Assignment:
MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS & LEADING PEOPLE
Competency 3018.1.2: Theories of Leadership - The graduate uses contemporary theories of leadership to develop personal leadership skills based on a personal leadership philosophy.
Introduction:
For task, you will conduct an evaluation of your personal leadership style. You will write a 6-10 page paper evaluating your own leadership practices using a scholarly leadership theory that is different from the one you used in task 1. To help you refine your own leadership skills, you will develop at least two SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely) goals as part of your evaluation.
Requirements:
A. Conduct a leadership evaluation of your own leadership by doing the following:
1. Provide a completed copy of the attached "Seven Habits Profile."
a. Reflect on the results of your Seven Habits Profile, including what those results might indicate about your leadership style.
2. Evaluate your leadership practice by doing the following:
a. Evaluate three strengths of your leadership practice using a scholarly leadership theory.
b. Evaluate three weaknesses of your leadership practice using the same scholarly leadership theory you used in part A2a.
c. Recommend three theory-based changes that you could make to maximize your success in managing organizations and leading people in the future, using the same scholarly leadership theory you used in part A2a.
d. Discuss two short-term SMART goals that will help improve your leadership practice.
i. Discuss at least two specific actions you will take to reach each of the SMART goals discussed in part A2d.
e. Include three scholarly sources that support your evaluation of your own leadership practice.
B. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.