The best leaders are those who encourage feedback from the people whom they lead Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and supp

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The best leaders are those who encourage feedback from the people whom they lead.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

Best leaders are those who value their team mates' opinions, are receptive to feedback and consistently make efforts to adapt their leadership styles on the basis of constructive criticisms. Thus, I believe that to be the best and most effective leader, one must encourage feedback from his or her team mates.

Leaders seeking feedback foster a culture of questioning the status quo and productive discussions within the team. Often times, by seeking feedback and holding healthy discussions, a leader is able to get a holistic view of his or her proposed plans. Brainstorming sessions and active feedback on the plan by team mates expose leaders to aspects that they had not envisioned. Constructive feedback helps leaders to refine and fortify their plans with the help of their team mates which ultimately leads to a higher rate of success. This point is best exemplified by Barack Obama's style in planning and leading the 2015 military mission to assassinate Osama Bin Laden, the leader of terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda. Several years in the making, this highly critical yet dangerous plan was not easy to draft. In a documentary on this subject, Barack Obama elucidates that it was the regular discussions with his advisory council that helped him draft a robust plan. He mentions how the council was split in half on whether to continue with this mission. With Joe Biden, then VP of the U.S., and his supporters playing the devil's advocate, Obama felt challenged by the constructive feedback he received on the loopholes in the plan. Obama's resolve to be highly receptive to and work on the feedback helped him and the military draft a bullet proof plan which lead to the eventual success of the mission.

Another reason why leaders must encourage constructive feedback from team mates is that such sessions prove to be pivotal to the success of the collective enterprise. According to a recent research published by Stanford, individuals are 74% more productive when they feel their opinions and ideas matter to their bosses and teams at large. This fosters a higher sense of ownership felt by the team members which ultimately leads to higher productivity gains. Thus, by regularly holding feedback sessions, a leader is able to extract the best out of his team and help realize their true potential.

Some might say that by seeking feedback, a leader would run the risk of indulging her team mates and seam holding a weak position. However, today's society is increasingly questioning the age old perception of being empathetic to others' opinions as a mark of weakness. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of J.P. Morgan, is known for holding spontaneous discussions with councils of the junior most emplyees in the organization to learn from them what the bank can do better and what can he do to make them feel empowered. Yet, this is not perceived as a sign of weakness but as that of a strong and thoughtful leader.

Thus, by being mindful of their team mates' opinions and being receptive to feedback, leaders are able to the put their best foot forward and lead the team in the most effective manner.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[4]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: ' the Best'.
Suggestion: The Best
Best leaders are those who value their team ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, so, then, thus

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 75.0 58.6224719101 128% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 12.9106741573 23% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2584.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 522.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 4.95019157088 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.77988695657 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68336035171 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 254.0 215.323595506 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.486590038314 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 774.0 704.065955056 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.5985762334 60.3974514979 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.047619048 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8571428571 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.52380952381 5.21951772744 29% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163761935527 0.243740707755 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0558864030967 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0320212198009 0.0758088955206 42% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0999086202866 0.150359130593 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0296695001935 0.0667264976115 44% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 14.1392134831 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.8420337079 114% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.73 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 129.0 100.480337079 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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