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Reflection of Learning for ED 815 Christina Scott San Diego State University

Personality and Leadership Analysis - "360 Leadership Profile"

Throughout this course I was aske to consi er !any ifferent as"ects of lea ershi" an assess !y own skills an lea ershi" styles in efforts to #re$think# the role of a lea er an the act of lea ershi"% The artifact for this reflection which follows is a collection of !aterials which co!"rise the #&'( Lea ershi" )rofile#* which inclu es the results of !y +eyers$,riggs Ty"es In icator test * the #&'(# L)I test* an the Strength -in ers Lea ershi" test* as well as !y .ournal entry for this course which focuse on what I ha learne fro! this "rocess% This reflection e/a!ines the way this artifact an in course .ournal entry e!onstrate the achieve!ent of the following ED 815 course learning outco!es course an Ed.D program learning outcomes0 communication* an professional% 1lthough the three lea ershi" style assess!ents con ucte were in written for!at* the areas of analysis regar ing lea ershi" an co!!unication styles e!onstrate how key these two factors are in e/cellent lea ershi"% The results of the three assess!ents "rovi e ee"

insight in regar to !y in ivi ual strengths an skills as a lea er an as "art of a lea ershi" tea!% I foun this to 2e an e/tre!ely enlightening view of !yself an a""reciate the focus on ifferences in skill sets rather than 3strengths3 versus 3weaknesses3 an how ifferent styles an skills work together an co!"le!ent each other% -or !e* the Ed.D. program learning outcome of communication was a focus in this analysis as ulti!ately this "ersonality an lea ershi" "rofile reflects co!!unication styles% In the Strength -in ers analysis* 3co!!unication3 was i entifie as one of !y strengths* which I foun to 2e a result fille with co!"le/ity* as co!!unication is one of !y strengths* 2ut so!eti!es I have foun it can also 2e one of !y

weaknesses% The "ers"ective of how to view the strengths i entifie in the Strengths Finders assess!ent an other co!"onents of the 3&'( Lea ershi" )rofile3 has hel"e !e 2e a2le to un erstan how I work the 2est an ways to un erstan those I work with% Ulti!ately* the focus on lea ershi" strengths in this assess!ent an course activity is to enhance our un erstan ing of "rofessionalis! as it relates to lea ershi" roles an "ractices%