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1 Self-Assessment and Reflection Erica Dugas Colangelo College of Business, Grand Canyon University MGT-605: Leadership and Organizations Dan Jacobson January 31, 2024

SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION Benchmark- Self-Assessment and Reflection Today, conscious capitalism is a big factor to consider, especially when running a business or organization. Like in most companies, profit is a major focus to run a sustainable business. Although, that is not the only thing a company should keep its focus on. According to Grand Canyon University, "The founders of conscious capitalism established four main tenets, these consisted of higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, conscious leadership, and conscious culture" (2021). Adopting conscious capitalism and its principles will allow a company to not only gain profits but also make effective decisions that are beneficial to society. This essay is going to discuss the characteristics of conscious leadership, historic management theories, self- awareness, self-concept, and emotional intelligence. As well as a skill-assessment summary, self- reflection, and the analyzation of organizational behavior. Characteristics of Conscious Leadership Conscious leadership is all about self-awareness and mindfulness (Marincic & Maric, 2018). An individual who utilizes this technique focuses on making improvement not only among themselves but their employees as well. In the video "Conscious Capitalism Unpacked: An Evening with Raj Sisodia," the importance of selflessness is discussed. In this video, Sisodia mentions how an individual cannot be an effective leader if they are not selfless, he continues to state, "tough-minded and tenderhearted" (McDonough, 2019). What this quote means is that a leader will be tough on an employee when needed to be but at the same time be tenderhearted and show them that it is all out of love and selflessness. In the video, Sisodia continues to state the characteristics of conscious leadership, all of which include strength, enthusiasm, love and care, flexibility, long term orientation, emotional intelligence, systems intelligence, spiritual intelligence (McDonough, 2019). Being a leader requires an individual to be strong and 2

SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION enthusiastic. A leader must be able to face any hardships that come their way while also having the strength and energy to get through these hardships. Furthermore, a leader should show that they care for the employees. It is important to not only critique others to see growth but to also appreciate them along the way. Another characteristic is flexibility, a leader should be flexible when it comes to change and innovation for a business. Lastly, the three types of intelligence, emotional, systems, and spiritual intelligence. Having these different types of intelligence is needed to effectively communicate with employees by understanding one's own emotions, beliefs, and values and being able to express them in an appropriate manner. Historic Management Theories Two historical management theories that influence organizational behavior are the scientific management theory and the modern management theory. The scientific management theory focuses on the employees within an organization and the techniques that can be used to make improvement in employee performance and productivity (Abdelkarim, 2016). This theory influences organizational behavior by finding a motive for their employees and using it to improve their effectiveness of their work. The modern management theory focuses more on the view of employees as each individual views and motives differ. This theory believes a manager or leader should act upon a current situation, making the strategy or technique used differ each time, as well as for everyone (Abdelkarim, 2016). For example, a manager may use one technique with one employee and a different one for the other. This theory influences organizational behavior in a good way by meeting each individual employee’s needs in a specific situation, Self-Awareness, Self-Concept, and Emotional Intelligence. Having self-awareness, self- concept, and emotional intelligence are all very important factors that play into enabling effective conscious leadership and effective self-leadership. Having self-awareness allows an 3

