Authors : Elenuel T. Genova; Raymunda R. Moreno

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 8 - August

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24AUG361

Abstract : The study determined the leadership practices of Chiefs of Women and Children Protection Desk from six PNP stations in Southern Negros Occidental through self and peer assessment. Using Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Practices Inventory, the study explores five key areas: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. Two questionnaires – the self and peer inventory, were prepared based on two types of respondents – the Chiefs and their peers. The result shows that the Chiefs earned high scores from their self- and peer-inventoried leadership practices. Statistics show a significant difference between enabling others to act self-inventoried and inspiring a shared vision of peer- inventoried and modeling the way of self-inventoried and allowing others to act of peer-inventoried leadership practices. Such difference may be attributed to the distances between the ages and ranks of Chiefs of Women and Children Protection Desk. Recommendations include enhancing feedback mechanisms, communication training, innovation support, decision-making empowerment, and recognition programs to align self-perceptions with peer observations and enhance leadership effectiveness. Future studies on leadership practices based on other concepts and theories shall be conducted since the present study is limited only to the idea presented by Kouzes and Posner (2007).). Also, regular feedback sessions or seminars/trainings should be held to ensure that chiefs and peers can openly discuss performance and expectations, and lastly, to empower peers in making decisions and taking ownership of their work.

Keywords : Leadership Practices, Chiefs of Women and Children Protection Desk, Self- Inventory, Peer Inventory.

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