Project Homework: Leadership Skills
READING ASSIGNMENTS
• Leadership Theories, Leadership Central Leadership-Central.com, 2018.
• The Authoritarian Leadership Style & Others You Should Know VeryWellMind.com, Kendra Cherry, September 20, 2018
• 6 Polarizing Differences Between Managers and Leaders Inc.com, Bubba Page, July 28, 2015.
• 15 Leadership Strategies From Ancient Chinese Wisdom-Sun Tzu's Art Of War Katherine Eion, 2018
• 5 things you probably don't know about Mary BarraCaroline Fairchild and Geoff Colvin, September 19, 2014.
• G.M. Chief Mary Barra Is Named Chairwoman, Affirming Her Leadership New York Times, Bill Vlasic, January 4, 2016.
Viewing Assignments:
• Steve Jobs talks about Core Values at D8 2010 (2:28, YouTube Video) SteveNote, January 5, 2012.
• What Are Your Values? Learn how to Identify Values and Beliefs (2:14, YouTube Video) Mind Tools Videos, March 5, 2014. 1.5 Leadership Skills: Project
Project
Leadership plays an important role in our professional and personal lives, both as leaders and as team members in groups and organizations. In this project you will analyze the traits of effective leaders and assess your own leadership skill to help you apply the concepts that we have studied this week.
What You'll Need
o Computer and internet access
o MS Word or Apple Keynote software
o Adobe Acrobat or Quicktime software
Prepare
Review this Read and View information on the leadership ideas of General Colin Powell, tech leader Steve Jobs, corporate CEO Mary Barra and legendary strategist Sun Tzu.
Create
Part I
Select one of the real world leaders noted above and create either a written MS Word document, or a Keynote presentation with audio narration. Include the following in your project:
a) Identify the leader you have selected
b) Describe what you see as their positive and negative leadership traits and skills, and explain your thoughts on both. Cite examples to explain your thoughts.
c) Explain how you think their core values influence their leadership.
d) Explain an example of their use of emotional intelligence in adapting their leadership behavior.
e) Do you think this person is an effective leader overall? Explain why or why not using terms and concepts from this week's reading and viewing assignment.
Part II
Complete the "How Good Are Your Leadership Skills" free, online assessment which rates you on skills such as Self-confidence, Attitude, Emotional Intelligence and Motivating People.
a) Share your final score. What are the areas of strengths identified by the test? What are the opportunities for improvement that are suggested?
b) Do you believe the test results are an accurate reflection of your current leadership skills? Explain why or why not.
c) How do you think your own core values influence your leadership skills?
d) Based on your test results, how do you compare your leadership skills with those of the real-world leader that you analyzed in Part 1 of this project?
e) Are you currently or have you ever been in a leadership role in any way? For example, at work, on sports teams, in clubs or other organizations. If so, describe your leadership situation. If not, do you aspire to hold a leadership position? Explain why, or why not.
Format your homework 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 homework, 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.