Leadership Profile
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams
Leadership is a critical skill in business. Leading effectively requires an understanding of your own unique leadership style and personality traits.
For this assignment, you will reflect on your leadership (Management/Director in a child care facility “Legacy Academy” or being an owner “Hut No. 8” of a clothing retail store) experiences, assess your strengths, evaluate your emotional intelligence and DiSC profile, and develop a plan for mastering your leadership style.
Instructions:
Write a 4-5 page paper in which you address the following:
1. Reflect on your leadership experiences:
Describe the leadership and managerial aspects of your most recent professional role
Identify and describe 2 key experiences that have impacted you as a leader
2. Assess your leadership strengths:
a. Describe 2 key strengths, from Jack Welch’s Foundational Principles and 8 Essential Rules of Leadership as they pertain to your leadership development
3. How do these experiences and strengths relate to aspects of your Emotional Intelligence and your DiSC profile?
4.Develop a plan for mastering your leadership style:
a. Identify 2-3 leadership skills you would like to master in the future
b. Describe steps you can take to master those skills. How will you measure your success?
Professional Formatting Requirements:
• Typed, double spaced, professional font (size 10-12), includes headings and subheadings (to identify main topics and subtopics), with one-inch margins on all sides. See the Sample Professional Paper under Course Documents for an example.
•References must be included and provide accurate information that enables the reader to locate the original source. Application and analysis of course materials and resources is expected, and additional research is welcome.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
• The paper’s length is 4 to 6 pages, excluding your Cover page and Reference list. You may exceed 6 pages but be sure that the extra length is not redundant and adds value to your reflections.
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Leadership Profile
Introduction
Leadership can motivate people towards a certain goal or achievement. We can go ahead and describe leadership as an art as not everyone can be a leader. There exist about six leadership theories that help explain how it works. Even then, when one acquires a leadership position, they have to be aware of their traits and unique leadership styles. With this, then they can ensure that they maximize their leadership and managerial positions.
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