Business Essentials: Chapter
7
What Makes a Good Leader?
You will
select a leader of your choice, review a book on this person, and then prepare a PowerPoint slide presentation on the reason(s)
for this person’s success. You may include life lessons from this person
in your presentation. Each of you will cover/research a separate leader—first
come, first served basis.
Your slide
presentation will include a minimum of 11 slides. See below for detailed instructions/content
for each.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Include
the title of your presentation along with the leader you will present and your name.
Slide 2: Define leadership
Slide 3: Introduce your leader
For
your chosen leader, provide the name, birth, background/education, field of leadership.
Slide 4: Identify the leadership theory
Provide
the leader’s theory/recipe for success or steps this person took/recommends for the success of a leader.
Slide 5: Characteristics of Effective Leaders—select
5 to highlight for your leader
Select/identify
5 characteristics of effective leaders from our text, p. 157 (at least 5 but you may include more if you wish). List these traits as 5 you feel are the top/most desirable traits of a successful leader. Include the terms/traits AND the explanation of each as given on p. 157.
Slides 6-10—OR as many additional slides as you feel necessary
You
will need to complete 1 slide on each of the above traits elaborating on/explaining how your “leader” demonstrated
this trait—use specific examples on each slide—this may be a quote, accomplishment, etc. (in some cases, the title
of a chapter in the book provides the content of the lesson, etc.)
These
5 or so slides together should tell what made your person a successful leader.
Final Slide: Conclusion
End
your presentation with a slide to summarize the leadership lesson(s) anyone can learn from your research/person. Include a complete/correct citation for your book. Examples
are available/visible in the Media Center—or ask a media specialist
or me for assistance.
