More Than Words” and “Who Will Lead Us?”
More Than Words” and “Who Will Lead Us?”
- Watch the video titled “Getting your body language to match your words” (4 min 40 s), located at http://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Getting-your-body-language-match-your-words/184804/368346-4.html?org=strayer.edu. Next, give two (2) specific examples of how body language can be a barrier to effective communication in the workplace. Then, suggest a strategy that you could use in your current or future workplace to ensure that your body language does not interfere with the message you want to communicate.
- Select which leadership theory most accurately describes your current or future approach to leadership. Based on the selected theory, give one (1) example from your personal or professional life when your leadership was effective and one example when your leadership was not effective. Reflect on a lesson that you learned from the ineffective leadership experience which you could apply to similar situations in the future.
- Watch the video titled “Using positive power and politics” (3 min 8 s), located at http://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Using-positive-power-politics/126132/182373-4.html?org=strayer.edu. Based on this week’s readings and the video, break down the ethical considerations that an organizational leader should contemplate prior to using political power that will impact organizational stakeholders.
- Consider a conflict that you or someone that you know is currently experiencing at work. Using the conflict process discussed in the text, recommend an approach for resolving the conflict. Propose the conflict management techniques that you believe would be most effective to achieve the desired outcome(s) of your recommendation.
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