Leadership Development Plan

Write a paper that will allow you to examine your leadership skills and develop a plan for moving forward.

I. Analyze your current leadership skills based on what you have learned in Leadership & Change in Organization course (see textbook below for reference).

• Identify (1) leadership theory that would be beneficial to your leadership role


• Summarize your understanding of the (1) leadership theory


• Explain how you would apply this theory to make you a more effective leader


• Illustrate (2) positive outcomes that you would expect to occur

II. Identify (1) change leadership theory that would be beneficial to your leadership role

• Summarize your understanding of the (1) change leadership theory 


• Explain how you would apply this theory to make you a more effective leader


• Illustrate (2) positive outcomes that you would expect to occur

III. Develop a personal leadership philosophy and support your ideas with material from this course and outside research. 

• Provide an example where your leadership philosophy can be applied to lead an organizational change


• Your  leadership philosophy does not have to be any specific leadership model  the course reviewed. Rather, it should represent your trajectory of  leadership as it applies to your career aspirations. Consider your  career path and the industry you work (or wish to work in) and determine  what leadership skills will be most effective. 

Textbook- Management: Leading and Collaborating in the Competitive World 13th e (loose-leaf) (Bateman/Snell/Konopaske), McGraw-Hill (2018)

ISBN: 9781260194241

A Pocket Style Manual 8th e (Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers) Bedford/St. Martin’s (2018)

ISBN: 978-1-319-05740-4

Must follow submission Details:

• Submit a 8-page paper double spaced. All work must be completed in APA format.


• Please provide at least six (6) scholarly references to support your paper.  Scholarly articles (ex. Harvard etc), peer-reviewed journals, publications, textbooks 


• All references should be used as in-text citations.  


• No Plagiarism

Please also submit plagiarism report