Human services is an ever-evolving field that requires leadership that is willing to evolve with the changing needs of society. Throughout this course, you have learned about challenges that leaders in human services organizations face, including, but not limited to, changes in funding sources, program needs, and organizational structure. Part of the responsibility of a leader is to be a change agent, to create buy-in, and to implement innovative practices that lead to the growth and sustainability of the organization for the clients it serves.
For this assignment, you will place yourself in the role of a leader, choose a leadership challenge, analyze the challenge, and offer suggestions for addressing it effectively.
Assignment Instructions
Choose a challenge in leadership in a human service organization. Create a 15–25 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your analysis of the leadership challenge to an audience of organizational stakeholders. You must use recorded audio to present your presentation. You may do this in one of two ways:
Create narration directly in your PowerPoint presentation.
Create your PowerPoint presentation, then present it using the Kaltura courseroom tool.
Include the following in your presentation:
Describe the leadership challenge in a human service organization you have chosen completely, including the cause of the issue, impact on the organization, and a timeline for coming up with a viable solution (suggested: 3–5 slides).
Analyze why this challenge is creating a problem or opportunity for the organization (suggested: 2–3 slides).
Support your analysis with data you have researched from the field (suggested: 2–3 slides).
Describe ways that you would help lead the organization to understand the need for change, based on the problem presented (suggested: 4–7 slides).
Recommend a new idea or strategy for improvement or change. Incorporate accepted best practices in the field to support your proposed change (suggested: 3–5 slides).
Include speaker notes at the bottom of each slide that reflect the audio content of your recording.
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