Essay on Leadership Development Experience (2-3 full pages)
The final aspect of your leadership portfolio is a 2-3 full page essay on your leadership development experience this online term. In this essay you want to describe if and how you’ve grown as a leader, and how your leadership style or perspective has changed. Describe in detail how experiences, self-assessment results, dialogue in class discussion forums, videos, etc. impacted your leadership growth. As you reflect, ensure that you answer the following questions:
How has your definition of leadership changed during the semester? If it did not, explain why?
Has your ability to effectively communicate with others changed? Why or why not?
Did you experience an increase in awareness of yourself and others in relation to leadership? If not, explain why.
How have you demonstrated the skills necessary to work collaboratively? Effectively communicate? Lead a team?
Which leadership style do you must closely align with? Why? As an example, are you a transformational or situational leader? Or a combination of a few styles?
Describe how you better understand leadership as a process, not a position?
Discuss how you have sought opportunities to enhance your leadership development and engage in leadership behaviors. Have you adjusted how you lead and/or follow others?
Overall, how was your experience in the course? Do you believe that your leadership and communication skills have improved? Has your confidence grown as a leader?
What do you plan to do to continue to hone your leadership and communication skills beyond this class?
