Think about a person in your life (a parent, a supervisor. a teacher, a coach, etc.) who influenced you to enthusiastically put forth a maximum effort to succeed. Reect on that person's leadership approach by responding to the following prompts: 1. Describe the characteristics of this individual. (3 pts.) 2. Select the contemporary leadership style presented in this chapter (task centered, autocratic, peoplecentered. participative, consultativeparticipative, democraticparticipative, free-rein, situational, transactional, transformational) that you believe best exemplies the style demonstrated by your "leader". Explain how your "leader" demonstrated the attributes of your selected leadership style. (3 pts.) Part #2: Application Consider a time when you took a leadership role. Even if you don't have a work position with formal authority, we all have opportunities to lead on work or school projects, on Sports teams. with our friends and family members. on committees, etc. Reect on your leadership ability by responding to the following prompts: 3. Describe an example of a time you demonstrated your leadership ability. (3 pts.) 4. How would you characterize your leadership style in this situation (see styles in #2)? Do you think this is the leadership style you would prefer to exhibit as a supervisor? If not, what would be your preferred leadership style? (3 pts.) 5. Taking into account your example of an effective leader along with the leadership behaviors presented in the learning activities, identify at least one strength and one weakness you see yourself having as a leader? (3 pts.) 6. What leadership skills would you like to further develop in order to improve upon the weakness vou identied and become a more effective leader? (3 pts.)