HTL 303 The Leadership Experience

Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................2
1. Summary and Critical Evaluation of Self-Assessment......................................................2
1.1 Personal SWOT......................................................................................................................................2
1.2 Critical Evaluation..................................................................................................................................3
2. Reflection on Past Leadership Experiences........................................................................4
3. Leadership Development Plan...............................................................................................5
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................8
Reference List...................................................................................................................................9
Appendices.....................................................................................................................................13
Appendix A. 16Personalities....................................................................................................................13
Appendix B. LeadershipIQ........................................................................................................................14
Apendix C. 123test.....................................................................................................................................15
Appendix D. Global Leadership Foundation.........................................................................................16

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Introduction

This report’s purpose is to give information about the SWOT analysis based on the four-picked
personality test. The test consists of the personality, leadership style, team role and emotional
intelligence test. Based on the overall test, the detail evaluation of the leadership theory will be explained
in this report. Moreover, this report will explain about how the leadership theory connects with my past
leadership experiences. Lastly, the leadership development plan will be provided, followed by goals,
specific actions and time to be achieved.

1. Summary and Critical Evaluation of Self-Assessment

1.1 Personal SWOT

Strengths
Weaknesses
 Sensitive and Warm
 Procrastinate
 Excellent Communication Skills
 Overthinking
 Focus and detailed in small things
(Global Leadership Foundation, 2022)
(123test, 2022)

 Too needy
 Strong social awareness
 Reluctant to improvise
 Well-organized
 Easily offended to criticism
 Good teamwork skills (Relationship
 Worried about social status
Management)
(16personalities, 2022)
(16personalities, 2022)

 Great Time Management

 High conflict resolution skills
(LeadershipIQ, 2022).

Opportunities Threats

 Strong decision-making  Disappointment because of under

 High-integrity expectation (Tzieropoulos et al.,
(Covaleski, 2022; Shacklock & Lewis, 2011).
2006).  Lack of improvement
 Afraid out of comfort zone
 Self-motivated

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(Saner, 2021).
 Wide connections
 Detail in making sure all things done  Inability to achieve goals
right  Environmentally Unfriendly
(Ariani, 2013). (Jahanshahi et al., 2020).

Table 1. Personal SWOT

1.2 Critical Evaluation

LeadershipIQ, 16personalities, 123test and global leadership foundation are all four
personality self-assessment tests. A self-assessment test helps an individual to know their
personality better by compiling various data regarding personality type. Moreover, it provides
information regarding their goals, hobbies and abilities related to their career field. It is said
that a self-evaluation test is an assessment of your skills and expertise (Österholm, 2015).
Based on all of the personality tests that have been taken, it concludes that I am an extrovert
that has great teamwork and responsibility in my development skills.

According 16personalities, the result type is turbulent consul with ESFJ-T character. This can
be seen in Appendix A (16personalities, 2022). The consul's personality has its strength in
the working environment. Consul personality also has an excellent teamwork skills with
others, followed by great time management and communication skills (16personalities;
Appendix A; Table 1). In addition, the consul's personality is initiator as they take
responsibility before others realise that something must be accomplished (Wang & Korschun,
2015). Being initiative in a social environment is crucial as it will result in great satisfaction as
a consul is a vital responsibility leadership style and great teamwork (Barthorpe, 2010). The
capability to well-organise my team with a focus on details, high communication, and
teamwork skills makes me efficiently resolve all conflicts in the organisation (LeadershipIQ;
123test; Global Leadership Foundation).

In contrast, one of the weaknesses is too needy. This means that I may start fishing for praise
if my efforts go unappreciated (16personalities, 2022). Based on the personality theory,
emotionally needy people constantly seek affirmation and appreciation (Shaw & Fairhurst,
2008). People with needy personalities are accustomed to being emotional; therefore, they

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might not notice others have different boundaries (Jain et al., 2015). In order to solve these
problems, arranging a private conversation with the individual in question to discuss the
situation.

Furthermore, I am someone who is easily offended by criticism, which makes me avoid

improvement in a work environment. This means that in a leadership style, being easily
offended by criticism means preferring to stay in a comfort zone (Chamberlin, 2013). As a
result, there will be no developments made. Being slightly uncomfortable can indicate self-
growth, commitment and higher target accomplishment (Woolley & Fishbach, 2022).

Lastly, worrying about my social status will impact how I make a decision. Besides all the
weaknesses of ESFJ-T, I am detailed and well-organized, which makes me have excellent
teamwork skills. The personality characteristics of E, which stands as Extraversion, are
believed as an individual who is connected to traits like sociability, assertiveness, active in
connecting with others and extraverts (Medina-Craven & Srivastava, 2016) and have a solid
social awareness in a work environment (Akert & Panter, 1988).

Based on Appendix A, B, C and D, I am an organised individual with high communication

skills and strong social awareness. This gives me various opportunities, such as wide
connections, strong decision-making and high integrity (16personalities; LeadershipIQ;
123test; Global Leadership Foundation; Table 1). In business organisations, not all can be
achieved smoothly. Having wide connections can have an unfriendly environment that leads
to disappointment because of under-expectations. Besides, according to Harari et al. (2018),
ESFJ-T personality traits have been proved as one of the character types that can increase a
company’s job satisfaction.

