Leadership

Effective Leadership Practices and BehaviorsWrite an annotated bibliography on behavioral theories and models. The purpose of this bibliography is to analyze scholarly sources of behavioral leadership theories and models in support of leadership development. Identify the main constructs for each model or theory and discuss their relevance, strengths, and weaknesses in support of leadership development.•    Bibliography should be a minimum of 5 pages in length not including the title and reference pages.•    Include a minimum of 10 peer reviewed articles.•    Articles should also be included in the separate reference page.

Faith Integration Paper: The Christian Competitive Advantage – Do Christian leaders have an advantage when developing a competitive advantage strategy? Why or Why not?The student should read the weekly assigned chapters in Ahmed, Bartlett and section topics in Merida. Then answer the question being posed as a Christian leader with critical reflection of the topic, supported by in-text citations and examples. Each of these papers is focused on the development of students as Christian leaders in organizations. Another objective of these papers is to provide students with integration of theory and concepts presented in the course in terms of application of faith-based principles

IntroductionBegin with a paragraph describing the purpose of the OMADA Activities.OMADA: teamwork, can be work alone but need more time, complete puzzle challenges together in minimum time.Thesis statement: Why is teamwork important.Body of the paperPresent three of the OMADA Activities made an impression that you want to remember for future leadership opportunities or challenges• Describe the activityOMADA challenge FLAG DECODER: most interesting, need a team to complete fast because didn’t have enough time to finish. Connect with thesis statement.OMADA challenge JIGSAW PUZZLE: where our team get stuck, finish the puzzle with a short time but couldn’t figure out which country is it. Time ends which we are still thinking.• Identify the leadership lesson learned.ConclusionShows why teamwork is important and how teamwork improves ability.

Course Textbook(s)Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2009). Emotional intelligence 2.0. San Diego, CA: TalentSmart.Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2012). Leadership 2.0. San Diego, CA: TalentSmart.Unit IV Scholarly ActivityLearning your leadership risk-taking capacity is important as leaders begin to set the goals for the organization and the results that are expected. The leader’s leadership style is one way to determine the amount of risk that the leader may be willing to take.For this three-page assignment, research using the Waldorf Online Library a company or leader who has gone through a major change or direction change. Include the following components in your analysis of the company/leader:•    Complete a risk analysis of the company/leader, and determine how risky the change was.•    Describe how the leader’s style impacted the amount of risk the organization was willing to take on to make the change.•    Finally, explain how risk tolerance levels are related to achieving the organization’s goals and producing results.Your completed assignment must be at least three pages in length and include at least two outside sources, one of which must come from the Waldorf Online Library. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

You may be familiar with the term safe space. Arao and Clemens (2013)  argue that “authentic learning about social justice often requires the very qualities of risk, difficulty, and controversy that are defined as incompatible with safety” (p. 139). As such, we will work as a group to discuss what hesitations we have about discussing multicultural leadership. Then, we will set ground rules for our groups to foster “brave spaces.”For us to engage in authentic learning about leadership in multicultural organizations, we have to take risks, perhaps make mistakes, and feel uncomfortable.We have to be brave.Answer following questions:What does a brave space feel like to you?What hesitations or fears do you have about our ability to create a brave space?How can we help address each others’ hesitations?

INSTRUCTIONSThe student will write a paper that focuses on the relationship between people, risk, and security. Specifically, the student will choose a particular industry to analyze, build a risk management plan, and evaluate the effectiveness of that plan as it pertains to that industry’s human resources.•    7-page length requirement, which should include an abstract of 150-250 words•    Excluded from this length is the title page and reference section•    APA formatted•    5 references are required in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible•    Acceptable sources include scholarly articles published within the last five years

The True Colors Mid-Way assignment will measure your knowledge and practice of True Colors principles during your DYLA experience.  You have three essays and full credit for each essay is described in the directions. Please review the book to help you answer these questions.Book: True Colors -Public Service Leadership by LT COL Barry Waite, USAF Ret1.  In a paragraph, describe your 4-color spectrum with the influence of your introversion, ambiversion, or extroversion (how you get your energy).  Full credit:  paragraph, description of your four colors and their different intensities, identification of how you get your energy and impact on your primary and/or secondary color. 2.  In a paragraph, give a description of using your True Colors to communicate better with another person based on their True Colors.Full credit:  paragraph, description of a situation; and orange, blue, gold, or green communication preference described.3.  In a paragraph, with your knowledge of True Colors, describe a staff meeting where you celebrated personality diversity by asking for and listening to other points of view.  What was the result?Full credit:  paragraph, description of situation, bringing in all four-color’s views,  and description of the result either in feelings or actual outcomes.

