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Assigned Readings:
Chapter 5. Leadership Mind and Heart.
Overview:
This chapter helps you to recognize how mental models guide your behavior and relationships and how to engage in independent thinking by staying mentally alert, thinking critically, and being mindful rather than mindless. You will also begin to apply systems thinking and personal mastery to your activities at school or work. Finally, you will learn to apply the difference between motivating others based on fear and motivating others based on love.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize how mental models guide your behavior and relationships.
Engage in independent thinking by staying mentally alert, thinking critically, and being mindful rather than mindless.
Break out of categorized thinking patterns and open your mind to new ideas and multiple perspectives.
Begin to apply systems thinking and personal mastery to your activities at school or work.
Exercise emotional intelligence, including being self-aware, managing your emotions, motivating yourself, displaying empathy, and managing relationships.
Apply the difference between motivating others based on fear and motivating others based on love.
Discussion Board------- 450 words
Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 5Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 5
Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Respond to the following prompts: "What do I feel are the most important aspects of my learning in the chapters this week?" and "What about this learning was really worthy of my time and understanding?" Then explain how important it is in society or business.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
Have you ever experienced love and/or fear from leaders at work? How did you respond? Is it possible that leaders might carry love too far and create negative rather than positive results? Discuss.
How do you feel about developing the emotional qualities of yourself and other people in the organization as a way to be an effective leader? Discuss.
[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]
Assignment 350 words
Leadership Development: Case for Analysis 5
The New Boss
Synopsis
Sam Nolan was chief information officer at Century Medical, a large medical products company. He had joined the company four years ago, and Century had made great progress integrating technology into its systems and processes. Nolan had developed trust with people throughout the company and showed them how technology could not only save money, but also support team-based work, encourage information sharing, and give people more control over their own jobs. A new boss, Tom Carr, arrived at Century and considered Nolan's project, a Web-based job posting program, a waste of time and money. Carr had no understanding of why and how technology was being used. The vibrant and innovative human resources department Nolan's team had imagined now seemed like nothing more than a pipe dream.
Questions:
Describe the two different mental models represented in this story.
What are some of the assumptions that shape the mindset of Sam Nolan? Of Tom Carr?
Do you think it is possible for Carr to shift to a new mental model? If you were Sam Nolan, what would you do?