FEATURED CASE STUDY J Breaks Dr Provitera All Rights Reserved.docx

Discussion Questions:

1. How effective has Jackson Breaks been in his leadership before he got this new assignment?
2. Is he a transformational or transactional leader?
3. Does he have the necessary traits to lead? If so, what are they? If not, why not and what is he missing?
4. How may Jack use Situational Leadership if he takes the assignment?
5. To what extent is he leading a life that includes balance of both work and play?
6. Should he give up his life in the great city of Manhattan for one in which he will be challenged in the great city of Wisconsin?
7. If he does go, what about his wifes career placement as a tenured professor, and most importantly, about his daughters school?
8. Has Jack ever failed? If so, how did he handle his failure? Did you ever fail? If yes, how? If not, why not?
9. What are three references in journal articles such as the Harvard Business Review or other leadershp journals, leadership books like "True North," or leadership magazines, like Forbes, that can be applied to the questions that you answered (1 thru 8) is the case study "Jackson Breaks and Level UP Leadership?" You are to collect 3 references and 3 quotes and apply them to your answers to the questions of the case-study? Apply the quotes like this "Level-Up leadership is not just new leadership it is better leadership and everyone should take a look at the six factors mentioned therin," (Provitera, 2020, p. 13).