Introduction (200 words)
Start with an outline of what is to follow. This helps the reader to anticipate the content of the report and to understand its scope. You may choose to indicate here that this report is primarily focussed on your own development as a strategic leader and is therefore both reflective and critical. For example, this report opens with a brief overview of what characterises a good leader. This is followed by an analysis of your own strengths and weaknesses as a leader.
Discussion
This includes sections 4-6 of the report. Each section should have an appropriate heading. Do not use Section 4, Section 5 etc.
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Section 4 – The essential characteristics of a good leader (250 words)
This section is descriptive in nature and should explain what you see as the key characteristics of an excellent business leader. This section needs in-text referencing to tell the reader where your ideas and/or words come from.
Section 5 (800 words)
This section involves an analysis of your leadership strengths and weaknesses.
Here you describe your THREE BEST Leadership skills or strengths, as well as THREE Leadership skill you will develop in future
This section is reflective and personal so you can use ‘I’. The section is based on your journal, in which you were asked to ‘follow a process to improve self-awareness and capture what you determine to be the key aspects of Leadership required to manage and implement change’.
In this section you need to demonstrate critical thinking. You need to say how you identified your strengths and weaknesses as a leader. To do this you need to consider what you have learned in this unit about the qualities needed for leadership, for being a strategic leader and a leader of change. This includes lecture material, guest lecturers, text books and Discussion Board. Use your journal entries to help you. You need to reference everything here.
Section 6 (1000 words)
This section is your forward plan and should be expressed using ‘I’. It is the most important part of your assignment. Be specific about your intentions. You should include the following:
• A decade from now I see myself as being … [position in company / job / company owner etc] in … [Country]
• To achieve this I need to ….
• Along the way I see myself being in the following jobs ………
• When I achieve my greatest job the legacy I will leave to the world will be my …………..?
Conclusions (250 words)
In your conclusion you should start by echoing the question and the introduction. Use key terms again. Include a statement about what you have learned from formulating this Strategic Leadership Plan and what use you think it will serve in your future. You could conclude by making some general statements about the ongoing need for leaders to be self-aware, to reflect and to plan. Please see the Marking Schedule for this Assignment.
Important Notes on Leadership – Lectures and Journal
You will bring to bear your own personal and professional development in the delivery of this plan. You must also include relevant learnings from our Leadership Lectures.
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To assist students in compiling this plan you need to have developed a Leadership Journal at the outset of this course. The journal can be used:
• As your personal ‘Take Away’ from the course, use this journal for you to note down your findings of what leaders must do to bring about change
• to document your participation, development and progress in this unit
• Process your learning’s and insights by focusing on particular points of interest
• Use a process to improve self-awareness and capture what you determine to be the key aspects of Leadership required to manage and implement change
• Gather information that you can critically reflect on as you develop this plan.
You can use the slides, modules, your readings, weekly tutorial questions, our leadership lectures, other class exercises, stories told, movies about Leadership and Leadership Strategy and any other relevant media as base material for your journal.
Please note that there is NO set length or format for your Journal. How you keep your weekly record of learnings is entirely up to you.
Oral Presentation
Your Oral Presentations will take place during the seminar on Tuesdays 17 and 24 May. The final week’s presentations will be in two rooms with half the class presenting to me and the other half presenting to Phil Burton. Please note the following:
Prepare a THREE minute talk (Maximum) which should be a summary of your written report. It should be a power-point presentation of no more than 5 slides, including an introductory slide and a concluding slide. Each of the following three topics should be addressed in one slide.
1. Your best three leadership skills
2. Three aspects of leadership you wish to develop
3. What position you will hold in ten years’ time, and what legacy you will leave the world.
Following your talk we will have up to TWO minutes of questions.
You must also present a one page summary sheet of your talk for your colleagues and lecturers. Please ensure this sheet includes the unit code, title, your name and date.
Total Marks
Marks: Written Report [45%] + Oral Presentation [5%] = Total [50%]
Please see the next page for the Marking Schedule for this Assignment.
Getting your Report Back
I will mail you back your marked report in early June. You will need to advise the address (here or overseas) where you want your report sent to you.
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