(You may choose anyone)Please think of your favorite leader (any leader, which may include leaders from the movies, corporate, for profit and non for profit, politics, public life, sports, science, even comic figures, etc. also possible, your boss, your leadership, etc.) and analyze his or her leadership using three different theories out of the theories covered in class.  If you are lacking ideas, there are numerous leadership videos posted to our course website (leadership module) that you may use for inspiration.  Remember, theories are like different pairs of glasses, when you put them on, some may work to see clearly and identify the persons leadership, while others may not be a good fit (in that situation, or for that person, but they may work on person or another form of leadership). 

Please only the theories covered in class or on the lecture slides. Please use three different leadership theories.  Please use those three leadership theories that you feel describe best, what makes your favorite leader a truly great leader.  Provide your essay with a headline or cover page and a short description who the leader is.  Afterwards, structure your essay based on these sections: 

Theory 1:
Theory 2:
Theory 3:
These are the theories we covered in class:

1. Leadership Traits.

2. Leadership Behaviors.

3. Contingency Approaches.

4. Leader-Member-Exchange.

5. Transformational Leadership.

6. Authentic Leadership.

7. Ethical Leadership.

8. Servant Leadership.

9. Shared Leadership.

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Optional Group/Team Component:  You may (but do not have to) complete the assignment in groups (typically three to six students) similar than the first essay.  I am not (forced) assigning teams (this option is voluntary; if you wish to work in a team and do not have a team yet, you may email me and I will randomly assign team should I receive more than one such request).  However, if you do decide to work in teams, you MUST do the following:  First, only submit one report per team.  I am not accepting group submissions that have been submitted more than one copy (this differs from the instruction for the first essay).  Second, EVERY team member MUST submit the cover page with all team member names listed, indicating who submitted the assignment.  Failure to do so will result in a no submission.