Responsibility
Responsibility is the act of taking responsibility for your actions and/or decisions, whether they be good or bad. Responsible leaders follow through on all of their commitments and make sure that others are doing the same. As leaders, we need to be held accountable for everything that happens under our purview to include the work being done by our subordinates. Because of this, we need to practice good ethics and uphold strong moral standards and make sure that those around us are doing the same.
Responsibility in Leadership
This competency is essential in everything we do, and I consider it to be the foundational block that a leader should stand on. Leaders need to take responsibility for their actions rather than blaming mistakes on others. I would consider myself performing as a leader if I didn’t take responsibility seriously. I consider myself to be a servant leader and want to set a good example for those I serve.
Responsibility Artifact
This artifact is from the class OGL321 Organizational Leadership. This paper covers the eight-step decision-making process from "The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions" by Buede & Powell. It describes the various steps and processes that I have used in the past. The reason why I chose this paper was twofold. The first is because if you want to be responsible, you have to make decisions, and this eight-step process is a good way of going about making decisions. The second reason is that I highlight a decision I made, and at the time, it was probably not the best decision to make, but I took responsibility for my actions and owned my decision.
Responsibility is the act of taking responsibility for your actions and/or decisions, whether they be good or bad. Responsible leaders follow through on all of their commitments and make sure that others are doing the same. As leaders, we need to be held accountable for everything that happens under our purview to include the work being done by our subordinates. Because of this, we need to practice good ethics and uphold strong moral standards and make sure that those around us are doing the same.
Responsibility in Leadership
This competency is essential in everything we do, and I consider it to be the foundational block that a leader should stand on. Leaders need to take responsibility for their actions rather than blaming mistakes on others. I would consider myself performing as a leader if I didn’t take responsibility seriously. I consider myself to be a servant leader and want to set a good example for those I serve.
Responsibility Artifact
This artifact is from the class OGL321 Organizational Leadership. This paper covers the eight-step decision-making process from "The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions" by Buede & Powell. It describes the various steps and processes that I have used in the past. The reason why I chose this paper was twofold. The first is because if you want to be responsible, you have to make decisions, and this eight-step process is a good way of going about making decisions. The second reason is that I highlight a decision I made, and at the time, it was probably not the best decision to make, but I took responsibility for my actions and owned my decision.
Reflection
The importance of the core competency as it relates to my Organizational Leadership degree is that responsibility is what a leader should exude. This whole degree is about making me into a better leader, and to do that, I need to be responsible for all my actions. When we are at work, we are representing both ourselves and the organization that we work for. We are also representing Arizona State University (ASU), the university where we received our degree.
My growth with responsibility over the course of my education at ASU hasn’t been the same as it might be for someone younger who doesn’t have a lot of work experience. But I have been working for close to 30 years and was in the military, so responsibility has been pounded into me. What my education has taught me is how to plan things out better. When you create a plan, you are working to make it less likely that mistakes will be made. And it is my responsibility to make as few mistakes as possible.