Description
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
Each member of the CLC group will individually choose and interview one leader. You may not interview a family member. Examples of leaders include, but are not limited to, former or current managers or supervisors, educational leaders, civic/business leaders, and religious leaders. This interview can take place over the phone, through email, or in person.
Interview
- What are the most important qualities an effective leader should have?
- What is the importance of trust in leadership?
- What are the qualities you want most in an employee? Why?
- Who has had the most influence on how you lead? Why?
- What strategies do you use to inspire and motivate your team?
- What steps do you take to foster a positive and inclusive work environment?
Each CLC team member is required to ask their individually chosen leader the same interview questions from the group list.
Individual Presentation
After conducting the interview, CLC team members will individually create a leadership profile of their chosen leader in a PowerPoint presentation. The PowerPoint presentations must be a total of five or six slides per CLC team member. The following must be included in each individual leadership profile:
- An introduction slide that introduces the chosen leader
- A justification for choosing that particular leader
- A summary of the answers to the interview questions
- A description of the leadership model with which the leader seems most closely aligned
Group Presentation
After CLC team members have created their individual leadership profiles, the group will compile the individual team members’ slide sets into a group PowerPoint presentation (20-24 slides, based on a four-person group). For the combined group presentation, create one or two additional slides (for a total of 22-26 slides, based on a four-person group) to provide the following information:
- A summary that describes any characteristics of servant leadership displayed by any of the leaders
- Other commonalities among the leaders, in terms of values, beliefs, and influence on the community