Leadership style

Assignment Choice #1: Leadership Style

The following self-assessments allow you to learn more about yourself. These instruments feature behavioral questionnaires that address a variety of personal attributes such as personality, emotional intelligence, communication abilities, motivation, and decision making. The overall expectation is that these instruments will provide you with value-added results that will later allow you to hone your skills as a solid decision maker and leader.

Emotional Intelligence:

• Psychtests
• Memorado- this test done

Decision-Making Style:

• Self-assessment 7.8: What is your preferred decision making style?
• How good is your decision-making?- this test done

Leadership Assessment:

• Leadership skills assessment questionnaire
• The leadership motivation assessment: How motivated are you to lead?-this test done

• Take at least one emotional intelligence test, one decision-making assessment, and one leadership assessment from the links in this assignment.
• Discuss the outcomes of the assessments by specifically addressing what the experience of taking the tests tells you about:
  • Individual personality.
  • How personality fits into organizations generally or the organization that you currently belong to.
  • Decision-making style.
  • How personality, EQ, and decision-making style impact organizational contributions and leadership.
• Answer the following questions:
  • How can one be effective in ones role in an organization or elsewhere? Cite and discuss a specific role as an example. 
  • What common biases might impact decision making?
  • What can one do to be a more effective decision maker?

Paper Requirements

• Your paper should be 4-5 pages long, not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include.
• Format your paper per CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.
• Use at least two scholarly sources to support your claims. (You may not use the required and recommended readings in this course.) The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find sources.