Applying Leadership Inward and Outward

For this Performance Task Assessment, you will have an opportunity to critically reflect on professional and personal leadership experiences. You will then examine these experiences in light of relevant, documented leadership best practices and theoretical frameworks covered so that you can identify your leadership and/or followership strengths and weaknesses and develop goals for improving your leadership skills and behaviors to attain your passion and purpose. This Assessment will collate topics and subjects from DL001 and DL002 with emphasis on the Business Skill for Good of emotional intelligence.

Assessment Submission Length: Approximately 8–10 pages

Instructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:

Read the “Foreword” (pp. iii–viii) and “Introduction” (pp. 1–10), as well as one or more of the following excerpts to review examples of other business leaders’ stories of “passion and purpose.”
Coleman, J., Gulati, D., & Segovia, W. O. (2012). Passion and purpose: Stories from the best and brightest young business leaders. Harvard Business School Publishing.
“Interview with David Gergen: Advisor to Four Presidents, Director of Harvard’s Center for Political Leadership, and Senior Political Analyst for CNN,” pp. 47–54
“Globalization: Embracing the Global Generation,” pp. 55–60
“People: Leading in a Diverse World,” pp. 99–138
“Sustainability: Integrating Preservation and Profits,” pp. 139–170
“Learning: Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders,” pp. 197–202
“Moving Forward,” pp. 243–245
“Capstone Interview With Nitin Nohira: Dean of the Harvard Business School,” pp. 246–253
In the DL003_Assessment_Template file, complete your work on your leadership profile, using your Pre-Assessment submission as a starting point and incorporating any feedback as appropriate.

Be sure to adhere to the indicated assignment length.
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.