Developing Others as Leaders

5.3 Assignment: Scholarly Paper

Getting Started

This assignment involves integrating what you have learned about leadership development and how it impacts the organization through succession. Every leader will eventually be replaced by another. This assignment will challenge you to consider how delegation and empowerment impact leadership development and, ultimately, succession. As you reflect on your own cultural perspectives, you will explore how leadership development might foster openness to the perspectives of other cultures. You will also consider how integrating values and spiritual perspectives impact leadership development. For example, if you hold a value of authenticity, how does that impact how you develop others? What if you hold a value of spiritual stewardship? Or a virtue of integrity? How might your personal values and virtues impact your development of others?

This assignment will provide you with the opportunity to build upon the skills you have acquired in previous courses by enhancing your familiarity with  Online Campus Library Services(new tab)  (OCLS). Continuing to learn how to navigate OCLS will be a foundational skill for your continued studies. Through that excellent resource, as well as your assigned course materials, you have access to a wealth of information and research that will assist you in writing a scholarly paper on the topic of leadership development.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

· Demonstrate understanding of leadership development and its impact on leadership succession

· Discuss delegation to and empowerment of others

· Integrate spiritual perspective with scholarly content

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

2. Review your course materials for the first four Workshop Weeks.

3. Locate articles using  OCLS(new tab)  that will help inform your work on this assignment.

4. Compose a 3 to 4-page paper (not including the title page and reference page) addressing the following prompts:

a. Maxwell (2005) describes some of the differences between nurturing, equipping, and developing others. What role do delegation and empowerment play in leadership development?

b. What responsibility does a leader have to their followers and to their organization to develop their followers?

c. How might leadership development foster openness to the perspectives of other cultures and benefit the organization?

d. How should a view of developing and equipping leaders integrate spiritual perspectives such as values and virtues?

5. Your paper must include a minimum of six (6) references and no more than two (2) may come from your course materials.

6. Your paper must be in  APA Style(new tab)  format and include a title page and reference page. Also, include an introduction and conclusion in your paper. Papers must be logical, well organized, grammatically correct, and have correct spelling and sentence structure. Write in complete paragraphs of at least three sentences in length.

. Feel free to utilize  Academic Writer(new tab)  (APA formatting resource) and Grammarly (grammar and plagiarism check) on the  IWU Resources(new tab)  page.

· Proofread your papers prior to submitting them to ensure the highest quality of presentation.