Applied Learning 1 (10%) 25 points maximum 1. Background Bren Brown is an American professor and lecturer who became very popular in North America over the past 10 years, since she released her for her TEDx talk in 2010, then subsequent Ted talks, podcasts, books and other resources. She has specifically studied leadership, vulnerability and shame and had presented this in her resources. You can find more information about her, and her resources on her website, https://brenebrown.com/ Her videos are posted here: https://brenebrown.com/videos/ Brene Brown is offering a free Daring Leadership assessment under her site, and provides recommendations for areas of improvement, based on the assessment. Through completing her assessment for this assignment, you will learn how to complete a leadership assessment, identify your strong and weak areas, reflect on findings, and plan steps to improve. There are many ways to understand yourself as a current or future leader, and lead on your strengths and areas that may require further improvement, in order to become a stronger leader. In your future leadership career, you will have an opportunity to complete many other types of leadership assessments as well. Important thing to remember is that each assessment may look at your leadership form certain perspectives, and there is no one method that is right or wrong. The more areas you look at, the better opportunity you have to understand and enhance your knowledge, skills and perceptions of yourself as a leader. 2. Linkage between this assignment and Applied learning 2 Assignment This assignment will be linked to Applied Learning 2 assignment. Through this assignment (Applied Learning 1), you will assess yourself and develop an action plan. Then, in March, through your Applied learning 2 Assignment, you will report on how did you action your plan, what did you learn, what improvements did you notice, and any further steps that you will undertake to continue improving. More details are provided in this document, section 3, Assignment instructions - > bullet point d. 3. Assignment instructions: a. Please complete your Daring Leadership Assessment under the link below. Please be as honest as possible in providing your responses, and if you are unsure of how to respond, respond to the best of your ability: https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/assessment/ b. Summarize findings: Please review your assessment results, and summarise your strengths, weaknesses, and potential areas of improvement. 1-2 Paragraphs are sufficient. c. Reflect on your Strengths: As you discovered your strengths, in what ways do you think these may be applied in the future, and offer leadership career benefits to you. Chose 2-3 strengths, and explain your points. You may use course material, and any additional material form Brenes site o support your arguments. 3 Paragraphs are sufficient. Ensure to include at least one article to reference to in APA format. d. Upload your responses into the Assignment Folder (you can copy and paste your text, or upload in word format). 4. Rubric: 25 points maximum 1. Content 20 points a. Summary of findings 5 points b. Reflection on strengths, with an external resources cited in APA format , and insights that reflect on course learnings and or learnings form Brene Browns website 10 points c. Action plan to add work on Opportunities for Improvement, with all required areas thoroughly covered as per the assignment instructions 15 points 2. Clarity of writing, grammar, punctuation errors, APA format properly used 5 points