Leadership

Leadership studies demonstrate that the most effective leaders know  how to draw upon self-leadership skills to in turn motivate and lead  others to expand their strengths to ultimately better serve the goals of  an organization. For this assignment, you will continue to study  conscious leadership and look at a leadership example from contemporary  media and evaluate how well the particular leader exemplifies the  qualities of effective and ethical conscious leadership.

Select a  relevant and topical leadership issue from current news media that  revolves around ethics and ethical decision-making. Research the  situation and gather information in order to evaluate the leader. Keep  in mind, the issue that you choose will serve as the backdrop for your  evaluation while using the key terms and concepts covered in your course  readings. Write an evaluation of a minimum of 1,000-1,250 of the  situation that addresses the following:

  • The power bases used by the leader.
  • The influence tactics used by the leader.
  • The leadership style of the leader.
  • The outcome (or potential outcome) of the situation.

Conclude  by justifying whether you think this leader supports the values of  conscious capitalism. Is the leader’s leadership style effective? Do you  believe the leader acted ethically in the situation? Be sure to  consider each tenet of conscious capitalism in your leader evaluation.

Next,  imagine yourself as a practitioner of servant leadership. You have been  appointed into the leadership role in this same circumstance. Explain  how the situation would be different. Address the four criteria listed  above in your discussion and incorporate the principles of conscious  capitalism by explaining how your personal values and style are  influenced by each tenet.

Strengthen your claims in each content section with supporting citations and specific examples.