A Digital Storyboard of Mars'sLeadership Journey by Mars Zou https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars Made for the purpose of IHMN 354 Assignment 3 en-us 2017-02-28 18:09:57 UTC 2024-07-26 03:36:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Drinkingmed.png Introduction zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157153083      This is Mars's Digital Storyboard of his leadership journey. 
     In this storyboard, I will be illustrating my understanding of leadership based on my learning journey, sharing the two most essential leadership goals of mine and my action plans to achieve them. 
 By the end of this storyboard, the purpose is to have a clear roadmap for me to follow in my future leadership journey.
 ]]> 2017-03-01 19:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157153083 Leadership Goal No.1 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157154246      My first leadership goal is to find out what are some of the important leadership qualities that I am missing and eventually find the path to acquire or improve these important leadership qualities. 
    The reason why I set finding the ways to acquire the leadership qualities 
that I am lacking is that I am a big believer in the trait theories. In trait theories, it was thought that leaders' success can be guaranteed when them acquire a list of most important leadership traits (Daft, 2015, p. 17)
]]> 2017-03-01 19:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157154246 My Personal Leadership Vision zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157156410      My leadership vision is formed based on my personal value and work/learning experience. 
     I've worked with many great leaders so far, I found some similarities between them. All the successful leaders have a really strong leadership skill-set and the ability to apply the most effective leadership approach when needed. 
    Thus, my personal leadership vision is to improve myself as a leader including leadership skill-set and different approaches.]]> 2017-03-01 19:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157156410 Leadership Goal No.2 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157157063    My second leadership goal is to learn the way to successfully manage/lead a multicultural/diverse group.
    As we all know, with the rapid progress with globalization, the workforce is becoming more and more diverse in the sense of a multicultural group. Therefore, I think managing a multicultural/ diverse group is a great leadership skill for current and future generation leaders. 
     The reason why I choose this to be my second leadership goal is my personal experience. As an international student in Canada, I often come across with other teammates from other culture background and work together as a team. However, sometimes I would find it challenging and difficult to lead in such diverse group. 
    I believe that learning the key factors to help me manage a diverse/multicultural workforce can be very helpful for future generation leaders like me.]]> 2017-03-01 19:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157157063 Action strategies For Goal No.1 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157157750          The First step for goal no.1 is to find out what are the leadership qualities that I am lacking. 
         In order to find out, the best way is not to reflect my leadership quality on my own but to ask other people who have worked with me or who are familiar with my leadership qualities. 
        The plan is to conduct a private one on one interview session with the interviewee selected focusing on the topic of their opinion on my leadership qualities. For instance, I will invite one of my former study group member to join me for a short 10-min interview about what are the most important leadership traits he/she thinks that I would put on the top of my list to acquire. 
         Once gathered information from my interviewees, I will carefully analyze the importance of leadership traits and the impact it could have on my leadership effectiveness. 
        In this action strategies plan section, I will use patience as my most lacking leadership quality as an example since I was inspired by the video on the right-hand side.
       Next, the most important step is to set up specific plan to acquire the leadership trait. In the case of being patient, I will be paying more attention to the moments at work or school when I am not patient with my followers and the negative impact it has on my leadership approach. Also, a detailed diary of my leadership journey can be a great help for acquiring a new leadership quality. By using it to document my leadership, I will be able to remind myself of being patient with dealing with my followers and make them feel that I have great patience for them.
       Last but not least, an evaluation process is essential for me to verify the outcome of my action plan. For instance, I can ask for co-workers' feedback to see whether they've noticed any positive changes in my leadership style. 
      The goal can be considered as completed if positive feedback is collected from the qualified group.]]> 2017-03-01 19:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157157750 Action strategies For Goal No.2 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157157919     Multicultural leadership skills can't be acquired within a short period of time as it takes a lot of professional knowledge about different cultural background and the most effective leadership approach accordingly. 
  Therefore, for the action strategies of multicultural leadership skill, I will set up a long-term action plan to help guide myself towards the goal of improving my multicultural leadership skills.
   First, I'll have to be more aware of the cultural differences between different cultures and the impact on leadership development. Doing research on different cultures and their characteristics will be helpful for me to understand better the cultural differences. According to Hallmark executives, new generation leaders need to learn how to see things from different perspectives in order to lead a diverse group (Daft, 2015, p.121). 
    Secondly, I will take advantage of the intercultural values in most Canadian companies. It will also be very helpful to talk with some of the top management members here in Canada. I will be making conversations with these multicultural leaders to learn from their experiences and examples.
 Lastly, in order to testify my leadership skills, I will conduct some evaluations with my followers from other cultural backgrounds and find out whether they find my leadership styles to be more effective or not.]]> 2017-03-01 19:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157157919 Anticipated outcomes of Goal No.2 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157158840 For Me: 
With proper intercultural leadership skills, I will be able to manage/ lead a diverse group more smoothly and avoid common mistakes happen between different cultures.
For others:
People from different cultural backgrounds will have a better time working with each other with the leader who is good at managing diverse groups. ]]> 2017-03-01 19:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157158840 Anticipated outcomes of Goal No.1 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157158925 For Me: Improved Leadership skills.
I will be able to improve my leadership skill-set. By acquiring more leadership traits, my leadership approach will be more effective and applicable in more situations.

For others: Easier to work with
Other people will be able to notice the positive changes in my leadership style and approaches. Being a more competent leader can make others to have more faith in you and improve the relationship between me and the followers.]]> 2017-03-01 19:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157158925 Inspiring Video- The most important leadership quality is Patience. zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157161616 2017-03-01 20:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157161616 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157162356 2017-03-01 20:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157162356 Conclusion zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157209512     As the end of my leadership journey, I want to be thankful for this opportunity to help me form me leadership goals for the future and really reflect on what I've learned within IHMN 354 and what my future goals are. 
    I believe that as long as I have my goals set up to pursue in my future journey of leadership, I will be able to become a successful next generation leader. 
  Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoyed my leadership journey storyboard.


]]> 2017-03-02 01:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157209512 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157211971 2017-03-02 01:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157211971 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157212223 2017-03-02 01:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157212223 References zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157675130 Daft, R. L., & Lane, P. G. (2015). The leadership experience. Australia: Cengage Learning. Retrieved on January,  25, 2017.]]> 2017-03-03 17:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/157675130 zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158546657 2017-03-08 02:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158546657 Differences between a leader and a manager zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158556922 2017-03-08 04:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158556922 Inspiring Video On culture and leadership zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158557266 2017-03-08 04:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158557266 How culture affects Leadership zoushiling1231 https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158557346 2017-03-08 04:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/zoushiling1231/mars/wish/158557346