Introduction
For this task, you will assess your personal leadership effectiveness using emotional intelligence, leadership skills, and character strengths. You will complete three self-assessments for this task: 360° Refined™ Leadership Test, CQ Pro Assessment, and VIA Character Strengths Survey. Additionally, you will write a paper assessing and explaining your results of the three assessments and your own leadership effectiveness using a scholarly leadership theory. Finally, to help you develop as a leader, you will create a personal leadership profile.
Requirements
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Upload a completed copy of the results for each of the following self-assessments:
• 360° Refined™ Leadership Test
• CQ Pro Assessment
• VIA Character Strengths Survey
Note: Once you have completed each self-assessment, you will need to submit your results as an attachment with your Task 1 submission. After completing the self-assessment, download a copy of each of your three self-assessment reports and upload them from a computer. Refer to the “C203 Self-Assessment Instructions” document in the Web Links section for additional information on accessing each self-assessment.
B. Write a paper of 25 pages by doing the following:
1. Explain how your perceived leadership effectiveness is supported by the results of each of the three assessments (360° Refined™, CQ Pro, VIA Character Strengths).
2. Choose and summarize one of the following scholarly leadership theories to evaluate your perceived effectiveness as a leader:
• transformational leadership
• transactional leadership
• situational leadership
• participative leadership
• servant leadership
• behavioral leadership
• trait theory of leadership
a. Analyze how the chosen leadership theory aligns with the 360° Refined™ Leadership Test results, including the top categorical result and the bottom categorical result. Support your analysis with a scholarly source.
b. Analyze how the chosen leadership theory aligns with the CQ Pro Assessment results, including the top categorical result and the bottom categorical result. Support your analysis with a scholarly source.
c. Analyze how the chosen leadership theory aligns with the VIA Character Strengths Survey results, including the top categorical result and the bottom categorical result. Support your analysis with a scholarly source.
d. Recommend three action items to improve the perceived effectiveness of your leadership based on the results of the self-assessments (360° Refined™, CQ Pro, VIA Character Strengths) and explain how each action item would improve your leadership effectiveness.
i. Explain how your chosen leadership theory supports the recommended action items. Support your explanation with a scholarly source.
C. Develop a leadership profile based on the results of the three self-assessments that you completed in this course (360° Refined™, CQ Pro, VIA Character Strengths) and the CliftonStrengths Assessment. Include each of the following components:
• student name and current contact information
• education and credentials
• personal leadership philosophy, vision, and values
• leadership strengths
• leadership competencies and skills
• areas for leadership improvement
• leadership experiences and application
Note: Refer to the “C203 Self-Assessment Instructions” document in the Web Links section for specific instructions on how to access the CliftonStrengths Assessment that you completed in C200. If you have not completed C200, please follow the instructions within that same document to complete the CliftonStrengths Assessment.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.