Competencies

Differentiate behavioral traits and highly effective habits of successful operations managers.

Instructions

You have recently received a promotion from operations team lead to operations manager. The organization you work for has established an Emerging Leaders onboarding learning and development program to assist new managers in closing minor skills gaps, and to set them up for success. During the one-year onboarding program, you are required to participate in assessments and activities that will help you to identify and understand your organizational leadership style. As part of this onboarding process, and to assist you to better understand your organizational leadership style, there is an outline development requirement as part of the one-year onboarding leadership development program.

For this onboarding outline, you have been asked to address the following questions:

• Create an outline and state which of the five leadership styles (transformational, transactional, servant, laissez-fair, autocratic) best defines your leadership style:
  • Why do you believe this is your organizational leadership style? Explain the traits you exhibit as an Emerging Leader that leads you to believe you possess the specific leadership development style.
  • What are your leadership strengths? Explain the strengths in detail as they relate to you as an Emerging Leader.
  • What are your leadership weaknesses? Explain the weaknesses in detail as they relate to you as an Emerging Leader.

Explain in the outline in chronological order the steps you will take to understand and improve your organizational leadership style.

  A01234No PassNo PassCompetenceProficiencyMasteryNot SubmittedNo identification of organizational leadership style.Identifies organizational leadership style, but lacks explanation of leadership trait identifiers.Identifies organizational leadership style, and explanation shows signs of understanding.Identifies organizational leadership style, fully explains leadership trait identifiers, and supports stance.Not SubmittedNo selection of organizational leadership style the student most closely identifies with.Selects organizational leadership style, but lacks explanation and personal leadership examples.Selects organizational leadership style and provides some explanation and good personal leadership examples.Selects organizational leadership style with fully supporting personal leadership examples and explanation.Not SubmittedNo noticeable attempt to define any organizational leadership style.Correctly defines one organizational leadership style trait; attempts to define another.Correctly defines organizational leadership style traits.Thoroughly defines organizational leadership style with supporting research.Not SubmittedNo noticeable attempt to critique organizational leadership style.Attempts to critique organizational leadership style with some supporting evidence.Critiques organizational leadership style with supporting evidence.Thoroughly critiques organizational leadership style with strong supporting evidence.Not SubmittedNo identification of organizational leadership style strengths and weaknesses.Attempts to define organizational leadership style strengths and weaknesses with minimal supporting information.Defines organizational leadership style strengths and weaknesses with supporting information.Defines organizational leadership style strengths and weaknesses with strong supporting evidence.Not SubmittedNo chronological discussion of steps to take to understand organizational leadership style.Selects chronological discussion of steps to take to understand organizational leadership style, but lacks explanation and personal examples.Selects chronological discussion of steps to take to understand organizational leadership style with minimal support through explanation and personal examples.Selects chronological discussion of steps to take to understand organizational leadership style and fully supports through explanation and personal examples.