Study current leader in order to enhance your understanding

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Analysis of a Leader

In this assignment you will be asked to study a current or past leader in order to enhance your understanding of their development, capabilities, achievements and communication with key stakeholders. The focus in your analysis should particularly be on (i) the struggles your chosen leader has experienced to become a leader and (ii) how the chosen leader has been critiqued by various stakeholders. Overall, this analysis should result in a series of actionable recommendations for this leader (assuming that would be possible).

Critically evaluate a variety of advanced leadership and stakeholder management concepts, theories and frameworks and their application to effective practice.

Preparation
Before starting this assignment, you should read the instructions below, review the marking rubric and raise any concerns with your lecturer. Please also contact the lecturer to confirm the leader that you have chosen to study (before you start to actively work on your report).

The purpose of this report is to apply the concepts and theories discussed during weeks 1-6 to the analysis of leadership of a past or current leader. Select any type of leader for whom there is sufficient information to provide a good analysis of leadership processes and outcomes. Examples include political leaders, military leaders, business executives, religious leaders, sports coaches, and leaders of social movements. My advice would be to pick a leader from another country than your country of birth (as critically analysing a "national hero" can be challenging).

A minimum requirement of the assignment is to identify specific leadership behaviours and apply relevant leadership theories to explain why the behaviours were appropriate or inappropriate in the situation faced by the leader. Even better is to identify reasons why the person's leadership was (un)successful enough to make them (in)famous. Both the strengths and weaknesses of 'your' leader should be identified. Issues of ethics in their leadership should also be considered. Eventually your analysis should result in a series of actionable recommendations for the chosen leader (assuming that would be possible).

In this assignment it is essential to describe incidents involving effective or ineffective behaviour by the leader to support your analysis as well as apply theoretical tools and frameworks in your analysis. One of the most useful types of sources for this task is a biographical account of the leader's activities and accomplishments. Also try to use quotes and detailed descriptions of selected incidents to support conclusions about the leader's behaviour and influence on followers. The source for any quotes or factual details should be clearly cited.

Question: During week 4 we have discussed how the verbal and non-verbal behaviours of leaders matter and may have a huge impact on their followers. Particularly non-verbal behaviours can be very powerful and revealing. Your assignment is EITHER A) OR B) below:

Assignment (A)
1. Find a picture of a leader that you find interesting/intriguing.
2. Describe and analyse the non-verbal behaviours the leader is (not) displaying.
3. What do we learn about non-verbal leadership behaviours from this case? (Note: it is absolutely fine to analyse the leader you are working on for assignment 1).

Assignment (B)

1. Carefully read and assess the contributions of your peers. Pick one to respond to.
2. In your reply either (i) add and discuss an aspect of non-verbal behaviour that is significant, yet not highlighted in the original post or (ii) critique the interpretations of non-verbal behaviours in the original post. As per usual please remain courteous if you decide to critique the work of one of your peers.

The report should include the following:
1. A title page
2. A contents page
3. An introduction
4. A brief overview of the chosen leader
5. An analysis of the leader's development, capabilities, achievements and communication with key stakeholders, resulting in an overview of strengths and weaknesses of the leader
6. Recommendations for the leader (to improve their leadership)
7. Conclusion in which you summarise what you have learned.
8. References

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