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Assignment Instructions

We are to research and assess real-life leaders. You can consult a site such as www.leadershipgeeks.com as they provide nice short write-upon a wide range of leaders within the areas of business, military, politics, and sports.

To complete this assignment, select a leader from the site (or conduct your own research to find a real-life leader you wish to research), review the leader's profile (feel free to conduct additional research as well), and then answer the following questions:

Section 1:

• Identify your selected leader (we recommend checking out the leaders on www.leadershipgeeks.com) and provide a link to the leader's profile (this is so that I can also find and read up on your chosen leader);
• Provid e a brief description of what you feel are your leader's most notable achievements

Section 2: State your assessment of what leadership style (autocratic, democratic or laissez-faire) this individual best personifies. You will likely also have to identify a period of their career or a specific incident, as effective leaders tend to change their leadership style based on the specific situations that they face. Also provide supporting evidence as to why you feel that your stated leadership style best personifies your chosen leader.

Section 3: Identify who the leader's followers are or were, and what their needs were. Note: as with section 2, this will likely mean that you would have to select a particular point in history or a specific event, as a leader's followers change over time, as do the followers' needs.

Understanding the leader's followers is key to understanding the leader.

Section 4:

• Referring to the 'Combining the Big Five with Traits and Needs' assessment table), describe your chosen leader's primary personality characteristics, leadership traits, and achievement motivation.
• Rank the leader using the Blake, Mouton, and McCance Leadership Grid.

Section 5: Explain why you feel that the leader's combination of personality characteristics, leadership traits, and motivation allowed your leader to be successful. Make sure to include actual situational and environmental characteristics that were in place that made this leader's particular leadership style effective.