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Leader Analysis Paper
Students will choose and conduct a leader assessment of a public (not a relative or friend) person. The public person is either historic or currently living. Students must have the person of their analysis approved by the instructor. Here are the requirements of this leader assessment:
1. Use APA style in writing your paper, Times New Roman, 12-pitch font, double spaced, one inch margins top, bottom and sides.
2. Students must cite threeprimary sources in the bibliography. A primary source is a book on that person, an article out of an academic journal (Newsweek, US New and World Report, Time, etc. are NOT academic journals) or another written essay on that person. The key is use publications created by authors who directly observed the public figure. Internet articles are usually not primary sources!
3. Students evaluate their leader by analyzing the leader's behaviors using the Five Practices of Effective Leaders by Kouzes and Posner; Students should have approximately one half page of analysis for each practice.
4. Students must describe how their leader illustrated one leadership theories studied during the course of this semester. For example, Abraham Lincoln's leadership style used situational leadership by... This analysis should take approximately one half page.
5. Speculate on this person's DISC profile, their dominate three strengths from Strengthsfinder, and the four letter personality profile. Provide a summary of what you believe, based on your research, their DISC profile would represent, three strengths that Strengthsfinder may have identified, and their probable personality profile (four letter code) and why. This should take approximately half of a page.
6. Students should also provide a brief overview and conclusion of their leader. The introduction should include a short personal history of where they were born, where they grew up, challenges in their life, etc. This should be no more than half of a one and a half pages for both the introduction and conclusion.
7. The total length of this analysis is six pages of written text, plus or minus one page. This is a short paper done on purpose to ensure students provide a concise, yet fact-filled analysis of their chosen leader. Quality is valued over quantity.