Section 1: Leadership Approach

Using what you have learned, write 3 pages about a contemporary leader (someone you know personally or a public figure) and the leadership approach you think this person demonstrates. If your leader has a skills approach, you should identify which of the skills the leader demonstrates, supporting your position with specific examples. If your leader has a behavior approach, you should identify which of the Leadership Grid styles is demonstrated by the leader, supporting your position with specific examples. If your leader has a situational approach, your analysis should identify the development level and style demonstrated in the situation, supporting your position with specific examples and explaining whether the action taken was appropriate and effective. You should also discuss how your leaders approach would be a useful way to understand their leadership.

Section 2: Leadership Inventory In this section, you will choose and complete at least one of the three inventories (Skills, Styles, or Situational Leadership) located at the end of the chapters and write at least a 2-full-page reaction that explains your score on the Inventory, describing your perception of the accuracy of this measure, the implications of the score for your effectiveness as a leader, and provide specific examples to support your ideas.