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1. u04d1 DISC Self-Assessment
Socrates observed that knowledge of self is the most essential of all wisdom. Discuss potential benefits of the DISC self-assessment with regard to leadership effectiveness. Refer to the assigned readings this week.
2. u04d2 Personality and Leadership
Look at the broad benefits of personality assessment with regard to understanding leadership styles. Consider the potential relationship between specific personality types and leader efficacy, focusing on:
?Is there a single leadership style that supports effective leadership in all settings?
3. The Role of Charismatic Leadership
Consider the leader you chose to write about in this unit?s assignment. Draw upon the Collins article to evaluate the role of charisma in leadership:
?Would you consider the leader you chose to be charismatic? Explain what aspects of this person lead you to this conclusion.
?To what extent is the presence of charisma a factor in this leader?s effectiveness?
?Do you believe charisma is an element of effective leadership? Why or why not?
?What are potential limitations of charismatic leadership?
PLEASE PROVIDE TWO REFERENCES FOR EACH QUESTIONS
READING RESOURCES
Unit 4 ? The Role of Personality in Leader Efficacy
Introduction
If you know others and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles;
If you know yourself but not others, for every victory, you will also suffer a defeat;
If you know neither yourself nor others, you will succumb in every battle.
? Sun Tzu,
The Art of War
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We began our journey in this course with an exploration of the power of personal and organizational paradigms and the tremendous inferences they present to the study of leadership. We progressed to an evaluation of leadership theory and contextual implications with regard to public safety organizations. This unit continues the journey by assessing our personality or behavioral tendencies. From this self-awareness, we are able to move into other-awareness?both of which are at the heart of improving our leadership.
DISC Model
Personality is influenced by both inherent characteristics and learned experiences. While innate characteristics of personality generally do not significantly change over time, personality can be reshaped as a result of life experiences. The DISC model acknowledges the innate and learned elements of personality. The power of the DISC model is its ability to assess behavioral tendencies in self and others, which provides the requisite information needed to improve leadership effectiveness. Attempting to resolve the effect of personality on leader efficacy may have significant implications for improving our leadership capacities (Zigarmi, Blanchard, Edeburn, & O’Conner, 2005).
Reference
Zigarmi, D., Blanchard, K., Edeburn, C., & O’Connor, M. (2005). The leader within: Learning enough about yourself to lead others. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
The Role of Personality in Leader Efficacy
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Reading resources-Unit 5 ? Leadership Style and Effectiveness
Introduction
Learning to lead is about discovering what you care about and value. About what inspires you. About what challenges you. About what gives you power and competence. About what encourages you. When you discover these things about yourself, you’ll know what it takes to lead those qualities out of others.
? James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner,
The Leadership Challenge
In Unit 4, we explored behavioral preferences of self and others and the associated leadership implications within our organizations. Unit 5 expands this conversation to an evaluation of different leadership styles.
Leadership Style
Leadership style is the pattern of behaviors leaders use over time as perceived by their followers (Zigarmi, Blanchard, Edeburn, & O’Conner, 2005). It is the sum of the techniques leaders use to convey their intensity and sincerity to motivate others to accomplish the mission (Bucciarelli, 1997).
A leader’s behavior has two main components:
Directive behavior.
Supportive behavior.
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Directive behavior is characterized by telling rather than selling, providing detailed guidance and instruction, and strictly supervising performance. Supportive behavior is characterized by open communication, listening, recognition, and encouragement. Effective leaders use some blending of these two behaviors depending on the context and needs of the situation.
References
Bucciarelli, J. (1997). Leaders are made: a building block approach to effective leadership. Cape Canaveral, FL: Blue Note Books.
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2003). The leadership challenge (3rd ed., p. 391). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Zigarmi, D., Blanchard, K., Edeburn, C., & O’Connor, M. (2005). The leader within: Learning enough about yourself to lead others. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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