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Preparing for Task 1—Section A
The following section is designed to help you prepare for your submission of task 1 of the performance assessment.
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Writing Resources
Before you begin task 1, please refer to the WGU Writing Center's resources:
General writing questions:
The WGU Writing Center: Home Page
Articulation and organization:
Guide to Academic Writing
Guidance on how to write citations:
In-text Citations
Sample academic paper
(Click to download)
A place to visit before submitting task 1:
Assessment Submission Procedures
WGU Library: Library
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Tips for Task 1: Your Leadership Analysis
To help you complete your leadership analysis, please use the following tips:
Write the paper in
first
person.
Read through the entire task instructions and rubric requirements before completing task 1.
Recommend to use the “Sample academic paper” when organizing your task. You are encouraged to create a cover page, a table of contents, headers, and sub-headers throughout the paper.
The paper should be 6-10
pages
, not including the cover page and references. Please be both descriptive (who, what, when, and where) and explanatory (why and how). Evaluators assess your paper based on the specificity of your response, not on the generalizations.
Note: Meeting the rubric criteria is more important than writing a number of pages.
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A. Your Leadership Analysis
In this section, you will complete and explain the results of the CliftonStrengths assessment. CliftonStrengths is a leadership assessment tool that will help you identify and apply your top five categorical strengths to become a more effective leader.
This section is an analysis of your leadership.
Refer to your results from the CliftonStrengths assessment.
You must upload your PDF version of your Signature Themes report when you submit your final paper.
Explain what the results might indicate about you as a leader. You must explain your top five categorical strengths results. Be descriptive and provide examples.
Your explanation should
include
:
o
a separate paragraph for each strength category,
o
the category title,
o
your results, and
o
your reflection on the results including both descriptive and explanatory examples.
This reflection is not related to theory.
Provide citations where needed.
Preparing for Task 1—Sections B and C
The following section is designed to help you prepare for submitting task 1 of the performance assessment.
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B. Leadership Evaluation
In this section, you will perform a personal leadership analysis of three of your strengths
and three of your weaknesses. You will then make three recommendations to improve your leadership effectiveness. Apply
one
scholarly leadership theory (listed below) to all
three sections of this task: B1, B2, and B3.
Transformational leadership
Transactional leadership
Situational leadership
Participative leadership
Servant leadership
Behavioral leadership
Trait theory of leadership
Note: It is highly recommended that you use at least three distinct and unique
scholarly sources to support the scholarly leadership theory.
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B1. Personal Leadership Strengths
In this section, discuss three personal leadership strengths, describing in detail how the three strengths you identified align with your chosen scholarly leadership theory.
This section of the task requires scholarly research.
Provide specific examples to support each strength, and include
at least
one
in-
text citation using a scholarly source.
Write a separate paragraph for each of the three strengths. 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 WGU library. UN-COMPLETE
B2. Personal Leadership Weaknesses
In this section, discuss three personal leadership weaknesses, describing in detail how the three weaknesses you identified align with the chosen scholarly leadership theory.
This section of the task requires scholarly research.
Use the same scholarly leadership theory that you used in B1.
Provide specific examples to support each weakness, and include
at least
one
in-
text citation using a scholarly source.
Write a separate paragraph for each of the three weaknesses.
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B3. Recommendations for Personal Leadership
Now that you have reflected on your current leadership strengths and weaknesses, recommend three specific actions, behaviors, or practices that would improve your effectiveness in leading people and organizations. The recommendations address your identified leadership weaknesses and align with the chosen scholarly leadership theory.
This section of the task requires scholarly research.
Use the same scholarly leadership theory used in B1.
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Provide specific examples to support each actionable item, and include
at least
one
in-text citation using a scholarly source.
Write a separate paragraph for each of the three recommendations
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C. SMART Goals
For
each
goal write a full paragraph that includes a full sentence about each SMART criterion:
S
pecific: Goals should be precise. Include why you are setting each goal, how the
goal is linked to your leadership development, and what you hope to accomplish as a result of achieving the goals.
M
easurable: Goals should include a measurement to assess the extent to which the goal is accomplished.
A
ttainable (Achievable): Goals should be realistic, challenging, and attainable.
R
elevant: Goals should focus on the end result. State what results you can realistically achieve, given available resources. The statements should start with "
to
" followed by a verb—complete, acquire, increase, decrease, etc.
T
ime-bound: Goals should specify target dates for duration and completion. Periodicity is required.
Write a separate paragraph on each of your two SMART goals. Brief example:
A specific goal
I would like to accomplish is improving my mentoring skill set. It is
critical that I become a better mentor to my staff so that I can facilitate their professional development.
I will measure
the progress of developing my mentorship skills by having a senior
manager complete a progress report for me weekly.
This goal is attainable
because it is within my capacity to become a better mentor if I apply myself to training.
The goal is relevant
to my role as a manager trainee and a leader to others.
I will accomplish this goal during the time frame
of sixteen weeks.
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C1. Specific Actions
Discuss two specific actions that will help you reach each of your two SMART goals.
Make this a separate section from C by including its own header.
Brief example: I will meet with a senior leader of the organization for mentorship training once a week for an hour over the course of sixteen weeks.
Brief example: I will also attend a four-week training course in mentorship from our organization's training database.
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D. Sources (Reference Page)
Your paper is required to include in-text citations that correlate to your reference page. All sources require a corresponding in-text citation and all in-text citations require a corresponding source on the reference page.