Leadership Qualities: You Possess & Like to Develop- Plan to Acquire and Develop- Reflexive Essay Writing Assignment

Internal Code: 4BAJ

Reflexive Essay Writing Assignment:

Task: The requirements are as follows:

• Identify three leadership qualities that you possess and discuss how/when/where/how you gained them and have used them;
• Identify three leadership qualities that you would like to develop, and discuss why you think you need them
• Outline a development plan to acquire and develop the three qualities that you have identified
• Choose someone who you admire as a leader, and compare and contrast them with your leadership qualities and potential (this should be a person of note, about whom the marker can find information from a variety of sources: in short, someone ‘famous’, not a local football team coach, or your school principal)
• Support your essay with reference to literature and with reference to your journal

This is not a traditional academic essay, it is a reflexive essay, and should focus on your experiences.

• The essay should be written in the first person (use “I”, do not refer to “the writer” or the “the author”
• Draw on your learning experiences throughout the unit
• Your journal should be attached as part of your submission
• You may quote your journal as a source in your essay
• Word count is 2250 words (excluding cover page, contents, references, appendices, journal