OL 125 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
With unstable economies becoming increasingly more common, businesses look to different aspects of their company to save money, improve performance,
and boost their position amongst their competitors. One of the most important areas of focus is human relations, which directly influences productivity,
motivation, and employee retention. In order for you to succeed professionally, you will need to develop a special set of human relations skills that includes selfawareness, strong leadership qualities, the ability to motivate, and the ability to facilitate communication.
Your final project in this course will be a reflection on yourself in your organization and at Southern New Hampshire University. You will analyze your own
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they pertain to your own leadership skills as well as identify appropriate skills that contribute to influencing
workplace productivity, engagement, and motivation. The final deliverable will be a plan with three goals and action steps that you have determined are the best
fit for you as a leader.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Explain how individual personality, perception, leadership styles, and self-concept influence human relations in informing the development of a personal
leadership philosophy
Explain how the communications process in leadership situations affects positive human relations
Illustrate how the relationship between motivation, stress, and time management influences workplace dynamics
Identify appropriate human interaction skills necessary for managers to positively influence productivity
Prompt
Based on your knowledge of human relations, you will write a paper addressing the different factors that have influenced your leadership philosophy, including
personality, perception, leadership styles, and self-concept. In addition, you will examine how your leadership philosophy impacts your understanding of the
communications process, workplace dynamics, and management skills.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I.
Personality and Self-Concept: In this section, you will devote one detailed paragraph to your identified strengths and weaknesses as you consider future
leadership opportunities. You may draw from your SWOT analysis in your responses. Please be sure to address the following in the two sections of your
paragraph:
A. Strengths: Discuss the aspects of your personality and self-concept that serve as a particular strength as you consider your future leadership
opportunities. Why are these important to you and to others you may be leading?
B. Areas of Improvement: Conversely, what aspects of your personality and self-concept may lead to difficulties in your future work as a leader?
What areas of improvement have you identified?
II. Human Interaction Skills: In two paragraphs, you will identify at least two skills—drawing from your course readings and your own experiences—that can
positively influence workplace productivity, engagement, and/or motivation. In your discussion of each skill, be sure to address the following questions
underneath the skill:
A. Description of Skill: What is this skill, and how is it used in personnel management?
B. Engagement and Motivation: How specifically would this skill positively impact engagement or motivation?
C. Intended Impact: How specifically does this skill positively influence workplace productivity?
III. Personal Development Plan: Finally, you will bring together your reflections on personality, self-concept, and human interaction skills in order to create
actionable steps for your future as a leader. First, include a final paragraph answering the first prompt below. Then, identify three goals to enhance your
skills as a leader.
A. First, reflect on how this experience has helped shape your personal leadership philosophy. Be specific.
B. Next, using the provided plan template, identify relevant goals to enhance your skills as a leader, action steps to achieving those goals, potential
obstacles you may face, and a plan to overcome those obstacles.
Milestones
Milestone One: Personality and Self-Concept
In Module Two, you will provide an initial self-reflection that discusses your own strengths as well as areas you feel you may need to improve. You will consider
how these aspects of your personality and self-concept will allow you to improve your skills in a future leadership role. This milestone will be graded with the
Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: SWOT Analysis
In Module Four, you will perform a SWOT analysis. The SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis will help you determine more
information about where your additional strengths and weaknesses lie. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Final Submission: Personal Leadership Reflection
In Module Seven, you will describe your personal leadership philosophy and then examine how that leadership philosophy informs your use of the
communications process, understanding of workplace dynamics, and management skills. Draw from the feedback you received from your completed
assignments throughout this course, and use the provided Personal Leadership Reflection Template to complete the final project. This submission will be graded
with the Final Project Rubric.
The Career Connection: Students are also encouraged to share their reflections with SNHU Career, both throughout the term and once they have completed
their reflections. Our career advisors are aware of this assignment and are looking forward to working with you in using this plan to help you find your best
career fit. You can reach SNHU Career by emailing cocecareer@snhu.edu, calling 888-672-1458, or utilizing their extensive online resources. Be sure to identify
yourself as an OL 125 student.
