Weekly Reflection 2: The Best Leadership Style

 

Weekly Reflections 2 (27^th March 2024)

 The Best Leadership Style

Week 2; If talking about the best leadership style, for me it is very subjective. Why I said so, because leadership style usually has strong relationship with the person, which in this situation the leader’s personality traits. Any style of leadership can be effective depends on the specific personality of the leader and the needs of the team (Grover & Amit, 2024). If looking at the development of a leadership itself, the is evolution by time where it started with most leaders used an autocratic style. Then, move to creative style and with the current era most leaders love to apply a motivational style of leadership. This evolution does not mean that the earliest style is not appropriate to be used in current era, and new style is the best. Yet, it depends on the situation and the leader needs to be able to differentiate and choose which style of leadership that suitable at that particular situation. Therefore, as a leader, he/she personality plays a major role in order for he/her to deliver the effective way of leadership style. Grover & Amit (2024) also in their research identified that there is a strong relationship between the Big Five personality traits and leadership style. As a leader with may be personality type A, may be more effective to carry a leadership style A. However, ability to adapt and be flexible is require at any personality traits for the most effective leadership style.

Do not follow me, yet let’s walk with me

This leadership style most influenced by 3 aspects, which are the leader, the team members and the organization. However, in this reflection the focus mainly will be given to the LEADER. Why the LEADER? This is because, as a leader he/she needs to guide, inspire and influence the team members and move the organization together. Let’s reflect the leader’s style by reviewing the 5 Level of Leadership from John C. Maxwell.

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Based on the 5 Level of Leadership by John C. Maxwell (1995), the first level is position, which people follow you because they have to. Second level is permission, where people follow you because they want to. The third level is production, when people follow you because what you have done for the organization. The forth level is people development, where people follow because what you have done to them. The last level, fifth level is pinnacle where people follow because of who you are and what you represent.

   So, as a leader, which level you want yourself to be? As for me, as a leader I want to be at the level 2,4 and 5. It is not at only one particular level. I do not want people follow me either because I am the leader to them or what I have done for them.

In conclusion, the best leadership style basically depends on the personality of the leader. It depends on how the leader able to adapt and be flexible with the team members at any situation. It is based on how the leader can observe the situation and apply the best leadership style at that particular time. As a leader, it important to learn to develop, because a leader deals will human being. So as how human evolve by era, a leader also needs to develop and evolve with the best style that can be.

 

Weekly Reflection 1: Who is the LEADER?

 Weekly Reflections 1 (20^th March 2024)

 

Who is the LEADER?

 

Week 1; for the first time we met with our lecturer Prof. DR. Yusof Boon for this subject Dynamic of Leadership (UHPS) during this week 1 face to face. Generally, there was icebreaking session between the students and Prof Yusof. Besides, there was information and discussion with Prof. Yusof regarding leadership. Prof ended the class with a great question, WHO IS THE LEADER?

            Who is the leader? Prof. Yusof mentioned leader is a person. From there I will elaborate about “WHO IS THE LEADER?” from my own perspective and from my own language. Aa a person and an Occupational Therapist, I observe people and identify a person from the lens of occupational performance, where it will focus on a person role as human. As a person, we need to be a great leader as where we are, or at where we are responsible.  I will further explain about this week 1 reflection by giving example as I am Siti Noraisikin Binti Mohd Jazuli.

Hai, I am a Leader.

I will reflect this week 1 by explaining me as a leader. I divided myself into 4 roles as a human being, I as a family-oriented woman, as an Occupational Therapist that run my own Rehabilitation Clinic, as a speaker and leader in a community organization and lastly as a Master’s student.

Leader as a family-oriented woman; I am a wife, I need to co-lead the family with my husband. We need to set good example to our 8 children and show them what is good and how to be able to perform in life, most importantly life after death. Us (my husband and I), both are the eldest, we play important leadership toward both families; towards my parents, his parents, his siblings and also my siblings. As a co-leader, we need to support each other, portray to our family that we are in a same pathway for the family happiness. We did argue in certain things, yet we able to come back with the best solution for our families. So, am I a leader? Yes, I am human being, and I am a leader.

