Initial Post: Effective Leader & Follower Driving Change
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Being an Effective Leader and Follower for Positive Change
For this Discussion, you are asked to consider what you have learned on being an effective leader and follower and discuss how this can help to promote positive social change in your professional or personal life.
Resources
Review the Learning Resources from Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3 as a refresher on leadership.
Review the Learning Resources from Week 5, Week 6, and Week 7 on what followership is, the leader-follower interactions, and how leadership and followership are interconnected.
Review your results on “The Big Five Project Personality Test.”
By Day 3
Post a summary of your thoughts on how being an effective follower can promote positive social change. Be sure to include the following:
- Describe the positive social change to which you could or would like to contribute as an effective leader and follower.
- From your Week 4 Discussion and your acquired knowledge from Week 7, explain how leadership can help to promote this positive social change.
- Applying what you have learned about being an effective follower, share your thoughts on how these attributes can help to promote this change. Consider the following:
- Working effectively as a team member
- Offering suggestions for improvement
- Being a resource for the leader
- Helping the leader be a better leader
Refer to the Week 8 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
- Describe an insight you gained from reading your colleague’s posting.
- Compare how what your colleague posted relates to your own thoughts and/or to the concepts discussed throughout the course to date.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
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| Criteria | Ratings | Points |
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Element 1a: Initial Post—Positive Change as a Leader and Follower
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3 pts
100%
Student provides a thorough and detailed description of the positive change that they can or would like to contribute to as an effective leader and follower. Student provides strong, relevant examples to support their discussion. 2.79 pts
93%
Student provides a detailed description of the positive change that they can or would like to contribute to as an effective leader and follower. Student provides relevant examples to support their discussion. 2.55 pts
85%
Student provides a description of the positive change that they can or would like to contribute to as an effective leader and follower. Student provides some examples to support their discussion. 2.25 pts
75%
Student provides a cursory description of the positive change that they can or would like to contribute to as an effective leader and follower. Student provides vague or no examples to support their discussion. 0 pts
0%
Not submitted or little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
/ 3 pts
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Element 1b: Initial Post—How Leadership Promotes Positive Change
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3 pts
100%
Student provides a thorough and detailed analysis of on how leadership can help to promote this positive change. Student provides strong, relevant examples to support their analysis. 2.79 pts
93%
Student provides a detailed analysis of on how leadership can help to promote this positive change. Student provides relevant examples to support their analysis. 2.55 pts
85%
Student provides an analysis of on how leadership can help to promote this positive change. Student provides some examples to support their analysis. 2.25 pts
75%
Student provides a cursory analysis of on how leadership can help to promote this positive change. Student provides vague or no examples to support their analysis. 0 pts
0%
Not submitted or little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
/ 3 pts
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Element 1c: Initial Post—How Followership Promotes Positive Change
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3 pts
100%
Student provides a thorough and detailed analysis on how being an effective follower can promote positive social change. Student provides a thorough and detailed discussion that addresses each of the following attributes: Working effectively as a team member, offering suggestions for improvement, being a resource for the leader, and helping the leader be a better leader. Student provides strong, relevant examples to support their discussion. 2.79 pts
93%
Student provides a detailed analysis on how being an effective follower can promote positive social change. Student provides a detailed discussion that addresses each of the following attributes: Working effectively as a team member, offering suggestions for improvement, being a resource for the leader, and helping the leader be a better leader. Student provides strong, relevant examples to support their discussion. 2.55 pts
85%
Student provides an analysis on how being an effective follower can promote positive social change. Student provides a discussion that addresses each of the following attributes: Working effectively as a team member, offering suggestions for improvement, being a resource for the leader, and helping the leader be a better leader. Student provides some examples to support their discussion. 2.25 pts
75%
Student provides a cursory analysis on how being an effective follower can promote positive social change. Student provides a thorough and detailed discussion that addresses some of the following attributes: Working effectively as a team member, offering suggestions for improvement, being a resource for the leader, and helping the leader be a better leader. Student provides vague or no examples to support their discussion. 0 pts
0%
Not submitted or little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
/ 3 pts
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Element 2a: Initial Post—Professional Writing: Presentation of Content
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2 pts
100%
Student’s initial post is clear, logical, and well-organized. Writing is free from spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors. Tone is professional, scholarly, and free from bias. Content presented reflects original writing and proper paraphrasing and a style consistent with the appropriate professional setting/workplace context. 1.86 pts
93%
Student’s initial post is mostly clear, logical, and well-organized. Writing is mostly free from spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors. Tone is professional, scholarly, and free from bias. Content presented reflects original writing and proper paraphrasing and a style consistent with the appropriate professional setting/workplace context. There are one or two minor errors. 1.7 pts
85%
Student’s initial post has some spelling, punctuation, and/or syntax/grammar errors. They use appropriate sentence and paragraph structure but sometimes present content in a manner that is not clear, logical, or well-organized. 1.5 pts
75%
Student’s initial post contains many spelling, punctuation, and/or syntax/grammar errors. They do not use, or inconsistently use, appropriate sentence and paragraph structure. The content lacks clarity, logic, and organization. 0 pts
0%
Not submitted or little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
/ 2 pts
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Element 2b: Initial Post—Professional Writing: Source Credibility & Attribution of Ideas
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1 pts
100%
Student’s initial post demonstrates adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are no errors in formatting and no missing source attributions or references. 0.93 pts
93%
Student’s initial post mostly demonstrates adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are one or two minor errors. 0.85 pts
85%
Student’s initial post demonstrates some adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are several errors. 0.75 pts
75%
Student’s initial post demonstrates little adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. 0 pts
0%
Not submitted or little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
/ 1 pts
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Element 3: Engagement
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8 pts
100%
Student demonstrates substantive engagement in the Discussion forum by frequently participating in the ongoing dialogue with colleagues and Instructor throughout the week. Student responds thoughtfully and thoroughly to at least two different colleagues, and their responses expand the depth or breadth of discussion on the topic at hand. 7.45 pts
93%
Student demonstrates active engagement in the Discussion forum by participating in the ongoing dialogue with colleagues and Instructor throughout the week. Student responds thoughtfully to at least two different colleagues, and their responses maintain the logical flow of the discussion on the topic at hand. 6.81 pts
85%
Student demonstrates engagement in the Discussion forum by participating in the ongoing dialogue with colleagues and Instructor throughout the week. Student responds to at least two different colleagues, and their responses maintain some logical flow of the discussion on the topic at hand. 5.99 pts
75%
Student demonstrates some engagement in the Discussion forum by cursorily participating in the ongoing dialogue with colleagues and Instructor throughout the week. Student responds to fewer than two different colleagues and/or their responses do not maintain the logical flow of the discussion on the topic at hand. 0 pts
0%
Not submitted or little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
/ 8 pts
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| Total points: 0 | ||
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