2. Reflection on Past Leadership Experiences

My past experiences as a food and beverage attendant are related to the ESFJ-T personality.
ESFJ-T personality has significantly impacted my work and studies. According to Zarafshani and
Rajabi (2011), ESFJ-T personality traits have those solid ethical values. Moreover, the results of
the ESFJ-T show that I am an extrovert. This helps me socialise with coworkers, bosses, school
friends, and new people. Then the high energy traits of observant make me smarter to make
decisions in doing things in the present. In addition, obtaining a high percentage of extraversion
and feeling will assist other people in being very responsive, productive and well-organised in
order to achieve the global success of achievement (Ayala et al., 2017).

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The advantage of my ESFJ-T personality is that I received good comments from my boss
throughout my past professional experiences. It is because I create effective decisions, and
creative in fulfilling guests’ satisfactions and experiences. Lastly, efficiently resolving all the
problems in the workplace makes me highly-motivated. This means that motivational leaders can
develop creativity in problem-solving issues (Dew, 2009). Furthermore, for many business
executives, maintaining focus and details is crucial for success (Carstens, 2006).

ESFJ-T personality traits are also related to my experiences as part of teamwork in university.
Many problems with my colleagues during group work can now easily be solved. This is because
this subject has given me various theories on how to be a successful and inspirational leader.
Leaders will behave in a positive way to inspire and support their colleagues or employees to
succeed (Bullock, 2004). Hence, instead of just having an inspirational leader, more are needed
to create effective teamwork. It starts from the discussion of teamwork norms and building trust
amongst each other (Miller, 2006).

3. Leadership Development Plan

Objectives Goals Specific Actions When to achieve

1st : Be more Be more confidence and realistic : 1St : around 8

Increase self- months
confidence and  Creating a disciplined and
sufficient to solve realistic independent workplace for myself 2nd : 7 months
needy personality
by maintaining a focus to ensure I
3rd : around 5
2 : Set clear
nd
finish my responsibility and months
boundaries achieve an effective vision and
mission on time (Bilginoğlu &
3rd : More Yozgat, 2019).
accepting myself
 Pair myself with a strong and
supportive mentor by engaging in a
coaching dialogue and working
together to learn how to
communicate with different kinds of
people (Marino et al., 2020).

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Set clear boundaries :

 Instead of always asking and
checking every single thing in a
decision-making process, creating
clear expectations is the best way
to establish the rules.

 Knowing what goals I need to

achieve and remember to prepare
proper goals if problems occur in
the present or future events
(Hadley & MacLeod, 2010).

More accepting myself :

 Appreciating my own character of
strength

 Not relying on something or

someone to feel myself as a
unique individual (Shavinina,
2011).

Get comfortable with discomfort : 1st : around 7

Get out from my 1 : Get
st
months
 Trying myself to appreciate the
comfort zone to comfortable with
2nd : around five-six
overcome the discomfort negative situations as a blessing. months
Having a network of supporters
problem of
3rd : 9 months
reluctant to 2nd : Don’t afraid and advisors is also energising
of failure (Carr-Chellman & Kroth, 2017).
improvise

3rd : Give myself a  Motivating myself not to easily quit

thrill in difficult times by deciding my
goal as early as possible and if I
encounter difficulties (Stenhouse et
al., 2018a).

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Don’t afraid of failure :

 Accepting failure by lowering my
stress levels and it is also by
learning from mistakes and letting
go of past experiences
(Giancaspro & Manuti, 2021).

 Controlling my expectations by
adapting to my new surroundings
as good things will take time.

Give myself a thrill :

 Challenging myself in making
significant improvements by
actively engaging in experiencing
new skills and knowledge (Kim &
Beehr, 2020; Guan & Frenkel,
2021).

 Never be afraid to refuse

something for more precious
opportunities that will be more
profitable for my future career.

1st : Be realistic Be realistic : 1st : around 3

Increase self- months
2nd : Avoid egoism  Motivating myself to become more
acceptance to
2nd : around five-
solve easily open-minded by always saying seven months
thank you for every feedback given
offended to
Criticism and apologising for my mistakes
(Stenhouse et al., 2018b).

Avoid egoism :
 Recognising that most of the time
is not just about me but working as

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a team.

 Learning to minimise ego by not

being afraid to ask for guidance
from seniors. (Ojedokun, 2011).

 Increasing my story-telling skills by

always being open and honest
about my current problems and
situations. (Roffey, 2016).

Conclusion

In conclusion, based on the personality tests I have taken, I am a well-organised person with a high
quality of social awareness. Having good teamwork skills enables me to have strong decision-making
and self-motivated individuals. However, there are some weaknesses that need to be improved, such as
being reluctant to improvise, worried about social status, being too needy and many more. If these
weaknesses are not regenerated, it will bring a negative impact on the teamwork’s performance in an
organisation. Hence, from the leadership development plan, the goals, detailed actions, and time frame
are crucial to be prioritised to bring a successful leader into the teamwork.

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Appendices

Appendix A. 16Personalities

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Appendix B. LeadershipIQ

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Apendix C. 123test

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Appendix D. Global Leadership Foundation

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