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Leadership Theory and Practice

This course emphasizes the learning and application of key leadership models, principles, and practices. Additionally, for those students who want to be more effective leaders, this course endeavors to awaken the virtues of humility and caring for others within each student and to provide very practical ways to be a humble and caring leader. Each student will develop a personal improvement plan to be a more effective, virtuous (humble and caring) leader.

Learning Outcomes

• Compare, contrast, and discuss key leadership models.

• Explain Caring Leadership and the impact it has on team members and organizations. Define the virtues "Humility" and "Caring for Others"relative to helping others flourish and helping your organization to be excellent.

• Discuss your motivation toward obtaining and growing skills in showing Humility and Caring for Others in order to become a more effective leader.

• Discuss the principle of Model the Way (Kouzes and Posner, 2017) and explain the key actions that leaders take to Model the Way

• Discuss the principle of Inspire a Shared Vision (Kouzes and Posner, 2017) and explain the key actions that leaders take to Inspire a Shared Vision

• Discuss the principle of Challenge the Process (Kouzes and Posner, 2017) and explain the key actions that leaders take to Challenge the Process Get assignment help services from verified experts!

• Discuss the principle of Enable Others to Act (Kouzes and Posner, 2017) and explain the key actions that leaders take to Enable Others to Act

• Discuss the principle of Encourage the Heart (Kouzes and Posner, 2017) and explain the key actions that leaders take to Encourage the Heart

• Identify and discuss a personal leadership "blind-spot" relative to each of the Five Practices that negatively impacts the members of your team. (For purposes of meeting this Learning Objective, a leadership blind-spot involves a repeated leadership error of omission and/or a repeated leadership error of commission; both errors can accidental or deliberate. Examples of errors of omission are when a leader is not prepared on a consistent basis, does not consider team members inputs before making decisions, and does not appreciate team members sacrifices for the team. Errors of commission are when a leader becomes visibly upset with a team member in public; gets caught up in the moment and thinks "it's ok to violate a policy, nobody will find out"; and inappropriately gives a team member a special privilege when other members truly deserve the special privilege.)

• Prepare and present a proposed self-improvement plan that will help you overcome these blind-spots and replace them with actions designed to motivate your team and demonstrate care towards others.