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Daft, R.L. (2016). The leadership experience. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning
Economy, P. (2018). 5 remarkably powerful ways to boost your confidence. Retrieved from https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/5-remarkably-powerful-ways-to-boost-your-confidence.html

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I have always loved Dr. Seuss' quotes.  This connects strongly to my second action plan of being prepared.

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A poem by Shel Silverstein, one of my favourite poets growing up. This connects to my goal of finding self-confidence.

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The anticipated outcome after I achieve my second goal of finding confidence in order to lead my team, will be positive.  As Daft (2016) mentioned a leader who has courage and displays self-confidence will gain respect, admiration, and commitment among followers.  My goal will have a positive impact on myself as a leader, as well as my followers.  By having confidence, I will be able to persevere through hard times, such as ridicule and rejection and allow myself to achieve anything I set my mind to.  Furthermore, an increase in confidence, a key leadership skill, will allow me to enjoy my position as a leader much more.

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The anticipated benefits that will come from achieving my first goal are very important in an organization.  Having motivated employees will increase productivity, improve employee morale, and contribute to the bottom line of the organization.  My followers will feel driven to perform to the highest standard and they will all want to work together towards a common goal when they work in a motivational atmosphere.  Everyone is motivated in different ways, some prefer extrinsic rewards, and others prefer intrinsic rewards.  By meeting individually with them I can determine their motivational needs.

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This photo was taken 7 years ago.  It is the recreational leadership group that I was involved in, in high school.  This was my first introduction into leadership.

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The woman in the photo with me was the first leader that I looked up to and aspired to model.

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This song connects to my goal of confidence.  It speaks of climbing your way up to the top and the reward.  I's about not giving up and pushing through hard times.

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My second action item is to be as prepared as I can be in any position I may hold.  According to Economy (2018) when people learn everything there is to know about our jobs, we will be prepared and have the knowledge to back it up, which will make our confidence increase. Additionally, Daft (2016) said that self-confidence refers to a person’s belief that he or she can successfully accomplish a specific task or outcome.  Once I have done the appropriate preparation, I will approach each situation that may arise in a constructive and open-approach.  This will give me the self-confidence required to be a successful leader.

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The first action plan that will help me achieve this goal is to always remember the passion that I have to become a great leader and not dwell on what people may think.  Additionally, focusing only on the factors I can control, such as my direct responsibilities, how I present myself, and how I treat my followers.  According to Daft (2016) people experience many different types of fear, which include fear of mistakes, failure, and embarrassment.  One of my fears is other people’s negative opinions and assumptions of me.  By focusing on things I can control in my workplace and letting go of others opinions, I will be able to step through and overcome this fear.  Once leaders step through their fears, they will have more confidence to accept responsibility, take risks, and speak their minds (Daft, 2016).  I will have more confidence once I get over my fears and will be able to stop dwelling on what people think of me.  Instead, I will focus on listening to them in a constructive way where we can all grow in the workplace.

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I chose this second goal because there has always been a part of me that lacks confidence, especially when making decisions.  Additionally, I feel like one of the reasons I lack confidence is because I am always worried about what other people’s opinions are of me.

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Lead my team and followers with confidence.

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Action plan two will focus on the development of the followers themselves.  By empowering, training, and educating my employees, I will provide them with the skills to make informed and accurate decisions in the workplace.  According to Daft (2016), highly trained staff do not require a leader to delegate decision making on a day to day basis.  Furthermore, Daft (2016) states that “long-term education often develops autonomous, self-motivated individuals” (p.89).  Given my leadership goals, this is an ideal workplace atmosphere where my employees feel empowered and supported in their decision making.  In this case, I would not require task-oriented or people-oriented leadership styles. Rather, I would focus on education and training (Daft, 2016).

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This song is all about working through adversity and working hard together to the very end. This connects to my first goal learning to adopt a participative leadership approach because we are all working together.

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Queen - We Are The Champions (Official Video)

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The first action plan that I will implement in pursuit of achieving my goal is to meet with each of my followers.  According to Daft (2016) a leader’s responsibility is to increase followers motivation in order to obtain personal and organizational goals.   Daft (2016) stated that this can be done by “increasing the rewards that the follower values and desires” (p. 77).  The only way to determine my followers values is to meet with them individually.  From this meeting I will be able to learn important information about the people I am leading.  I can determine what they need from this job to feel motivated, as well as what they need from me as their leader.  Once I have obtained this information, it will be a huge asset for me in order to tailor my leadership styles and foster an atmosphere where my followers are motivated to perform to the best of their ability in the workplace.

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I chose this goal because a critical component of leadership is being able to motivate and determine motivational factors of followers.  I have usually been successful at motivating myself, however, I have fallen short when it comes motivating others.

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Learn to adopt a participative leadership approach.