Closing the Gap Today's session helped me to focus on the characteristics of an effective leader and to explore my own strengths and weaknesses. This helped me to reflect upon my own leadership role in order to identify my strengths and to target my areas for improvement. I identified that I was confident in serving others but that I needed to focus on my ability to hold others to account and to develop others. I saw these targets as interlinked and believe that holding others to account is the first step in developing and improving others. The NCTL identified that a strong leader who held others to account 'clarifies expectations, sets high standards for others and ensures that goals and objectives are achieved'. I believe that in order to do this a a good leader also 'develops and empowers colleagues' in order to encourage 'personal growth'. I identified with the struggle of making 'unpopular decisions' and recognised that this was an area that I...
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My first session helped me to reflect on my own approach to learning and to spend some time considering how I learn myself. Using the Kolb Inventory I discovered that I was an accommodating learner. Upon reflection I agreed that the majority of the traits of an accommodating learning style did match how I would see myself. The strength of this learning style were highlighted as: Getting things done Leading Taking risks Initiating Being adaptable Being practical The learning style furthest from my own was assimilating. Through looking at this style I set myself targets to focus upon. These included analysing data, organinsing information and testing theories and ideas with others. Other areas of development that I identified were: making tough or unpopular decisions knowledge and understanding about learning theories developing opportunities to develop my own learning and the learning of colleagues The session also explored the leader...