Strategic Planning - Starting with the leaders: A recommendation for leadership

Strategic Planning

Assignment:

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Starting with the leaders: A recommendation for leadership

Clearly leadership is important. You have had opportunity to work with this leadership team at the university for a number of months now and your suggestions and input have been invaluable to them. You realize now however that one of the most essential elements left to discuss and reflect upon is the development of high performing teams in the organization and the creation of conditions with high levels of administrative engagement. To that end, you have been asked by the president to identify some priorities once again in this area and to make some recommendations. You know that this potential recommendation could lead to additional consulting opportunities for you in the near future. As a result, your supervisor has once again asked you to put together a paper in which you’ll describe what your approach will be. Therefore, for the purposes of this paper you will create an overview for the types of leadership behavior and engagement that you believe is required to be successful in competitive institutions of higher education today. To that end, your paper should include the following:

· Component 1: A definition of the kind of leadership and engagement that’s needed today in successful higher education institutions.

· Component 2: The type of training and support that you think would be required to make this kind of leadership emerge.

· Component 3: The potential outcomes of investing in this type of leadership. How could this effect the institution? How could it impact the teams and departments already in place in the institutions?

· Component 4:  Conclusion: In this conclusion you’ll offer a synthesis of these main points.

You will use the text as your guide, but you will also use outside research. Your essay should be 2000 - words and should include at least six (6) citations. The sections should be clearly marked with headings so that your instructor knows which points you are addressing. Follow the guidelines for APA writing style. The title page and references page so not count towards the minimum word amount for this assignment.