INSTRUCTION

Select TWO leaders who have had significant biographical and leadership-based content published about them that you can COMPARE AND CONTRAST.

You MUST provide citations for each chosen leaderand each question, also provide references.

Answers must be logically organized, comprehensive, and thorough. Ensure that sentences are structured and words are chosen to communicate ideas clearly, and that ideas are sequenced and transitioned logically to make your ideas clear and concise.In all instances, be specific and provide supporting evidence from textbook, the PMBOK, as well as online sources (please, no Wikipedia) and online news media articles that support your answers.

QUESTIONS

1) a)For your selected leadership examples, please explain why you chose this leader to discuss.

b)Would you consider each of your chosen leaders a 'good' leader or an 'effective' leader? Why?

c)Would you consider your chosen leaders to be a good managers? Why?

2)In examining your chosen leaders relationship with or beliefs about their followers, what stands out to you? Describe in the context of Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX). Please provide 2 concrete examples that support your response for EACH LEADER, comparing and contrasting their relationship with their followers.

3)Are your selected leaders transactional or transformational leaders? Describe your leaders top 2 leadership traits with supporting examples for EACH LEADER, comparing and contrasting them. Would each leader be effective in an Agile project management environment? Why?

4)What is your leader's vision (state and describe for EACH LEADER chosen)? What do you believe motivates your chosen leaders? Support your example with 1 motivational theory for each, to explain why they have chosen to lead.

5)Discuss the one base of power that each of your chosen leaders makes use of most. How did they gain this base of power? Provide 2 concrete examples of how this power has been used and the outcome for EACH LEADER.