Writing Question

For this assessment, you will focus on how leaders encourage taking risks and pursuing opportunities. A lot can be told about a leader by the risks they take and the opportunities they seize.

You will also explore how leaders promote collaboration and empower their people. How do you get people to work together for a shared vision? Is it a trick? A carrot and stick? Getting people to drink the Kool-Aid? There are many ways, but without giving others the power to act, a leader would end up doing everything themselves.

You will be introduced to Kouzes and Posner’s (2023) final practices of effective leadership, which they call encouraging the heart. Effective leaders realize that employees should be recognized for a job well done. While some people prefer public praise and others prefer personal recognition, most employees want to be recognized in some way

Step 1: Choose a topic from the following list:

• Technology/Software Updates.
• Organization Restructure.
• New Product Launch.

Step 2: Choose a format from the following list:

• Academic Paper:
  • Length: 24-pages double-spaced page, excluding your title page and references page, Arial 12 pt. font.
  • Template: .
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  • Tip: Be sure to provide citations for resources within your assessment.
  • Step 3. Support your points.
    • Use your textbook to support your points. Cite your textbook at least once in the assessment.

    Citation guidance:

    • Visit from the Writing Center for guidance on how to cite sources in your writing. Scroll down to In-Text Citation Formatting.”
      • Watch Getting Started with In-Text Citations for a short interactive video that provides examples.
    • Tip: Your template has the References page completed; use that reference to help with your in-text citation.
      • Reference: Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2023). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (7th ed.). Wiley.
      • In-text citation: (Kouzes & Posner, 2023, pp. xx)

      The purpose of this assessment is to use what youve learned to share how your leadership style and traits can lead your team through change while encouraging collaboration and empowering your team.In your assessment, complete the following:

      • Describe an organizational change needed to help collaboration and empowerment.
        • In addition, describe how your team will identify improvements in the environment.
      • Describe the leadership style and traits needed to address risk associated with the specific organizational change.
        • Describe how your personal leadership traits can be used for the needed change.
        • Include examples of leadership practices to address risk associated with the specific organizational change.
      • Describe how to encourage collaboration resulting in the empowerment of your team.
        • Include specific examples of approaches you will take to encourage collaboration.
      • Describe how to encourage employee engagement with your team.
        • Include specific examples of how you would integrate diversity, engage employees, or build trust.

      Notes:

      • If submitting a paper, Word is the preferred file format to upload as your submission.