The document provides instructions for an assessment on leadership and followership. Students are asked to develop a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation on the interplay between leaders and followers, strategies for effective leadership and followership, and personal qualities for improvement. The presentation should cover followership qualities and responsibilities, the influence of followers on leaders, communication strategies, and how traits impact leadership. Students must include examples, analyses, and references in their presentation and accompanying script.

1. DL002- Assessment Instructions
Assessment Instructions
DL002 Assessment Instructions
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Review the details of your assessment including the rubric. You
will have the ability to submit the assessment once you submit
your required pre-assessment and engage with your Faculty
Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a substantive way about the
competency.Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will develop a
presentation, geared toward leaders, on the important interplay
of leaders and followers within an organization and will
highlight specific strategies for effective leadership and
followership. Additionally, you will reflect on personal
qualities you would like to improve to become a more effective
leader and follower.
Assessment Submission Length:10–15 PowerPoint slides, plus
an accompanying written scriptInstructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:
· Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes
links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:
· Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft
PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-
skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint
· In the DL002_Assessment_Template_Part1 file, complete your
work on the PowerPoint slide deck, using your Pre-Assessment
submission as a starting point and incorporating any feedback as
appropriate.
· Download the DL002_Assessment_Template_Part2 (Word
document), which you will use to create the script that
accompanies your PowerPoint presentation.

2. · Be sure to adhere to the indicated assignment length.
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric.
This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your
submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to
achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that
understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the
rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time
most productively.Important Information on Interpreting the
Assessment Rubric (click to expand)
Rubric
All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly
writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must
be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet
these expectations will be returned without scoring.
This Assessment requires submission of a 10- to 15-slide
PowerPoint presentation, as well as a Word document that
contains a written script to accompany the presentation. Save
both of these files as DL002_firstinitial_lastname, one for each
file type (for example DL002_J_Smith.pptx and
DL002_J_Smith.docx).
When you are ready to upload your completed Assessment, use
the Assessment tab on the top navigation menu.
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that you may be required to submit your Assessment for textual
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Leadership and Followership Presentation
An important part of mastering any topic in social science (and
leadership is such a topic) is being able to explain how and why
an observed practice, or set of witnessed behaviors and
interactions among people, led to intended outcomes or not. The
key to your evaluation will be to use relevant documented best

3. practices and theoretical frameworks about leadership and
followership to support your evaluations. For example, it is one
thing to have an opinion about why someone is an effective
leader; it is quite another to be able to explain how and why
they are effective, using leadership knowledge to support your
reasoning.
For this Performance Task Assessment, you have been asked by
your manager to present at this year’s annual Dynamic
Leadership conference. The subject of your presentation is on
followership and how it contributes to effective leadership in a
business context. For this presentation, you will need to provide
a PowerPoint slide deck along with a written script that you
would use to give your presentation. The presentation is
scheduled to be 30 minutes in length. The PowerPoint deck
should be professional looking, using a business-appropriate
design. As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to
cover all of the following items in your presentation, including
the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources,
such as those found in the learning resources from this
Competency, or those in the Walden Library.
Click each of the items below for more information on this
Assessment.Part 1: Followership Defined (approximately 3–5
slides)
· Identify the qualities and behaviors of followers who
contribute to the success of an organization.
· Using at least one example from your professional life,
analyze how leaders can draw value from their followers.
· Summarize the responsibilities of followers in an age in which
the complexities of leadership and pace of change are ever
increasing.Part 2: The Leader-Follower Interaction
(approximately 3–5 slides)
· Analyze how followers can influence the effectiveness or
ineffectiveness of leaders.
· Hint: Your analysis should consider how followers empower
or enable leaders’ behaviors (for good or bad).
· Illustrate how followers can effectively communicate and

4. collaborate with a leader whose style is not consistent with what
they desire or with a leader they do not admire.
· Propose at least three strategies for how leaders can better
empower and support followers in meeting their goals.Part 3:
Traits of Leadership and Followership (approximately 4–5
slides)
· Examine how personal traits influence how one leads and how
one follows. Draw on professional and personal experience to
provide examples.
· Analyze how a follower can contribute to effective leadership
in an organization. Provide at least one example to support your
analysis.
· Analyze how a leader can encourage effective follower ship in
an organization. Provide at least one example to support your
analysis.
· Identify at least one personal trait you would like to improve
upon to become a more effective leader and at least one trait
you would like to improve upon to become a more effective
follower. Explain why these improvements would be a benefit to
you and to an organization.
Leadership and Followership Presentation
[Your Name Here]
Walden University
DL002: Leadership and Followership
Part 1: Followership Defined

5. Qualities and Behaviors of Effective Followers
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Identify the qualities and behaviors of followers who contribute
to the success of an organization.]
The Value of Followers
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Using at least one example from your professional life, analyze
how leaders can draw value from their followers.]
Responsibilities of Followers
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6. prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Summarize the responsibilities of followers in an age where the
complexities of leadership and pace of change are ever
increasing.]
Part 2: The Leader-Follower Interaction
The Influence of Followers
[Replace this text and brackets, adjust the heading (if you
prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Analyze how followers can influence the effectiveness or
ineffectiveness of leaders. Hint: Your analysis should consider
how followers empower or enable leaders’ behaviors (for good
or bad).]

7. Effective Follower Communication and Collaboration
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Illustrate how followers can effectively communicate and
collaborate with a leader whose style is not consistent with what
they desire or with a leader they do not admire.]
Leadership Strategies to Empower and Support Followers
[Replace this text and brackets, adjust the heading (if you
prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Propose at least three strategies for how leaders can better
empower and support followers in meeting their goals.]
Part 3: Traits of Leadership and Followership

8. Influence of Personal Traits
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Examine how personal traits influence how one leads and how
one follows. Draw on professional and personal experience to
provide examples.]
A Follower’s Contribution to Effective Leadership
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Analyze how a follower can contribute to effective leadership in
an organization. Provide at least one example to support your
analysis.]
Encouraging Effective Leadership
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Analyze how a leader can encourage effective followership in
an organization. Provide at least one example to support your
analysis.]

9. Becoming a Better Leader and Follower
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prefer), and add additional slides if needed in order to address
the following:
Identify at least one personal trait you would like to improve
upon to become a more effective leader and at least one trait
you would like to improve upon to become a more effective
follower. Explain why these improvements would be a benefit to
you and to an organization.]
References
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the end of your presentation. Reference list entries take the
same format they would in a paper. For more information about
formatting your reference list, please visit the following site:

10. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/reference
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