in four domains. Execution According to the SBL guide, leaders with strength in this domain are the people who work tirelessly to "make things happen" and are the go-to person when things need to get done. The two strengths I have in this domain are success and restoration in this domain. As an achiever and achiever, I work hard and make diligent effort to reach goals and accomplish as much as possible. I also work alongside others to build relationships and serve as an inspiration and "rock" to others and because of this people show appreciation and trust that I will be able to solve problems and make things right for them. I've been doing this job for four years now and have always been known as the go-to person for everything. Whenever patients or staff have questions, they always come to me first because they trust in my ability to take care of everything. In fact, when the program development manager had to ask the staff questions about how to improve the unit, everyone directed her to me and this made her think that I was actually the program director (PD). Another reason that made me the go-to person is because I work long hours, sometimes unpaid, to get things done and if I see others having trouble finishing their work, I usually volunteer to help them to finish their work. task. This is why I ended up holding three positions on my own:rehabilitation assistant, staff coordinator and program secretary which is also why they recently asked me if I would like to become PD instead of unit social worker after graduation because they believe in my ability to make this unit better and more functional than it's now. Although I value my resilience and as a successful man, I see the downside of being a successful man and that is my inability to become satisfied with my achievements as I continue to look for ways to achieve bigger and better results and this is also one of the reasons why I took on three positions at the same time. InfluenceInfluence is identified as someone who has ideas, takes responsibility and speaks for the benefit of the team inside and outside the organization (Rath and Conchie, 2008). While I don't have any strengths listed in this area, I believe I possess some of these qualities and this is evident from my work as a personnel coordinator. When the PD continues to take admissions without acknowledging that there is a shortage of therapists to treat these patients and how exhausted the therapists are, I have taken it upon myself to go to the PD and speak on behalf of the therapists. I told the PD to stop the hospitalization and got his approval to seek therapists from outside sources (which costs more money) to help my fellow therapists. As this gesture of mine only benefits the team within the organization, therefore, I believe I do not have the quality to influence in a broader spectrum. Relationship Building Leaders with strength in relationship building have the ability to hold the team together and make it greater as a whole (Rath and Conchie, 2008). The two strengths I have in this domain are empathy and developer. Leaders with empathy can sense the feelings of others, sometimes even before others recognize the feelings themselves; they respect the feelings of others and attune to and positively reinforce the strengths and achievements of others rather than their weakness. I believe this strength of mine can best be displayed through my internship as a bereavement counselor. Many times I am able to sense and recognize emotions in my clients and there is always one emotion: anger that my clients have failed to recognize on their own, but I am able to sense it. While I respect my clients for their frustration and anger and point it out to them and assist them in recognizing and resolving these feelings, I would also focus on praise for acknowledging their emotions and how well they are doing amidst all the strong emotions. . they feel As a developer, I do a good deed for the benefit of others and am sincerely happy for the growth and development of others. Recently, a fellow intern became pregnant and for 3 consecutive group supervisions she cried and expressed how difficult it is to deal with her clients' pain while experiencing morning sickness. Seeing how distressed she was, I offered to make more trips between offices to take over some of her clients. And when she finally felt better after the first trimester and felt even stronger now that the morning sickness is gone, I was so happy for her that I hugged her and led the group to applaud her. Strategic Thinking Leader with strategy thinking continues to learn, analyze information, and assist the team in making better decisions by focusing on the future (Rath and Conchie, 2008). As a student in this industry, I have a great desire to learn and continue to improve not only myself, but also empower others to do so. When others tell me I'm so good at something, such as staff, I always say I'm still learning how to do things.things better. During my field training, I am always learning new interventions and techniques by doing research on my own and sharing my findings so that others can benefit too. Additional ratings. Perceived Leader Integrity Scale (PLIS) According to Craig and Gustafson (1998), the PLIS is used to assess the ethical integrity of leaders; This is important because research has found a strong positive correlation between leaders' integrity and employee job satisfaction. Through PLIS analysis, I scored moderately ethical, meaning I may engage in unethical behavior under certain conditions. Looking at the questions in the assessment, the answers that put me in the unethical category were because I care more about my fellow colleagues than the organization as a whole, meaning I would sometimes put my own interests before those of the organization. Force Bombing During the force bombing exercise, I presented my partner with a story about me reporting discrimination from my supervisor in group supervision to the manager of the bereavement department. While my partner gave me a list of strengths, such as empathy, caring, self-awareness, etc.; the one strength that surprised me the most was courage. I have never considered myself a courageous person; I reported this supervisor simply because I want to prevent this from happening to other current and future interns. So, after this comment, I started thinking about other situations and realized that it takes courage for me to stand up to those higher up, not only in this situation but also when I stand up to the PD. I also realized that it definitely took courage to go back to graduate school. Evaluating Emotional Intelligence (EI) According to Antonakis, Ashkanasy, and Dasborough (2009), there is a strong connection between leaders' emotional capabilities and effective leadership; Leaders with higher EI can more effectively develop collective goals, instill the importance of work in others, generate and maintain enthusiasm, confidence, and trust, encourage decision making and change, and establish a meaningful identity for the 'organization. Overall, my scores in the EI assessment are around the 3.5 range except for a 4 in the self-regulation components, so my personal competence score is 3.78 while my social skills are 3.38. I'm not really surprised by my score in self-regulation, motivation and empathy. I always know that I care a lot about other people's feelings to the point that I neglect my own feelings, and I'm also very aware of how my feelings and emotions will affect others, so I'm really good at regulating myself and knowing how to allow myself to show others who are angry or frustrated. For example, when others make fun of my accent, so as not to hurt their feelings by showing that I'm angry, I usually don't worry about it by laughing along with them. Therefore, it is not a big surprise to me that I scored low in my social skills because many times I would have chosen not to initiate interaction with others, to avoid that others could make fun of me, both for my accent, both for my accent. my height or my lack of knowledge of common things (I was once teased by others for not knowing what appetizer was). However, while most components of the results do not surprise me, my score of 3.6 in the self-awareness category surprised me because, while I am very aware of the feelings of others and how my emotions can affect others, I am not very aware of our emotions. I also don't have.