With my co-leader in the family

With my AWESOME little family

With my AWESOME Batu Pahat family

With my AWESOME Johor Bahru family

Leader as an Occupational Therapist (OT); I am running my own Rehabilitation Centre and I have staffs with me in order to give services to our patients. As their leader, I need to lead them to be a better OT, showing them the best services to be delivered to the patients, be integrated in our role as an OT and able to work in the team. I am assertive towards my approach with my team, yet in the same time they need to know the boundaries during working time. It is important for us to let our team know each own responsibility, because as an OT we are dealing with people. The patients need, health, safety and confidentiality are important to be handle appropriately. If compared as a family-oriented woman, this become my second priority and important in my life.

One from infinity AWESOME moments with my team.

Leader as a speaker and in community organization; I am also seeing myself as a leader when I am doing a lecture during training or workshop. I need to make sure, the participants understand and get a correct information and knowledge from what I taught. It is my responsibility to delivery the valid and functional knowledge to the participants, besides, make sure they doing the right things after the training. Other than that, I am also leading a community organization, especially those related with parent’s organization (NGOs). It is important for me to make sure that my team to be able to have the same aims in the organization. It is important for me to make sure our organization is beneficial for the society. It is important to make sure we are in the right pathways. Besides, it is important to make our members have beneficial activities that can be participated every year in order to enhance knowledge, awareness and connection within the organization. It is hard to be a leader in this situation, yet with the great team it can make it easy for you to deliver and by strengthening the bonding between team, will make the working situations and moments will become great memories to all.

As a speaker, you are also a leader. Lead people to gain knowledge and do better in their field.

With my AWESOME team in the community organization.

Latest program with our AWESOME community team.

 Leader as a Master’s student; am I a leader? Yes surely, I am a leader, because I sometimes help other classmate to understand the information that been delivered by the lecturer. I also might help my classmate to do the group assignments, or even share ideas for our course assignments. I am a leader to encourage my family, my team, my friends, my community team and my classmate to become better person in every aspect that we are doing. As a leader, we need to do the best out of us in any situation. 

I am officially a student

In a class discussion, every one of us are leader. We need to lead the team so that I can participate and perform the best out of us.

 However, as a leader, it is ok for us to asking for help, to make mistake, to learn new things and to listen to other people ideas and options. In view of the fact that as a leader we want others to improve and success in their life too. We are great leader for me if we can improve and success together with the team, or the people around us.

In conclusion, for me as a human being we all are leaders. Allah created us to be the Khalifah for the Ummah, so that our human being, religion and nation can be in better position. Therefore, lets us to become and projected the best leadership in ourselves for the better future.

Sincere reflection from Azsyikin Jazuli <3

How It Starts Again?

The New Journey in 2024

All started back before March 2024, when my husband and I discussing about " Yang, can I further my study?" and without any reluctant he just replied "Boleh, pi la register". Then, bermulalah sesi mencari universiti yang sesuai dengan keadaan sekarang dan keperluan buat masa sekarang, which it need to be practical for me as stand alone Occupational Therapist. Time goes by, all the process went smooth, Alhamdulillah.

11th March 2024 - Submission of documents. A week of course registration, 5 courses in total to be focused on for this semester.

17th March 2024 - 1st class for semester 1, which was during my 42 birthday. I assumed that was a blessed great hint for me to focus on this new journey.

I do have my own diary at this Blogspot before. Yet, when time went by, more responsibilities in shoulder and too hectic schedule, it been ignored. Please do visit @syikinjazulisupermom@blogspot.com. Then, why I create another Blogspot? Currently, this new Blogspot Azsyikin's Positive Movement is a start for me because it is a need for me for my study, where I need to create a webpage in order to react and reflect my understanding towards each classes that I attended for subject Dynamic of Leadership (UHPS 6013).

So for now, enjoy my journey as a Master's student. Please do sending your dua for me, for this journey become a smooth and easiest one. Besides, I pray all things that I am doing and will be done have the blessing from Allah SWT.

11th March 2024: Document's submission.

Officially I am a student again.

My strongest back bone, through high and low in life.

Bismillah, thank you Allah for another opportunities for me to become a better ummah and give me chance to do the best for myself, my family and my community. 

Sincerely, Azsyikin Jazuli.