Description
.
Your program has provided many opportunities for you to cultivate your competencies as a leader. The Leadership Impact Plan Paper provides an opportunity for you to assess and reflect on your leadership journey and the knowledge and skills you have developed over time to help you guide and provide direction to others.
Using the Individual Student Profile information (completed in the first course in your program) as a springboard, consider your growth as a leader and document your change over time as a result of your participation in this program. In a five to seven-page culminating paper, reflect on your personal and professional growth as a leader during your program journey and how those experiences contributed to and will continue to contribute to you becoming a more informed, reflective, and responsive leader in your field. Personalize your reflection by providing examples of how you translated the knowledge and skills you gained in your coursework into practice and authentic leadership experiences and how you will continue to develop your leadership skills.
Reflect on the following questions to guide your response:
How have you grown as a leader during the course of your program journey?
What leadership qualities are most important to you, and how have these qualities been enhanced by your graduate experience?
Which leaders in your field or profession have influenced your transformation and why?
Revisiting the reflections written in courses, in what ways have your goals or thinking about your profession changed?
What are the implications and applications of your learning and leadership for your profession?
How can you apply the leadership competencies you have gained or improved to make a difference in your personal and professional life and in the lives of others?
How will you continue to develop your leadership skills?
Before you begin writing, review the rubric for this assignment. Organize your thoughts so that you have a section in your paper for each of these topics:
- Reflection – How has your past knowledge and experience guided your growth as a leader?
- Connection to Experience – What connections can you make between your experiences as a leader and your academic knowledge?
- Connection to Discipline – How does your work as a leader cross disciplines? How does one field of study inform another?
- Risk Taking – What risks have you taken while in your program? How have you moved beyond what is comfortable to what is new in your role as a leader?
- Ethical Perspectives – When have you had to consider ethics in making decisions as a leader?
- Initiative – How have you demonstrated that you have been willing to take the first steps in a leadership action?
- A template for the Leadership Impact Plan Paper has been provided for you in Student Commons in the Capstone Experience Resources.
Explanation & Answer
View attached explanation and answer. Let me know if you have any questions.
Running head: LEADERSHIP IMPACT PLAN
Leadership Impact Plan
Name
Institutional Affiliation
1
LEADERSHIP IMPACT PLAN
2
Leadership Impact Plan
Introduction
When I set out on my program regarding leadership, I did not exactly know what to
expect. I have become aware of how interesting it is and how much I have to learn throughout
the program. It was an eye-opening experience, at the very least. My journey has led me to
become more confident in my endeavors as I progressed through my academic life. Finding the
right balance between my work and life was key to getting a positive outcome. I enjoyed what I
learned and cherished working with great tutors and colleagues.
At the end of my educational program, I have become aware of the capacity and
knowledge regarding leadership I have gained in recent times. I have much more confidence in
my ability to run an institution. The educational program was worthwhile and has helped me
learn a lot of details and things of which I only possessed little knowledge. Confucius noted that
real knowledge is awareness of one's extent of ignorance. My capacity to learn in the program
had increased when I understood how much I did not know. The paper reflects the skills and
education I gained throughout the education experience and how it will further enhance my
educational career.
Reflection
Since I started the program, I have gained and developed so much in my leadership skills.
The experience from internship and educational activities has been instrumental in helping with
my growth. Over the last year, I have become an effective leader. I am ready to work with my
colleagues and apply my knowledge regarding how to help people develop and become the best
versions of themselves. A leader must be data-driven and has a fact-based approach in helping
LEADERSHIP IMPACT PLAN
3
people learn (Li...
