Category: Leadership

You will learn about workforce trends for 2026, analyze an existing organizational need or change and articulate a solution. Your solution should consider the “what ifs” – i.e. the resistance you anticipate to your idea. You will write this memo from a position of a leadership role (real or hypothetic) in the organization. 1. Review the document “Workplace Intelligence Forecast for 2026.” 2. Assume you are a leader in an organization – you can use your current job, a club or team you participate in, your career goal job, a volunteer organization, or a business you want to own and lead. 3. Consider a recent change/challenge that has affected your engagement in the above identified organization (example: AI adoption, consolidation; budget cuts; etc.) 4. Identify one of the related Forecasted Trends that currently impacts your work (or is hypothetical for your desired position) and analyze the impact (pros and cons, in detail) 5. Write a memo to either upper level administration, your employers, or investors that clearly argues your strategy recommendation for addressing the forecasted trend Write a memo (1,500-2,000 words) – a professional document detailing your analysis and a strategy for change. The memo should clearly identify who your audience is. Clearly identify a work change/challenge. Demonstrate a clear connection between your identified change/challenge and the Forecasted Trend. Identify at least two solutions to your change/challenge and the Trend. Clearly articulate the “why” of your solution and the expected outcomes. Additional research that strengthens your solution to the change/challenge is encouraged. Identify anticipated resistance to your plan and how you will address those.

Creating a comprehensive critical review of an article that spans 1500-1800 words is a detailed task that requires careful analysis and synthesis of the article’s content. This analysis would include an in-depth examination of the article’s methodology, results, and their implications, particularly in the context of the UAE’s educational landscape. I will the attach the article and the rubric with instructions for further information.

Week 4 Discussion Forum – Taking care of self and others For this discussion, answer all of the following prompts: As a leader, how can you ensure you take steps to promote self-care? Why is this important as a leader? Then, how can you ensure those entrusted to your care (your followers) are taken care of? Lastly, why is accountability important in an organization, and what are the dangers of not promoting an environment where this is valued? Make sure to answer all parts of the question. Read all discussion questions carefully. Discussion board grading overview: Discussion board posts receiving Proficient ratings (B average) will be at least 200 words in length, have at least one reference to course materials, tie in personal experiences to the course content, have few (if any) grammatical errors, be posted on time, and use appropriate citations for external sources (including course materials) used. Discussion board posts receiving Advanced ratings (A average) will be well above 200 words in length (quality content; not just filler words), have multiple references to course materials, tie in personal experiences to the course content, have few (if any) grammatical errors, be posted on time, and use appropriate citations for external sources (including course materials) used.

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a needs assessment for your selected mentee and then work with them to set their short and long-term goals. Be sure to reference your topic Resources and the “CLC – Leadership Resources and Motivators” list you are collecting with your group for additional support in completing this assignment. For this assignment, review the “IDP – Needs Assessment and Goals” template, complete it, and submit it as directed. This template covers the following sections:

Needs Assessment

Before establishing goals, converse with your mentee to complete a needs assessment that identifies potential short-term and long-term goals. Choose five areas from the template as areas of focus. Here are other points to consider:

• Spend two hours evaluating areas in the mentees daily life that would benefit from coaching or mentoring techniques.
• Look for opportunities to identify the mentee’s strengths when seeking ways to promote personal progress.
• This can be done over the phone or through an interview process via video or in-person.
• You are not required to use a template or graphic organizer to document the information, but such a tool might help to evaluate your mentee’s needs and complete the goals portion of this assignment.

Setting Short-Term and Long-Term Goals

Use the provided template, develop short-term and long-term goals. You must develop these goals with your mentee. You can do this over the phone, via a video chat, or in-person. It is important to identify areas that could use coaching or mentoring techniques in order to complete your implementation plan.

• Short-term goals must reflect the next 6 months.
• Long-term goals must reflect 6 months to 2 years.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

