Overview
In the paper you submit for your final project, you will reflect on how the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership apply to real-life situations. Throughout the course, you will complete a Leadership Development Action Plan for using the five practices to improve your skills in three areas of leadership. You will identify those leadership areas in Module One. In Modules Two through Six, you will identify practical steps you can take to improve your skills.
In Modules Three and Five, you will complete milestone assignments. These are short papers that summarize your progress on your Leadership Development Action Plan. In Module Seven, you will complete a reflective paper for the final project using feedback you received on the milestones. In that paper, you will apply the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership and the leadership theories covered in the course. Note that the milestone assignments cover the first four of the five practices. You will write about the last practice as part of the final project.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Assess leadership skills and abilities that apply to interpersonal and intra-organizational situations and effectively influence workplace dynamics
Evaluate leadership decision-making strategies for their effectiveness on the achievement of organizational goals
Analyze various leadership theories and approaches for their ability to enhance organizational effectiveness to improve sustainability
Explain the influence of international and cultural differences on leadership strategies and organizational dynamics in fostering shared visions and purposes
Prompt
You have learned about each of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership and completed your Leadership Development Action plan to improve selected leadership areas. Through the milestone assignments, you have analyzed how you will apply the leadership practices to improve your selected areas.
Using your milestone submissions, your textbook, your course resources and discussion posts, and your Leadership Development Action Plan, address the following criteria:
Describe the concept behind each of the five practices with supporting evidence.
Apply each of the five practices to an organization of your choice.
Identify an organization you are currently a leader of or would like to be a leader of in the future.
Identify how many employees you are leading or would feel comfortable leading in the future.
Reflect upon the five practices and write about how you could use these concepts in the organization you selected with the number of employees you selected.
Select two leadership theories or approaches you learned about in Modules Two through Six and describe how you will apply those theories (with supporting evidence) to the three leadership areas of improvement you selected in Module One.
Milestones
Milestone One: Model the Way and Inspire a Shared Vision
In Module Three, you will submit a short paper that discusses these two Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way and Inspire a Shared Vision. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Challenge the Process and Enable Others to Act
In Module Five, you will submit a short paper that discusses these two Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Challenge the Process and Enable Others to Act. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Final Submission: Reflection on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
In Module Seven, you will submit an essay in which you reflect on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.
What to Submit
Submit the assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Your paper should be 7–9 pages in length
