Explain which leader from the Leadership Profiles media piece most reflects your own leadership style.
Explain which leadership style that is and why you identify with that leader.
Describe whether your chosen leadership style is most effective for use in a business or professional environment. If not, identify which style you believe would be most effective, and explain why.
In order to understand what leadership is, it is important to understand what it is not. There is much discussion in the business world around the differences between leadership and management. As you explore these resources and read about the history of management, consider how these two concepts apply to the business world.
You may have heard of authoritative, permissive, and authoritarian parenting styles. These styles reflect how parents handle discipline, boundaries, rewards, and more. By understanding their own and others’ parenting styles, parents can make better informed decisions for their households. The same concept applies to leaders and their leadership styles. By understanding various leadership styles, leaders and others within diverse organizations can better understand themselves and others. With these resources, you will focus on understanding leadership styles and how different styles can bring benefits and diversity to an organization.
The Leadership Styles interactive media highlights a number of leaders from XYZ Corporation, with whom you will complete several Assignments throughout your program. To become familiar with the XYZ company leadership, please visit the XYZ Corporation’s company intranet site. Click on Organization Chart, and then click on each featured leader to read his or her bio.
