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LEADERSHIP – SELF-ASSESSMENT PAPER: You will be required to write a paper on your own leadership style. This paper should be no more than 15 pages (no less than 10 pages) and should be double-spaced, using 12 pt Times New Roman font and 1 inch margins on all sides. This paper will be based on the self-assessment tests that you will be required to complete throughout the semester. The conclusion of this paper should be focused on ways to improve your leadership effectiveness. The paper should be in a narrative format, not just a list of your self-assessment scores and their meaning. However, I do want to see the scores of your self-assessment exercises in the paper as a part of the narration.

Guidelines for the Leadership Self-Assessment Paper

The leadership self-assessment paper is designed to be an honest interpretation of your own leadership style based on the self-assessment exercises you will complete throughout the semester. The two-fold purpose of the paper is 1) to identify your leadership style and other leadership-related skills and abilities, and 2) to develop a plan to improve the areas in which you consider yourself to be deficient. The paper will only work if you complete the assessments honestly. By no means, am I implying that you are dishonest people, yet we have a tendency to make ourselves look good when answering surveys that are related to our own personality/leadership style. Here is the proposed layout of the paper (the page numbers in parentheses are related to self assessment exercises from the Lussier/Achua textbook that you need to complete in order to develop your portfolio):

1. Introduction – A little about yourself (not your entire day-by-day history, rather a brief introduction that probably takes about a couple of minutes if you meet someone you don’t know and introduce yourself (verbally) to them).

2. Your definition of what make a good leader.

3. A personal vision as it relates to what type of leader you would like to be.

4. Leadership potential (page 3)

5. Personality

a. Personality profile (page 32)

b. Personal values (page 372)

c. Motive profile with socialized power (page 44)

d. Theory X and Theory Y attitudes (page 46)

e. Ethical Behavior (page 50)

f. Emotional Intelligence – Go to the following website to take an emotional intelligence quiz. ( http://www.queendom.com/tests/)

g. What motivates you? (page 83)

6. Leadership behavior

a. Leadership style (page 71)

b. Personality traits and leadership style (page 78)

c. Fiedler’s Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) (page 113)

d. Personality and contingency leadership theories (page 132)

e. Preferred normative leadership style (page 136)

f. Leadership continuum and path goal leadership (page 141)

g. Transformational leadership (page 329)

h. Charismatic leadership (page 341)

i. Personality and transformational/charismatic leadership (page 345)

7. Influencing

a. Influence tactics and power (Applying the concept 5-1 and 5-2, page 151-2, and self-assessment 5-1 on page 152)

b. Use of political behavior (page 153)

c. Networking (page 159)

d. Negotiating (page 165)

8. Communication skills

a. Listening skills (page 188)

b. Personality traits, communication, feedback, coaching, and conflict management style (page 209)

c. Preferred communication style (page 215)

9. Perceptions of leadership and other organizational issues

a. Leader-member exchange

i. Dyadic relationship (page 233)

ii. In group and out group (page 238)

iii. LMX relationship (page 239)

iv. Effective followership (page 243)

v. Followership and personality (page 251)

b. Team

i. Assessing teamwork (page 274)

ii. Assessing the Culture for creativity (page 282)

iii. Personality trait and teams (page 288)

c. Personality, culture, values, and diversity (page 382)

d. Strategic leadership (page 398)

e. Personality, leadership, and change (page 418)

10. Overall assessment of your leadership style

11. Conclusion