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BUS621: Week 05 Historical Leaders TranscriptDownload BUS621: Week 05 Historical Leaders Transcript

As a leader, it is beneficial to have a core set of practices that can be effective in routine times and during difficult or very challenging times. The leadership practices by Kouzes and Posner, called The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model, are based upon the transformational leadership model. Organizational leaders must plan to continually improve as leaders while also seeking to improve the performance of other leadership team members and of the rest of the organization. Adopting guiding principles or practices can help in the planning phases for leading when hard times occur.

In your paper,

• Analyze a difficult leadership situation in the business world that has impacted a company or companies.
• Develop a plan for positively increasing the performance of the organization, the leadership, and the teams within the organization using the five practices of exemplary leadership as developed by Kouzes and Posner.

The Leadership in Hard Times paper

• must be 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of paper in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date
• must utilize academic voice.
• must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
• must use at least 3 scholarly, credible sources in addition to the course text.