Hello everyone,
I don’t know about everyone else, but I found the leadership evaluation test to be quite interesting. The following are my results…
Ambassador 18 out of 25
Advocate 20 out of 25
People Mover 19 out of 25
Truth Seeker 15 out of 25
Creative Builder 17 out of 25
Experienced Guide 15 out of 25
I found that none of my scores were a great deal higher or lower than the others. Even though the margins were small, my highest score was advocate. According to Galford, advocates instinctively act as a spokesperson in the group (2011). They tend to be articulate, rational, logical, and persuasive (Galford, 2011). They often see things in black and white (Galford, 2011). My next highest was People Mover at a 19 out of 25. According to the assessment as a people mover, it is instinctive to take the lead in building teams, as well as mentoring those around us (Galford, 2011). My results honestly surprised me quite a bit. While I can understand the higher score on advocate as I am very rational black and white thinker. But my second highest score being people mover was a bit of a surprise as I would have assumed that truth seeker would have been higher. Leadership is not a one size fits all type of position. It takes all kinds of personality types with each bringing their own strengths. I was actually talking to my wife about our topic this week and she was telling me she once worked a management job where each member of the management team took a personality profile assessment before being hired. I guess the goal was to have a diverse group as a management team with skills and weaknesses that complicated each other. I found that kind of interesting to be honest, but I guess it makes sense.
As far as the two leaderships skills that I feel would have an edge of the ethical standards would be the ambassador and the truth seeker. I feel like these two leadership styles would work well in the criminal justice field. Both of these leadership styles would have the propensity to be levelheaded and to be able to handle whatever is thrown in their direction gracefully. This in turn would help to reduce citizen complaints.
Felts, B.L. (2013). Leadership in the criminal justice organization: The prevailing leadership traits and organizational culture related to managing change. Galford, R.M., & Maruca, R.F. (2011). Your Leadership Style Assessment Results. Your Leadership
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