Week 12: Leadership & Performance Management

Overview

This week focuses on leadership styles and personalities, performance management frameworks, giving feedback and performing evaluations, and professional development communication.

Topics Covered

Subtopics

  • Leadership styles and personalities
  • Performance management frameworks
  • Giving feedback and performing evaluations
  • Professional development communication

Class Activities

Tuesday Class Activities

  • Assignment introduction: Professional Development Training
  • Introduction to communicating about leadership
  • Group activity: What makes an ideal leader?
  • Discussion: Cultural expectations about the demonstration of leadership

Thursday Class Activities

  • Workshop: Performance Management Frameworks
  • Role-play: Delivering constructive feedback across cultures

Independent Activities

Assignment: Professional Development Training

  • Create training materials related to professional development for a skill or competency area related to leadership that you believe employees should develop
  • Your materials should include a training plan, an activity, and an article or presentation that are appropriate for a corporate environment
  • Due date: Sunday of Week 12

Learning Resources

  • Profiles of well-respected leaders
  • Examples of documentation related to performance management

Assessment

  • Professional Development Training (3 points)
  • Class attendance and participation (2 points)

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🤖 AI Study Prompts

Copy the downloaded week content and try these prompts:

  • “Help me analyze different leadership styles and their cultural contexts”
  • “What are effective frameworks for performance management across cultures?”
  • “Create scenarios for practicing constructive feedback delivery”
  • “Design a professional development training plan for [specific leadership skill]”

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