Discussion Question 1 :

How did Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple Computer) utilize the practice of Envisioning the Future?

What did he do well?

What could he have improved about himself and why?

How do visions manifest in different areas of the company (e.g., actions, processes)?

Discussion Question 2 :

Provide an example of when others in your team or organization have helped you mobilize behind a shared vision. After providing your example, discuss specific ways people assisted you in this effort?

Provide an example of when you have helped your organization mobilize behind a shared vision. After providing your example, discuss specific ways you assisted in this effort?

Discussion Question 3:

Using your textbook and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the course Organizational Leadership (chapters 4 and 5) and lecture concepts to one of the following scenarios:

• As applied to your current professional career

• As applied to enhancing, improving, or advancing your current professional career

• As applied to a management, leadership, or any decision-making position

• As applied to a current or future entrepreneurial endeavor

OR

Answer how you relate the above scenarios from the two discussion questions 1 and 2.

Textbook:

The Leadership Challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations; Author(s); James Kouzes, Barry Posner
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
Print ISBN: 9781119278962, 1119278961
eText ISBN: 9781119278979, 111927897X
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2017