In the book The Art of Leadership, Manning and Curtis (2022) stated, "leadership will take place to the extent the leader cares about the work to be done. Equally the leader must care about people" (p. xi).This assignment is to help students better "understand" leadership through personal reflection through the correlation between what they learned, examples of leaders in different industries, and their real life experience.

Assignment Directions:

• An "AHA! Moment" is defined as a moment of realization and clarity about a particular problem or concept (in this instance leadership) where you are able to connect-the-dots and see things from a different, more meaningful perspective (Safire, 2009; Winfrey, 2006; Moore & Lewis, 2012).
  • Provide a substantive description of your Leadership Aha! Moment and explain the theory or model you suddenly understood on a deeper level.
  • Clearly describe and discuss the situation you found yourself in that correlated to a theory or model studied during the semester.
  • Explain why the Leadership Aha! Moment was important to your personal leadership learning and how the moment helped you to better understand the content covered in this class.
  • Think of a supervisor who was a coach and how it impacted your work behaviors.
  • Discuss how this Leadership Aha! Moment influenced you to strive to be an effective leader, the importance of having a coach, and how you will take what you have learned and incorporate it in your leadership style?