Signature Assignment – Personal Leadership Development Plan
Wk 8 – Signature Assignment – Personal Leadership Development Plan
Assignment Content
Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper in which you translate your course learning into a personal leadership development plan and explain how your plan aligns with the SPL Model. Your plan should define a strategy for maximizing your leadership effectiveness and include the following components:
Identify the leadership theory or theories that support your plan. You must integrate theory with citations from the literature to illustrate why the theory you chose supports your plan. Write this section in the third-person.
Analyze your leadership strengths and weaknesses and what you will do to capitalize on your strengths and modify your weaknesses. Support your discussion of strengths and weaknesses with your scores on the interactive assessments.
Identify gaps between the leader you are now and the leader you would like to become and how it aligns with the SPL Model.
Describe detailed action items you will realistically implement to close gaps between the leader you are now and the leader you would like to become and a timeline for implementing action items.
Include a minimum of 4 peer-reviewed resources. The Northouse text may be used.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines using the APA Paper Template Doctoral 7th Edition. Use level headings (subheadings) to help in the organization of the discussion.
Note: A well-structured scholarly paragraph contains a minimum of 5 sentences. Please refer to the MEAL Plan document as a guide.
Include APA-formatted in-text citations and references.
Reminder: Before submitting your assignment, proofread for grammatical and sentence structure. Re-read the assignment description and refer to the rubric to ensure each element of the assignment has been addressed.
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