Assignment title: Information
Choose a leader you know within your current organisation or an organisation you have worked for recently. You can use a pseudonym if you like. All information will be kept confidential. 2. Provide an overview of the context in which they are leading – the nature of the organisation and the followers and some of the organisational challenges they face. 3. Choose one leadership model and analyse the effectiveness of this leader against that model (e.g. Path-Goal Theory, Situational Leadership, Fiedler's Contingency Theory). 4. Identify the form of leadership they best exemplify and provide evidence for this (e.g. Heroic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Transformational Leadership). 5. Describe their strengths and development areas in terms of leadership competencies – be critical but objective in your response, recognising the challenging contexts leaders are placed in. 6. Offer any suggestions on how this leader could improve their leadership practice and the impact this would have on their organisation and followers. 7. In your responses you must refer to at least 15 academic references.