Leadership Interview and Reflection Paper
Leadership Project (Part 2): Leadership Interview and Reflection Paper
Assessment
This assignment is a 2000 – 2250 word written paper. This word count applies specifically to the substance of your paper. Title pages, headings, citations, and bibliographies DO NOT count toward this total.
Purpose
This assignment provides students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of leadership by evaluating the skills, values, methods, and performance of someone in a leadership position. Through a personal interview, the student will determine the leader’s strengths and weaknesses, accomplishments and failures, but, most importantly, how that individual’s approach to leadership conforms or diverges from the model presented by Kouzes and Posner in The Leadership Challenge. In a written report, the student will comment on the leader’s compliance with the Kouzes and Posner model, and provide recommendations on how that individual could improve his or her leadership in light of this model. For more information on the Leadership Challenge model, you can visit the website. Finally, students will have an opportunity to reflect on the experience and describe what they learned and how it will help them in their leadership journey.
- Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature(Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006), Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. (ISBN 1591399688)
- Culture Making: Recovering our Creative Calling (Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 2008), Andrew Crouch (ISBN 9780830833948)
- How Christianity Changed the World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004), Alvin J. Schmidt (ISBN 9780310264491)
- Christian Reflections on the Leadership Challenge (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006), James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner (editors) (9780787983376)
- The Holy Bible (any translation, but not a paraphrase (e.g., New Living Translation)
- Name of the leader – Jonathan Harrell
- Company, organization, or group associated with the leader – Regent University
- The leader’s position/title in the company, organization, or group – Assistant Vice President, IT
- The size of the group for which the leader is responsible – 36 People
- The number of years in leadership capacity – 21 Years
- A brief description of the role and responsibilities of this leader, and how this leader relates to your discipline (major, minor, etc.) – He manages the Information Technology and Media Services departments for the university. He is a manager and supervises numerous employees, manages budgets, and coordinate projects for the department.
- Your chosen writing style (APA, MLA, Turabian) – APA
I have added the questions I asked and what the leader (Jonathan) has responded.
Answer preview
Leadership is the term that is commonly applied in the modern world. In simple terms, leadership involves influencing other people to achieve a common goal. With the changing workplace environment due to diversity, technological advancement, and changes in the legal or ethical framework, effective leadership has become inevitable (Maxwell, 2009). Badaracco, Jr (2006) highlights that leadership is extremely important for the organization’s success and can exhibit a tremendous influence in the organizational culture. It catalyzes organizational success and restructures the ineffective corporate…
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