Leadership Development Report

The first stage is to select a person whom you consider to be a successful and effective leader. Then, through your observation or research, you will identify the person’s leadership traits, behaviours and qualities. The learning outcome of this stage is that you are challenged to apply the theories in this course with your research or observation. For the second stage, At this stage, you are then required to create a ‘Leadership Development Plan’. The plan must at least maintain or further develop your leadership strengths and improve weaknesses. You must review the leadership theories and concepts explored in this course and describe how they relate to you and your leadership development plan. The plan should consist of key components such as timeframe, activities, goals and measurement indicators etc. In the final stage, you must seek feedback on your plan from an established leader. This leader can be anyone you know who holds a leadership position in an organisation. In the final stage, you must seek feedback on your plan from a leader. This leader can be anyone you know who holds a leadership position in an [login to view URL] going through these three stages, you should be able to critically analyse and evaluate leadership theories and practices and understand how to improve your own leadership effectiveness and qualities. At this stage, you must: 1. Describe what and how you have incorporated this leader’s feedback into your plan; 2. Describe how you will evaluate whether or not you have reached the level of development set out in your plan (e.g. how will you know that you’ve achieved the goals set out in your leadership development plan? what kind(s) of data and information will inform this?) Word limit: 2500 words Report format 1) Introduction 2) Body with headings and sub-headings (i.e. Observation/Research, Leadership Development Plan; Feedback) 3) Conclusion 4) References 5) Appendix It is expected that you will use at least 10 academic references, preferably refereed journal/research articles. Websites, such as Wikipedia, will not be accepted, other than for providing general details of the leaders and these will not be counted in the minimum references required.