Your post should be three paragraphs. For the first paragraph of your initial post complete the following exercise and answer the question below. Select five values from the following list that are most important to you: Power Recognition Helping others Love and affection Validation from others Money A sense of importance To live my passion A feeling of self-worth Personal freedom—self-expression To get married To have a family An opportunity to travel To socialize with famous people—glamour To live somewhere I truly love To be a part of my community A change A new career Adventure A relationship To be considered an expert in my field A sense of being needed A chance to express myself artistically To improve myself physically To develop myself spiritually A chance to improve society Other(s) ? Provide reasons for your value selections and discuss how these values may influence the way you lead yourself and others. For the second paragraph of your post, select any one of the following bullet points and address all elements of your chosen bullet point. Select a different bullet point section than what your classmates have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to re-use the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue. You may have heard statements such as “Do what you love, the money will follow,” “Work with passion,” and “Live your bliss.” Many believe that passion fuels motivation, drive, competence, determination, and success. How important is it that people feel passionate about their livelihoods? What is a leader’s responsibility in helping others find passion in their work? In terms of your career, what are you most passionate about? What drives or motivates you? Are you on a mission or do you take life one day at a time? What does living your life on purpose mean to you? Where would you like to be five or ten years from now? Defend your perspectives. Each of you is participating in the role of a leader or follower in various life contexts. For example, you may be a leader in your family or at school and a follower at work, church, or within your various social and civic groups. Select any of these organizations and describe your role. When you think about the organization you selected, do you experience happiness, pride, anger, resentment, apathy, or gratification? Does this organization encourage open discussion about feelings and emotions? What emotions do you experience as you deeply ponder this organization’s mission, people, policies, products, and services? Are these emotions mostly positive or negative? To what do you attribute your strongest feelings? What causes them? Do you believe your coworkers and the organization’s leaders share your feelings? Defend your perspectives. Self-esteem is the way people regard, value, and appraise themselves positively or negative.

1. Your post should be three paragraphs.
For the first paragraph of your initial post complete the
following exercise and answer the question below.
Select five values from the following list that are most
important to you:
Power
Recognition
Helping others
Love and affection
Validation from others
Money
A sense of importance
To live my passion
A feeling of self-worth
Personal freedom—self-expression
To get married
To have a family

2. An opportunity to travel
To socialize with famous people—glamour
To live somewhere I truly love
To be a part of my community
A change
A new career
Adventure
A relationship
To be considered an expert in my field
A sense of being needed
A chance to express myself artistically
To improve myself physically
To develop myself spiritually
A chance to improve society
Other(s) ?
Provide reasons for your value selections and discuss how these
values may influence the way you lead yourself and others.
For the second paragraph of your post, select any one of the
following bullet points and address all elements of your chosen

3. bullet point. Select a different bullet point section than what
your classmates have already posted so that we can engage
several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points
have been addressed, then you may begin to re-use the bullet
points with the expectation that varied responses continue.
You may have heard statements such as “Do what you love, the
money will follow,” “Work with passion,” and “Live your
bliss.” Many believe that passion fuels motivation, drive,
competence, determination, and success.
How important is it that people feel passionate about their
livelihoods? What is a leader’s responsibility in helping others
find passion in their work? In terms of your career, what are
you most passionate about? What drives or motivates you? Are
you on a mission or do you take life one day at a time? What
does living your life on purpose mean to you? Where would you
like to be five or ten years from now? Defend your perspectives.
Each of you is participating in the role of a leader or follower in
various life contexts. For example, you may be a leader in your
family or at school and a follower at work, church, or within
your various social and civic groups. Select any of these
organizations and describe your role.
When you think about the organization you selected, do you
experience happiness, pride, anger, resentment, apathy, or
gratification? Does this organization encourage open discussion
about feelings and emotions? What emotions do you experience
as you deeply ponder this organization’s mission, people,
policies, products, and services? Are these emotions mostly
positive or negative? To what do you attribute your strongest
feelings? What causes them? Do you believe your coworkers

4. and the organization’s leaders share your feelings? Defend your
perspectives.
Self-esteem is the way people regard, value, and appraise
themselves positively or negatively. People with high self-
esteem value themselves appropriately. They are empowered to
achieve their goals and take full responsibility for their lives,
including their mistakes. People with low
self-esteem often feel victimized and blame others for their
defeats rather than attempting to change themselves for the
better. Sometimes people who appear highly confident actually
suffer from low self-esteem. When criticized, they become
defensive. They can also be overly opinionated, rigid, and want
to be in control.
Do you see any similarities between self-esteem, emotional
intelligence, and locus of control? Why should self-esteem be
included in a discussion about leadership? How does having
high self-esteem make a person a better leader? Is it possible for
a leader with low self-esteem to be effective? Can a person with
low self-esteem be a leader? How would you describe your own
level of self-esteem? Defend your perspectives.
Judge, Bono, Ilies, and Gerhardt (2002) identified the following
personality correlations with leadership: neuroticism,
extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and
conscientiousness. Extraversion was found to be the most
consistent correlate in the study.
How do the findings of this study compare with what you are
learning about emotional intelligence? What are your thoughts
about neuroticism being a correlate to leadership? How can the
development of emotional intelligence influence these findings?

5. Is extraversion a necessary factor in leading with emotional
intelligence? Defend your perspectives.
Judge, T. A., Bono, J. E., Ilies, R., & Gerhardt, M. W. (2002).
Personality and leadership: A qualitative and quantitative
review.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 87
(4), 765–780.
The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post
should summarize the one or two key points that you are making
in your initial response.
Justify your answers using examples and reasoning. Comment
on the postings of at least two peers.
Your posting should be the equivalent of 1 to 2 single-spaced
pages (500-1000 words) in length.
Cite any sources you use in APA format.
Week 4 Project
Assignment
Due August 8 at 12:59 AM
Leading Teams
Prepare a report on leading teams. In your report, address the
following:
Evaluate the value of leadership intelligence (including
emotional, social, cultural, technical, etc. intelligences required
of a leader) in leading teams. Be sure to consider culturally

6. diverse teams.
Assess the important indicators of leading with intelligence in
organizations (emotional, cultural, etc.). What is seen, heard,
experienced when leadership intelligence is or is not present?
Analyze some of the social and organizational consequences of
not leading with intelligence (emotional, cultural, etc…)
Defend at least three ways that organizations might increase
leadership intelligence (emotional, cultural, etc.) organization
wide. Defend your recommendations with research.
Research the South University Online Library to read peer-
reviewed articles on leading teams, diversity, cultural
intelligence, and emotional intelligence training.
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