Application of an effective leader 

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A. Consider a scenario from your past experience as a follower and do the following: (new employee in a financial company)

1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the leader within your example using either expectancy or equity theory.

a. Describe one example of how the leader might have improved upon their own performance.

2. Describe how three motivational techniques (e.g., recognition, praise, goal setting, encouraging creativity, innovation) were used by the leader and how the techniques affected followers.

a. Recommend an additional feedback, coaching, or executive coaching technique that could have been used by the leader to improve performance.

3. Describe how power and influence were used to accomplish organizational goals.

a. Describe how the power and influence techniques were either appropriate or inappropriate.

b. Recommend an additional power or influence technique the leader could have used to improve leader performance and the performance of one other person.

B. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.