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Instructions:
Use the Structured Self-Reflection guide and the Branson model description in the assigned Branson article to reflect on your own values, which drive your ethical decision-making as a leader. Complete the structured self-reflection worksheet.
LIFE EXPERIENCE
IMPACT ON SELF-ESTEEM
RESULTANT MOTIVES
PREFERRED VALUES
BELIEFS FORMED
BEHAVIOR ENACTED
Briefly describe a particular significant personal life experiences:
Honest self-reflection is a challenging enterprise for many people for multiple reasons, but most especially being forced to come to grips with ones shortcomings and weaknesses in ways that threaten self-esteem and ones sense of self-efficacy. Nevertheless, the Branson model makes it clear that leaders at all levels and ilk can significantly benefit from regular self-assessment in order to maintain an appropriate moral compass n times of ethical dilemmas and rapidly changing operating environments.
As a result of this life experience I have:
Based on my self-reflection, I need to move beyond my comfort zone by improving my communication skills and actively soliciting feedback concerning planned and anticipated change initiatives.
Notwithstanding my shortcoming, my strong sense of self-efficacy provides me with the confident I need to improve along these lines.
This experience mainly affected my Core Needs as follows:
Communication skills and acceptance level for differing opinions.
From these motives, I have a preference for the following values:
Honesty.
Transparency.
Flexibility.
Confidence.
Balance.
Perseverance.
Respect.
Humility.
Compassion.
Commitment.
Now circle those values that would always be helpful to you in your leadership and underline those values that have the potential to be unhelpful in guiding your leadership in certain situations.
As result of these motives and values I have created the following beliefs:
Although every situation is unique, these motives and values convinced me that everyone can contribute in meaningful ways if they are provided with the opportunities to share their views and know they are being heard.
As a consequences of this life experience and its effect on my self-concept, self-esteem, motives, values and beliefs, I have adopted the following leadership and management behaviors:
Rather than primarily relying on transformational leadership, I have adopted a contingency leadership approach that uses the optimal strategy for a given situation.
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