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LEADERSHIP IN ACTION (30 points)
OVERVIEW
The purpose of the Leadership in Action assignments is for you to do things to grow in the five leadership practices – to develop your leadership skills. You will not be graded on whether you had a positive outcome in taking the step, but rather in how sincerely you tried to develop the skill or practice.
· Your paper should be written in essay format to respond to the questions that are provided.
· Use headings for each of the sections to organize your paper.
· This assignment has a 1,000-word minimum. Note: Meeting the minimum word count does not guarantee a high score.
· The assignment will be graded as follows:
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Good (30 points) |
Satisfactory (22 points) |
Unsatisfactory (4 points) |
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· Responses to all items are detailed, well-developed, and supported with specific evidence. · A clear effort was made to practice the identified leadership behavior(s). · Uses critical thinking and shows depth in application of course content.
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· Most responses are detailed, well-developed, and supported with specific evidence. · Demonstrates surface-level understanding in application of course content. · An adequate effort was made to practice the identified leadership behavior(s).
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· Item responses are incomplete and/or brief. · Demonstrates little insight into application of course content. · Effort to practice two leadership behaviors appears superficial or lacking.
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Writing must be appropriate for upper-division course. Points will be deducted for grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation errors. |
LEADERSHIP IN ACTION: PRACTICE 5 (ENCOURAGE THE HEART)
PART A. REFLECT ON YOUR SLPI.
1) Record your overall score from the SLP for ENCOURAGE THE HEART.
2) Of the six leadership behaviors that are a part of ENCOURAGE THE HEART, which behavior statement is indicated that you engage in most frequently? After learning more about ENCOURAGE THE HEART, would you say this is accurate or not? Explain.
3) Which behavior statement is indicated that you engage in least frequently? After learning more about ENCOURAGE THE HEART, would you say this is accurate or not? Explain.
4) Complete this statement: When it comes to ENCOURAGE THE HEART, my areas of leadership strengths are:
5) What ENCOURAGE THE HEART behaviors do you see as opportunities for improving and strengthening your capacity to lead others?
PART B. RECOGNIZING CONTRIBUTIONS
The first commitment for the Encourage the Heart states that LEADERS SHOULD RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTIONS BY SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE.
Step 1: The words in the box above were chosen deliberately. THINK about the words in this practice and what they mean. You do not need to write anything for step 1. This step is in preparation for the following steps.
LEADERS MUST (up to leader to do this or is it ok for leader to enable others to do so?)
RECOGNIZE (what does it mean to recognize?)
CONTRIBUTIONS (recognizing the value that a person brings, how they “add to” what is already there, have to think about what this is to show that it means something to leader/organization)
BY SHOWING (how do you show? Individually? Privately? In public? Through actions, through words, etc.)
APPRECIATION (what is appreciated by one person is different from another)
FOR INDIVIDUAL (don’t lump everyone together, see each person for what he or she “adds to”)
EXCELLENCE (not for the expected actions – maybe for the consistency of the expected actions which is unique or excellence; is excellence too high of a standard?)
Step 2: Identify someone in your life for who you want to Encourage their Heart.
Tell me who you have identified and why you have selected this person.
Step 3: Do some deeper thinking to determine how best to Encourage his/her Heart.
To help you think deeper and plan, fill in your thinking by the words of the practice:
· How are you going to recognize this person?
· What is the contribution this person has made?
· How are you going to show your appreciation?
· What would this person appreciate? How do you know this?
· Think about the “showing” part – privately? Quietly? In front of others? Publicly? etc.
· What was the individual excellence or uniqueness this person contributed?
Step 4: Implement your Encourage the Heart plan. Do it.
Explain what you did. When you did it. If you carried it just like you described above. Then give the details of when, where, and say you did not alter the plan.
Step 5: What happened?
· Were you successful in encouraging the heart of this person? Explain why “yes” or why “no” or why “not sure”, etc.
· How did taking this action to encourage the heart impact you? How did you feel?
· If others were present when you encouraged the heart, what was the impact on other people? Explain.