CAS 1543 (Ethical and Intercultural Leadership): Week 2 Guide
This week focuses on understanding different perspectives on leadership and encouraging students to reflect on their own leadership beliefs.
Students evaluate several statements about the nature of leadership, considering topics such as whether leaders are born or developed, the importance of ethics, leadership without formal authority, and the relationship between personal identity and leadership.
The goal is to begin developing a personal philosophy of leadership through critical reflection.
Leadership Paradigm Discussion
Consider the following statements about leaders and leadership. Reflect on each one and select the one that fits closest to your personal beliefs and values about leaders/leadership.
Why did you select this statement? What was the statement that you rejected the most? Why? Write at least 2 full paragraphs.
- Leaders are born and not made.
- I can be a leader without a formal title or position within an organization.
- Leaders always work for good.
- Leadership is a process of creating change.
- Not everyone can be a leader.
- Who I am determines how I lead.
- If I can do it by myself it is not leadership.
- A central component of leadership is ethics.
- I am a leader.
Deliverables
Submit a discussion post consisting of at least two full paragraphs reflecting on your leadership philosophy.
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