Philosophy of Leadership 600 Week 8 Assignment and Rubric Length: Paper: 8 - 10 double-spaced pages (excluding title and references pages) Due: Week 8 by Wednesday Midnight Value: 250 Points for 25% of the grade Post: Week 8 Assignments -- Turnitin Personal Philosophy of Leadership Paper Guidelines Prepare and submit through turnitin an 8 - 10 page paper that includes your definition of leadership, discusses three leadership theories that have influenced you, analyzes your leadership style, examines followership, and reflects on insights gained. A well-constructed paper will reference 6 or more scholarly sources including 5 journal articles such as those assigned and retrieved from Brandman’s virtual library, and adhere to APA standards. Leadership Definition Provide your definition of leadership and what has influenced this definition. Your definition must be original but supported by the work of others. Support your analysis with two (2) or more scholarly sources including one (1) journal article. Leadership Theories Discuss three (3) major leadership theories that have most influenced your thinking on leadership and leaders. In your leadership challenge paper, you discussed classical leadership theories. In this paper, consider including the contemporary approaches of Authentic, Servant and/or Transformational Leadership. Select at least two theories or models that you haven’t already written about in week 5 for your final paper. Define and describe the components of the selected theories using four (4) or more scholarly sources including three (3) journal articles. Leadership Style Analyze your strengths and style(s) as a leader. Use three (3) or more assessments from the Northouse text to assess your effectiveness in the leadership approaches as described in the above section; and compare your qualities and characteristics to those of effective leaders. Support your analysis with two (2) or more scholarly sources including one (1) journal article. Followership Discuss what effective followership is and why it is an important component of leadership. How can you enhance your effectiveness as a follower and encourage it in others? Support your analysis with one (1) or more scholarly sources. Reflective Analysis In two – three pages, reflect on three (3) key leadership lessons you have learned from this course. What has influenced you the most and has been of the most value to you)? How has your thinking and/or behavior changed to enhance your leadership practice? Describe two (2) specific action you will take to enhance your leadership effectiveness. Evaluation Criteria Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging Leadership Definition 25 - 23 Provides clear, concise and original definition of leadership. Describes influences to this definition forming the link to coursework. Uses 2 or more scholarly sources including 1 journal article. 22 - 20 Provides clear and fairly original definition of leadershi.

1. Philosophy of Leadership
600 Week 8 Assignment and Rubric
Length: Paper: 8 - 10 double-spaced pages (excluding title
and references pages)
Due: Week 8 by Wednesday Midnight
Value: 250 Points for 25% of the grade
Post:Week 8 Assignments -- Turnitin
Personal Philosophy of Leadership Paper Guidelines
Prepare and submit through turnitin an 8 - 10 page paper that
includes your definition of leadership, discusses three
leadership theories that have influenced you, analyzes your
leadership style, examines followership, and reflects on insights
gained. A well-constructed paper will reference 6 or more
scholarly sources including 5 journal articles such as those
assigned and retrieved from Brandman’s virtual library, and
adhere to APA standards.
Leadership Definition
Provide your definition of leadership and what has influenced
this definition. Your definition must be original but supported
by the work of others. Support your analysis with two (2) or
more scholarly sources including one (1) journal article.
Leadership Theories
Discuss three (3) major leadership theories that have most
influenced your thinking on leadership and leaders. In your
leadership challenge paper, you discussed classical leadership
theories. In this paper, consider including the contemporary
approaches of Authentic, Servant and/or Transformational
Leadership. Select at least two theories or models that you
haven’t already written about in week 5 for your final paper.

2. Define and describe the components of the selected theories
using four (4) or more scholarly sources including three (3)
journal articles.
Leadership Style
Analyze your strengths and style(s) as a leader. Use three (3) or
more assessments from the Northouse text to assess your
effectiveness in the leadership approaches as described in the
above section; and compare your qualities and characteristics to
those of effective leaders. Support your analysis with two (2)
or more scholarly sources including one (1) journal article.
Followership
Discuss what effective followership is and why it is an
important component of leadership. How can you enhance your
effectiveness as a follower and encourage it in others? Support
your analysis with one (1) or more scholarly sources.
Reflective Analysis
In two – three pages, reflect on three (3) key leadership lessons
you have learned from this course. What has influenced you the
most and has been of the most value to you)? How has your
thinking and/or behavior changed to enhance your leadership
practice? Describe two (2) specific action you will take to
enhance your leadership effectiveness.
Evaluation Criteria
Criteria
Exemplary
Proficient
Developing
Emerging

3. Leadership Definition
25 - 23
Provides clear, concise and original definition of leadership.
Describes influences to this definition forming the link to
coursework. Uses 2 or more scholarly sources including 1
journal article.
22 - 20
Provides clear and fairly original definition of leadership.
Describes influences to this definition but may not link it
coursework. Uses 2 sources but 1 may not be scholarly.
19 - 18
Provides a definition of leadership that may not be original.
Describes 1 or more influences but may not link it to
coursework. May use 1 source that may not be scholarly.
17 – 0
Limited if any clear definition of leadership. Does not describe
influences linked to coursework or use sources to support
discussion.
Leadership Theories
50 - 45
In-depth and accurate discussion of 3 major theories influencing
philosophy. Fully describes major components of the theories;
references scholarly sources by the author(s) or originators of 3
theories
44 - 39
Accurately discusses 3 major theories influencing philosophy.
Describes most components of each theory; references scholarly
sources by the author(s) or originators of 2 theories
38 - 33
Describes 2 - 3 major theories influencing philosophy. .
Describes some components of the theories. Acknowledges the
author(s) of theories but relies heavily on secondary sources
such as Northouse
32 - 0
Describes in general terms 0 – 2 major theories influencing
philosophy. May rely solely on secondary sources such as

