Assignment

Part 1

Select someone in a leadership position at your organization or at a local company where you might seek employment. This individual could be a director, manager, supervisor, or CEO of the organization.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word profile of the individual that you interviewed for your company's newsletter, and include the following:

• Identify the individual and their position within the company, and briefly describe the organization.

• Interpret the individual's leadership style based on the Five-Factor personality model, and offer one or more examples of the management and leadership roles of this individual.

• Explain one incident where this individual had to solve a difficult problem or situation because things did not go as planned.

• Describe the lessons that she/he learned from being able to problem solve, even when what she/he had been taught did not work.

Format your profile in the form of a newsletter (the final format may vary depending upon the company's style; please feel free to use either the provided template or to check the Internet or Microsoft Word for additional newsletter templates).

Part 2

Create a 2-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that contains the following components.

Showcase some of the best practices needed by companies in order to prepare future leaders. Include at least one video presentation within a slide. (2 slides with at least one including video).