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In this assignment, you’ll demonstrate your mastery of the…
In this assignment, you’ll demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Assess leadership skills and abilities that apply to interpersonal and intra-organizational situations and effectively influence workplace dynamics
Evaluate leadership decision-making strategies for their effectiveness on the achievement of organizational goals
Analyze various leadership theories and approaches for their ability to enhance organizational effectiveness to improve sustainability
Explain the influence of international and cultural differences on leadership strategies and organizational dynamics in fostering shared visions and purposes
Prompt
You have learned about each of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership and, on a weekly basis, have developed a leadership development action plan to improve selected leadership areas. Through the milestone assignments, you have analyzed how you will use the leadership practices to assist with the process of improving your selected areas. Using your milestone submissions, your textbook, your course resources and discussion posts, and your leadership development action plan, address the following critical elements:
Describe the concept behind each of the five practices with supporting evidence.
Apply each of the five practices to an organization of your choice.
Identify an organization you are currently a leader of or would like to be a leader of in the future.
Identify how many employees you are leading or would feel comfortable leading in the future.
Reflect upon your acquired knowledge of the five practices and write, about how the concepts you have learned might be used in the organization you selected with the quantity of employees you selected.
Select two leadership theories or approaches you learned about in Modules Two through Six and describe how you will apply those theories (with supporting evidence) to the three leadership areas of improvement you selected in Module One.
1) The First Practice: Model the Way
The concept of modeling the way encompasses the idea that leaders must know themselves first, before they can effectively lead others. If leaders are not clear about their beliefs and values, they will not possess the needed foundation to build a strong organization (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). The practice consists of the following components:
Finding one’s voice as a leader by clarifying one’s values and beliefs
Sharing one’s values and beliefs with others and engaging others through the process so that values become shared values among the members of the organization
Affirming the established shared values to ensure that a common core of understanding exists in order to promote forward progress
Aligning one’s actions to the shared values by setting the example and practicing what one preaches
2) The Second Practice: Inspire a Shared Vision
The concept of inspiring a shared vision encompasses the idea that, to be effective, leaders must have a clear vision about where they want to take the organization and the legacy they want to leave. Furthermore, leaders must engage their followers to transform the vision into a shared vision so that all members of the organization are working toward one common goal (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). The practice consists of the following components:
Imagining the possibilities by starting with the end in mind and envisioning the future
Finding a common purpose by engaging and listening to others
Enlisting others through common ideals and goals
