LDR535 – 6 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Please answer the following questions in a minimum of 175 words for each question.
Textbook
Manning, G., & Curtis, K. (2022). The art of leadership (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Question 1 – (must be answered in a minimum of 175 words):
The best managers are also good leaders, but not every manager is both. How do the best ones impact their teams and shape organizational culture?
Discuss a leader you know, preferably from an organization you work in now, in the past, or are familiar with. Consider their actions and impact on people. How is their leadership style reflected in their organization’s culture? What do you think is the relationship between the most effective leaders and a positive organizational culture?
Question 2 – (must be answered in a minimum of 175 words):
How a manager and their team succeed and perform at their best is when their purpose and their organizational culture connects with who they are.
Discuss the importance of an organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategies. How should these elements shape the organizational culture and develop culture for change? Support your response with a specific example to illustrate your explanation.
Question 3 – (must be answered in a minimum of 175 words):
An effective manager relies on their relationships with people and recognizes that each individual is unique and needs different things from them.
Recall an experience with an innovation leadership style. What innovation leadership qualities did the person possess? How did these qualities impact the leader’s interactions with others? How does it compare with other leadership styles you’ve discussed?
Question 4 – (must be answered in a minimum of 175 words):
What kind of leader are you? As a manager, your team will look to you during times of change. What innovative leadership strategies and tactics can you use to support organizational change?
Discuss the leadership theory that applies to your leadership style. Which leadership theory do you admire the most? Share a scenario when a manager, you, or someone else, used unhelpful or incorrect leadership strategies or tactics during an organizational change. What was the result? What strategies or tactics could you have used as a leader to support that change?
Question 5 – (must be answered in a minimum of 175 words):
Change is a difficult thing to navigate for many people and many organizations, but change is needed to grow. Employees and employers alike need managers to support change and go beyond accepting it to normalize change.
Discuss strategies managers can use for creating positive, organizational change with their teams. How does collaboration influence positive organizational change? Provide an example scenario to illustrate the implementation of one strategy.
Question 6 – (must be answered in a minimum of 175 words):
Global competition is fierce, and any competitive advantage is vital for global success. Making a global shift might mean you’ll be acting as a manager to product teams in multiple countries or ramp up production to have the components to break into a new market. However, the changes look for your organization, effective change management is an important factor for acquiring and keeping any competitive advantage.
Discuss the relationship between organizational change and the organization’s need to stay competitive in a global market. How much does this relationship drive change? What other factors drive organizational change?

Leadership Final project -L

Part 1 (2 pages )
• Leader selected is Martin Luther King Jr
• Complete the “Conceptualizing Leadership Questionnaire” in the course text (Chapter 1, 1.3) for the leader you selected.
• Based on the questionnaire results, identify the type of leadership style this leader exemplifies, and explain why.
• Explain your expectations of an effective leader.
• Explain why you believe this leader meets your expectations of an effective leader.
Part 2 (3 pages)
Address the following:
• How does the leader you selected in Part 1 resonate with and inspire you as you reflect on your completed assignment, Profile of Strengths (from Week 5 uploaded in files)?
• What challenges and/or missed opportunities has this leader encountered?
• How do they interact with their colleagues and subordinates?
• How has this leader grown as a result of the challenges they faced?
• In what ways do their leadership styles influence you?
• What strengths and challenges do you and this leader have in common?
Part 3 (3 pages)
Address the following:
• How does the leader you selected in Part 1 demonstrate and promote a positive ethical culture within their organization?
• How does the leader demonstrate ethical leadership by encouraging diversity, promoting inclusivity, and striving for positive social change?
• What ethical challenges or obstacles has this leader encountered and how have they overcome them?
• Which stakeholders has this leader unified and engaged in the decision-making process?
• In what ways has this leader galvanized support thanks to their leadership style?
• What is this leader’s legacy within their organization? What lasting impact have they had on the organization and the world?
Please write in APA 7ed format with in-text citations throughout and a references page. Please include an introduction and conclusion for each part (1,2, and 3).

Context and Leadership

Instructions and rubric in attached files
*required sources for concept reference*
https://hbr.org/2014/06/your-work-life-balance-should-be-your-companys-problem
https://hbr.org/2013/10/leading-in-complex-times
https://hbr.org/2017/01/were-thinking-about-organizational-culture-all-wrong
https://hbr.org/2016/05/what-leadership-looks-like-in-different-cultures
https://hbr.org/2016/03/having-a-difficult-conversation-with-someone-from-a-different-culture

Field Interview

Field Project:
Our topic this week is on the importance of autonomy in the workplace. The goal of this
field project is to learn from other leaders who may help strengthen your understanding
of our readings and papers in the classroom.
Interview a leader who you know that is effective at appropriate and measured
autonomy in the workplace. Be detailed with the specific narrative or examples of how
this leader allows for staff autonomy. Use your readings to support your field interview
with APA citations.
Field Projects are to have a cover page, references page, and between up to 3-pages of
written narrative (250-words). The student is strongly encouraged to keep the Turnitin
“similarity index” at or below the recommended level. All papers must adhere to the
APA writing guidelines found in the syllabus and clarified through the APA writing style
at: http://www.apastyle.org
READING MATERIALS
Read:
Forbes: “How To Find Purpose at Work When Your Career is Constantly Changing”, Vicky Valet
HBR: “Empowered” by Josh Burnoff and Ted Schadler.
HBR: “How to Spotify Balances Employee Autonomy and
Accountability” by Eric Garton, Michael Mankins
Gallup: State of the Global Workforce.

Female leaders in public service

You are required to write an essay on a topic of your choosing related to leadership in the public services. In deciding on an area to write about, you may consider issues that are currently topical, areas of personal interest or topics that are cutting edge (i.e. an area of leadership in the public services that has yet to receive much research attention).
Whichever subject you choose to write about, you will be required to formulate an essay question that clearly indicates the issue under investigation and the ‘problem’ being explored. Examples of topic areas include gender and leadership in the public services; leadership in the public services of the future; employee motivation in the public services; diversity management in the public services.
However, essay questions are much more specific and pose a question. An example of an essay question is:
What are the leadership challenges associated with gender inequality in public services and how can these be addressed by leaders?
You will be able to liaise with the module convenor about your essay title prior to beginning your essay.
You may want to draw on academic articles, biographies, books, reports or press articles in your work. You may want to discuss a leadership issue that resonates with your personal experience. Crucially, for a good grade, students should demonstrate a masterful understanding of the field of leadership studies, wide reading, and sophisticated critical analysis of their chosen leadership issue.
It should be 2300 words APA 7 referencing