Final Project Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your personal leadership reflection must be 4 paragraphs (300–400 words) in length using the provided Personal Leadership
Reflection Template. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Critical Elements
Personality and SelfConcept: Strengths
[OL-125-01]
Exemplary (100%)
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
discussion shows reflective
insight into how personal
strengths relate to future in
leadership
Proficient (85%)
Discusses aspects of
personality and self-concept
that serve as a particular
strength as leadership
opportunities are considered
Personality and SelfConcept: Areas of
Improvement
[OL-125-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
discussion shows reflective
insight into how personal areas
of improvement relate to
future in leadership
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
draws insightful connections
between interaction skills and
personnel management
Discusses aspects of
personality and self-concept
that are areas of improvement
and may lead to difficulties in
future leadership opportunities
Describes identified skills and
how they are used for
personnel management
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
specific details are especially
illustrative of how particular
human interaction skills can
positively influence motivation
and engagement in the
workplace
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
specific details are especially
illustrative of how particular
human interaction skills can
positively influence workplace
productivity
Explains how identified skills
positively impact motivation
and engagement in the
workplace with specific details
Human Interaction
Skills: Description of
Skill
[OL-125-04]
Human Interaction
Skills: Engagement
and Motivation
[OL-125-04]
Human Interaction
Skills: Intended
Impact
[OL-125-04]
Explains how identified skills
positively influence workplace
productivity with specific
details
Needs Improvement (55%)
Discusses aspects of
personality and self-concept
that serve as a particular
strength as leadership
opportunities are considered,
but discussion lacks clarity or
detail
Discusses aspects of
personality and self-concept
that are areas of improvement
and may lead to difficulties, but
discussion lacks clarity or detail
Describes identified skills and
how they are used for
personnel management, but
description is cursory or
contains inaccuracies
Explains how identified skills
positively impact motivation
and engagement in the
workplace, but explanation
lacks specific details or
contains inaccuracies
Not Evident (0%)
Does not discuss aspects of
personality and self-concept
that serve as a particular
strength
Explains how identified skills
positively influence workplace
productivity, but explanation
lacks specific details or
contains inaccuracies
Value
12
Does not discuss aspects of
personality and self-concept
that are areas of improvement
and may lead to difficulties in
future leadership opportunities
Does not describe identified
skills and how they are used for
personnel management
12
Does not explain how
identified skills positively
impact workplace motivation
and engagement in the
workplace
15
Does not explain how
identified skills positively
influence workplace
productivity
18
15
Personal
Development Plan:
Leadership
Philosophy
[OL-125-01]
Personal
Development Plan:
Goals
[OL-125-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
shows reflective insight into
the development of personal
leadership philosophy
Reflects on how experience has
shaped personal leadership
philosophy
Reflects on how experience has
shaped personal leadership
philosophy, but reflection is
cursory
Does not reflect on how
experience has shaped
personal leadership philosophy
12
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
identified plans show a
practical understanding of next
steps for developing personal
leadership skills
Identifies goals to enhance
leadership skills, action steps
for achieving goals, potential
obstacles, and plans for
overcoming obstacles
Does not identify goals, action
steps for achieving goals,
potential obstacles, and plans
for overcoming obstacles
12
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented
in a professional and easy-toread format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Identifies goals to enhance
leadership skills, action steps
for achieving goals, potential
obstacles, and plans for
overcoming obstacles, but
response contains gaps in
clarity or support for achieving
goals or overcoming obstacles
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
4
Total
100%
Running head: PERSONALITY TRAITS IN LEADERSHIP
Personality Traits in Leadership
Brendon Cronin
SNHU
Human relations in admin.
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PERSONALITY TRAITS IN LEADERSHIP
Personality Traits in Leadership
The understanding of personality type helps in identifying the kind of a leader and
leadership style and individual develops. Leadership is a process through which an individual
influences others to accomplish some set tasks or objectives as well as directing an
organization in a way that makes it cohesive and coherent. It is important to note that
leadership style is a personal thing and everyone has a natural style correlating to their
personality type (Houpt, Gilkey, & Ehringhaus, 2015). It, therefore, makes it essential for one
to know their strengths and weakness to be successful leaders.
