115212 Fundamentals of Leadership and Teamwork

Reflect on a challenge you face (or one you have experienced in the past) that requires you to take a leadership role. Your reflection needs to cover the following: The nature of the challenge. o Why do you consider this a leadership challenge? o Why is this a challenge for you? o What would success look like? o To what extent is this part of a broader pattern for you? Strengths and values that provide a foundation for action. Leadership concepts or theories that provide guiding principles. Specific leadership practices you can develop in order to address the challenge. Coaching or suggestions that you have had from others, and your reaction. Marking guide Evidence of Self-awareness and practice orientation: The reflection offers thoughtful and insightful self-reflection and self-analysis It makes connections between actions and the effects of those actions on self and others The reflection explores examples of changes in thinking, feeling or behaviour arising from experiences gained during this course or elsewhere It makes use of feedback provided from others or from tools to develop personal insights The reflection provides a practical basis for converting personal insights and intentions into action Meaningful goals are developed and supported with reference to appropriate literature Maximum score40 Link to leadership theory: The reflection connects personal experiences with relevant scholarly concepts and theories of leadership to develop personal insights Leadership terms used accurately Sound use of leadership concepts Maximum score30 Quality of writing and research effort The reflection is presented with clarity of expression It adopts a personal tone and material is well organised into coherent themes, topics or examples and is easy to follow. The reflection provides details of a range of scholarly concepts or theories It offers appropriate citations and referencing using APA. Maximum score30