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Needs Assessment

9 points

Short-Term Goals

9 points

Long-Term Goals

9 points

Mechanics of Writing

1.5 points

Format/Documentation

1.5 points

Total

30 points

The Effective Team This assignment assesses the following Course Outcome: MT340 -2: Recommend a process for building an effective team. You have been asked to lead a small group/team to solve a problem in your work environment. Put yourself in the role of a group leader and not a project manager. Write a paper describing how you will proceed. Discuss the process of structuration and some of the challenges that you feel that you might encounter as the group develops. Be sure to include task functions and relationships among the members. Do you feel that Gersicks two-phase model or Tuckmans model of group development is a better representation of the process that you will encounter? How will you help the group socialize and develop roles, norms, and the climate? CHECKLIST: IN A PERSUASIVE ESSAY: Recommend the process of structuration, including how roles, norms, rules, and climate develop. Analyze and describe challenges that you may experience. Analyze and describe three typical social tensions experienced by the group. Evaluate at least one other challenge to group development. Describe the five stages of group socialization. Work should demonstrate: The synthesis of concepts, research, and experience Problem-solving abilities Business decision-making abilities Make sure your persuasive essay expresses a clear purpose and point of view. Introduce your topic. Respond to the questions in this assignment providing support or evidence for your point of view or argument you are trying to make. Tell your readers what action they should take, or provide a summary of what the reader should take away from reading/learning about the topic. Format and Writing Instructions: Address the writing and format of your paper: Write your paper in a clear and articulate manner using Standard English. Ensure it is well-organized, logical, and unified and that your work is original and insightful. Your paper must be double-spaced and include at least 3 pages (minimum 800 words) of content and the title and reference page. You are required to have at least three references, one of which must be the textbook, and two quality sources from the Purdue Global Library. Remember that APA uses both in-text citations and a reference list with hanging indents (both are required). If you need help with these requirements, please use the services of the Writing Center. You may access the Writing Center from Academic Tools. Utilize the spelling and grammar checker in Word to minimize errors.

Please reply to each discussion separately, minimum 150 words each. Cite and source separately

Define the difference between short- and long-term goals and provide examples. In your role as a coach or mentor, how is the process of setting such goals to support another person’s needs different?

What challenges might you encounter in the process of setting goals with your mentee? How would you manage a difference in perspective if you and your mentee are not in alignment on which goals take priority?

InstructionsLeadership Development and Succession

Throughout the course, you have studied a variety of theories about leadership. By now, you should be developing your own perspective on who the leader is and what the leader does. You likely have gravitated towards certain styles and ideas about leadership.

For the Week 5 paper, you will design a leadership development program for an organization of your choice.

Tasks:

• Summarize the key details about your organization. What is it? What does it do? How does it currently develop (or not develop leaders)? Dont just copy and paste your writing from the Week 1 introduction. Further summarize organizational details.
• Assess leadership. What is it? Why is it important?
• Defend an approach (e.g., style or theory) to leadership that you wish to replicate throughout the organization you have selected. Why is it appropriate for the organization?
• Design a leadership development plan to infuse your selected leadership approach into the organization. The plan can be a 2- to 3-page summary of a process, set of action steps, modules, or other means you will use to develop leaders.
• Propose a leadership succession perspective for your organization. Why is succession planning important? What are the consequences of failing to do so? What are the benefits of having a succession plan? What are 3 or 4 critical action steps the organization should take to build good leadership succession?
• Synthesize your self-development in leadership perspective and practice as a result of study in the course. What did you think about leadership coming into the course? How has your thinking and practice changed because of your study?

Submission Details:

• Complete your analysis in an 810-page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.
• Name your document SU_MGT7115_W5_LastName

Please follow all directions in an entirety

Write a paper (suggested length of 610 pages) by doing the following:

A. Provide a PDF copy of your Signature Themes report after completing the CliftonStrengths assessment.

1. Reflect on the results of the five categorical strengths from your CliftonStrengths assessment, including what those results might indicate about your leadership.

B. Evaluate your leadership, using one of the scholarly leadership theories below, by doing the following:

transformational leadership

transactional leadership

situational leadership

participative leadership

servant leadership

behavioral leadership

trait theory of leadership

1. Evaluate three strengths of your leadership, using the chosen scholarly leadership theory, including how each strength relates to the theory. Support the evaluation of your strengths with at least one scholarly source.

2. Evaluate three weaknesses of your leadership, using the chosen scholarly leadership theory, including how each weakness relates to the theory. Support the evaluation of your weaknesses with at least one scholarly source.

3. Recommend three actionable items to improve the effectiveness of your leadership, including how each actionable item relates to the chosen scholarly leadership theory. Support the recommendations of actionable items with at least one scholarly source.

Note: A scholarly source could be a reputable journal, a published book, or any source from a university faculty member or business leader. Scholarly sources also include any article or book in the online WGU library.

C. Discuss two short-term goals that will help improve your leadership. Adhere to the SMART criteria for each goal: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound.

1. Discuss at least two specific actions you will take to reach each of the SMART goals discussed in part C.

D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

As you gain communication and negotiation skills, keep in mind that failure is unavoidable, but a valuable lesson can always be learned from failure. Share an experience when you have used failure to your advantage in a collaborative project. Share an experience when you have not used failure to your advantage in a collaborative project. Answer the following questions in your response: What would you have done differently? What did you learn from this experience that you can implement immediately?