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JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Assignment 1

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ASSIGNMENT 1: YOUR LEADERSHIP PROFILE
Due: Monday, 9 am (eastern), Week 4 (10% of final grade)

Leadership is a critical skill in business. Leading effectively requires an understanding of your own
unique leadership style and personality traits. For this assignment, you will reflect on your leadership
experiences, assess your strengths, evaluate your emotional intelligence and DiSC profile, and
develop a plan for mastering your leadership style.

Use the Assignment 1 template provided in your Canvas course. It has headings and sub-headings
in place, along with instructions on formatting of citations and references and topics to be covered.

Instructions:

Write a 4-6 page paper in which you address the following:

1. Reflect on your leadership experiences:
a. Describe the leadership aspects of your most recent professional role.
b. Identify and describe 2 key experiences that have impacted you as a leader.

2. Assess your leadership strengths:

a. Describe 2 key strengths from Jack Welch’s Foundational Principles (see Winning,
chapters 1-4) and 8 Rules of Leadership, as they pertain to your leadership development.

3. How do these experiences and strengths relate to aspects of your Emotional Intelligence and
your DiSC profile?

4. Develop a plan for mastering your leadership style:
a. Identify 2-3 leadership skills you would like to master in the future.
b. Describe steps you can take to master those skills. How will you measure your success?

Professional Formatting Requirements:

• Typed, double spaced, professional font (size 10-12), includes headings and subheadings (to
identify main topics and subtopics), with one-inch margins on all sides.

• References must be included and provide accurate information that enables the reader to locate
the original source. Application and analysis of course materials and resources is expected, and
additional research is welcome.

• Include a Cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date.

• Before submitting your paper, use Grammarly to check for punctuation and usage errors, and
make the required corrections.

JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Assignment 1

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Assignment 1 Rubric

Weight: 10% Assignment 1: Your Leadership Profile

Criteria Honors High Pass Pass Low Pass Unsatisfactory

1. Reflect on
your
leadership
experiences

Weight: 15%

Exemplarily
describes most
recent professional
role and the
leadership and
managerial aspects
of that role in an
analytic way.

Additionally, the
student superbly
identifies and
describes 2 key
leadership
experiences.

Reflections are
clear, concise,
persuasive, and
supported by
sources and logical
reasoning.

Fully describes
most recent
professional role
and the leadership
and managerial
aspects of that
role. Additionally,
the student
completely
identifies and
describes 2 key
leadership
experiences.

Reflections are
mostly clear,
concise, and well
supported.

Satisfactorily
describes most
recent professional
role and the
leadership and
managerial aspects
of that role.
Additionally, the
student partially
identifies and
describes 2 key
leadership
experiences.

Reflections may
lack some clarity
and conciseness
and/or may not be
highly persuasive
or thoroughly
supported.

Partially
describes most
recent
professional role
and the
leadership and
managerial
aspects of that
role.

Additionally, the
student
somewhat
identifies and
describes 1-2
key leadership
experiences, but
reflections lack
clarity and/or
conciseness.

Does not or
unsatisfactorily
describes most
recent
professional role
and the leadership
and managerial
aspects of that
role. Additionally,
the student does
not identify and
describe any
leadership
experiences.

Little to no
synthesis of ideas
is demonstrated
and logical
reasoning is not
included or
evident.

2. Assess your
leadership
strengths

Weight: 20%

Exemplarily
describes 2 key
strengths in
relation to your
leadership
development and
Jack’s 8 Rules.
Unique insights
and stance are
clear, concise, and
supported by
course materials
and/or outside
research and
logical reasoning.

Completely
describes 2 key
strengths in
relation to your
leadership
development and
Jack’s 8 Rules.
The assessment
is clear, concise,
and well
supported.

Satisfactorily
describes 2 key
strengths in
relation to your
leadership
development and
Jack’s 8 Rules.
The assessment
may lack some
clarity or
conciseness
and/or may or may
not be thoroughly
supported.

Provides basic
description of 2
key strengths in
relation to
leadership
development and
Jack’s 8 Rules.
The assessment
lacks clarity
and/or
conciseness.

Does not or
unsatisfactorily
describes 2 key
strengths in
relation to
leadership
development and
Jack’s 8 Rules.
Little to no
synthesis of ideas
is demonstrated
and logical
reasoning is not
included or
evident.

JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Assignment 1

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Criteria Honors High Pass Pass Low Pass Unsatisfactory
3. Evaluate

experiences
and strengths
in relation to
aspects of your
emotional
intelligence and
your DiSC
profile

Weight: 25%

Excellently
considers
experiences and
strengths in relation
to aspects of your
emotional
intelligence and
DiSC profile. Shows
depth of
understanding
and offers
unique
insights.

Fully considers
experiences and
strengths in
relation to
aspects of your
emotional
intelligence and
DiSC profile, and
is thoroughly
explained.

Adequately
considers
experiences and
strengths in
relation to aspects
of your emotional
intelligence and
DiSC profile, but is
unclear at times.

Partially considers
experiences and
strengths in
relation to aspects
of your emotional
intelligence and
DiSC profile, and is
unclear or less
than adequately
supported or
explained.

Does not
consider
experiences
and
strengths in
relation to
aspects of
your
emotional
intelligence
and DiSC
profile, and
is not
supported or
explained.

4. Develop a plan
for mastering
your leadership
skills

Weight: 30%

Exemplarily
describes the steps
necessary to master
2-3 future
leadership skills.
Measures of
success are
clearly identified.

Completely
describes the
steps necessary
to master 2-3
future leadership
skills.
Measures of
success are
mostly clear
and concise.

Satisfactorily
describes the
steps necessary to
master 2-3 future
leadership skills.
Measures of
success are
provided but some
are lacking in
clarity.

Partially describes
the steps
necessary to
master 2-3 future
leadership skills.
Measures of
success are
minimal or
lack clarity.

Does not or
unsatisfactorily
describes the
steps necessary
to master 2-3
future leadership
skills.
Measures of
success are not
provided or
evident.

5. The paper
follows the
professionally
formatted
requirements
and includes
in- text
citations,
references,
and is free
from grammar
and spelling
errors

Weight: 10%

The paper is
exceptionally
formatted. It is
highly professional
in look and easy to
quickly locate
information.
It includes a cover
page, headings,
professional
formatting, font,
and spacing.

All sources are
consistently cited in
text, and accurate
references are
included. There are
no mechanics or
usage errors.

The paper is
professionally
formatted.
It includes a
cover page,
headings,
professional
formatting, font,
and spacing.
All sources are
consistently cited
in text, and
accurate
references are
included. There
are no mechanics
or usage errors.

The paper is
satisfactorily
formatted. It
includes a cover
page and
headings, but it
may lack
professional
choices in
formatting, font,
and spacing.
Sources may not
be consistently
cited in text, and
accurate
references may not
be included. There
may be some
mechanics or
usage errors.

The paper is
partially
satisfactorily
formatted. It may
not include a cover
page and
headings, or it may
lack professional
choices in
formatting, font,
and spacing.
Sources are not
consistently cited in
text, and accurate
references may not
be included. There
are some
mechanics or
usage errors.

The paper is
unsatisfactorily
formatted. It may
not include
includes a cover
page and
headings, or lacks
professional
choices in
formatting, font,
and spacing.
Sources are not
consistently cited
in text, and
accurate
references are not
included There are
mechanics or
usage errors.