Assignment
As the course begins, each student should read the "Cheese" book to start thinking about his/her leadership skills. Each student may also want to start thinking about his/her approach - working as an individual -- to complete the Service-Learning Project at Animal Friends and the Leadership Tools Marathon.
Could your leadership approaches working with the people and the animals at Animal Friends be similar to the way the characters function in the book Who Moved My Cheese? Will you be like Sniff, Scurry, Hem and/or Haw? For some students, the notion and the possibility of volunteering at Animal Friends to complete the Service-Learning Project and the Leadership Tools Marathon may sound exciting and actually build individual enthusiasm for the project.
A template for this section includes six components for reflection and discussion within your response.
If you decide to work with Animal Friends, pull your thoughts together and write a short essay explaining why you would prefer to do this project. Include some of your past leadership experiences in completing large projects on your own at work, school, and/or home that relate specifically to this decision to do the project at Animal Friends, and the professional and/or personal improvements that you may need to make to become a better leader of people and/or animals down the road.
Some questions are provided to get your thinking started.
• What advantages and/or disadvantages do you see in doing this project?
• What skills and/or attributes give you the ability to do this undertaking on your own? Do you have these skills and/or attributes? Which ones? Describe at least three in top-down order.
• Choosing to do this project on your own is not an indicator that you do not have leadership skills. People can be individual leaders. So, do people currently think of you as "leadership material?" Why or why not?
• Have you had good work, school, and /or home experiences in the past as a team leader instead of working on a project individually? Explain.
• In terms of change, which character in the book do you currently identify with and why? Explain whether or not this character is a leader. If not, what is this character lacking? What are your leadership weaknesses? Please explain.
• Which character would you like to be in the future? List and describe three possible areas for improvement in your leadership ability/skills. In terms of your future as a leader, outline the steps that you will need to change today in order to become a leader of tomorrow.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.