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ESLS 669: Strategic Leadership - Athabasca University

Assignment: Mentor Paper

Select a strategic leader you would want to be your mentor. Choose someone who inspires you because he or she reflects your deepest aspirations. This assignment should be between 3,500 words.

Pretend this person is your mentor. What is it about him or her that you most admire and what would you draw from his or her leadership experiences to enrich your own? We hope that by standing on your mentor's ‘shoulders,' you will see further along your personal strategic leadership journey.

There are three essential components to this assignment:

Question 1. Summary of the leader (historical discussion). Here, you are to provide a rich story of your mentor's strategic leadership experiences. You will have to draw on a variety of sources that tell the tale of his or her strategic leadership exploits. Thus, it is important to select a mentor that has ‘ready' information available.

Question 2. Critical discussion of the leader. After discussing the leader's exploits, critically examine his or her leadership skills. Be sure to look at his or her strengths but also look at his or her weaknesses. It is essential that you draw from the course material to make your points (e.g. leadership style). A deficiency in relating your mentor's approach to strategic leadership to the material covered in the course will result in a failing grade.

Question 4. Leadership lessons learned. Describe and discuss the lessons that you have learned from your mentor. Write in the first person.