Develop a leadership portrait of yourself in which you address the following:

Select and identify one leadership theory or style that you believe best aligns with your own thoughts of what leadership means. You will use that theory or style to analyze your strengths and weaknesses.

Describe the leadership characteristics you already possess; then describe at least two additional leadership characteristics you would like to develop. Explain how these characteristics will allow you to guide, educate, inform, and influence others to manage change in the field of public service.

Explain how your personal and academic experiences will contribute to and guide your development as an effective leader. For example, how will developing academic skills such as evaluating resources and scholarly writing help to strengthen your position of leadership in the field of public service?

Describe how you will use your leadership attributes to build and maintain strong relationships with others in the community.

Identify the main tenets of ethical behavior for a public service leader and analyze how you will use those tenets to guide your leadership.

Explain the importance of diversity and inclusion in the field of public service and analyze how you might incorporate those tenets into your leadership.

Analyze how your personal and academic experiences will contribute to and guide your development as an effective leader. (Hint: you may want to review the media piece on Capella's scholar-practitioner model. This piece is found in Unit 2, and in the Resources for this assignment).

Summarize how the concepts and information you gained from this course and your own research will guide your continued leadership development.