My development as a future leader

1.My leadership brand

Many people think that the leadership is born, I don’t know whether this is related to nature, but I feel that a person who has leadership talent is inseparable from his family.

About me, I was born in a family with many children and is the oldest child. I have a younger brother . My father is a businessman and has his own company. After learning and understanding the French and Raven’s power model, I think that my behavior from young to youth has changed. Leadership can also be influenced by the family. When I was young, I often feel that I am the dictatorial leader in my relationship with my brother. Often, if my brother does something that doesn’t meet my expectations, I will scold him. At that time，i am coercive power leadership.But as I grew older, I found that my brother would never listen to me again. Then I asked my father, why didn’t my brother obey my instructions as before , my father told me that firstly you need to be convinced. At that time, I still couldn’t understand it. Later, I gradually understood the meaning of this sentence. I didn’t blame my brother, but I focused more on doing my own things, hoping that I could become a example for my brother. I often encourage and praise my younger brother. Later, I gradually found out that my younger brother has become “obedient.” Now I think my leadership brand is reward power, but I prefer to have referent power. This means that I have to work harder to make myself become a role model. Meanwhile, let others approve my achievements, and then I could become a persuasive person.

2.Assess the relevance of my leadership brand to fashion industry

In this economically uncertain environment, leaders in the fashion industry face a series of challenges. Leaders need to pay attention to the company’s strategy and the impact of these forces on talent, ensuring that their companies are able to cope with the changes of the workforce and consumers in different markets.

The fashion industry is more complex than before. In this highly competitive market, customer loyalty is reducing, and social media makes it difficult for brands to maintain control over their image. If company wants to gain a competitive advantage, the leaders of the fashion industry must have the strength of building a culture of trust and cooperation, giving employees a sense of trust and support, not command and control. Guide others and lead by example, focusing on creating lasting partnerships rather than constantly questioning the work of others.

These are related to reward power. First of all, we often encourage and praise employees, which can enhance their self-confidence and help build trust. And there is no dictatorial management mode that directs and controls others, but the rewards are used to motivate employees to accomplish their goals step by step. At the same time, leaders must also complete their own thing, play a good leading role, and convey the correct corporate values. Leaders can use some reality examples to encourage employees.

3.Self-evaluation

This term, we also have a group to complete a lot of tasks. There is a leader who is responsible for leading the team and take turns every week. I was the leader when we were preparing the debate. Overall, we finished the mission smoothly, but it was not a complete completion. First of all, I need self-reflection ,in this mission, although I urged everyone to prepare, I did not play a role in the follow-up work. The other team members commented on me that the degree of cooperation is high and will assist other members of the group with complete the task on time. However, the enthusiasm for taking risks is not high, and sometimes i want to shirk responsibilities to others. And the requirements for the work content are not strict enough. Although everyone prepared their views for the debate, I did not organize everyone to share the information that made our group’s views unrelated.

4. Personal development plan

In the future development, I will continue to maintain my  advantages, but also learn to take responsibility instead of escaping. In the subsequent group cooperation, I will urge all the team members to complete the tasks on time and also complete my own work. When others are doing well,I should praise and encourage them more.Besides， establish a good level of trust in the team. Let each team member plays their own strengths and achieve a good cooperation model.

References

Schrage, M. (2016) ‘Like It or Not, You Are Always Leading by Example’ Harvard Business Review [online] October 05, 2016.  Available from < https://hbr.org/2016/10/like-it-or-not-you-are-always-leading-by-example> [21 March 2019]

Spencerstuart.com. (2019). [online] Available at: https://www.spencerstuart.com/-/media/pdf%20files/research%20and%20insight%20pdfs/leadership-in-the-retail-fashion-and-luxury-sector-final.pdf [Accessed 31 Mar. 2019].