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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