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Students will articulate their personal understanding of what Leadership is in 5-7-page APA formatted paper. This assignment requires the student to cover the following areas in their paper:
What is leadership? What embodies a great leader?
How does one become a leader -reflect on leaders in your life, in business, in philanthropy?
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Discuss leaders who embody your personal results.
Provide examples of leadership in action – Interview 3-4 leaders, gaining their perspective. Discuss their personal belief system that serves as a framework for critically evaluating the different models of leadership and their assessment of leadership.
The purpose of this assignment is to critically undergo a self-examination of the student’s capabilities as a Leader and better understand Leadership. Specifically, this paper serves as an initial perspective on the student’s leadership potential. Asking for and receiving feedback from peers, colleagues, and others is part of the paper content. Thinking back and reflecting on specific situations where you could have done anything different as a leader should also be included in the paper. Finally, you should discuss and assess the areas you need for improvement and for you to continue to develop.
In the interview that I have so far: Dorian Peterson(chick fa la owner in Jersey city and CEO) interview questions and answer
1.) How would you define leadership?
In its purest form I believe leadership is just the ability to impact the lives around you by inspiring and influencing others to act in alignment with your vision or a shared vision.
2.) In what ways did you learn about leadership?
I think my journey about leadership has been a lifetime journey and I’ve picked up different lessons from a number of different influential people in my life as well as some more famous leaders. I think the first example of leadership I was ever shown was through my father. He was a leader in our house, the way he led his family. He was a leader in the community, the way he impacted lives of young men and women. He taught me leadership lessons from a young age that I would go on to use for the rest of my life. From there, I believe sports played the most pivotal role in developing my leadership all the way through college. In that stage in my leadership it was more about leading by example and getting results. Later in my professional career as I became more intrigued with the concept of leadership, I learned a lot from books and podcasts. That was supplemented by being mentored by some great leaders in different organizations with very different, yet very effective, leadership styles and experiences. Currently i still invest in myself, go to seminars and workshops, read books, and am investing in a leadership coach. 3.) What is the key element of leadership that you think many people do not focus on?
The key element of leadership that i think many people don’t focus on is that level 5 leadership where you are constantly trying to improve yourself as a leader so you can impact and create leaders who one day surpass you and everything that you’ve accomplished. I think thats the only real test of a great leader.
4.) Do you think leaders are born or made?
I think it’s a combination of both. I believe some people are born with more innate leadership traits, but if they aren’t nurtured and developed they will never be more than an average leader. But I believe some people don’t possess or exemplify what we would identify as “leadership” traits early in life, but as they learn more, develop, and adapt they turn out to be some of the best leaders.
5.) Think about the worst leader you have ever interacted with: what made them the worst?
The worst leader i ever interacted with was a leader who wasn’t a master of his craft, he asked of people more than he was every willing and able to give himself. For me its hard to follow a leader i can’t respect, and he didn’t exemplify enough knowledge in his craft to make me want to follow him. 6.) Who is someone you look up to as a leader? Why?
Someone i look up to as a leader is Jesus Christ. He was the quintessential leader. He was the ultimate teacher. He was wise beyond anyone’s understanding but he never made anyone feel less than. He never missed a moment to teach. He always did was best for the overall greater good, even if it put him in a less than favorable position. Even when he was stern he lead with love. He exemplified every leadership quality you can think of.
The Startup of You: Leadership Essentials
How would you define leadership?
In what ways did you learn about leadership?
What is a key element of leadership that you think many people do not focus on?
Do you think leaders are born or made?
Think about the worst leader you have ever interacted with: what made them the worst?
Who is someone you look up to as a Leader? Why?

WRITING ASSIGNMENT: SUMMATIVE ESSAY (MSM 6645)
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
The summative essay is an extension of your application essay. You have already identified a problem, conducted a SWOT analysis, described the affected process in detail, explored the context of the process using a diagnostic model (7-S or 6-Box), and suggested how to measure the effectiveness of a prospective change initiative to improve the process. The result is the start of a proposal for process improvement for your current organization or a prior one.* In this essay, you will complete the proposal by applying the criteria of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) and invoking additional tools from the practice of organization change.
*Note: If your Week 6 essay differs from the description before the asterisk, you will need to rewrite it.
Standard Structural Components. Include a correctly formatted title page, executive summary, table of contents, body, reference section, and appropriate appendices.
Body Components from Application Essay. Re-save your application essay as your summative essay, and improve as necessary. Your essay should already have these sections: (a) introduction (no section header); (b) strategic considerations; (c) process steps; (d) process context; and (e) measurement. See below for how to reassess, update, and expand this last section.
New Sections to Insert:
After Introduction: (a) Statement of the Problem (logical description of the gap that you wish to address); and (b) Baldrige Framework (the first sixMBNQA criteria only)—what aspect of each Baldrige criterion is relevant to your case? Two concise sentences per criterion will suffice.
Before Measurement: (a) Summary of the Issues (based on SWOT and diagnostic model); (b) Recommendations (offer three suggestions for your organization to improve the selected process); (c) Implementation (briefly state how your organization should perform each step of the Kotter model); and (d) Quality Tools* (e.g., kaizen, lean, 5-S, Six Sigma, QFD, VSM, Ishikawa, Pareto).
*Note: PDSA and DMAIC are continuous-improvement processes, not quality tools.
Section to Update: Measurement. In light of additional thinking from the Baldrige Framework and Kotter’s model, define measures as follows: (a) Baseline or Benchmark to gauge progress*; (b) Measurement of Results (how to tell when you have fixed the problem); and (c) Measurement of Process Effectiveness (how to tell whether your continuous-improvement process is correct).
*Note: A baseline is a starting measure, before a change. A benchmark is a comparison measure from an outside organization or quality standard. A continuous-improvement process may be effective even if results fail to materialize, so we must take care to observe this distinction in our measures.
New Section to Add after Measurement: Conclusions. Reiterate the initial aim of the essay, and note a few implications for the organization (i.e., likely benefits of this change initiative).
Standards. See the posted APA-styled sample for title page, page numbering, executive summary, table of contents, section formatting, and references. Use appendices (not the body) for tables, graphs, or bulleted lists. Minimum length is 2,000 words, from introduction to end of conclusion, excluding section headers and quoted or parenthetical content. Cite at least the textbook and six qualifying sources based on the criteria listed in the syllabus. Proofread your work!
To amend your essay (before the deadline), type “AMENDED SUBMISSION” at the top of the new version.