Learning Outcome 2:

Critically reflect on their own leadership practice.

Task 1:

Provide a piece of reflective writing that reflects on your experiences of leadership and the development of your knowledge of leadership throughout the course.  Critically reflect on at least one significant leadership event, incident, or situation that you have experienced in your life.  This critical reflection must include:

1. A brief background and events leading up to the leadership event and a specific, clear, and detailed description of the event itself.

2. An evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses as a leader in each situation; including how this provides an evaluation of your leadership skills and attributes

3. A critical evaluation of what was learned and potentially what you may have done differently had you been able to apply your new learning about leadership from this course, supported by reference to current leadership theories, concepts, and paradigms in your evaluation.

4. Finally, now that you have attended this course, reflect on your leadership aspirations. What would you like to achieve as a leader now and in the future?

Task 2:

Prepare a leadership development plan based on your reflection above that clearly indicates your leadership goal(s) and provides an evaluation of the actions required to achieve each goal. Your Leadership Development Plan is to include:

1. At least one Leadership Goal which follows the SMART guidelines

2. At least three areas for the development of your leadership skills or attributes that will help you achieve that goal

3. An Action Plan to achieve your Leadership Goal(s) which includes

a. Evidence of research into Leadership Development Planning

b. A selection of specific courses and activities that you believe will contribute to the achievement of your Leadership Goal(s), including specific dates and other details

c.  An evaluation of how each course or activity will help you achieve your Leadership Goal(s)

4. An discussion of how this Action Plan will help you achieve your Leadership Goal(s).