?Discussion: Action Learning Gurus?In the background materials you viewed two short animated videos that helped introduce you to the basics of action learning. For this discussion take a look at some more “serious” videos from some of the leading authorities on action learningReg Revans is one of the early founders of action learning and his videos tend to be extremely serious in tone. Several of his classic videos are available on YouTube. More recent videos are also available by Michael Marquardt, another leading authority on action learning and author of one of the required background readings. Take a look at some videos from both of these action learning experts and share the links to couple videos that you found the most interesting or at least kept you awake.What are your overall impressions of Drs. Marquardt and Revans? Which one seemed to be more authoritative or better at explaining the concepts? Anything useful in the presentations that helped you learn or absorb the concepts covered in the required background materials? Or did you just have trouble staying awake? Let your classmates know what your recommendations are regarding these videos. This post should be in the first week of the module.For the second week of the module, compare and contrast the reading from Dr. Marquardt listed in the background readings to one of his videos.  Is his written style similar to his speaking style?  Was the material in the video and book chapter consistent with each other??ACTION LEARNING?Required MaterialFirst, start out with this short video:Kristiansen, T. (2010). Align corporate learning with strategy setting. [Books24x7 version]. Available in the  Online Library.This is probably the toughest topic of this class so make sure to take some time to carefully go through all of the readings. The following book chapter will give you a general overview of action learning and is a good place to start:Book JacketPassmore, J. (2011). Chapter 3: Action learning supervision for coaches. Supervision in Coaching: Supervision, Ethics, and Continuous Professional Development. London: Kogan Page. [EBSCO eBook Collection]Now read up on action learning in much more detail in these following readings:Book JacketPedler, M., & Abbott, C. (2013). Chapter 1: Action learning: Its origins and principles. Facilitating Action Learning: A Practitioner’s Guide. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. [EBSCO eBook Collection]Book Cover ImageMarquardt, M. J. (2004). Chapter 8: Introducing, implementing, and sustaining action learning. Optimizing the Power of Action Learning: Solving Problems and Building Leaders in Real Time. Yarmouth, ME, USA: Nicholas Brealey Publishing. [Ebrary]Action learning is one of the tougher topics of this module, so if you are still have some difficulty with the concepts you may want to take a look at some of the optional materials below.Optional MaterialClifford, J., & Thorpe, S. (2007). Chapter 4: Learning and development methods. Workplace Learning & Development: Delivering Competitive Advantage for Your Organization. London: Kogan Page, pp. 29-32. [eBook Academic Collection. Note: You don’t have to read the whole chapter, just the section on action learning]Peters, M. (2013). Accomplish two for one with action learning. T + D, 67(2), 52-57. [ProQuest]

The purpose is to familiarize one’s self with the literature on egoism, exploring if self-interest can be grounds for morality.After reading the textbook chapters, locate scholarly articles on the topics of egoism and self-interest.  Become familiar with the questions below:    a. What is egoism and the history behind it?    b. What are the differences between ethical egoism and psychological egoism?    c. How does egoism challenge morality?    d. Why will conflict arise without morality?    e. Is ethical egoism self-contradictory or merely inconsistent?Write an essay paper discussing:    -An explanation of egoism, as it exists in alternative ethics.    -An analysis of each question (a-e above) with scholarly support and connection to class readings.    -A detailed, written explanation of how each of the five questions (a-e) pertaining to leaders who make exceptions.  Be specific, providing real-world examples to support your claims.Your essay should be 2000-2250 words and should include at least four (4) citations. Follow the guidelines for APA writing style, including proper headings for each section you are addressing.  The title page and references page do not count toward the minimum word amount for this assignment.Books assigned for this class are as follows:Price, T.L. (2006). Understanding ethical failures in leadership. Cambridge University Press.Price, T.L. (2008). Leadership ethics: An introduction. Cambridge University Press.

What recommendations would you give to a leader who is trying to overcoming low motivation in his or her followers? How best can he or she motivate his or her followers?