Principals and practices of leadership

BACKGROUND INFORMATION For this project, you will analyze a leadership context and design a leadership development plan around it. You will identify essential leadership skills and design a program that will target these skills. You will deliver a proposal, comparable to what a consultant would create for a client, detailin" rel="nofollow">ing the specific methods by which you would develop these leaders. PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS WRITE A PAPTER THAT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS I. Leadership Context II. Leadership Skills III. Leadership Development Plan a. Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Objectives b. Methods c. Key Content, Exercises, and Activities d. Evaluation IV. Summary FOLLOW THE STEP TO COMPLETE THE PAPER Part I: Leadership Context (2 pages) 1. Choose and describe a specific context and a leadership role within" rel="nofollow">in that context. For example, you could choose a well-known company and its CEO or a manager in" rel="nofollow">in that company, or you might choose a particular government agency and a leadership title within" rel="nofollow">in that agency. Once you have chosen a particular leadership role within" rel="nofollow">in a company, agency, or other organization, you should provide some background on the company itself, its vision, and its organizational structure, as well as details regardin" rel="nofollow">ing the title of the leadership role and his or her general duties and area of control. 2. Describe any relevant issues related to leadership effectiveness, ethical leadership, and the leader's ability to perform well in" rel="nofollow">in the specific environment of his or her organization. These issues should apply to any particular person who took the role because they are issues related to the company or organization and not the particular in" rel="nofollow">individual. PART II: LEADERSHIP SKILLS 3 PAGES 1. Identify 3-5 leadership skills that would be essential for the particular leader you selected and explain" rel="nofollow">in why each of these skills is necessary for that leadership position within" rel="nofollow">in the organization you selected. PART III: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 3-4 PAGES Now you will create a leadership development plan based upon your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from the previous sections. Participants in" rel="nofollow">in your program would in" rel="nofollow">include new employees enterin" rel="nofollow">ing that leadership role. 1. State 3-5 objectives that your leadership development program aims to achieve and how the program will achieve them. (E.g., leaders should be able to create a vision statement after completin" rel="nofollow">ing this, etc.) 2. Determin" rel="nofollow">ine two appropriate methods for developin" rel="nofollow">ing each of the leadership skills you identified in" rel="nofollow">in step 3. You identified 3-5 leadership skills in" rel="nofollow">in step 3, so you must identify 6- 10 methods for leadership development. Examples of methods in" rel="nofollow">include lectures, coachin" rel="nofollow">ing, train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing exercises or activities, mentorin" rel="nofollow">ing, on-the-job train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing, etc. Describe how and why each of these methods will contribute to the development of each of the associated leadership skills. 3. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how you would evaluate the success of those who participated in" rel="nofollow">in your leadership development plan. PART IV: SUMMARY 1 PAGE 1. Briefly summarize how your leadership development plan specifically prepares in" rel="nofollow">incomin" rel="nofollow">ing employees in" rel="nofollow">in the selected leadership position for their role. 2. As part of your leadership plan, explain" rel="nofollow">in how you would take in" rel="nofollow">into account the traits and strengths that in" rel="nofollow">incomin" rel="nofollow">ing leaders brin" rel="nofollow">ing with them. How would you tailor your plan for your specific audience? What traits and strengths may make your leadership development plan more or less effective? Explain" rel="nofollow">in how the modifications you would make for in" rel="nofollow">individual traits and strengths will help in" rel="nofollow">individuals succeed. A TITILE PAGE IS NOT REQUIRED PROJECT RUBRIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PLAN=90% EVALUATION ITEM Describe a specific context and leadership role, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing background, vision, and organizational structure OUSTANDING= 12 POINTS Description of context and leadership role is complete and thoroughly addresses background, vision, and organizational structure with exceptional detail EVALUATION ITEM Describe context-dependent issues that will impact leadership effectiveness, ethical leadership, and the leader’s ability to perform OUTSTANDING=12 POINTS Identification of context-dependent issues that will impact leadership effectiveness, ethical leadership, and the leader’s ability to perform is thorough and in" rel="nofollow">includes robust supportin" rel="nofollow">ing details EVALUATION ITEM dentify 3-5 leadership skills required for the selected leadership position and explain" rel="nofollow">in why each is necessary for that leadership position OUTSTANDING=12 POINTS Identification of 3-5 leadership skills is thorough and uses robust supportin" rel="nofollow">ing details to explain" rel="nofollow">in why each is necessary for that leadership position EVALUATION ITEM= 15 POINTS Identify and explain" rel="nofollow">in 3-5 objectives that the leadership development program aims to achieve and explain" rel="nofollow">in how it will achieve these objectives OUTSTANDING=15 POINTS dentification of 3-5 objectives is complete and thoroughly explain" rel="nofollow">ins how it will achieve these objectives with robust and specific supportin" rel="nofollow">ing details EVALUATION ITEM Determin" rel="nofollow">ine two appropriate methods for developin" rel="nofollow">ing each leadership skill described above, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing how and why these will contribute to the development of each skill OUSTANDING=12POINTS Two methods for developin" rel="nofollow">ing each identified leadership skill are complete and there is a thorough discussion of how and why these will contribute to the development of each skill that in" rel="nofollow">includes robust and specific supportin" rel="nofollow">ing details EVLUATION ITEM Explain" rel="nofollow">in how to evaluate the success of participants in" rel="nofollow">in the proposed leadership development plan OUSTANDING=12 POINTS Explanation of how to evaluate the success of participants is thorough and in" rel="nofollow">includes robust and specific supportin" rel="nofollow">ing detail EVALUATION ITEM Explain" rel="nofollow">in how to tailor the leadership development plan to in" rel="nofollow">individual leaders and what modifications would be necessary to meet an in" rel="nofollow">individual’s traits and strengths OUSTANDING=15 POINTS Explanation of how to tailor the leadership development plan to in" rel="nofollow">individual leaders is complete and thoroughly addresses necessary modifications usin" rel="nofollow">ing robust and specific supportin" rel="nofollow">ing details WRITTING AND MECHANICS=10% EVALUATION=5 POINTS ARTICULATION There are no detectable writin" rel="nofollow">ing convention errors ITEM EVALUATION = 5 POINTS APA FORMAT AND REFERENCING The source citations follow APA formattin" rel="nofollow">ing guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines with no detectable errors