Case Study: Coaching the Leaders
Overview:
This assignment challenges you to apply Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory to analyze leadership behaviors in a real-world case study. Working in pairs, you will assess four leaders' developmental levels, examine how these levels impact team dynamics, and create a targeted coaching plan to help one leader grow. Need Assignment Help?
Assignment: In your assigned pairs, review the Case: Coaching the Leaders
Use what you learn in the case to:
Case Study: FluidTech Solutions
1. Assess the developmental stages of the four key leaders involved in the efficiency task force-Steve, Keith, Lee, and Amadi-through the lens of Robert Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory-basing your assessment on the evidence about their behaviors and thinking shared in the case.
2. Relate the developmental level of the individual leaders to the leadership dynamics you see in the case and explain your rationale. Provide recommendations for resolving the internal conflicts affecting the organization's efficiency task force that draw on your understanding of adult development and the leaders' levels.
3. Select one leader and develop a coaching plan for them: identify a growth edge related to their developmental level, explain how you think they need to improve to engage more effectively in the organization, and propose a few steps to get them there (see coaching plan template in the case).
*You're not required to be a certified coach: you can think of the coaching plan as an informal improvement, mentoring, or advising plan.
Deliverable:
10-15 minute recorded presentation with slides, covering:
1. Introduction (brief case overview)
2. Developmental assessment of all four leaders
3. Analysis of team dynamics
4. Coaching plan for one leader
5. Conclusion (key takeaways from the case)
6. Please include a transcript of your recorded presentation