For this assessment, you will focus on how leaders encourage taking risks and pursuing opportunities. A lot can be told about a leader by the risks they take and the opportunities they seize.
You will also explore how leaders promote collaboration and empower their people. How do you get people to work together for a shared vision? Is it a trick? A carrot and stick? Getting people to drink the Kool-Aid? There are many ways, but without giving others the power to act, a leader would end up doing everything themselves.
You will be introduced to Kouzes and Posner's (2023) final practices of effective leadership, which they call encouraging the heart. Effective leaders realize that employees should be recognized for a job well done. While some people prefer public praise and others prefer personal recognition, most employees want to be recognized in some way
References
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2023). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (7th ed.). Wiley.
Step 1: Choose a topic from the following list:
- Organization Restructure
- Academic Paper:
- Length: 2–4-pages double-spaced page, excluding your title page and references page, Arial 12 pt. font.
- Template: Leading Through Change Academic Paper Template [DOCX].
- Resources: Visit the following resources for guidance on academic writing and APA style:
- Tip: Be sure to provide citations for resources within your assessment.
Step 2: Choose a format from the following list:
Step 3. Support your points.
- Use your textbook to support your points. Cite your textbook at least once in the assessment.