Overview
Overview
This assignment is based on the premise that leaders need to develop other leaders in their overall strategies to support optimal organizational performance. This requires resources and support from other decision makers in an organization. Consequently, leaders need to identify this need and articulate it in the context of leadership as a process to enlist others for support.
Instructions
Write a 4-5-page paper (plus title and reference pages) assessing the need for developing leaders based upon your understanding of leadership as a process. Include a biblical perspective on desired leadership characteristics to support leadership development. Your paper should demonstrate a strong understanding of this week’s reading material and be relevant to the learning content covered in this module.
Week Reading Materials for references
- Read: Hughes, R., Ginnett, R., & Curphy, G. (2025). Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (2025 Release. ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9781266599811: Chapter 1 - What Do We Mean by Leadership?
- Read: Matthew 20:25 – 28
- Read: John 15:16
Course Textbooks
Hughes, R., Ginnett, R., & Curphy, G. (2025). Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (2025 Release. ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9781266599811
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2023). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (7th. ed.), Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 9781119736127.
Include the following line-item content requirements:
- Describe leadership as a process to support leadership development (Leadership Process)
- Argue the need for leadership development as part of an overarching strategic plan to support optimal organizational performance (Need)
- Potential consequences of not developing leaders (Support)
- Biblical principles and support with examples from biblical leaders in modeling the way (Biblical principles)
- Use Process, Need, Support, and Biblical principles as headings
Include clarity of content, structure, and formatting:
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Rubric
Advanced
Met or exceeded all prompt
requirements listed within
the instructions. Wrote in
an objective writing style
that demonstrates an
advanced understanding of
this week's reading
material. Paper's content is
relevant to the learning
content covered in the
present module. Biblical
integration is included as
described in the prompt.
The paper is 4-5 pages in
length (not including title
and reference pages).
Includes, at a minimum 5
scholarly, peer-reviewed
references.
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