- Write your own transformational story. Your transformational experience can be about adversity, but it does not required have to be a negative one. It should, thus, be one that that not only impacted you emotionally, but also transformed how you view the world and the way you relate to others. Your story should consist of the subsequent elements:
- Explain yourself before your transformation experience.
- Explain your transformational experience (make sure this is an experience you are comfortable sharing).
- Describe how you were changed and transformed as a result of this experience.
-Summarise the leadership lessons that you have learned as a result and how you can apply them in your professional and personal life.
-Describe how reading a full version of this transformational story would be valuable to others.
Part 2: Leadership and Transformation
An significant aspect of a graduate education is the ability to connect theory and practice - in other words, to apply ideas from scholarly research literature to your own experiences and use these concepts to enhance your practice. The effective leader and manager may continually compare his or her experiences and approaches with recommendations from the management literature, and will critically determine what he or she reads based on prior knowledge and experience. This assignment will enable you to connect your transformational story to key leadership concepts. Additionally, it will help prepare you further for one element of your Final Project, a written critique of a leadership model or concept in relation to your own perspectives on leadership.
Revise your transformational story based on your colleagues' feedback. Add a brief explanation of how a key leadership concept discussed in this unit, or a previous unit, relates to your transformational story. In your explanation, be sure to address the following:
-How does your transformational experience illustrate - or refute - a leadership concept from this unit, or a previous unit?
Part 3: Reflective Journal
You already have engaged in significant reflection in this unit by sharing and creating your transformational story and responding to those of others. For this Reflective Journal entry, reflect on the process of sharing and writing your transformational story, and think ahead to future experiences that can serve as opportunities for further growth. With that in mind, write 2 to 3 paragraphs that address the subsequent questions:
-How will a transformational experience influence you as a leader and manager?
-What skills may you acquire from a critical incident or transformational experience?
Referencing style: Harvard style