Reflective Assignment - Encourage the Heart (Leadership)

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This reflective assignment is designed to affirm skill development in leadership, and has several parts.

Part One: Describe with some detail an experience where you "encouraged the heart" of a colleague or follower in a manner described by this week's reading. How did you encourage their heart, and what specific behavior(s) and/or actions contributed to your ability to do so? How do you know that your leadership resulted in the encouragement of the heart of someone else?

Part Two: Describe an experience when you were encouraged by the purposeful actions of another leader. How did they encourage your heart, and what specific behavior(s) and/or actions contributed to their ability to do so? Why were they effective in the encouragement of your heart?

Finally, create a summary message to describe the significance of "Encourage the Heart" as it relates to your view of leadership.