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Global Leadership Development Plan Scoring Guide.
In today's complex and highly competitive global business environment, companies want to know that leaders at all levels will not be complacent within their positions in the company, and that they will proactively engage in leadership development.
Throughout the weeks in this course, you have conducted a variety of leadership self-assessments, examined leadership theories, and completed assignments that were designed to help you understand the skills and competencies needed to become an effective global leader. The activities in this course were also designed to help you look for ways to engage in ongoing global leadership development. You should now be well prepared to successfully complete this assignment.
Scenario
For this assignment, imagine that you have been recruited for a mid-level leader position within a global organization. You have been through three rounds of intense interviews and have been invited back to make a last presentation to senior executive leadership. You have been directed to present your plan for ongoing leadership development. You must prepare a PowerPoint presentation and be prepared to talk about it for approximately 15-20 minutes. Note: You will not be expected to actually deliver an oral presentation for this assignment.
Instructions
Create a PowerPoint presentation of 12-15 slides that clearly demonstrates your knowledge of the traits and characteristics of effective global leaders. Throughout your presentation, be sure you use the leadership theories you read about in this course to support your statements about and strategies for leading globally. The presentation should also outline your plan for ongoing leadership development.
Use the speaker notes area of each slide to expand your talking points. The speaker notes should contain 50-75 words per slide.
In your PowerPoint, include the following:
- A title slide that includes your name, the course number, and the assignment title.
- An introduction that analyzes the characteristics and responsibilities of effective global leaders.In 1-2 slides, reflect on what it means to be an effective global leader. (This reflection may be based primarily on what you learned in Unit 1, but also from other units.)
- In 1-2 slides, explain how the global leadership concerns for the future impact you, personally. (From Units 3, 4, and 5.)
- Personal leadership competency: In 3-4 slides, analyze your personal level of leadership competency.Use the results from the leadership assessments in Units 1-6.
- Incorporate your assignment from Unit 2 and Gardner's five minds.
- Identify your strengths and areas for improvement.
- Global leadership development: In 3-4 slides, analyze strategies and best practices for ongoing global leadership development.Outline your actual leadership development plan to improve your competencies.
- Explain how you plan to continue your leadership development.
- Explain the types of training and development activities that will help you improve. (This should come from your weekly discussions.)
- A conclusion.
- A references slide that includes at least 10 resources. Follow APA guidelines for all citations and references.
Be sure the design and layout of your PowerPoint reflects your target audience.
Additional Requirements
- Structure: Include a title slide and references slide.
- Number of slides: 12-15, not including the title slide and references slide.
- Number of resources: At least 10.
- Formatting: APA format for citations and references.
- Content: Appropriate use of speaker notes, including 50-75 words per slide.