4. Northouse; may not acknowledge author(s) of theory.
Leadership Style
50 - 45
Fully analyzes personal style of leadership drawing from 3 or
more self-assessments of influential leadership theories.
Compares style to leadership theories; and the qualities and
characteristics of effective leaders. Uses 2 scholarly sources
including 1 journal articles
44 - 39
Analyzes personal style of leadership drawing from 2 - 3 self-
assessments of influential leadership theories. Compares style
to leadership theories and the qualities and characteristics of
effective leaders. Uses 2 sources although 1 may not be
scholarly.
38 - 33
Somewhat analyzes personal style of leadership drawing from 1
– 2 self-assessments; assessments may differ from influential
theories. Somewhat compares style to leadership theories, and
characteristics of effective leaders. Uses 1 - 2 sources which
may not be scholarly.
32 - 0
Limited if any discussion of personal style of leadership. May
draw from 0 – 2 self-assessments. Limited if any comparison of
style to leadership theories and/or characteristics of effective
leaders. May not use sources to support discussion
Followership
25 - 23
Comprehensively discusses effective followership and why it is
important to the study of leadership. Draws from 1 or more
scholarly sources
22 - 20
Clearly discusses effective followership and why it is important
to the study of leadership. Draws from 1 scholarly source
19 - 18
Somewhat discusses effective followership but may not include
its importance to leadership. Draws from 1 source that may not

5. be scholarly.
17 – 0
Limited if any discussion of effective followership or its
importance to the study of leadership. May not use sources to
support discussion.
Reflective Analysis
50 - 45
Clearly and concisely discusses 3 key leadership lessons learned
in course. Describes influences and what has been of most
value. Clearly identifies 2 specific actions intended.
44 – 39
Clearly discusses 2 - 3 leadership lessons learned in course.
Describes influences and what has been of most value.
Identifies 2 fairly specific action intended.
38 - 33
Discusses 1 – 2 leadership lessons learned in course but may not
describe influences and/or what has been of most value.
Identifies 1 – 2 general action intended.
32 - 0
Limited if any reflective analysis. Discusses 0 - 2 leadership
lessons learned but does not describe influences and/or what has
been of most value. May not identifies any action intended.
APA and Sources
20 - 19
Uses 6 or more scholarly sources including 5 journal articles.
Accurately uses headers and adheres to APA standards;
reference page and citations are correct. All sources listed in
References are cited in paper
18 - 17
Uses 5 scholarly sources including 4 journal articles. . Uses
headers and adheres to APA standards; reference page and
citations are correct with minor (1-3) errors. . All sources listed
in References are cited in paper
16 - 15
Uses 4 - 5 sources including 3 - 4 journal articles. May use

6. headers and somewhat adheres to APA standards; the work of
others is cited but with numerous (4 – 10) errors. Sources listed
in References and citations may not match
14 - 0
Uses 0 – 4 sources. Limited adherence to APA standards in the
paper and Reference page; work of others may be cited but with
multiple (11+) errors. Sources listed in References and citations
do not match
Writing Mechanics
30 - 27
The paper is logical and well-written; spelling, grammar and
punctuation are accurate. Paper is the required length of 8 - 10
pages of content, and includes correctly prepared title page.
26 - 23
The paper is logical and well-written but with minor (1 – 3)
errors in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation. The content may
be 5% too long or short; includes a correctly prepared title
page.
22 - 19
The paper is somewhat logical and well-written but with several
(4 – 10) errors in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation. The
content may be 10% too long or short, and may not include a
correctly prepared title page
18- 0
The paper lacks clarity and may be confusing; may contain
numerous (11+) errors in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation.
The content may be 15% too long or short, and may not include
a title page
Imagine you are a local community leader and are bothered by
problems facing individuals leaving prison and reentering your
community. You do not feel your state or local community

7. treats these individuals ethically and have decided to write a
letter to your congressperson requesting their support for
changes that would more ethically support those individuals.
Describe (Seeking Employment) which is a common problem
for justice-involved individuals.
Write a 900 word letter to your congressperson to identify the
unethical treatment of recently released individuals and request
their support for an innovative solution to your selected
problem. Complete the following in your letter:
· Identify your community and the services in your community.
· Describe your selected problem for your community. (seeking
employment)
· Discuss how ethics should come into play when designing
solutions for inmate issues.
· Explain the ethical reasons for solving your selected problem.
· Identify 1 innovative solution to your selected problem.
· Describe the evidence-based research that supports the
solution.
· Compare the ethical implications of the current services
provided versus if your solution is implemented for your
selected problem.