Leadership & hardtimes paper due feb 8 11:59 est

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model, read the Transformational Leadership Can Improve Workforce Competencies article and watch the Week 5 Assignment video above with Dr. Williams G. Woods of Forbes School of Business and Technology.

As a leader, it is beneficial to have a core set of practices that can be effective in routine times and also during difficult or very challenging times. The leadership practices by Kouzes and Posner are based upon the transformational leadership model. Organizational leaders must plan to continually improve as leaders while also seeking to improve the performance of other leadership team members and of the rest of the organization. Adopting guiding principles or practices can help in the planning phases for leading when hard times occur.

In your paper,

• Analyze a difficult leadership situation in the business world that has impacted a company or companies.
• Develop a plan for positively increasing the performance of the organization, the leadership, and the teams within the organization using the five practices of exemplary leadership as developed by Kouzes and Posner.

The Leadership in Hard Times paper

• Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

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