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 digitally (computer, laptop, tablet, etc.). ? All resources must be cited according to APA formatting. ? Journal entries must be turned in electronically through Moodle. Journal Prompts by Week/Session: Week #4 Sessions: 8.1 o Describe a time that someone influenced you in terms of one of the four Transformational Leadership indicators: o Idealized Influence/Charisma o Inspirational Motivation o Intellectual Stimulation o Individualized Consideration o How did you feel? o What was the result? 8.2 o Describe a time that you influenced someone else in terms of one of the four Transformational Leadership indicators: o Idealized Influence/Charisma o Inspirational Motivation o Intellectual Stimulation o Individualized Consideration o How did you feel? o What was the result? 8.3 o How does your Gospel Worldview engage this approach? o How could this approach help you be a more effective leader? LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP o How could this approach help you be a more effective follower? 9.1 o Describe a time that you compromised your values and acted inauthentically. This could be a time of great stress, or great hurry, or oversight where you just did not understand the situation or where you didn’t handle conflict well. o What did you learn from this experience? 9.2 o What is authenticity? o What helps you be authentic? o What sometimes hinders you from being authentic? 9.3 o Identify a contemporary authentic leader. How does this person reflect Bill George's categories (2003)? o Purposeful - What is their purpose? o Value centered - What are the key values they live by? o Relational - How are they cultivating meaningful relationships? o Self-disciplined- How do they demonstrate self-discipline? o Heart - What do they care about most? 9.4 o In which of Bill George’s authentic leadership characteristics (2003) are you the strongest? o And the least strong? o Purposeful - What is your purpose? o Value centered - What are the key values you live by? o Relational - How are you cultivating meaningful relationships? o Self-disciplined- How do you demonstrate self-discipline? o Heart - What do you care about most? 9.5 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 #5 Sessions: Characteristics of a Servant Leader: 1. Listening 2. Empathy 3. Healing 4. Awareness LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP 5. Persuasion 6. Conceptualization 7. Foresight 8. Stewardship 9. Commitment To Others Growth 10.Building Community 10.1 o After watching and listening to one of the videos provided this week - from Majora Carter, Martin Luther King, Jr. or Herb Keller - or reading the article describing President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, identify and describe how you see three of Spears’ Characteristics of a Servant Leader being exemplified. 10.2 o Identify one of Spears’ characteristics of a Servant Leader that would be easier for you to enact. o Identify one of Spears’ characteristics of a Servant Leader that would be more challenging for you to enact. o Why would it be difficult? o What might help you develop this characteristic? 10.3 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? 11.1 o After watching the video with Ronald Heifetz on Adaptive Leadership: o Identify a technical challenge faced by your organization. o Identify an adaptive challenge faced by your organization. o Describe the relative degree of difficulty associated with responding to each of the above. o For the adaptive challenge, is there an “elephant in the room”? If so, describe it. o When and how do you stay in your “comfort zone”? o How do you regulate your personal distress when it occurs? o What are ways to approach this adaptive challenge? 11.2 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 Week #6 Sessions: 12.1 o Share something you like about being in a follower role. o Describe an exemplary follower who positively impacts their organization. 12.2 o Describe a time you were ineffective as a follower. o Why were you ineffective? o What was the impact on your leader and organization? o What could you have done differently? 12.3 o In your opinion, which leadership style we have studied so far could be the most effective in developing exemplary followers? 12.4 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? 14.1 o Identify every team you are currently on, including at home, school, church and work. How many teams are you on? 14.2 o Describe the least effective team you have been on in the last 12 months. o What made it so ineffective? 14.3 o Describe the most effective team you have been on in the last 12 months. o What made it so effective? 14.4 o After watching the video of conductor Neeme Jarvi: o How is leading an orchestra similar to leading a ministry or work team? o How is it different? o What internal leadership actions are required of an orchestra conductor? o How does Jarvi use nonverbal communication to lead the orchestra -- and the audience? o What conditions of group effectiveness are present in the orchestra? o What characteristics of team excellence are present in the orchestra? 14.5 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 Week #7 Sessions: 15.1 o Identify one experienced and effective female leader like Pat Summitt, or someone else, that you admire. Describe what you admire about her. 15.2 o Identify one emerging female leader that you admire. o Describe what you admire about her. 15.3 o According to our texts, "Men are stereotyped with agentic characteristics such as confidence, assertiveness, independence, rationality, and decisiveness, whereas women are stereotyped with communal characteristics such as concern for others, sensitivity, warmth, helpfulness, and nurturance (Deaux & Kite, 1993; Heilman, 2001)." (Cited by Stefanie Simon and Crystal L. Hoyt in Nourthouse 2019:410) o Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? 15.4 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? 16.1 o If you have had a cross-cultural friendship, how is that friendship different from your other relationships? o How is it similar to your other relationships? 16.2 o In Chapter 16 of our text, House et al. (2004) identify a list of universally desirable leadership attributes. In which two of these qualities are you strongest? o In which two of these do you have the most room to grow? 16.3 o In Chapter 16 of our text, House et al. (2004) also identify a list of universally undesirable leadership attributes. Which one of these do you sometimes exhibit? o What might be the next step for you on that attribute? 16.4 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? LDRS105: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP Journal Assignment Part #2 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. 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Some formatting is present, but with many significant mistakes. APA formatting is present, but with a number of mistakes. APA formatting is present throughout with only a few mistakes. APA formatting is present throughout with no mistakes. Grammar & Spelling (10%) Paper is unreadable due to grammar and spelling mistakes. Grammar and spelling mistakes run throughout the paper. Many grammar and spelling mistakes. Some grammar and spelling mistakes. Few grammar and spelling mistakes. No grammar or spelling mistakes.