(A) Individual Assignment 1: Leadership and Transformation
An important aspect of a graduate education is the ability to connect theory and practice - in other words, to apply ideas from scholarly research literature to your own experiences and use these concepts to improve your practice. The effective leader and manager will continually compare his or her experiences and approaches with recommendations from the management literature, and will critically evaluate what he or she reads based on prior knowledge and experience. This assignment will enable you to connect your transformational story to key leadership concepts. Additionally, it will help prepare you further for one element of your Final Project, a written critique of a leadership model or concept in relation to your own perspectives on leadership.
To complete your Individual Assignment:
Revise your transformational story based on your colleagues' feedback. Add a brief (approximately 500 words) explanation of how a key leadership concept discussed in this unit, or a previous unit, relates to your transformational story. Be sure to cite your references to the literature, include a reference list, and format your assignment in Harvard style. In your explanation, be sure to address the following:
- How does your transformational experience illustrate - or refute - a leadership concept from this unit, or a previous unit?
(B) Individual Assignment 2: Reflective Journal
You already have engaged in significant reflection in this unit by creating and sharing your transformational story and responding to those of others. In this Unit, you will add a third Reflective Journal entry, and submit the journal entries you have created thus far for feedback from your faculty member.
To complete your Individual Assignment:
For this Reflective Journal entry, reflect on the process of writing and sharing your transformational story, and think ahead to future experiences that may serve as opportunities for further growth. With that in mind, write 2 to 3 paragraphs that address the following questions:
- How can a transformational experience influence you as a leader and manager?
- What skills can you acquire from a transformational experience or critical incident?