During this course, you will have the opportunity to select a leader to analyze in terms of each addressed topic. In order to do so, you will need to identify a leader for which there is substantial research information about his or her leadership style, traits, and behaviors to conduct a review and analysis of his or her leadership competencies. This leader will be the subject of your four leadership papers during this class,
On Units 3, 6, 9, and 13 you will be asked to respond to various questions about your particular leader and draw correlations between your leader and what you have learned. For this week’s paper (Leader Analysis Paper #1) you will focus on how your leader did (or did not) display aspects of Fundamentals of Leadership (Unit 1), Emotional Intelligence (Unit 2), and Effective Thinking (Unit 3). You will need to cite your conclusions with references from the week’s reading material.
For Leader Analysis Paper #1, please submit a 4-5 page (minimum) double-spaced paper that details the following:
1. Who is your leader and what leadership role/s has this person had?
2. What is your interest in this leader? Why do you want to choose this person?
3. What preliminary comprehensive sources have you found to support your weekly research? In other words, do you have sufficient materials and references to continue to assess and analyze this person and his/her leadership style, traits and behaviors throughout this course?
4. Application, citations and references to Units 1, 2, and 3 reading materials. Specifically, how did your leader display (or not display) aspects of Fundamentals of Leadership (Unit 1), Emotional Intelligence (Unit 2), and Effective Thinking (Unit 3).
Do not include the questions! Use the leadership #1 template (below the assignment) to guide your content development and ensure consistent APA format.
