LEADERSIHP DISCUSSION

• From the weekly readings and first e-Activity, recommend a distributive, servant, or other leadership theory that a public leader could apply in order to resolve conflicts and implement change while working with external stakeholders. Conclude if your selected leadership theory holds true if it is applied to the Department of Defense, the United Way, or the Department of Taxation. Provide a rationale and examples to support your response.

• From the weekly readings and second e-Activity, conclude the main manner in which public leadership from higher levels of government both positively and negatively impacts public leadership on lower levels of government. Propose two strategies that public leaders in each level of government could use in order to work collaboratively, thus ensuring that decisions do not adversely affect citizens. Provide a rationale for your response.

Articles:
1. QUALITY LEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES by Suresh Sirisetti.
2. Distributed leadership: a collaborative framework for academics, executives and professionals in higher education by Sandra Jonesa, Geraldine Lefoe, Marina Harvey and Kevin Ryland.