Prepare an essay in which you
- Reflect on your own current professional leadership philosophy and competencies -what current strengths could you bring to a leadership role?
- As you discuss your philosophy, include examples of good and poor leaders you’ve dealt with and/or worked for to illustrate your ownpreferred/ valued leadership style.
- Consider how your philosophy or beliefs about leadership fit with the competing values model (Becoming a Master Manager by Quinn et al) and the competency triangle model (Achieving Competencies in Public Service by Bowman et al). You may also include another model you have learned about in the course of this program or in other settings, as applicable. How have these models and readings helped you to
- Given where you are now in your professional career what do you see as the leadership challenges you are most likely to encounter in your next level up (first, middle, upper-level) in terms of individual skills side and team skills.
- At this point, based on all you’ve studied and read about leadership, you believe that leadership skills are ‘natural’ or ‘learned’. Given that perspective, what strategies will you plan to adopt to hone your own leadership skills?
This essay should be at least 7 pages long, double spaced.
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