Leadership Styles
Visionary Leadership for Educational Change and Improvement
Richard Kerry Thompson
Week 1 - Knowing Your Leadership Style
Introductions
We'd like to know some information about you. Please tell us:
- Your full name
- Your nickname or preferred name
- Where you work
- Your role in your job
Now, let's have some fun getting to know each other by answering the following scenario questions!
- You are stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean.
- You must select three people to be with you on this island.
- Each of the three people may be dead, alive, or imaginary.
- You must provide a rationale and reasons why you picked each person.
My Answers Below...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2LvNPwzivxNTkU5OTQySkYxSGM/view?usp=sharing
Link to Quotes below...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2LvNPwzivxNZmdSX25JTk5JV0U/view?usp=sharing
Session 1 - Articles -Week 1 - Knowing Your Leadership Style
Mini Activity 1 - Leadership Style Self-Assessment Week 1 - Knowing Your Leadership Style
Mini Activity 1 - Leadership Style Self-Assessment
After reading about the three types of leadership styles, you will take a very brief self assessment and analyze your results.
The assessment can be taken here:
http://www.yourleadershiplegacy.com/assessment.html
After you have taken the assessment, analyze your results and compare the types of leadership styles to the three that you read about. Determine if the description fits for you or not and compare it to the article you read from the U.S. Army.
Please post your results and brief reflection on this forum.
Mini Activity 2 - Stakeholder Interview Activity - Week 1 - Knowing Your Leadership Style
Mini Activity 2 - Stakeholder Interview Activity
This activity will require you to interview at least three other people who interact with you on a professional level.
The questions for this interview are as follows:
- What do you feel best describes my leadership style now or what it would be if I were in a leadership role?
- Based on what you know of me, what would you say I value or care about?
- What is one challenge that you could foresee me having as an educational leader?
- What is one area where you think I would be very successful as a leader?
The intent for this activity is that you would be interviewing people who you oversee, however, if you are not yet in a leadership role, select people who would have a good insight into your style and personality.
If you feel that the participants will not be entirely truthful with you in a face to face interview, you could ask them to complete it anonymously.
If you would like to interview more that three people, you will probably get a more beneficial insight into your own leadership style. When you finish this activity, and collecting your responses, please include a brief analysis of your responses.
What stood out to you? Were you surprised by anything? Did you agree with their take on your leadership style? When finished, please submit your responses as a PDF file, approximately 1-2 pages in length, 12-point font, one inch-inch margins, single-spaced.
Discussion Board - Week 1 - Week 1 - Knowing Your Leadership Style
Discussion Board - Week 1
Please discuss your new learning after reading the material for this week.
Please also compare the two articles, Transformational Leadership and High Impact Leadership.
Where do you stand after reading these two articles? Offer a brief reflection on the topic.
Leadership is a CHOICE not a RANK !
Richard Thompson
Email: rthompson@swcrk.org