Power Point Presentation - Strategic Leadership

Due Date: 30th September;   Due Time: 10:00am EST 

Assignment 1: PowerPoint Assignment Scenario: 

Scenario: Your consulting firm has been hired to assist an organization’s leadership team to more effectively use power and influence in a positive and ethical manner. Through a ten to fifteen (10 – 15) slide PowerPoint presentation, describe the model of power and influence and propose influence tactics to increase the organization’s effectiveness while remaining honest and ethical. Assume this presentation is being made to the executive team of the organization. Develop a slide presentation that includes the following: • Title slide – Remember that this is being presented to the executive team. • Introduction – Be sure to introduce the reason you are discussing power and influence and why you will propose honest and ethical tactics to help them more effectively use power and influence. • Content – Provide a background to ensure a common understanding.  • Present a model of power and influence as shown in Figure 8-1. • Provide an overview of essentially ethical and honest influence tactics as outlined in the text and in Table 8-1. • Analysis – Assume the leaders of the organization took the self-assessment quiz 8-1 and you have determined the results.  • You may determine what the top 3 strengths are of the leadership team as well as the top 3 opportunities. • Share those results in your presentation as it will be a foundation for your recommendations. • Recommendations – Propose influence tactics to increase the organization’s effectiveness while remaining honest and ethical.  • Ensure the recommendations are connected to the results of your analysis. • Include ideas to train, practice, and measure the necessary behaviors to become skills at the targeted tactics • Conclusion – Close with a call to action that seeks sponsorship and support for this initiative. Provide Detailed Notes – The detail of what would be your verbal presentation must be represented in the notes section of each slide. • Demonstrate mastery of the topics. • Inform and persuade your audience of your choices. • While “Content” points may be earned through the individual slides, the use of research will be demonstrated through the notes. • “Analysis” points will mostly be earned through the notes of each slide. • Include citations, as needed. • References – any references used may be placed in the notes section of the concluding slide as it is not necessary for the audience to see this list. Professional presentation, clarity of slides: • It is important that the slides be streamlined, interesting, and professional. • The use of an appropriate template, SmartArt to graphically depict information, and use of graphics to enhance the message is important. Do not just submit a plain PowerPoint deck that is filled with words and bullet point lists. • The presentation must be interesting and visually appealing and memorable. • Slides should not be overly cluttered and should be easily viewed when presented in a large setting. Use an appropriate font and font size. • Slides must be grammatically correct and free of misspelled words. The overall point distribution for this Assignment will be as follows: Total points available: 50 Presentation 50 points - 100% of the total points available for this Assignment are associated with the final submission: • 25 points: Content, focus, use of research, and organization • 15 points: Analysis, critical thinking, and recommendations • 10 points: Professional presentation, clarity of slides    

References + Any other : 

• Kwak, W. J., & Jackson, C. L. (2015). Relationship building in empowering leadership processes: A test of mediation and moderation. Journal of Management and Organization, 21(4), 369-387. 

• Melody P.M. Chong, Fu, P. P., & Yu, F. S. (2013). Relational power and influence strategies: A step further in understanding power dynamics. Chinese Management Studies, 7(1), 53-73.  

Main Reference Text: 

DuBrin, A. J., (2016). Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills. Cengage Learning. Kindle Edition. 

Read the following chapters in your text: 

• Chapter 7: "Power, Politics and Leadership" 

• Chapter 8: "Influence Tactics of Leaders"