Assignment 2 – Leadership Styles and Ethics (15%) (Objective 2)

Research and review scholarly sources, using the NSU online library system to identify leadership styles and leadership models. Complete your review by selecting one leadership style and one leadership model that considers Covey’s (1991) characteristics of a Principle-Centered Leader.

Objectives

1. Summarize the description of a leadership style and leadership model that coincides with the characteristics of a Principle-Centered-Leader in Covey (1991).

2. Describe connections between leadership styles and leadership models and the characteristics of a Principle Centered Leader.

3. Discern the role that ethics plays in leadership towards developing perceptions of its importance.

Criteria

• Draft a summative description of the leadership style and leadership model selected.

• Describe the relationship between the models (leadership styles, leadership models, characteristics of a Principle-Centered Leader in Covey, 1991).

• Discuss the role of ethics in leadership and your perceptions of its importance.

• Discuss perceptions of how you envision your own leadership style.

Based on the above noted criteria, your submission must include:

1. A summative description of the leadership style/model selected.

2. A discussion about the associations (connections) between this model and Covey’s Principle-Centered Leadership model.

3. A discussion about the role of ethics in leadership styles.

4. A discussion about your perceptions of ethics in leadership.

5. A description of how you envision your own leadership style.

Structure

• Page length: 5-pages, including Cover page and References list.

• Follow APA Guideline and the Fischler Writing Style Guide (e.g., cover page, 12pt. font, double spacing, and appropriate margins, reference page)

• Proofread all work for clarity and errors prior to submitting