PSY 693 Professional Capstone

Week 7 Discussion (PSY 693 Professional Capstone Full Course)

DQ1 Take at least one online Leadership assessment. What type of leader are you? What other leadership skills do you possesses? What areas can you improve upon?

DQ2 Why is effective leadership so integral to career (and overall life) success? Be sure to share important “take-always” from this week’s leader interview.

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Why is effective leadership so integral to career success?

Introduction

Leaders are the leaders of their teams. They make decisions and guide their colleagues, but they also need to be able to take responsibility for those decisions. As a result, effective leadership is integral to career success. Here are five ways that good leadership skills can help you land that dream job:

A leader should have a clear vision for the department

Effective leaders know that their first and most important job, as a leader, is to have a clear vision for the department. A good leader should be able to inspire other people in his or her organization to work towards this goal—and then motivate them when they don’t see how it can happen.

In order to do so effectively and efficiently, you need:

• An understanding of what makes your department special (or not)

• Knowledge about how other departments operate (and how they might benefit from working with yours)

Effective leadership can improve employee engagement

Employee engagement is a measure of how motivated and committed employees are to their work. It’s important because it can have a positive impact on employee productivity, retention rates, etc.

• Effective leadership can improve employee engagement by making sure that everyone feels like they’re part of the team. This will help you retain top talent and motivate others to do better work.

• When an employee feels like he or she has control over what happens at his or her desk (and not just blindly following orders), he or she will be more engaged in his or her job—which leads us back up the chain of success!

Good leaders are accountable for their actions

Good leaders are accountable for their actions. They take responsibility for the results of their actions and are willing to admit when they’re wrong. Leaders who don’t accept blame or criticism aren’t good leaders, because they make it difficult for others to follow them blindly.

If you want other people to trust you, then it’s important that you can be trusted yourself!

Leaders should be able to make good decisions

When you’re in leadership, you need to be able to make good decisions. If you can’t do that, your company will suffer and so will you.

As a leader, it’s important for you to be able to make effective and ethical decisions that are in the best interest of all parties involved—the customers, employees and shareholders—and also reflect those decisions back onto yourself as well. A good example would be when someone asks for an increase in salary or benefits because they feel as though they’ve earned it; this type of thing should be done with care because if not handled correctly then could lead down some dangerous roads (e.g., lawsuits).

You need to be a good leader to have a successful career.

To have a successful career, you need to be a good leader. Leadership is important because it helps people to achieve their goals, grow and learn new things, feel valued by others and make an impact in the world.

Conclusion

If you want to be successful, it’s important that you learn how to lead effectively. The first step is understanding the role of leadership in your career path and what you need as an individual. Then, it’s about developing these skills and cultivating your own leadership style so that people will listen when they need to hear from you. Finally, make sure your employees feel like they can trust their leader by doing everything possible within reason and not overstepping boundaries unnecessarily – because if they don’t feel safe working for someone who has power over them then chances are they won’t stay long term!