Q Write: ? After listening to the lectures, doing the reading and watching any video(s) for that week, provide numbered and dated journal entries, for example: “Journal Entry 1 – September 3”, in response to the following prompts. ? To receive full credit, each journal entry must demonstrate thoughtful and detailed engagement with all elements of the prompt. ? Journal entries must be entered on a laptop or computer. ? All resources must be cited according to APA formatting. ? Journal entries must be turned in electronically through Moodle. Journal Prompts by Week/Session: Week #1 Sessions: 1.1 Describe the people and experiences that have had a significant impact on your understanding and practice of leadership. o Describe a situation in which you are following - and what is at stake. o Describe a situation in which you are leading - and what is at stake. o What leadership-related questions - or pain - do you currently have? o Describe the leadership-related areas in which you would most like to grow. 1.2 Identify the most powerful person you know personally. o What bases of power does he/she use? o What do you notice about this person's leadership? 1.3 View Drew Dudley - TEDx - Everyday Leadership and respond to the following prompts: o Have you ever been on the receiving end of a “Lollipop Moment”? o Have you ever created a “Lollipop Moment” for someone else? o How might God use you as a leader even during this class?” 2.1 Choose one trait: Intelligence, Self-confidence, Determination, Integrity or Sociability (Northouse) o How can this trait be developed? LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP o How can it be demonstrated? o Identify one person who has this trait. How does it affect their leadership? 2.2 o Emotional Intelligence: Cinderella Man Video o In this scene, what emotions do you notice in Russell Crowe’s character James J. Braddock? 2.3 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o What traits would you most like to have or develop? Why? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? 3.1 o What leadership skills have you developed? o How have you developed them? 3.2 o Identify a possible career/ministry direction for yourself. o How could the following social judgement competencies be helpful? o Which of these competencies do you already have? o Which needs more development? o Which skill will you practice in this class? 1. Perspective-taking 2. Social Perceptiveness 3. Behavioral Flexibility 4. Social Performance 3.3 o For that same career/ministry plan, which of the following nine problem solving skills would be especially useful? o What work experience would develop that skill? 1. Problem definition 2. Cause/goal analysis 3. Constraint analysis 4. Planning 5. Forecasting Creative thinking 7. Idea evaluation 8. Wisdom 9. Sense making/visioning LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP 3.4 o In that possible future career/ministry you have identified for yourself, in what ways would these skills be needed? o Technical o Human o Conceptual o What experiences could help develop one of these skills that could be important for your future? 3.5 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? Week #2 Sessions: 4.1 o Take the Leadership Behavior Questionnaire at the end of Chapter 4. o Does it indicate that you are more task-oriented, relationally-oriented, or a mix? o How is your leadership style working for you? o In what leadership situations does this style do well? o In what leadership situations does this style do less well? o Does this preferred style ever lead others to perceive you as difficult to work with? o If so, how can you respond? 4.2 o Using just the person’s first initial and a brief description, identify a person who illustrates each of the leadership positions described by Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid. o Authority-Compliance o Country-Club Management o Impoverished Management o Middle of the road Management o Team Management 4.3 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP 5.1 o Describe a time you would have liked to experience one of the following leadership styles: S1 – Directing Style S2 – Coaching Style S3 – Supporting Style S4 – Delegating Style 5.2 o Describe a time you would like to have provided one of the following leadership styles: S1 – Directing Style S2 – Coaching Style S3 – Supporting Style S4 – Delegating Style 5.3 o Describe a time you were a follower with each of the following levels of development: D1 D2 D3 D4 5.4 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? Week #3 Sessions: 6.1 o Describe a time that someone motivated you. How did they do it? 6.2 o Create a top 10 list of ways to motivate followers. 6.3 o What type of leadership behavior most motivates you: 1-directive, 2-supportive, 3-participative, 4-achievement-oriented? Why? 6.4 o After watching Daniel Pink’s video presentation The Puzzle of Motivation, What did you learn about motivation? LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP o What does it mean to put follower motivation first, and ask the leader to provide the follower what they need to do well? 6.5 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? 7.1 o Complete these sentences: o “I can’t stand it when my manager …” o “I respect my managers when …” o “I am motivated to go above and beyond in my job or ministry when my manager” 7.2 o Describe your experience of being in an in-group. o How was status decided? o Identify some of the benefits of being in the in-group. o What were the drawbacks of being in the out-group? 7.3 o Describe your experience of being in an out-group. o How was status decided? o Identify some of the benefits of being in the in-group. o What were the drawbacks of being in the outgroup? 7.4 o Describe the best practices you have experienced for creating a positive workplace environment. 7.5 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP Journal Assignment Part #1 Rubric Absent (0) Poor (1) Below Average (2) Average (3) Good (4) Excellent (5) Content (25%) Paper is off topic and unrelated to the prompt. Content is lacking. Questions in the prompt were not answered. Content is incomplete. Content answers few of the questions in the prompt. Content is adequate. Content answers some of the questions in the prompt. Content is good. Content answers most of the questions in the prompt. Content is excellent. Content answers all of the questions in the prompt. Depth of Reflection (25%) Demonstrates no reflection on the topic. Demonstrates little reflection on the topic. Demonstrates limited reflection on the topic. Demonstrates a adequate reflection on the topic. Demonstrates thoughtful reflection on the topic. Demonstrates thoughtful and thorough reflection on the topic. Use of Course Materials (15%) No use of sources/course materials. Little use of sources/course materials. 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