Write a paper on Leadership Reflection.This assignment will involve examining how you perceive effective leadership at your workplace. You are encouraged to write in first-person as this is a reflective assignment. Well-known leadership scholar Warren Bennis (1989) compared leadership to beauty in that it is hard to define, but you know it when you see it (p. 1). However, leadership is not easy to identify, nor is it simple to define. Leadership is one of the most studied phenomena in the social sciences and despite many definitions of leadership, an absence of a universal definition for the construct persists. Case in point, Rost (1991) identified more than 200 definitions of leadership in a review of the leadership literature. Leaders often receive credit and/or the consequences for team success or failure. Yet, some authors (Kouzes & Posner, 2007) argue that leadership is in the eye of the follower (p. 501). Your perspective on effective leadership likely impacts your opinion regarding organizational leaders. Within your organization, identify an effective leader and detail what makes them a great leader; then, research the vast leadership literature (seriously, tons of it) and determine what theory, leadership model or framework this leaders is exhibiting. Why is it effective? When is it effective? What are the potential drawbacks of this leadership behavior? Your completed presentation will be at least Five to Seven minutes. You are encouraged to read a little more about this topic and utilize research findings and other reputable sources to strengthen your arguments during your presentation. Frequent and thorough use and citation of relevant course material (course material, slides and other related sources) are important to earn a high grade.Show more
