Assignment: Leadership Practices
Write a 5-page analysis of a leader you either interviewed personally or researched thoroughly. In your analysis, address specific ways the leader demonstrates effective leadership.
Effective leaders realize that employees should be recognized for a job well done. While some people prefer public praise and others prefer personal recognition, most employees want to be recognized in some way. Kouzes and Posner (2017) state that effective leaders begin their leadership development by first learning to lead themselves. Effective leadership begins from within and expands outward to affect others. This development cascades into effective leadership.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Evaluate the purpose and relevance of leadership.
o Analyze how a leader reflects the definition of leadership.
o Evaluate leadership style, characteristics, or themes in relation to the purpose and relevance of effective leadership.
• Competency 2: Evaluate how leadership strengths apply in the workplace and within the community.
o Analyze how a leader models leadership.
o Analyze how a leader inspires a shared vision.
o Analyze how a leader looks for new opportunities that may require experimentation or taking risks.
o Analyze how a leader empowers and recognizes the contributions of others.
Preparation
Throughout your career, you could undoubtedly benefit from analyzing leadership and management characteristics of other leaders and managers you consider effective and successful. This assessment provides an opportunity and framework to do that in the context of effective leadership
Research a Well-Known Leader research a well-known historical figure or contemporary leader whom you believe embodies great leadership. You may choose a business leader, political leader, author, scientist, sports personality, or any public figure about whom there is enough information publicly available for you to fulfill the requirements of this assessment.
Focus your research on how the leader demonstrates exemplary leadership as identified below:
• What is the leader's definition of leadership?
• How does the leader model leadership?
• How does the leader inspire a shared vision in those around him or her?
• How does the leader look for new opportunities that may require experimenting or taking risks?
• How does the leader enable or empower others to act?
• How does the leader recognize the contributions made by others?
• In what ways does the leader get personally involved?
• What challenges and opportunities does the leader face?
Once you have completed your research, complete this assessment as instructed below.
Requirements
In your assessment, address the following:
• Explain why you chose your selected leader.
• Provide background information on the environment and culture of the organization in which the leader provides leadership.
• Analyze how the leader models leadership.
• Analyze how the leader inspires a shared vision.
• Analyze how the leader looks for new opportunities that may require experimenting or taking risks.
• Analyze how the leader empowers and recognizes the contributions of others.
• Analyze how the leader reflects their definition of leadership.
• Evaluate the leadership style, characteristics, or themes of the leader in relation to the purpose and relevance of leadership. Draw justifiable conclusions about the effectiveness of the leader.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.