Assignment:
You will use the frameworks of examining leadership and followership styles provided by Goleman (2000) and Bjugstad et al. (2006) to analyze two leaders with whom you are familiar.
Part I :
Select two leaders with whom you have interacted as a follower in your personal or professional life. The leaders you select could be current or former managers or executives in your professional life. However, you may also select current or former coaches, teachers, mentors, etc. from your personal life. Once you have selected the leaders, download and view the Writing Center APA Course Paper Template that you will use for the assignment via the link provided in the Learning Resources. The template will provide you the format for the Individual Refection.
Then complete the following:
Create an APA-style title page with a tentative title for your Individual Refection. Use the APA Course Paper Template as a guide to format the title page correctly.
Create a resource page. This page will contain the APA-style references of the two resources-Goleman (2000) and Bjugstad et al. (2006)-as well as at least one relevant resource that you or your colleague posted in the water cooler discussion. List the resources in alphabetical order.
Part II:
Reflect on reasons for why you chose each leader.
Consider how the behaviors and actions of leaders you selected were consistent with contingency theory and the styles referred to in the Learning Resources. In other words, consider how the leadership styles of each leader aligned, or did not align, to the challenges they faced.
Reflect on whether the leaders were, or were not, effective.
Consider the reasons you, or others, chose to follow, or not to follow, these leaders and the risks you and others take on when making this choice.
You will need to support conclusions with references to the articles by Goleman (2000) and Bjugstad et al. (2006), as well as at least one resource you or a colleague posted in the water cooler discussion. An exemplary paper will also integrate resources from previous weeks. Remember to review the appropriate rubric for this assignment so that you know how the Instructor will be grading your paper. 1 1/2 page in APA format.