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Guidelines for Final Leadership Paper (FLP) F2004

You ought now to be able to say some important new things about your own leadership (not leadership in general), based upon what we have studied this semester: Shackleton, frames, Lead Self vs Lead Other Data,  etc. Hopefully you are gaining a better idea about the differences between what you espoused in the first leadership paper and how others may actually experience your leadership, your theory-in-use.

Check list:

• Have you addressed what you have learned new about your leadership this semester, from Reframing, about leadership and Shackleton, from our class discussions,  data from Lead Self/Other, other class material and discussions.
• The FLP should try to address any new insights about how you think others experience your leadership. Some folks have found feedback sessions with subordinates or others who know you well to be valuable sources of information to understand your theory-in-use.  Maybe the folks in your study group can give you some feedback about how they experience  your leadership.
• A part of this  paper should also  include any thing  you think important about your leadership plan. Explain how you think you can learn more about your leadership and how you plan to set about learning more about your leadership. Be as specific as possible.
• The  FLPs are to be about three pages (750 words)  long.

Other criteria for Grading FLP

• Writing is is a resource about  writing I have prepared for all the courses I teach at UMKC. After I find three major problems in your writing, e.g., major grammatical errors, terribly convoluted, unedited, awkward and confusing sentences, general incoherence, I will stop editing your paper and you will lose at least a full grade on your paper. If the paper has many more than three major grammatical problems, you may lose another grade.