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JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Assignment 1

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ASSIGNMENT 1: YOUR LEADERSHIP PROFILE Due Week 3, Sunday (10% of final grade)

Leadership is a critical skill in business. Leading effectively requires an understanding of your own unique

leadership style and personality traits. For this assignment, you will reflect on your leadership experiences,

assess your strengths, evaluate your emotional intelligence and DiSC profile, and develop a plan for

mastering your leadership style.

Instructions:

Write a 4-6 page paper in which you address the following:

1. Reflect on your leadership experiences:

a. Describe the leadership aspects of your most recent professional role.

b. Identify and describe 2 key experiences that have impacted you as a leader.

2. Assess your leadership strengths:

a. Describe 2 key strengths from Jack Welch's Foundational Principles (see Winning, chapters 1-4)

and 8 Essential Rules of Leadership as they pertain to your leadership development.

3. How do these experiences and strengths relate to aspects of your Emotional Intelligence and

your DiSC profile?

4. Develop a plan for mastering your leadership style:

a. Identify 2-3 leadership skills you would like to master in the future.

b. Describe steps you can take to master those skills. How will you measure your success?

Professional Formatting Requirements:

• Typed, double spaced, professional font (size 10-12), includes headings and subheadings (to

identify main topics and subtopics), with one-inch margins on all sides. See the Sample

Professional Paper under Course Documents for an example.

• References must be included and provide accurate information that enables the reader to

locate the original source. Application and analysis of course materials and resources is

expected, and additional research is welcome.

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the

course title, and the date.

• Before submitting your paper, use Grammarly to check for punctuation and usage errors,

and make the required corrections.

JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Assignment 1

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Assignment 1 Rubric

Weight: 10% Assignment 1: Your Leadership Profile

Criteria Unsatisfactory Low Pass Pass High Pass Honors

1. Reflect on

your leadership

experiences.

Weight: 15%

Does not or

unsatisfactorily

describes most

recent professional

role and the

leadership and

managerial aspects

of that role.

Additionally, the

student does not

identify and

describe any

leadership

experiences.

Little to no synthesis

of ideas is

demonstrated and

logical reasoning is

not included or

evident.

Partially

describes most

recent

professional role

and the

leadership and

managerial

aspects of that

role.

Additionally, the

student

somewhat

identifies and

describes 1-2 key

leadership

experiences, but

reflections lack

clarity and/or

conciseness.

Satisfactorily

describes most

recent professional

role and the

leadership and

managerial aspects

of that role.

Additionally, the

student partially

identifies and

describes 2 key

leadership

experiences.

Reflections may

lack some clarity

and conciseness

and/or may not be

highly persuasive

or thoroughly

supported.

Fully describes

most recent

professional role

and the leadership

and managerial

aspects of that role.

Additionally, the

student completely

identifies and

describes 2 key

leadership

experiences.

Reflections are

mostly clear,

concise, and well

supported.

Exemplarily

describes most

recent

professional role

and the leadership

and managerial

aspects of that

role in an analytic

way.

Additionally, the

student superbly

identifies and

describes 2 key

leadership

experiences.

Reflections are

clear, concise,

persuasive, and

supported by

sources and

logical reasoning.

2. Assess your

leadership

strengths.

Weight: 20%

Does not or

unsatisfactorily

describes 2 key

strengths in relation

to leadership

development and

Jack's 8 Rules.

Little to no synthesis

of ideas is

demonstrated and

logical reasoning is

not included or

evident.

Provides basic

description of 2

key strengths in

relation to

leadership

development and

Jack's 8 Rules.

The assessment

lacks clarity

and/or

conciseness.

Satisfactorily

describes 2 key

strengths in

relation to your

leadership

development and

Jack's 8 Rules.

The assessment

may lack some

clarity or

conciseness

and/or may or may

not be thoroughly

supported.

Completely

describes 2 key

strengths in

relation to your

leadership

development and

Jack's 8 Rules.

The assessment

is clear, concise,

and well

supported.

Exemplarily

describes 2 key

strengths in

relation to your

leadership

development and

Jack's 8 Rules.

Unique insights

and stance are

clear, concise,

and supported by

course materials

and/or outside

research and

logical reasoning.

JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Assignment 1

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3. Evaluate

experiences and

strengths in

relation to

aspects of your

emotional

intelligence and

your DiSC profile.

Weight: 25%

Does not consider

experiences and

strengths in

relation to aspects

of your emotional

intelligence and

DiSC profile, and is

not supported or

explained.

Partially

considers

experiences and

strengths in

relation to

aspects of your

emotional

intelligence and

DiSC profile, and

is unclear or less

than adequately

supported or

explained.

Adequately

considers

experiences and

strengths in

relation to aspects

of your emotional

intelligence and

DiSC profile, but is

unclear at times.

Fully considers

experiences and

strengths in

relation to aspects

of your emotional

intelligence and

DiSC profile, and is

thoroughly

explained.

Excellently

considers

experiences and

strengths in

relation to aspects

of your emotional

intelligence and

DiSC profile.

Shows depth of

understanding

and offers

unique

insights.

4. Develop a plan

for mastering

your leadership

skills.

Weight: 30%

Does not or

unsatisfactorily

describes the

steps necessary to

master 2-3 future

leadership skills.

Measures of

success are not

provided or

evident.

Partially describes

the steps

necessary to

master 2-3 future

leadership skills.

Measures of

success are

minimal or

lack clarity.

Satisfactorily

describes the

steps necessary to

master 2-3 future

leadership skills.

Measures of

success are

provided but some

are lacking in

clarity.

Completely

describes the

steps necessary to

master 2-3 future

leadership skills.

Measures of

success are

mostly clear and

concise.

Exemplarily

describes the

steps necessary to

master 2-3 future

leadership skills.

Measures of

success are clearly

identified.

5. The paper

follows the

professionally

formatted

requirements

and includes in-

text citations,

references, and

is free from

grammar and

spelling errors.

Weight: 10%

The paper is

unsatisfactorily

formatted. It may

not include includes

a cover page and

headings, or lacks

professional

choices in

formatting, font,

and spacing.

Sources are not

consistently cited in

text, and accurate

references are not

included There are

mechanics or

usage errors.

The paper is

partially

satisfactorily

formatted. It may

not include a

cover page and

headings, or it

may lack

professional

choices in

formatting, font,

and spacing.

Sources are not

consistently cited

in text, and

accurate

references may

not be included.

There are some

mechanics or

usage errors.

The paper is

satisfactorily

formatted. It

includes a cover

page and

headings, but it

may lack

professional

choices in

formatting, font,

and spacing.

Sources may not

be consistently

cited in text, and

accurate

references may

not be included.

There may be

some mechanics

or usage errors.

The paper is

professionally

formatted.

It includes a

cover page,

headings,

professional

formatting, font,

and spacing.

All sources are

consistently cited in

text, and accurate

references are

included. There are

no mechanics or

usage errors.

The paper is

exceptionally

formatted. It is

highly professional

in look and easy

to quickly locate

information.

It includes a

cover page,

headings,

professional

formatting, font,

and spacing.

All sources are

consistently cited

in text, and

accurate

references are

included. There

are no mechanics

or usage errors.