Week 3 Discussion Posts

Due by 01/08/2016 1:00 am EST.  Each post must be 250 words with references cited.

1. Leadership Skills
   
    
   
   Complete the 6.2 Leadership Skills Questionnaire. Based on what you know about yourself and the scores you received on the Leadership Skills Questionnaire in the three areas  (administrative, interpersonal, and conceptual), how would you describe your leadership skills? Which specific skills are your strongest, and which are your weakest? What impact do you think your leadership skills could have on your role as a leader? Explain.

   Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts.  Give additional advice to at least two of your peers on the importance of knowing their stregnths and weaknesses in relation to leadership skills.   

2. Vision 
   
    
   
   Stephen Covey (1991) contended that effective leaders "begin with the end in mind." These leaders have a deep understanding of their own goals and mission in life. How would you describe your own values and purpose in life? In what way is your leadership influenced by these values?.

Guided Response: Analyze several of your peers’ posts.  Respond to at least two of your peers and explain how knowing your values and purpose in life influence your leadership style.