Leadership Week 1 Assignment 2

Assignment 2: Discussion Assignment

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to theDiscussion AreabySaturday, August 6, 2016.

To support your work and demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes, be sure to incorporate the key relevant material from your reading as well as outside academically credible resources. All sources should be credited using APA which includes both reference and applicable intext citations.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment byWednesday, August 10, 2016.

Leaders and Leadership

Everyone has their own perspective of what leadership is, who leaders are, and what leaders do. Begin this assignment by taking a few minutes to write down some of your ideas about leaders and leadership. After you have documented your initial reflection, complete the conceptualizing leadership questionnaire locatedhere.

Next, ask at least two people that you know (preferably people who are in significant leadership positions) to give you their definition of leadership and to describe their personal beliefs about leadership. Then, conduct some research on the definition of leadership using the South University Online Library. Locate a peer reviewed definition of leadership and include a brief analysis of the key components of the definition. How did completing the questionnaire, interviews, and research confirm or challenge your personal leadership perspective? What did you add to your initial perspective? What did you delete from your initial perspective?

Compose an essay (minimum 500-600 words) that summarizes your initial leadership perspective and describes the changes to your initial perspective that occurred after completing the questionnaire, interviews, and research. Finally, complete your essay by briefly discussing whether you believe leadership is something anyone can learn to do or whether it is a natural ability that only a few can do.

You can use leaders that you know, or you can use the two I will give you and just fill it in. Dave Evans is a Project Manager and Chris Miller is a Plant Manager I know very well. If you need any help feel free to ask.