Assignment:
Encourage the Heart
This reflective assignment is designed to affirm skill development in leadership, and has two parts.
Part One: Describe with some detail an experience where you "encouraged the heart" of a colleague or follower in a manner described by the reading. How did you encourage their heart, and what specific behavior(s) and/or actions contributed to your ability to do so? How do you know that your leadership resulted in the encouragement of the heart of someone else?
Part Two: Describe an experience when you were encouraged by the purposeful actions of another leader. How did they encourage your heart, and what specific behavior(s) and/or actions contributed to their ability to do so? Why were they effective in the encouragement of your heart? Finally, create a summary message to describe the significance of "Encourage the Heart" as it relates to your view of leadership. (No citations/references required).
Instructions: Your answer must be at least 250 words and submitted in the text box (not as a Word document). You may also present your work as a PowerPoint presentation, or a YouTube video. Be creative and have fun!
References:
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The Leadership Challenge (5 ed.). San Francisco: Wiley.