Westcliff University Leadership Concepts Question

I’m working on a business report and need an explanation to help me study.

Develop and write an APA formatted 4-6 page paper that explains the three or four most important leadership concepts you have learned in this course. Identify the key elements of your plan to strengthen your practice of leadership. Use examples from your own experience.

4 most important concepts I learned:

Concept 1:

Kouzes and Posner describe the five practices of exemplary leadership that research suggests can be learned:

1.Model the Way

2.Inspire a Shared Vision

3.Challenge the Process

4.Enable Others to Act

5.Encourage the Heart

Concept 2:

How does a leader communicate a vision so that others will want to share it?

Describe the relevance of this shared vision to the concept of “Encouraging Initiative in Others.”

Concept 3:

IDEO & the shopping cart project (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM).

What are some examples of how leadership, teamwork, and innovation work in this situation?

What are the potential areas where leadership, teamwork, or innovation could fail in this situation?

Concept 4:

How can leaders create a climate of trust and facilitate relationships among people in a work team?

What can a leader do to show others he/she is trustworthy?

What can a leader do to demonstrate he/she trusts others? Use and cite scholarly articles as necessary to support your answer.

Make sure you use the textbook and at least six (6) peer-reviewed sources.

Textbook: Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2017). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (6th ed.). Jossey- Bass
Print ISBN: 9781119278962, 1119278961
eText ISBN: 9781119278979, 111927897X