Paper Assignment
In preparation for your research, select an individual currently in a leadership position. The person must be responsible in some capacity for other employees, and the person must be an individual that can be researched.
Overview
In your overview of the leader, include:
i. The leader's name and title.
ii. His or her specific role or position and responsibilities.
iii. The name, industry, and description of the organization, including the culture of the organization.
iv. The length of time the leader has been in his or her current position.
v. A brief history of the leader's background and career path to his or her present day leadership position.
Analysis
Your analysis should:
i. Describe, assess, and analyze the person's leadership style. Be sure to provide specific examples.
ii. Identify and describe three significant challenges they faced as a leader.
iii. Identify and describe their greatest achievement, to date, as a leader.
iv. Apply and correctly cite a minimum of three leadership concepts from the course to this leader's roles and responsibilities within the organization, their relationships with others, etc.
v. Use these concepts to help describe the person's leadership style and assess what makes it effective or ineffective.
vi. Reflect on what you learned about leadership from your research.
vii. Reflect on the implications for your personal leadership style.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) 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.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.