The Interview

Choose a leader from your professional life whom you would like to interview.

You must email your faculty the name and email address of the leader, along with the date and time of the interview. During the interview, you should advise your leader that the faculty may contact him/her to verify the interview.

Conduct an interview of 45 minutes or less with this individual.

We strongly recommend that you choose someone with whom you ordinarily do not have routine contact. We also suggest that you aim high!

For example, you may interview the CEO of your organization or the president of a charitable non-profit or the author of a published leadership book. This is your opportunity to use your student status to meet and talk with someone you have admired from afar!
Your questions for your interviewer should focus on leadership qualities that either you or your leader identify.

Questions should provide insight on these topics: leadership innovation, emotional competence, crisis management, spirituality, change and conflict, leading teams, and transformational coaching.

This does not mean you need a question for every topic. For instance, one question could address both "crisis management" and "change and conflict"

Think about the questions you are going to ask your leader before you go to the interview. Writing them down is a good idea.

In some instances, it is also good to provide a copy of the interview questions to the leader ahead of time so that they can consider their answers. You could ask your leader if they have a preference.

Consider what you will do if your leader answers your question negatively or refuses to answer your question. Think about how you can engage the leader so that you can engage him/her and not let the topic drop.

Paper

Write an 8-10 page paper (including title page and references). No abstract is required.

Please do not exceed the page limit. Points will be taken off if the paper is more than 10 pages.

The paper should highlight the essence of your leader's statements and address how the leader leads his/her team.

Make sure the following seven topics are addressed: leadership innovation, emotional competence, crisis management, spirituality, change and conflict, leading teams, and transformational coaching.

Please do NOT include your interview questions in the body of the paper.

Your report on the interview statements must be supported by the literature, both from the text and from other appropriate scholarly references.

The paper must adhere to APA 6th Edition guidelines. Please use headings which are explained in the manual.

There should be no error of grammar or spelling.