In preparation for your research, select an individual currently in a leadership position. The person must be responsible in some capacity for other employees, and the person must be an individual that can be researched.
Overview
In your overview of the leader, include:
The leaders name and title.
His or her specific role or position and responsibilities.
The name, industry, and description of the organization, including the culture of the organization.
The length of time the leader has been in his or her current position.
A brief history of the leaders background and career path to his or her present day leadership position.
Analysis
Your analysis should:
Describe, assess, and analyze the persons leadership style. Be sure to provide specific examples.
Identify and describe three significant challenges they faced as a leader.
Identify and describe their greatest achievement, to date, as a leader.
Apply and correctly cite a minimum of three leadership concepts from the course to this leaders roles and responsibilities within the organization, their relationships with others, etc.
Use these concepts to help describe the persons leadership style and assess what makes it effective or ineffective.
Reflect on what you learned about leadership from your research.
Reflect on the implications for your personal leadership style.
