Apply research,identify, and explain the theories of leadership such as,Great man theory, situational, behavioral, trait, and contingencyby critically analyzing anddemonstrating an understanding of the different theories.

Differentiate the leader's role as a motivator and coach.

Critically analyze decision-making approaches and apply decision-making methods to problems and strategic decisions.

Compare gender and cultural dimensions and analyze how critical they are to be an effective leader.

Evaluate leadership theories to develop a leadership game plan to be an effective leader.

Instructions:

Begin writing a journal of insights/reflections related to the case study below. What resonates? What do you disagree with? What elements lead you to be more effective as a leader? Why do you suppose that is?

Group Project: Background of Case Selections

Nonprofit State Organization

(Please note this organization is purely fictional).

History:

State Health and Human Services (SHHS) is a nonprofit organization operating in a large metropolitan City. The organization serves an entire State. SHHS has been in business as at non-profit 501 (C) 3 for the past 25 years. The organization was founded by a group of three retired physicians who wanted to address some of the issues in their State. In the early years of the organization, they focused on providing free medical and dental exams to patients without insurance. At that time the organization was managed and staffed by the three retired physicians who quickly realized that they were unable to fulfill their dreams for the organization without help. Within five years of its inception, the organization was incorporated with its Board of Directors and the first CEO was hired. This CEO has been employed for the past 20 year and grew the organization from one program to a multi-service organization. The organization has a nationally recognized program called "Prevention Plus".

The Mission of SHHS is to provide services needed to strengthen families and communities.

The Vision is to know as a major catalyst and resource for promoting family and community strengths.

The CEO has just retired and the new CEO (Maria Thompson) has hired your group to develop a plan to address the following:

1-An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the organization.

2-A minimum of three goals to address each of the issues in the project deliverable. Clear objectives should be associated with the goals. Goals should include a timeline for completion as well as a designation of who in the organization is responsible for each.

3-The plan should include a justification of how the goal will address the area of weakness. You should bring in scholarly support for your justification

4-The groups will be required to include evaluation methods, including any metrics that they will use to evaluate the effectiveness/success of the goals.

For Project Deliverable one (Week Four), you will include the following:

• The Leadership Theories and Traits that the organization should use
• A recommendation and plan to implement either Transformational, authentic, adaptive leadership or an approach of your choice
• A plan to address creating a gender-inclusive culture and addressing cultural dimensions

For Project Deliverable two (Week Six) you will include the following:

• A Comparison and contrast of decision-making methods with a clear plan to adopt a decision-making model
• A plan to increase the effectiveness of leadership and team collaboration

Your final deliverable (Week Seven) will be:

• The finalized Effective Leadership development plan with all changes your instructor has suggested
• An Executive Summary of your plan

Here are some additional details on the case.

Ms. Thompson has indicated that she was hired due to her connection with the Board chair. She has some leadership experience but is unfamiliar with the best leadership approach for the organization. She was told many board members worried about her leading the organization because her direct reports were primarily male. She indicated that one of her direct reports told her he did not know if he could work for a woman. Thompson is concerned that the organization primarily serves people of color, but most of her employees are not. The 10-member board of directors has only one female and no people of color.

Thompson has a leadership team comprised of a Medical Director, Vice President of Programs, Finance Director, Fund Raising Director and Human Resources Director. Except for the Human Resources Director, they are all Caucasian males. She reports that her leadership team does not collaborate well and has not adopted a clear leadership strategy for the organization.

Thompson is concerned about a hostile culture that appears pervasive in the organization. Managers complain about low productivity and employees complain about the lack or appreciation and recognition. Teams do not work well together and there is very little collaboration between divisions. Turnover is very high. Employees do not trust managers or leaders.

Thompson has also reported that decision-making is ineffective. Some divisions use a centralized decision-making process but make decisions without the input of HR and the finance department. This has resulted in a financial loss in one of her programs. Other departments do not make decisions which have led to a lack of coordination in efforts, duplication of services, or services not being provided to clients who need them.

Prevention Plus Program: The program provides prevention education services that target people living in poverty. The program operates remotely throughout the State and is administered by two directors and eight managers. Both directors are all Caucasian males. Of the eight managers, three are Caucasian females, one is an African American male and the remaining are Caucasian males. There are over 200 caseworkers that provide prevention education services. 10% of the caseworkers are Hispanic, 50% are African American and 40% are Caucasian. 75% of the caseworkers are female and 25% are male. The clients they serve are primarily in African American and Hispanic communities.

Medical Division: This division has three physician managers that supervise a group of 100 or more volunteer physicians who provide services to the clients.

Dental Division: This division has three dental managers who supervise a group of 100 or more volunteer dentists and dental hygienists who provide services to the clients.

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