Assignment
Imagine that you are in charge of an educational organization that provides training to diverse adults who are learning skilled trades. Your organization is for-profit. The students are dissatisfied and staff morale is low. You need to exercise leadership in a way that will turn the situation around.
Using the assigned material and additional credible sources of your choice, explain which leadership theory or theories below you would use to correct the situation. Give reasons for your choice(s).
a. Situational leadership
b. Transformational leadership
c. Transactional leadership
d. Servant leadership
Next, instead of a for-profit organization, assume that the training was taking place in the military. Would your answer change? Explain how and why.
Now, assume that the entity providing the training was faith-based. How would your answer change? Justify your answer.
Which theory do you find least appealing? Give a reason for your choice.
Which theory most closely aligns with your personal leadership style? Why?
How might you use leadership practices like "Model the Way", "Inspire a Shared Vision", "Challenge the Process", "Enable Others to Act", and "Encourage the Heart" in your own leadership practice? Refer to the self-check matching exercise to refresh your memory.
Did anything you read this week surprise you or cause you to change something in your personal leadership practice?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.