paper

1. Reflection #3 – Challenge the Process -

· LC - Ch 7-8, p.143-192

· LC - Ch07 – Search for Opportunities

· Leadership Transformation through Opportunities –

· How do leaders seize challenges, turbulence and adversity and make things better?

· How do leaders take the ordinary/mundane and find improvements and excellence?

· LC - Ch08 – Experiment and Take Risks -

· Leadership and risk taking

· How can we make a safe environment while allowing risk taking?

· EO – Ch 4,5,6,7, p.87-168

· EO – Ch04 – Check the Ego

· How can egos and/or personal agenda’s hurt a team’s performance? How do you overcome this?

· EO – Ch05 – Cover and Move

· What are the best steps to overcoming “silos”, lack of teamwork, team divisions/cliques, and distrust?

· EO – Ch06 – Simple

· What steps are necessary to keep communication effective and simple/understood?

· EO – Ch07 – Prioritize and Execute

· What steps might a competent of leader take to avoid being overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously?

Reading

Kouzes, J. M. and B. Z. Posner (2012). "The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations." Panarchy, the collapse of the Canadian health care system: 124.

Willink, J. and L. Babin (2017). Extreme ownership: How US Navy SEALs lead and win, St. Martin's Press.

Assignment –

1. Read the assigned material(s) as outlined on the course syllabus

2. From each reflection assignment:

· Provide your mentors contact information (Name, title, company, email)

· Select 4-6 prompts (minimum one prompt from each chapter, from each book) and write your response to each in an HTM context,

· Length/Format: 1,000-1,500 words minimum. The expected format is demonstrated below.

· Cite any outside materials or work that is not your own, including the authors of the reading.

· Upload and submit your reflection paper using the iLearn assignment link