1. Write your “leadership autobiography” in which you reflect on your past and present leadership experiences. Do not submit your life story, this only pertains to your leadership experiences.
2. Refer to Chapter 1, Introduction, page 11, Table 1.2 Six Bases of Power (French & Raven, 1962). Use each of the powers in your narrative by applying them to your leadership experiences.
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4. Answer the following questions in your narrative:
   1. What people have had a significant impact on you?
   2. What leadership traits do they possess?
   3. Did these traits impact your leadership style and how?

YOU SHOULD SUBMIT

1. A word document (no more than 2 pages) containing your “leadership autobiography” following items 1 to 3, above. You should format your paper according to APA 7th edition style. Use an appropriate title page, headings, in-text citations, paragraphs, references page, etc. Not sure how? Review the information on APA style format in the Writing Resources area of the course (in the course menu on the left)

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I have had many leadership experiences that have molded me into the transformational leader I am today. The experiences began in childhood with simple tasks like overseeing the school play attire, organizing my classmates during school trips, and becoming the communication link between the teacher and the class when urgent information needed to be passed. From these small tasks, I learned my first lesson on legitimate power in leadership. My class teacher was one of the people who impacted my life at this time because she was the one who would accord me the title or responsibility. According to Martins (2018), legitimate power is the authority that comes from a formal position held in a structure or organization. I learned that if I held the office or title, I could exercise some form of authority that my classmates did not have. Similarly, when the play was over, or we moved into a new school year, or I was transferred to a different school, I lost the power. To me, legitimate power was fluid and highly reliant on keeping the status quo.

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