For your Module 2 Pre-Assessment, respond to the following prompts. These prompts match those in your final Assessment.
Prompts:
You will complete the Strengths Finder Assessment, in which you will develop a personal leadership philosophy that reflects your characteristics, core values, and strengths. You will apply your Strengths Finder Assessment to your written leadership philosophy.
To prepare:
Access the Strengths Finder Assessment Tool. When you complete the Strengths Finder Assessment, you will receive a Signature Theme Report to download.
Reflect on your results of the Strengths Finder Assessment and consider what these results convey in terms of your behaviors and characteristics in contributing to your leadership style/philosophy.
Review the three scholarly research resources you identified that evaluate the impact of leadership behaviors, styles, and characteristics for transformational leadership. (You may refer to the same resources you used for the Module 1 Pre-Assessment or research for additional scholarly articles, as needed.)
Use the scholarly resources on leadership you selected to support your philosophy statement.
Leadership Philosophy
In 2–3 pages (total for all topics), develop a leadership philosophy that reflects your characteristics, core values, and strengths as they pertain to your leadership skills and profile. Your leadership philosophy should include the following:
Analysis of your Strengths Finder Assessment summarizing the results of your profile.
A description of two key leadership behaviors that you wish to strengthen.
A development plan that explains how you plan to improve upon the two key leadership behaviors you selected. Be specific and provide examples. * NOTE: The response must synthesize and integrate at least three outside resources and two competency-specific resources that fully support the responses provided.
An explanation of how you plan to achieve your personal mission/vision. Be specific and provide examples. * NOTE: The response must synthesize and integrate at least three outside resources and two competency-specific resources that fully support the responses provided.
Use the following rubric to assess your response to the prompts:Rubric CriteriaDoes Not Meet ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Develop a 2- to 3-page (total for all topics) leadership philosophy that reflects your characteristics, core values, and strengths as they pertain to your leadership skills and profile. Your leadership philosophy should include the following:Analysis of your Strengths Finder Assessment summarizing the results of your profile.
Learning Objective 2.1: Analyze leadership assessment profile resultsResponse does not adequately summarize or analyze the Strength Finder Assessment results.Response adequately summarizes and analyzes the Strength Finder Assessment results.Response completely summarizes and clearly analyzes in detail the Strength Finder Assessment results.
A description of two key leadership behaviors that you wish to strengthen.
Learning Objective 2.2: Recommend leadership behaviors for improvementResponse does not adequately describe two key leadership behaviors to strengthen.Response adequately describes two key leadership behaviors to strengthen.Response clearly and thoroughly describes in detail two key leadership behaviors to strengthen.
A development plan that explains how you will improve upon the two key leadership behaviors you selected. Be specific and provide examples.
Learning Objective 2.3: Create personal development plan for leadership behavior improvementResponse does not adequately explain plans to improve upon the two key leadership behaviors selected.Response does not include adequate examples to support the development plan provided.Response does not adequately synthesize or integrate outside resources or competency-specific resources that support the responses provided.Response adequately explains plans to improve upon the two key leadership behaviors selected.Response includes examples that adequately support the development plan provided.Response adequately synthesizes and integrates outside resources and competency-specific resources that support the responses provided.Response clearly and thoroughly explains in detail plans to improve upon the two key leadership behaviors selected.Response includes specific examples that fully support the development plan provided.Response synthesizes and integrates at least three outside resources and at least two competency-specific resources that fully support
An explanation of how you plan to achieve your personal mission/vision. Be specific and provide examples.
Learning Objective 2.4: Analyze plans to achieve personal mission/visionResponse does not adequately explain plans on how to achieve a personal mission/vision with specific and accurate examples.Response does not adequately synthesize or integrate outside resources or competency-specific resources that support the responses provided.Response adequately explains plans on how to achieve a personal mission/vision with specific and accurate examples.Response adequately synthesizes and integrates outside resources and competency-specific resources that support the responses provided.Response clearly and thoroughly explains in detail plans on how to achieve a personal mission/vision with specific and accurate examples.Response synthesizes and integrates at least three outside resources and at least two competency-specific resources that fully support the responses provided.