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2022-3 Leadership Development Plan Guidance
2022-3 Leadership Development Plan Guidance
Purpose
This essay is to help you think through the leadership concepts we’ve covered this term and
assessments you’ve completed and select leadership constructs to work to personally develop
based on your assessment results.
Skills
By successfully completing this assignment, you wills how that you can:
1. Identify effective leader behaviors
2. Relate leadership models and concepts to your personal leadership approach
3. Develop a plan for personal leadership skill improvement
Knowledge
After completing this assignment, you will understand:
1. How the leadership ideas presented in this course relate to your personal results on various
leadership assessments and questionnaires
2. How your personal assessment and questionnaire results can help you to determine which
leadership skills and traits to work to develop.
3. How to plan for your personal leadership development in the future.
Task
1. Begin by taking the time to review your Leadership Reflection Journals from across the
course, including your questionnaire/assessment results.
2. In your paper, first share what you found to be the three (3) most interesting or
surprising things you learned about yourself or learned that you need to work on from
taking the assessments, completing the questionnaires, and completing the journals. (~1-2
paragraphs)
3. Then, give an overview of your present leadership style: your text shares three leadership
styles, but you might also want to discuss a more specific style you are trying to follow. This
might include ideas about your progress as an ethical, constructive leader. (~1 paragraph)
4. Next, discuss the major factors that shaped your present leadership style: share an
example from your life of what has led you to your current leaderships style. (~1 paragraph)
5. Then, discuss your desired future leadership style: Do you want to continue to grow in
your current style or change? Discuss this and why you feel this way. (~1 paragraph)
6. Last, share 3 goals and 2 actions for each to take to achieve your future leadership style.
This should be written in SMART Goal style and should help set a plan to continue to
develop as a leader and work toward your desired leadership style. Also share at least 2
actions for each that you can take to accomplish them. (3 bullet points with at least 2 sub-
points each)
This paper is expected to be at least 4-5 paragraphs in length + the goals and steps.
You should cite any concepts from the book (or other sources) that you discuss using APA style
citations and have a References page.
Grading Rubric
Excellent (A) Good but some Much Improvement
improvement needed (B- Needed (D-F)
C)
Overall Assessment
20-18 points 17-14 13-0
Reflection
In a detailed paragraph or In a few sentences to a In a sentence or two, you
two, you reflect overall paragraph ,you reflect reflect overall on what
on what you learned from overall on what you you learned from the
the assessments, learned from the assessments OR you omit
including some key assessments. this component entirely.
details.
Overview of your Present
20-18 points 17-14 13-0
Leadership Style
In a detailed paragraph or In a paragraph or two, In a paragraph or less,
two, you reflect overall you reflect overall on you state your current
on what your current what your current leadership style or
leadership style or leadership style or conception, and you
conception is, including 2- conception is, including at might not include any
3 examples and some key least 1 example and some examples or details. OR
details. key details. you omit this component
entirely.
Desired Future
20-18 points 17-14 13-0
Leadership Style
In a detailed paragraph or In a paragraph or two, In a paragraph or less,
two, you share your you share your future you state your future
future desired leadership desired leadership style desired leadership style
style or conception, or conception, including a or conception, and you
including a good discussion of why you'd might not include any
discussion of why you'd like to make this change discussion of why you'd
like to make this change or arguing why you'd like like to pursue this or stay
or arguing why you'd like to stick to your current in your current state. OR
to stick to your current state, but you might be you omit this component
state. lacking in detail. entirely.