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SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION individual to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses as well as how to control one’s own feelings. Being self-aware is important because it gives an individual the capability to recognize what they should work towards to achieve their goals and become a better leader for the benefit of an organization and its employees. Furthermore, having a high self-concept is also important because it enables a leader to be confident in what they do and the decisions they make. Employees should be able to look up to their leader and possess the same traits their leader has. If an individual has a low self-concept, employees will most likely not be confident in that person because that individual will not even be confident in themselves. Another great trait to have that enables effective conscious leadership and self-leadership is emotional intelligence. Having emotional intelligence allows an individual to be able to recognize one's own emotions, as well as others, and assess and manage them (Serrat, 2017). Being strong in this attribute minimizes conflict and promotes an understanding among a conflicted topic. Skill-Assessment Summary After taking the three different assessments, The VARK questionnaire, cultural competency self-assessment, and Rokeach values survey, an individual can gain insight on what kind of leader they are. The results that came from the VARK questionnaire related to the actions an individual would take in certain situations. For example, someone may have a higher score in kinesthetic learning compared to visual learning. An individual with this score is more of a hands-on person and learns from trial and error. Whereas the cultural competency self- assessment focused on an individual's values, skills, knowledge, and awareness as well as what areas they have more strength and weaknesses in. An individual may have scored differently in all areas but mostly falling on the stronger side of each category. Lastly, the Rokeach values survey only focuses on an individual's values, revealing that a world at peace is the top terminal value and being open-minded is the top instrumental value. An individual who had these results 4

SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION from each assessment could say that they accurately represent them as a leader. To become more of a conscious leader, an individual can take these results and use them to identify areas where they can make improvements for the benefit of themselves and the organization they are working with. Self-Reflection After taking these assessments an individual could claim that there were a few insights that they gained about themselves. For example, someone may claim that these assessments made them realize they should always be open-minded and be willing to learn new things even if it may take time. These assessments could also influence someone's values, attitude toward others, and how someone approaches new tasks in the workplace by recognizing that everyone is different and has their own way of doing things. Even if it is not the way an individual may like to do something, they should be open to new learning processes and values of different kinds. These assessments may have taught an individual that when being a leader a person needs to see everyone's side of things even if it is not aligned with their values or beliefs. Being open-minded is crucial in a leadership position, especially with the diversity in workplaces. One thing that may have been learned by an individual about their ability to lead others is that they value diversity and accept all the differences that may appear within the workplace. Analyzing Organizational Behavior There are many values that come from analyzing organizational behavior from the individual, group, and organizational perspective. From an individual perspective, the value of analyzing organizational behavior is being able to identify what motivates employees (JEB, 2021). For example, offering employee benefits or raises or even successfully implementing the four principles of conscious capitalism is a source of motivation. From a group perspective, the 5

SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION value of analyzing organizational behavior is that it allows individuals to see how others interact within a group setting. For example, a manager or leader of some sort within a company could analyze each person's organizational behavior to identify which employee works best with whom. Lastly, from an organizational perspective, the value of analyzing organizational behavior is being able to improve the effectiveness occurring within an organization and the performance among employees. The self-assessment results mentioned above contribute to this because they are another aspect of organizational behavior. The assessments reveal an individual's values, learning processes, and cultural competencies. Leadership holds an important role within the workplace as it is a position that influences and guides employees. When in a leadership position, an individual has continuous room for growth and improvement. Improvement among leaders means growth among employees and the organization. An effective leadership style that should be adopted by many individuals is conscious leadership. This leadership style is seen as selfless because it does not only care about the profits being made but the decisions and results that come with it. Having conscious leadership will build trust among employees, while having a conscious capitalism organization will build trust within the community. 6

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SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION References Abdelkarim, K. (2016). Overview of managerial thoughts and theories from history: Classical management theory to modern management theory. Indian Journal of Management Science 6(1), 16-21. Georgetown McDonough. (2019, December 17). Conscious Capitalism Unpacked: An evening with Raj Sisodia [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyWMffZbCF8 Grandy Canyon University. (2021). The tenets of conscious capitalism. https://www.gcu.edu/blog/business-management/tenets-conscious-capitalism JEB. (2021). The importance of organizational behavior. https://jebgroup.com/news/2018/1/11/the-importance-of- organizational-behaviour Marincic, D., & Maric, M. (2018). Conceptualization of conscious leadership. Skola Biznisa 2018(1), 175-186. https://doaj.org/article/1b6341da74d74fd6b36991016d367e3a Serrat, O. (2017). Understanding and Developing Emotional Intelligence. Knowledge Solutions. 7

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