Ashford BUS621 Week 4 Assignment

Ashford BUS621 Week 4 Assignment Factors Impacting Team Leadership

Factors Impacting Team Leadership [WLO: 1] [CLOs: 1, 3, 4]. Due by Day 7. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, watch the Week 4 Assignment video with Dr. Williams G. Woods, available in the online classroom. Locate articles in the Ashford University Library concerning emotional intelligence and its association with transformational leadership. Further information on transformational leadership from Chapter 8 of Northouse (2018) should be used to support the assignment. Also, research transactional and situational leadership styles.

Leadership must be effective in order for teams to move toward optimal performance. Understanding culture, multiple leadership styles, and emotional intelligence can prove useful in preparing the leader to lead effective teams.

In your paper,

• Analyze the five components of emotional intelligence and their relationship to transformational

  leadership.

• Discuss how to use transformational leadership combined with the use of emotional intelligence to

  improve a situation involving teams at work.

• Distinguish between transactional, situational, and transformational leadership and the usefulness of each

  in impacting team performance.

• Discuss the impact of culture and ethics on the leadership of teams.