ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF SELF-AWARENESS LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY ON PERFORMANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RWANDA

Abstract

The study examined the effect of self-awareness leadership competency on the performance of local government in Rwanda. The study employed a cross-sectional survey research design, and the population consisted of 30 Mayors from 30 districts in Rwanda. Due to the nature f the study population, all the population was used as sample to get a clear idea of all the districts in Rwanda. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The results indicated that self-awareness leadership competency has a significant positive effect on the performance of local government in Rwanda. The findings revealed that there has been a general increase in number of self awareness trainings to more than two times between the year 2015to 2019 which significantly increased service delivery by more than 10% as indicated by more than 50% respondents.

Consequently, self awareness leadership enhanced leaders’ capacity to be visionary, increased managerial knowledge, ability to be goal oriented as well as increasing inquisitive nature of the leaders which, in turn, leads to better performance in their respective positions. The study thus recommended that local government authorities in Rwanda should prioritize the development of self-awareness leadership competency among their leaders by providing mentoring, training, and coaching programs that focus on self-awareness skills enhancement. This will greatly influence the overall performance of local government in Rwanda thereby leading to improved and superior service delivery to the citizens.