Leadership

Go to Google and type in “20/20 Happiness.” The first film you should see from YouTube is 38.21 minutes long and has a picture of doctors in green surgical gowns. WATCH THE FILM on Happiness and ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:  •1) What stood out to you most in the film? In other words, what will you remember most?  •2)What different perspectives on life do you see with the various people in the film? What are some things around the world that make people happy?  •3) What do You think makes people happy?  •4) What makes You happy? Your answer should be a TOTAL  of one page long.

Discussion: Thread: Organizational Change Methods Discussion Assignment Instructions The student will post one thread. For each thread, students must support their assertions with a text and at least four scholarly citations in APA format.  Any sources cited must have been published within the last three years. Acceptable sources include scholarly citations from peer-reviewed journals, any of the course texts, and the Bible. Organizational Change Methods The purpose of this discussion is to begin examining the most current developments in organizational change in preparation for the Case Study in Change Research Paper.  In preparation for that assignment, you must identify and research an organizational change method that has been used effectively in industry. Write a thread including current developments and best practices in the selected organizational change methodology, relating the significance of the methodology to practice in general, and describing what kinds of organizational issues/problems might be resolved through successful implementation of the change methodology selected.

After reading the 20 insights about leadership, presented in Chapter 1 of our text, “The Extraordinary Leader,” and based on your personal/professional experiences, which three have most influenced your thinking about leadership?  Provide a two or three paragraph response with appropriate rationale (preferably examples) to support your ideas.

In their book The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner (1995) claim: Values help us determine what to do and what not to do. They’re the deep-seated, pervasive standards that influence every aspect of our lives: our moral judgments, our responses to others, our commitments to personal and organizational goals…Options that run counter to our value system are seldom acted upon; and if they are, it’s done with a sense of compliance rather than commitment. Values constitute our personal “bottom line”. (p. 212) The following exercise seeks to bring to the forefront the silent power and influence of values on “every aspect of our lives.” In relation to ‘values:’ What are the 3 top values that you have chosen for yourself? Briefly explain what these values mean to you in terms of behaviours. Recall a time when you acted out of compliance: i. What were you saying to yourself when you “caught” yourself talking to yourself (your internal conversations)? ii. How did you feel at those times? Recall a time when you acted out of commitment: i. What were you saying to yourself when you “caught” yourself talking to yourself (your internal conversations)? ii. How did you feel at those times? Given both of your examples above, when did you feel more like a leader? Why? 

https://youtu.be/hiiEeMN7vbQ The first discussion requires you to think critically about how leaders develop and why true leaders are vital to the success of every business. Why are leaders important in organizations, and what types of leaders are needed now? What role does growth mindset play in the development of leaders? How does the concept of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) influence leaders? Share your ideas about your leadership experience and what you feel leadership is. How do the concepts of growth mindset, change, and VUCA influence your personal definition of leadership or how you will prepare to be a better leader?

This essay is for my nonprofit management class and the topic is “values in leadership” and why it’s important for leaders within an organization to have good morals and values and the benefits of having them. 

Describe the skill sets you would like to enhance as a leader of a learning organization and how you would inspire collaboration, effective communication, and a future critical-thinking culture.  In your explanation, please describe your definition of a learning organization.

Construct your personal definition of leadership. Consider you are the chairman of the board of directors for West County Hospital, a trauma 1 level facility in a low-income community. The hospital is conducting a nationwide search for a chief executive officer. Design a candidate profile that identifies the key leadership style and traits for the hospital.

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment: Refer to the annotated bibliography and outline you created in the Module 5 assignment along with the assignment feedback from your instructor. Locate at least two additional, topically-related, empirical articles. Use “Empirical Research Checklist” to guide your selection. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.  You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. Directions: Locate the annotated bibliography and outline you created in the Module 5 assignment. Using the outline you developed, the information from the annotated bibliography, and the feedback provided by your instructor, write a paper (2,000-2,250 words) that synthesizes all three articles from the Module 5 annotated bibliography with the two (or more) topically-related, empirical articles you selected. Do that by including the following: A statement of at least three common themes addressed in all of the articles. A statement of the conclusions that can be drawn when the articles are taken together as a single entity. What is the overall message of the group of articles? Focus specifically on how leadership behavior influences leadership results. How might identity, worldview, and socio-cultural group membership influence the behaviors that effective leaders exhibit?

Review “Case 4.1: A Drill Sergeant at First,” located in Chapter 4 of the textbook, Leadership: Theory and Practice. Post a 250-300 word response to the questions located at the end of the case. In your response, be sure to address the strengths and weaknesses of the behavioral approach to leadership in this situation.