The Assignment (3–5 pages):

The Assignment (3–5 pages):

Complete a leadership development plan that includes the following:

Section I

• Your current strengths and weaknesses as a leader
• Opportunities and threats to developing and further enhancing your leadership capacity as a change agent (e.g., social change)

Justify your responses with specific examples.

Section II

Using the “Public Health Leadership Competency Framework,” developed by the National Public Health Leadership Network as a guide (refer to the article posted in the weekly Resources), describe a leadership plan to develop the following over the next 3–5 years. Include the following:

• Your core transformational competencies (visionary leadership, sense of mission, effective change agent)
• Political competencies (political processes, negotiation, ethics and power, marketing and education)
• Organizational competencies
• Team-building competencies
• Personality factors
• Crisis abilities

Justify your rationale for your selections.