Unit II
Throughout this course, you will be building a personal leadership training plan. The final phase of the project (due in Unit VIII) is designed for you to reflect on what you have learned in the course. It is designed in phases so you can comprehend, analyze, and develop your own leadership plan that reflects the objectives for both the given unit and the course overall. The plan will be an integrated, synthesized product that encapsulates all four phases into your future plan.
Ensure that you support your work with course materials and outside sources. Outlined below are the requirements for each phase. For each phase, you will explain your traits using the content presented in that unit. The final Personal Leadership Training Plan that you will submit in Unit VIII will be composed of four phases: attributes, knowledge, skill sets, and experiences. The expectations for the four phases are described below:
- Attributes (Unit II): What are your attributes? How can you improve or gain more to be competitive?
- Knowledge (Unit IV): What knowledge do you have? What knowledge do you need?
- Skill Sets (Unit V): What are your current skill sets? Where do you need to improve? What skill sets do you feel you need for the future?
- Experiences (Unit VI): What are your experiences? Are they quantified, and have they shown results? Do they make an impact in the organization? What do you need to do to gain more experience?
Unit II Requirements:
For the Unit II PowerPoint presentation, you will focus on your own attributes as a leader and the attributes that you see in a leader of your choice.
Include the following within your PowerPoint presentation:
- Define, outline, and identify your personal attributes with regard to where you are now with your leadership style. Support each attribute with an example from your life.
- Select a charismatic leader and a transformational leader of your choice, and follow the guidelines below.
- Include the following information about the charismatic leader:
- Describe the five qualities of your selected leader (self-confident, inspirational, articulate, revolutionary/disruptor, supportive).
- Predict the possible drawbacks of a charismatic leader.
- Predict the possible drawbacks of a transformational leader.
- Reflect on why you selected your charismatic leader and your biggest takeaway from this assignment.
- (Examples of charismatic leaders include General George Patton, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, and Moses; however, you are not limited to choosing from this list.)
- Include the following information about the transformational leader:
- Describe any four of the six qualities that your selected leader possesses using the framework for analysis of a transformational leader, which was discussed in Van Wart’s (2015) article located in the Unit II Required Reading section.
- Is a transformational leader detrimental to an organization or society? Explain.
- Reflect on why you selected your transformational leader and your biggest takeaway from this assignment.
- (Examples of transformational leaders include Ross Perot, John D. Rockefeller, Attila the Hun, Walt Disney, and Julius Caesar; however, you are not limited to choosing from this list.)
Your completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Additionally, a minimum of three peer-reviewed or academic resources must be used. Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to fully explain your ideas. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
Unit 4
Unit IV PowerPoint Presentation
- Weight:10% of course grade
- Due:Tuesday, 01/17/2023 11:59 PM (CST)
Instructions
Personal Leadership Training Plan: Knowledge
In Unit II, you started your Personal Leadership Training Plan and focused on attributes. In this unit, you will add knowledge to your plan.
Within your presentation, respond to the following points:
- Describe the knowledge that you need to be a successful leader within your field of study. In order to do this, you may want to research job descriptions and organizations’ employment websites.
- What knowledge do you already possess that will benefit you in your future career as a leader? What knowledge do you still need, and how do you plan to obtain this knowledge?
- How will you leverage your knowledge to motivate and empower your employees?
- What can you do to increase workplace morale?
Your completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Submit only the specific segment concerning knowledge. Additionally, a minimum of two peer-reviewed or academic resources must be used. Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to fully explain your ideas. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
Unit 5
Unit V PowerPoint Presentation
- Weight:10% of course grade
- Due:Tuesday, 01/24/2023 11:59 PM (CST)
Instructions
Personal Leadership Training Plan: Skills
In Unit II, you started your Personal Leadership Training Plan and focused on attributes; in Unit IV, you focused on knowledge. In this unit, you will add skills to your plan.
Within your presentation, respond to the following points:
- What skills do you have that you can apply to the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model (SLM) and the Vroom-Yetton Normative Decision Model?
- What skills would be needed to implement the SLM and the normative decision model?
- How could you explain the differences between the SLM and the normative decision model?
Your completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Additionally, a minimum of three peer-reviewed or academic resources must be used. Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to fully explain your ideas. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
Unit 6
Unit VI PowerPoint Presentation
- Weight:10% of course grade
- Due:Tuesday, 01/31/2023 11:59 PM (CST)
Instructions
Personal Leadership Training Plan: Experience
In Units II, IV, and V, you contributed to the Personal Leadership Training Plan and focused on attributes, knowledge, and skills. In this unit, you will add experience to your plan.
Within your presentation, respond to the following points:
- Explain the type of experiences you have had that will make you a strong leader.
- Explain and evaluate your experience with organizational change. (This can be from your employer, club, church group, or family unit.) How did you facilitate the change, and was it successful?
- How can you use Kotter’s 8-Step Process for organizational change during your future career?
Your completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Additionally, a minimum of three peer-reviewed or academic resources must be used. Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to fully explain your ideas. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
Unit 8
Unit VIII Project
- Weight:12% of course grade
- Due:Tuesday, 02/14/2023 11:59 PM (CST)
Instructions
Personal Leadership Training Plan: Final
In Units II, IV, V, and VI, you designed PowerPoint presentations on different elements of your Personal Leadership Training Plan. Now, you will put all of the sections together into one PowerPoint presentation. Make revisions to your previous sections based upon your feedback from your instructor. Additionally, you will add a description of a company or leader you admire and what you can learn from this company or leader.
Start by reviewing your instructor’s feedback from Units II, IV, V, and VI, and then meet the following criteria:
- Combine all PowerPoints into one presentation, and make revisions based on your instructor’s feedback and new knowledge.
- Add introduction and conclusion slides (two slides).
- Select either a leader or company you admire that experienced a major change in organizational culture.
- Explain that change and the circumstances surrounding that change (seven slides minimum).
- Explain how you can learn from this change (two slides minimum).
You are required to use at least one outside source for this assignment. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA format. You are not required to add additional slides to the portions submitted in previous units (unless otherwise instructed by your professor).