Leadership For Good: Part 2
Note: This Assignment is divided into two parts. This week, you will add to your Week 5 Assignment by completing Part 2 and submit your entire leadership profile in this week’s Assignment.
As you will recall from your Week 5 Assignment, in recognition of your growth as a leader, you have been given the opportunity to join a professional leadership network. As part of your membership, you must create a unique leadership profile that focuses on your passion and your purpose for leadership, as well as your goals. This is your opportunity to present your leadership reflections and perspectives to others in your network and to create connections that may lead to professional experiences in the future. Last week, you engaged in reflection and created the first part of your leadership profile, which focused on your perspectives on leadership and your leadership values. This week, you will focus on your passion and purpose for leadership.
To prepare for this Assignment:
· Read the “Foreword” (pp. iii–viii) and “Introduction” (pp. 1–10), as well as one or more of the following excerpts to review examples of other business leaders’ stories of “passion and purpose.”
o Coleman, J., Gulati, D., & Segovia, W. O. (2012). Passion and purpose: Stories from the best and brightest young business leaders. Harvard Business School Publishing.
§ “Interview with David Gergen: Advisor to Four Presidents, Director of Harvard’s Center for Political Leadership, and Senior Political Analyst for CNN,” pp. 47–54
§ “Globalization: Embracing the Global Generation,” pp. 55–60 “People: Leading in a Diverse World,” pp. 99–138
§ “Sustainability: Integrating Preservation and Profits,” pp. 139–170
§ “Learning: Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders,” pp. 197–202
§ “Moving Forward,” pp. 243–245
§ “Capstone Interview with Nitin Nohira: Dean of the Harvard Business School,” pp. 246–253
· Return to your Module 3 Assignment Template to complete Part 2 of your leadership profile. Be sure to incorporate any necessary revisions to your entire document before submitting the final version.
· With those thoughts in mind, construct Part 2 of your leadership profile, being sure to incorporate examples of personal experiences, as well as citations for relevant academic resources from the classroom, the library, and other appropriate scholarly sources.
Submit your final leadership profile, including all requirements for Part 2 as follows:
Part 2: Passion and Purpose for Leadership (4–5 pages)
For the second part of your leadership profile, you will share your own “passion and purpose” story, similar to those from Passion and Purpose: Stories From the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. Considering your self-reflection, your personal and professional experience, and the other ideas related to leadership that you have explored in your studies so far, address the following:
· Create a narrative describing your passion and the purpose you see for yourself. Be sure to address the following questions as you construct your narrative:
o What is most important to you in life?
o What do you want the focus of your professional life to be?
o How do you plan to (or currently) incorporate social responsibility and ethical decision making into your life and work?
o What kind of positive difference do you want to make in the world?
· Analyze how obtaining your degree at Walden will better equip you to pursue your passion and fulfill your purpose. Be sure to address the following in your analysis:
o How do your passion and purpose align to Walden’s mission of positive social change?
o How does Walden’s mission impact your experience as you study here—including the knowledge and skills you will take from this program and how that knowledge and those skills will shape your future and support you to make a positive difference?