LDR711 Leadership Theory and Practice
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 Using Passion to Drive Organizational Performance
What makes you passionate about your workplace or the work you do? How can you use your passion to drive organizational performance to solve organizational problems?
DQ2 Doctoral Demeanor and the SPL Model
What are the components of the SPL Model and what are your perceptions of how the model will benefit you as a practitioner doctorate? How does Doctoral Demeanor relate to the SPL Model?
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Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 Responding to Constructive Feedback
Place the following phrases in an internet search bar and in your own words describe the following. Please provide a citation and reference for each source you use.
Constructive criticism
Integrating feedback
Feedback and empowerment
What does the ability to receive and integrate feedback say about you as a scholar-practitioner-leader?
DQ2 Using Peer-Reviewed Literature
What did you learn about peer-reviewed literature? Why is the use of peer-reviewed literature important to the research community and to you as a practitioner leader?
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Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 Assessing Your Leadership Style
Complete the Interactive Leadership Assessment at the end of Ch. 8 in the Northouse text. What is your leadership style? Based on the Suggestions for Improving Your Leadership at the end of the assessment, discuss three strategies you will implement to improve your leadership.
DQ2 Leadership Style and Professional Field
Read the leadership materials in the Learning Activities for the week. Choose one leadership style that resonates with you and write a 250-300-word substantiated discussion on how that leadership style would be applicable to your professional field.
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Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 Assessing Your Follower Style
Complete the Interactive Leadership assessment at the end of Ch. 12 in Northouse. Based on the results, discuss your follower style. What are your strengths and what are your weaknesses as a follower?
DQ2 Dynamic Followership
Dynamic followers take charge of their personal and professional development, ensure complete competence in their jobs, actively manage their work relationships and exercise independent thought.
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
Why is dynamic followership a requirement for effective leadership?
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Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 Improving Team Leadership
Complete the Interactive Leadership Assessment at the end of Ch. 14 in Northouse. What is your team leadership style? Based on the Guidance for Team Leaders to Improve Team Excellence at the end of the assessment, discuss three strategies you will implement to improve your team leadership.
DQ2 Leadership Strengths and Talents
In your daily work life, what leadership strengths or talents do you rely on most? What is the result or outcome of using these strengths on team performance?
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Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 Developing Multi-Cultural Competence
What is multi-cultural competence and why is multi-cultural competence important for leaders? How can leaders develop this competence?
DQ2 Diversity and Inclusion
Please view the short video “Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership”, located in this week’s University Library Readings. Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
What is the difference between diversity and inclusion, and as a leader in your organization how might you further the diversity narrative/actions in your organization?
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Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 Ethical and Moral Decision-Making
People develop a personal code of ethics and a definition of what is right and wrong based on early life experiences with role-models, such as parents, teachers, and others. Reflect on the significant relationships in your life as a child and develop a genogram or any pictorial image of those significant relationships. Search the internet for resources on how to create a genogram, such as How to Make a Genogram.
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
How did important people in your life demonstrate ethics and morality and what did you learn from observing their approach to ethical and moral decision-making? How might your early experiences impact your ethical decision-making as a leader?
DQ2 Making Sound and Ethical Business Decisions
Leaders are challenged to make high-stakes decisions that affect business results. Good leaders use both reason and emotion to make decisions that have an impact on employees and customers and often establish the ethical atmosphere of the organization.
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
What does it take for leaders to make sound and ethical business decisions?
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Week 8 Discussion
DQ1 Organizational Problems and Implications for Leaders
Throughout the course you have studied various aspects of leadership theory and practice and have identified one or more problems to initiate change in the workplace. Select an organizational problem you might address as a leader. You can use a problem from a previous course assignment or choose a different problem.
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
Locate a minimum of one peer-reviewed article focused on how leaders in your profession could benefit from addressing the identified problem. Be sure to find articles published within the last 5 years. Discuss the implications of your problem for leaders.
DQ2 Applying the SPL Model
How has this course changed your approach to leadership? How will you use your knowledge of the SPL model to address contemporary leadership problems in your organization?