BUS 691

Write an eight page paper (not including the title and reference pages) that addresses your personal best leadership experience.  Personal best is a time when you believe you had performed at the peak as a leader.  Be sure to incorporate elements from our reading in regards to your leadership approach, the type of leadership application; transactional, transformational, situational, etc.  Some questions to address in the essay are:

• What characterized the situation?  Who was involved?  Where and when did it take place?  Who initiated it?
• What approach did you apply to the situation?
• What type of leadership would you classify yourself as in this situation?
• What motivated you to engage in this project?  How did you challenge yourself and others?
• What did you aspire to achieve?  How did you build enthusiasm and excitement?
• How did you involve others?  How did you foster collaboration?  How did you build trust and respect?  How did you build the capacity to excel?
• What values and principles guided you and others?  How did you set the example?  How did you progress from one milestone to another?
• How did you recognize individuals?  How did you celebrate success?
• What lessons about leadership did you learn from the experience?
• Must use at least five scholarly sources
• Must document all sources in APA style

Course textbook: Northouse, P. (2013). Leadership theory and practice (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.