Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following c
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Identify yourself as a leader and follower to be effective as an individual and team contributor
Overview
Many well-known leaders wrote and continue to write in journals, reflecting on their actions and decisions in their leadership roles. These reflections allow leaders to revisit their choices and learn how to improve their actions and decisions to become more effective leaders in the future.
Directions
Write a reflective paper describing your leadership style and skills. Reflect on what you have learned throughout the course, and think about how you can use this knowledge to further your career. Use the results of your self-assessments, leadership map, and other course materials to guide your reflection. Begin your reflection with a single statement that concisely summarizes your leadership style and approach. The statement should be one that you could later share on LinkedIn or your resume. You could also use it to guide your professional development.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Leadership Approach:Leadership Skills: Describe your primary leadership skills and describe how these skills will help you effectively lead a team. Additionally, describe skills or attributes you would like to develop and improve upon in order to become a better leader.
Leading and Following: Explain the importance of being able to both lead and follow when working as part of a team, along with how well you are able to lead and follow on a team while in a leadership role.
Leadership Style: Describe your personal leadership style and explain how you intend to use that style when working with a diverse, dynamic team.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins.
Project Two Rubric
CriteriaExemplary (100%)Proficient (85%)Needs Improvement (55%)Not Evident (0%)Value
Leadership Approach: Leadership SkillsExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes one’s primary leadership skills and how these skills can be used to effectively lead teams; also describes specific skills or attributes to develop and improve upon in order to become a better leaderShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing in greater detail how one’s primary leadership skills can be used to effectively lead teams or better identifying one to two specific skills or attributes to develop and improve upon in order to become a better leaderDoes not attempt criterion30
Leadership Approach: Leading and FollowingExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerExplains the importance of being able to both lead and follow when working as part of a team, along with how well one is able to lead and follow on a team while in a leadership roleShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining in more detail the importance of being able to both lead and follow when working as part of a team, or better explaining how well one is able to lead and follow on a team while in a leadership roleDoes not attempt criterion30
Leadership Approach: Leadership StyleExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes a personal leadership style and explains how this style will be used when working with a diverse, dynamic teamShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing a more detailed personal leadership style or further explaining how this style will be used when working with a diverse, dynamic teamDoes not attempt criterion30
Articulation of ResponseExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerClearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purposeShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readabilitySubmission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas10
Total:100%