Needing help with this class! Rubrics are in the files attached. I would greatly appreciate mastery level! Thank you so much!
I’ve also attached my results from the online DISC assessment.
Part 1 – DISC Assessment
Competency
This competency will allow you to demonstrate your ability to discover leadership skills as an individual, group, or at the organizational level and identify these skills through self-practice.
Instructions
For today’s workforce, collaborating with colleagues is essential for success. Your organization wants you to take a DISC assessment to learn more about your personality style. DISC is a personality assessment tool that focuses on behavioral characteristics that are grouped together into four personality styles. People with similar personality scores tend to exhibit specific behavioral characteristics common to that profile. Each of these personality styles has unique preferences for communication, behavior, and leadership. Being aware of your preferences allows you to better understand how you might react in certain situations. Being aware of others’ preferences allows you to better communicate with those personality styles.
Competency
This competency will allow you to analyze leadership styles and behaviors and apply them to a personal and/or professional life experiences.
Instructions
Leadership is either formal or informal, and it is important to discover which one is a better fit for you as you grow in your career. Your company leaders are asking you to identify a specific leadership role that you would someday like to fill (e.g., Supervisor, Manager, Vice President, Individual Contributor, etc.). Once you have determined the type of leader you would like to become, create an action plan for your career to achieve such a position.
Competency
This competency will allow you to explain and compare various leadership theories.
Instructions
The company you work for has asked you to prepare a document that categorizes leadership theories. Assume this document will serve as a reference to quickly identify and explain the differences between leadership theories. This document will have two parts:
Competency
This competency will allow you to examine the challenges of leading change and identify a real-life situation in which change was successfully implemented.
Instructions
Your boss needs you to develop an employee engagement survey that consists of 10 questions that will be administered through email to all employees. She hands you the following requirements that must be addressed within the survey:
Your job is to submit to your boss a questionnaire that contains 10 specific questions that integrate the defined requirements above along with any other necessary information you believe would add value to understanding the employees’ thoughts and feelings about the organization.
Additionally, you need to write a two to three-page summary of why you chose these 10 questions. Include an introduction demonstrating an understanding of organizational commitment, leader-member exchange, and perception of support. Within the body of the summary, provide comparative research with other possible engagement surveys. Lastly, within the conclusion, explain why your survey will add operational value to the organization.
Competency
This competency will allow you to recognize and summarize an example of an effective team and synthesize the elements of a successful leader.
Instructions
Your boss has asked you to represent the organization by participating in an industry research panel on leadership. There is an expectation that all participants submit required work before the initial meeting.
Your job is to create an annotated bibliography that includes the titles, authors, publishers, copyright dates, and short summaries of ten total research articles. Each summary should be a minimum of one hundred words. Five of the articles should focus on team efficiencies and five on successful leadership. Articles should be no more than 6 years old. Along with the bibliography, you should submit an introductory paragraph describing the process you used for selecting the articles and the criteria you used in your search process.
Use proper APA formatting for the annotated bibliography. The following link is a great resource for writing annotated bibliographies: Annotated Bibliographies, Abstracts, & Appendices
Competency
This competency will allow you to create a plan to develop as a leader and apply this to your personal and/or professional life.
Instructions
Your boss has asked you to speak at the quarterly board meeting about your research into leadership.
Your task is to develop a PowerPoint presentation that showcases leadership skills and offers professional practice examples. The expectation is eight slides of content (does not include title and reference slides), each containing DETAILED notes with background on theories of leadership and discussion points. The slides should focus on the importance of leadership training and development, as well as include details about your own plan to develop as a leader.
NOTE: Since you are not required to record this presentation, however, I expect your notes to be very detailed, as if you were presenting this presentation to the board. YOU WILL FAIL THIS ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT DETAILED NOTES.
Competency
This competency will allow you to demonstrate what you have learned about effective leadership by creating a plan to successfully run a small business.
Instructions
You have become comfortable with contemporary leadership competencies and feel it is time to open your own small business. As a future business owner, you know that all organizations must be well managed and that effective leadership is at the core of ensuring that a business runs smoothly. Reflect on the following questions and write a 6-7 page report to help you solidify your thinking and describe your plan for running a small business.