Signature Assignment – Leader Interview and Synthesis

Interview a leader in your organization or another organization.

Obtain a signed consent form from the interviewee.

Include the following questions in your interview. You must include the interviewee’s responses, citing the responses as a personal communication per the APA manual. You can add additional questions of your own if you choose.

• What can leaders do to inspire teams to perform at their best?
• What challenges do you face in maximizing team performance? What do you do to alleviate these challenges?
• What are the top 5 leadership skills for successfully building and leading teams?
• How do excellent leaders develop followership?
• What are some important decision-making strategies that leaders might use? Which of these strategies do you feel is most effective and why?
• What are some ethical concerns faced by leaders? How might you deal with these ethical concerns?

Write a 350- to 500-word synthesized discussion on team leadership based on this week’s readings and your interview.

Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed resources. You may use your textbook or the selected resources from the University Library. Do not limit yourself to the selected resources as the University Library has a wealth of peer-reviewed sources for your research.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines using the APA Paper Template. 

Include APA-formatted in-text citations and a title page.

Include your signed consent form as an appendix.