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

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

Class Activities for the Week

Course Period 1 (2 hours)

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

Course Period 2 (2 hours)

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

Independent/Group Assignments (and Point Totals)

Assignment: Professional Development Training (3 points)
- 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
- Next week, you can present your training in our Professional Development Day!
- Due date: End of week
Class attendance and participation (2 points)

Learning Resources

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

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🤖 GAI Study Prompts

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“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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