Unit 7 and Unit 9

Your final assignment will bring together all aspects of leadership and communication that you have examined and discussed in the course. In this assignment, you will be able to analyze your own leadership qualities to create a portrait of the effective public service leader you aspire to be. Please note that this assignment is part of an iterative writing process where you will be required to complete and submit a draft to both Turnitin and your instructor for feedback. You will submit your final Personal Leadership Portrait in Unit 9, allowing you ample time to revise and edit, as needed. You will need to complete a minimum of 70 percent of the requirements for this assignment.

Since this assignment requires you to develop a self-portrait, you may write this paper in first-person voice. Note: It is very important for your academic development that you recognize that writing in the first person is not usually acceptable in academic papers. However, given the nature of this assignment, it has been deemed appropriate to make an exception here. Please remember that the third-person voice is the universal norm in academic writing. You should always exercise careful consideration before departing from this norm.

· Complete the Unit 7 discussion, Your Personal Leadership Profile (u07d1), prior to finalizing this assignment, as it will allow you to update your Leadership Profile based on what you have learned about yourself over the past several weeks.

· Refer to your Leadership Profile and the results of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and True Colors Online Assessment you completed in Units 1 and 2 to assist you with completing this assignment.

· Analyze one or more leadership styles and corresponding leadership theories that you believe best align with your own thoughts of what leadership means.

· Analyze one or more communication styles that you believe best align with personal communication effectiveness.

· Based on your selections, analyze your leadership and communication strengths as well as growth opportunities in each of these areas.

· Describe the leadership and communication characteristics you already possess.

· Describe at least one additional leadership and communication characteristic you would like to develop.

· Explain how your personal leadership portrait will allow you to guide, educate, inform, and influence those you lead currently (or will lead in the future), while achieving the following outcomes:

· Communication and interpersonal effectiveness.

· Ethical leadership.

· Effective diversity management.

· Effective change management.

· Overall team effectiveness.

Requirements

The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:

· Focus on your writing, including organization, logic, flow, grammar, professional language, and appropriate use of APA style, formatting, and citations.

· Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

· APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (current edition) style and formatting standards.

· Cited resources: Include a minimum of five scholarly sources outside of the course text. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.

· Length of paper: 4–6 pages, double spaced.