Effective leaders realize that employees should be recognized for a job well done. While some people prefer public praise and others prefer personal recognition, most employees want to be recognized in some way. Kouzes and Posner (2017) state that effective leaders begin their leadership development by first learning to lead themselves. Effective leadership begins from within and expands outward to affect others. This development cascades into effective leadership.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate the purpose and relevance of leadership.
Analyze how a leader reflects the definition of leadership.
Evaluate leadership style, characteristics, or themes in relation to the purpose and relevance of effective leadership.
Competency 2: Evaluate how leadership strengths apply in the workplace and within the community.
Analyze how a leader models leadership.
Analyze how a leader inspires a shared vision.
Analyze how a leader looks for new opportunities that may require experimentation or taking risks.
Analyze how a leader empowers and recognizes the contributions of others.
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ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARATION
Throughout your career, you could undoubtedly benefit from analyzing leadership and management characteristics of other leaders and managers you consider effective and successful. This assessment provides an opportunity and framework to do that in the context of effective leadership.To complete this assessment, you have two options. You may choose to base your assessment on a leader you know personally or on a leader who is well-known. Be sure to read the complete instructions for both options carefully before making a decision.
INSTRUCTIONS
Option A: Interview a Leader You Know Personally
Identify someone you know who is currently serving in a leadership capacity at an organization. You may choose a leader affiliated with your employer, a community leader, a political or church leader, or anyone whose leadership skills you admire. Arrange an interview with your selected leader to learn about his or her view of leadership. Structure the interview around the concepts of leadership as you have come to understand them from your own research or the recommended readings. Some suggested interview questions are:
What is your definition of leadership?
How do you model leadership?
How do you inspire a shared vision in those around you?
How do you look for new opportunities that may require experimenting or taking risks?
How do you enable or empower others to act?
How do you recognize the contributions made by others?
In what ways do you get personally involved?
What challenges and opportunities do you face?
Conduct the interview and then use the interview results to complete this assessment as instructed in the Requirements below.