Overview
an essay, your task is to design an imaginative leader who shows some/many of the traits, characteristics, and behaviors. You will present the character as a person: give them characteristics of valuing diversity that we discussed in class. This leader creates positive change for individuals, teams, and organizations. Please consider this assignment a creative way to write a story.
- look at how being a "change agent" for inclusion is valuable. Use the "change agent" concept in your final paper.
- Essay Introduction: Develop an opening paragraph that presents your effective, inclusive leader who serves as a change agent. This might be your avatar, but you do not need to place yourself as the character/leader. Provide their dimensions of diversity/elements of identity (and a fictitious name) and present an inclusion work-related challenge the leader faces. This can be original, or you can reflect on the many challenges we explored in our course. Citations of the text we read will help you prepare an interesting setting and situation for the leader. Overall, this introduction paragraph establishes your character as a leader at work.
- Essay Body: develop three paragraphs in the middle of the paper that present the following:
- Leadership Challenges: Describe the diversity, equity, and inclusion issues/challenges the leader faces. What's happening that calls for inclusive leadership? Why should the leader be a "change agent?"
- Leadership Acumen: Describe the stage of the continuum where the leader is. What might the leader do to move forward in the continuum, if appropriate? What are 3 to 4 traits the leader shows (or should show) in addressing the situation? Include at least two of the most important disciplines for this inclusive leader to address the challenges effectively.
- Leadership Action: Actions the leader takes to address the diversity and inclusion challenge. Describe the results that this leader achieves.
- Essay Conclusion: Close the paper with a compelling paragraph summarizing your ideas about this imaginative leader. Reflecting on course content, share how you plan to demonstrate inclusive leadership behaviors in your own life. Make a powerful commitment as you close the paper.