Assignment: Philosophy of Leadership

Length: Paper: 8 - 10 double-spaced pages (excluding title and references pages).

Personal Philosophy of Leadership Paper Guidelines

Prepare and submit through turnitin an 8 - 10 page paper that includes your definition of leadership, discusses three leadership theories that have influenced you, analyzes your leadership style, examines followership, and reflects on insights gained. A well-constructed paper will reference 6 or more scholarly sources including 5 journal articles such as those assigned and retrieved from Brandman's virtual library, and adhere to APA standards.

Leadership Definition

Provide your definition of leadership and what has influenced this definition. Your definition must be original but supported by the work of others. Support your analysis with two or more scholarly sources including one journal article.

Leadership Theories

Discuss three major leadership theories that have most influenced your thinking on leadership and leaders. In your leadership challenge paper, you discussed classical leadership theories. In this paper, consider including the contemporary approaches of Authentic, Servant, Adaptive and/or Transformational Leadership. Select at least two theories or models that you haven't already written about your paper. Define and describe the components of the selected theories using four or more scholarly sources including three journal articles.

Leadership Style

Analyze your strengths and style(s) as a leader. Use three or more assessments from the Northouse text to assess your effectiveness in the leadership approaches as described in the above section; and compare your qualities and characteristics to those of effective leaders.

Support your analysis with two or more scholarly sources including one journal article.

Followership

Discuss what effective followership is and why it is an important component of leadership. How can you enhance your effectiveness as a follower and encourage it in others? Support your analysis with one or more scholarly sources.

Reflective Analysis

In two - three pages, reflect on three key leadership lessons you have learned from this course. What has influenced you the most and has been of the most value to you)? How has your thinking and/or behavior changed to enhance your leadership practice? Describe two specific action you will take to enhance your leadership effectiveness.