Leadership Styles

Week 3 Assignment 2

Leadership Styles

Identify five leaders from the lists given in Appendix A.

  • Select one leader’s name from List 7.

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  • Provide the reason for selecting this leader.
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  • Select one leader’s name from List 4.

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  • Provide the reason for selecting this leader.
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  • Select the remaining three leaders from Lists 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6. Ensure you select only one name from a list.

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  • Provide the reason for selecting this leader.
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Based on your research and readings, answers the following questions:

  • What were the characteristics of your chosen leaders?

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  • What were the factors that contributed to each individual rising to the role of leader?

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  • What was each selected leader’s leadership style? Support your position with credible references with respect to the style, and include an accurate biography and depiction of historical events.

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  • Did the leaders’ leadership style shifted or evolved with time or the acquisition of power? Why?

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  • What tools did the leaders utilized to promote their influence and vision?

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  • What were each leader’s contingency and situational leadership capabilities? Explain and support with examples where he or she demonstrated those leadership capabilities.

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  • What was the power base of the selected leaders? What characteristics or traits allowed each individual to assume the position of leadership power?

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  • What role did the leaders assumed in resolving conflict? What was each leader’s apparent conflict resolution style?

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  • What was each leader’s iconic situation that gained him or her recognition as a leader?

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  • Did the environment and time lend to each leader's rise or recognition? Why?

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  • Reflecting on leadership theory and style, would you consider certain traits and characteristics to be timeless? Why or why not?

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  • Why did others adopt or invest in them as individuals and leaders?

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