Leadership PaperA. Personal Mission Statement (2 paragraphs; 10 points):One of the most important aspects of Leadership is self-knowledge and particularawareness of your priorities and values. While there is no unique format or formulafor creating your personal mission statement, the following guidelines may behelpful:Keep it simple, clear, and brief. Your mission statement should touch upon whatyou want to focus on and who you want to become as a person (character) in thispart of your life. Think about specific actions, behaviors, habits, and qualities thatwould have a significant positive impact. Make sure your mission statement ispositive. Instead of saying what you don’t want to do or don’t want to be, say whatyou do want to do or become. Include positive behaviors, character traits, andvalues that you consider particularly important and want to develop further. Thinkabout how your actions, habits, behavior, and character traits in this area affect theimportant relationships in your life. Create a mission statement that will guide youin your day-to-day actions and decisions. Think about how your mission affects theother areas of your life. Is it balanced? Including an emotional payoff in yourmission statement infuses it with passion and will make it even more compelling,inspiring, and energizing. Remember that your mission statement is not cast instone. It will continue to change and evolve as you gain insights about yourself andwhat you want out of each part of your life.B. Leadership Style Interview (5-6 full pages: 45 points)Choose someone who has had experience in leading within an organization and askthem if you could interview them by phone or in person. The interview should takeabout 30 minutes. Be sure to take notes during the interview.Use the following questions when you conduct the interview (feel free to ask otherquestions as well):1. Ask the leader to consider a time when they faced a challenging situation at workthat demanded that they grow as a leader. Ask them to briefly describe thesituation. Why was it challenging and what was at stake? What tensions andconflicts were at play?2. Ask them to explain the three (or more) most important actions they took as aleader to address the situation. What were the kinds of things they did that made adifference? How did they decide on a best course of action? Who helped them toformulate a strategy?3. Ask the leader what kind of resistance did they face and from whom? How didthey overcome that resistance? In hindsight, what, if anything, might they have donedifferently?4. Ask them to speak personally and comment on how they were feeling entering thesituation and how their feelings may have changed during the experience.5. Ask them to share some of their own thoughts on what they think it means to bean effective leader.After the interview, thank them for their time and be sure to send them apersonalized thank you note.6. Once you have completed this interview, the next step is to write your analysis,please include the following: A Mini Bio describing the person interviewed (less than 5 lines) may be insertedeither here or at the beginning of your leadership interview section B. How do you know this leader? How did you get the interview? Was it a pleasant experience or did you think it was hard? Will there be any follow-up?7.NEXT – Write a description of the situation, the leader’s tactics/strategies andoutcomes, as well as your own conclusion summarizing what the key learning pointsthat emerged for you from this interview. What did you learn about their leadershipstyles? Cite in-text APA style any 5 Leadership concepts, topics, models, theories,etc. discussed within the 18 chapters in the eBook class text to your interviewee’sstyle of leadership. What did you learn about yourself? How did this interview helpto foster your own philosophy of leadership?8. Your interview summary should be 5-6 pages in length, double-spaced, 1”margins, size 12 font with complete sentences and proper spelling and grammar andshould represent a written presentation of the interview.C. My Story (5-6 full pages: 45 points)Imagine someone interested in writing your biography is interviewing you. Whatwould you say that you would want the world to know about you? What are the “a-ha” moments that have led you to be the person you are today? For this assignment,you are not encouraged to write your life story. Rather, I would like you to capturethree stories that have had a profound impact on you and are guiding forces in yourcurrent actions.Each story should include the following components:1.A brief description of the “event”2.What sense you make out of the experience (lessons learned)3.How you are changed as a result of the experience4.Last, there should be a one-page reflection of how these three stories have shapedand changed you in the context of leadership. Some questions to consider exploringinclude (these are to help you think about what you want to write. You do not haveto answer all the following questions.): What is your family history? What are yourfamily traditions and customs? How have these factors influenced your life andperceptions of leadership? Do you have any social identities that influence youractions in the context of leadership? When was the first time you realized yourleadership potential? Are there any influences outside of your family that haveshaped your values and philosophy of leadership? What about the imperfectmoments or mistakes that shaped the content of your character? How have mentorsand critical incidents transformed you?5.Your “My Story” response should be 5-6 pages in length, double-spaced, 1”margins, size 12 font with complete sentences and proper spelling and grammar.Your 13-15-page paper should be approximately 5-6 full pages of text for theLeadership Style Interview; 5-6 full pages of text for the My Story response, 1-2paragraphs for your Personal Mission Statement (double-spaced, 1” margins, andsize 12 font for your entire paper).
