MGMT Leadership

Self-Reflective Paper on Leadership and Followership Capabilities: Guidelines Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this assignment, students are expected to: 1. Gain a deeper self-awareness through the exploration of their identity, values, and experiences of leadership and followership skills. 2. Design a specific, realistic and achievable development plan that will allow them to lead and follow in team environments. Paper Structure: Try to have the following sections in your paper. Make sure to effectively use the concepts discussed in class and/or those available to you in Canvas. While this paper is self-reflective, supporting your personal reflection with concepts from the class material is necessary. In other words, show that you learned concepts taught in the course by reflecting on them in your self-analysis. (Follow the APA style of writing and include in-text citations & references) 1. YOUR PERCEPTION OF LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP How have your family upbringing and background influenced your perception of leadership? (Recall and comment upon our “value development” models; Morris Massey’s “What you are is where you were when”; also “cognitive dissonance prompted attitude/behavior modification”. Also, consider other concepts taught in this class like “Social Identity Theory”. You may wish to comment upon: • Who and what experiences have influenced your values and philosophies? • When was the first time you realized your leadership potential? • How have mentors, exemplary leaders and critical incidents in your life transformed you and your views of leadership? • Who do you most look up to now? What qualities/behaviors do you admire in that person? 2. SELF-ASSESSMENT Consider situations from class, professional and personal settings when you practiced leadership roles in a team environment. • What leadership behaviors do you readily demonstrate? How do they impact your team? (Draw the leadership behaviors from the theories or concepts we’ve discussed in class- e.g., “Professional Performance Management (PPM); Situational or Contingency Leadership; Team Leadership Models; Emotional Intelligence and its components) • What leadership or followership behaviors do you need to work on? Where do you need to build leadership competency? What do you need to do more of to become a valued “follower” when you are not the team leader or in a position of authority? 3. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Now that you have assessed your leadership and followership capabilities and reflected on them, identify specific developmental goals and indicate the actions that you will undertake to achieve them. Explain how these goals will help you become a better leader and follower.