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Leader Qualities Perceived To Be Improved by On-the-Job Experiences

Participants were asked to identify the leadership qualities perceived as improved as a result of the experiences. Table 10 shows the responses to this question both as a total of all respondents and by gender.

  1. The seven qualities perceived to have been improved by the greatest number of total respondents as a result of their on-the-job experiences were (1) communication (36%); (2) sensitivity, respect (29%); (3) administrative/management knowledge and skills (27%); (4) unspecified "interpersonal" skills and orientation to people (27%); (5) team building (24%); (6) appropriate use of leadership styles (24%); and (7) broader perspective about the organization (24%).


"Because I needed to present proposals either in outline form or in writing, I learned business language and improved my organization and communication skills, especially as they relate to written communication."

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"There are a lot of administrators out there who don't have the desire to do a good job. You have to be willing to put a whole lot of time in. You have to like people, and along with being fair and consistent, you have to respect people. You have to respect their beliefs and their input."

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"This experience helped me sharpen my skills in accessing resources. I can recall thinking of resources as being primarily financial, but I learned that there are a lot of different alternatives to get objectives met. They don't all include money."

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"I never really understood the big picture here until it (that the college had a business side to it) was explained to me. Now I have found out, and I guess it was a big revelation to me at least, that as an administrator there are two sides to considerations about decisions and relationships with people."

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"So the people skills had to be developed continually, working with some very diverse personalities to get them on board and to use their expertise."


Table 10
Qualities Perceived as Improved by Gender

Item No. Quality Gender
Female Male Total % of Accidents
# % # % # N = 140
73
Energetic
0
0
3
3
3
2
74
Insightful
11
20
9
10
20
14
75
Adjustable
6
11
9
10
15
11
76
Visionary
8
15
8
9
16
11
77
Ambiguity
1
2
3
3
4
3
78
Achievement oriented
1
2
5
6
6
4
79
Accountable
5
9
4
5
9
6
80
Initiating
4
7
11
13
15
11
81
Confident self
11
20
18
21
29
21
82
Accept responsibility
5
9
9
10
14
10
83
Persistent
1
2
5
6
6
4
84
Enthusiastic
1
2
3
3
4
3
85
Frustration
1
2
3
3
4
3
86
Dependable
0
0
2
2
2
1
87
Courageous
4
7
5
6
9
6
88
Even disposition
2
4
1
1
3
2
89
Common good
6
11
13
15
19
14
90
Personal integrity
4
7
5
6
9
6
91
Intelligent
2
4
5
6
7
5
92
Ethical
3
6
4
5
7
5
93
Communication
19
35
31
36
50
36
94
Sensitivity
14
26
27
31
41
29
95
Motivating
2
4
19
22
21
15
96
Networking
14
26
11
13
25
18
97
Planning
12
22
13
15
25
18
98
Delegating
5
9
13
15
18
13
99
Organizing
13
24
11
13
24
17
100
Team building
8
15
26
30
34
24
101
Coaching
5
9
10
12
15
11
102
Conflict mgmt
4
7
8
9
12
9
103
Time mgmt
1
2
3
3
4
3
104
Stress mgmt
1
2
1
1
2
1
105
Leadership styles
11
20
23
27
34
24
106
Beliefs
2
4
5
6
7
5
107
Decision making
6
11
16
19
22
16
108
Problem solving
5
9
3
3
8
6
109
Inf. mgmt
3
6
3
3
6
4
110
Admin./mgmt
17
31
21
24
38
27
111
Broad persp.
15
28
19
22
34
24
112
Status
3
6
5
6
8
6
113
Interpersonal
18
33
20
23
38
27
114
Other
3
6
7
8
10
7
115
No relevant response
0
0
1
1
1
1
  1. The greatest number of men respondents and the greatest number of women respondents agreed upon the above seven qualities with two exceptions. As the exceptions, women included networking and organizing among their seven most frequently perceived improved qualities while men included team building and using appropriate leadership styles.
  2. Although not among the seven most frequently named qualities to have been improved, it should be noted that a higher proportion of women than men reported gains in insightfulness (reflecting on the relationship among events and grasping the meaning of issues quickly) while a higher proportion of men than women indicated motivating others as having been developed.
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