Some of my personality and self-concepts that comprise as strengths in my future
leadership role include self-awareness, extraversion, openness to experience, and
conscientiousness. Self-awareness has been crucial to most of the endeavors I engage myself
in because it allows for the realization of some of the strengths and weaknesses within
myself. The awareness of such developmental needs provides confidence and the realization
of some of the crucial skills. Extraversion entails having the energy and propensity to seek
interaction with people and the outside world. Interaction with people is ideal for one to be a
successful leader since most leadership positions may require one to meet people in different
settings and diversity as well different sets of interests and priorities (Houpt, Gilkey, &
Ehringhaus, 2015). Openness to experience and ideas is a necessity in leadership as it allows
the leader to buy into some of the precepts and intellectual expertise residing in the lower
levels of the organization as well as allowing for the confirmation of its legitimacy.
However, some areas that would need to be addressed include empathy and sense of
humor. The failure to grasp the problems and needs of some of the people around me has
been a problem and may affect my leadership aspirations. Leaders should be able to develop
empathy with their followers that would allow for the development of a closer connection.
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PERSONALITY TRAITS IN LEADERSHIP
There is also the need to establish a sense of humor that may be necessary when the going
gets tough, and people may need some humor to keep them motivated. My continued
aspiration for achieving results resulted in the negligence of the part of humor thus requiring
the need to address it.
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PERSONALITY TRAITS IN LEADERSHIP
Reference
Houpt, J. L., Gilkey, R. W., & Ehringhaus, S. H. (2015). Personality Traits and Leadership.
Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center, 35-44.
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OL 125: Personal Development Plan – SWOT Analysis (Milestone Two)
Student Name: Brendon Cronin
Date: 11/22/18
Strengths (What do I do well?)
● Extraversion is one of my main
strengths that entails the energy and
propensity I have to seek interaction
with people and the outside. The best
leaders usually develop a good
rapport with other people and interact
well.
● I am part of a network that most
people do not have that my
extraversion has generated. The
connection I have is with the leaders
of other companies that may want to
be partners with the present company.
● Commitment and passion is a strength
that forms the basis for the other
people to follow as well as help gain
respect from the other people within
the team.
● There is also the aspect of selfawareness that some people may not
possess that allows for the realization
of the strengths and weaknesses of
oneself.
Opportunities (What kinds of things could I
be doing based on my strengths?)
● Engaging others in the provision of
feedback regarding their experience
of me
● Enhancing my abilities to manage the
need to complete some set tasks
quickly to allow for careful
deliberation
● Building on my strengths as well as
enhancing my equanimity about some
work-related tasks
● Receiving coaching in the service of
improving my leadership skills
Weaknesses (Where can I make
improvements?)
● Empathy is the primary weakness that
arises because of my failure to grasp
the problems and the needs of the
people around me.
● Lack of a sense of humor
● Conflicting management styles that
may contribute to some of the failings
in the part of the leadership
● The problem of managing different
personalities in a meeting or event
Threats (Where could I be using my
strengths and talents more productively?)
● Time pressure that can contribute to
the derailment of my plan for selfimprovement because of it can
catapult me back to my old habits
● The loss of leadership opportunities
because of the growing number of
people with leadership qualities
● The increased multitude of the
everyday demands that conspires
against self-reflection
● The huge expectation build around
me
Reflection:
The development of a SWOT analysis is exciting in that it allows an individual to know their
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The specification of the actions
corresponding to the identified elements is interesting since one may not have known of some
of the elements in them. Besides, the analysis allows an individual to have a better
understanding of oneself. The understanding from the results can help in improving the
situation in the organization an individual is attached to as well as reduce the likelihood of
developments that may contribute to the negative development of the organization. The
understanding of such elements is educative as well as interesting to individuals analyzing
themselves.
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