When preparing for your discussion post on this case, it is recommended that you read through it several times.Read through it the first time to familiarize yourself with the case.
On the second reading, consider your assigned role in the situation, and let that guide your perspective. Look deeper at the details: facts, problems, organizational goals, objectives, policies, strategies.
Then, complete any research, analysis, calculations, or graphing to support your decisions and make recommendations.
Background Information
When people decide to respect you as a leader, they observe your actions, which illuminate your personality as a leader. People then use this observation to tell if you are an honorable and trusted leader, or a self-serving person who misuses authority. A good leader has an honorable character that selflessly serves his/her organization. In your employees’ eyes, leadership is everything. Your actions affect the organization’s objectives and employees’ well-being.
Discussion Prompt
In Module Four, you completed an assessment of your leadership style. In this module we will explore leadership principles associated with your leadership style that you might use in the workplace. Discuss three leadership principles that you currently use in the workplace. Explain why you use them and how those around you, either subordinates or management, react to them.
In responses to classmates, examine others’ rationales for their use of leadership principles. Which techniques might you utilize in your own career? Please elaborate.
Tasks
- Describe three leadership principles associated with your leadership style that you personally utilize in the workplace.
- Justify the reasoning for utilizing these leadership principles.
- Analyze how others in the workplace react to your personal leadership principles.
