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Write an essay detailing a selected individual’s leadership style and approaches in relationship to his or her communication, using and applying various leadership methods and theories.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria.

• Competency 1: Analyze business communication situations.
  • Analyze a leader’s methods of influence.
• Competency 2: Analyze the interrelationships of communication within organizational systems.
  • Apply theories related to leadership styles to describe a leader’s communication.
  • Analyze a leader’s communication from a situational leadership perspective.
  • Describe a leader’s use of power bases in relationship to a leader’s communication.
• Competency 3: Communicate effectively. 
  • Write clearly to convey the intended content and follow APA rules for attributing sources

This assessment focuses on the ever evolving topics of organizational leadership and effective communication competencies:

• Who are the truly influential leaders in our organizations and personal lives?
• How do we each individually define leadership and how did we come to our current level of understanding?

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Modern thought holds that true leadership versus management occurs when followers willingly choose to follow their leader out of a belief in their ability to manifest a well communicated mission, goal or outcome. Hamel and Prahalad (1996) write, “The role of leader as forecaster is to articulate a future so full of exciting possibilities that no one will be able to rest until it is achieved” (p. 186). According to Farren and Kaye (1996), “Leaders are bridges that connect people to the future. They include others’ visions in their own, building alliances and partnerships based on shared aspirations” (p. 187). True leadership results in shared realities and a sense of trust!

In addition, it has been suggested that potential followers engage in both conscious and unconscious evaluations of a potential leader, but they will only follow and strive to perform at their full potential if they believe this leader to be credible. To help support this theory, Bornstein and Smith (1996) have identified what they consider to be the Six Cs of Leadership Credibility:

1. Conviction: The passion and commitment the person demonstrates toward his or her vision.
2. Character: Consistent demonstration of integrity, honesty, respect, and trust.
3. Care: Demonstration of concern for the personal and professional well-being of others.
4. Courage: Willingness to stand up for one’s beliefs, challenge others, admit mistakes, and change one’s behavior when necessary.
5. Composure: Consistent display of appropriate emotional reactions, particularly in tough or crisis situations.
6. Competence: Proficiency in hard skills, such as technical, functional, and content expertise skills, and soft skills, such as interpersonal, communication, team, and organizational skills (pp. 283–284).

We all act as both leaders and followers within our families, at work, and in our social lives. Take some time reflect upon our own beliefs and competencies in regard to leadership and communication.