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Week 1 | Learning Journal

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How have you applied or plan to apply the important concepts from this week’s learning; such as principles of effective communication and persuasion at work this week? What is your level of confidence in application of your learning in your workplace? Please be specific and write in well-developed and well-composed paragraphs that demonstrate application of learning.

Week 2 | Learning Journal

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For this week's entry, please pose at least two reflective questions to Jack about:

• The issues you are learning in class.
• What Jack thinks about particular concepts.
• Applying your learning in the workplace.
• General questions about "what Jack would do" in certain situations covered in your course.

The most probing questions will be asked of Jack on the live Q&A call scheduled for

Week 3.

For this week's entry, respond to either of the following questions:

• How did Jack's comments and the discussions from the live Q&A call impact your learning and leadership growth? Explain your opinions and share how you will apply a key principle or idea in your workplace or professional life.

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• Summarize the most important concepts and approaches you have learned this week. Provide at least one concrete example of how you will apply a key principle or idea in your workplace or professional life.

Week 4

How have you applied or plan to apply the important concepts from this week’s learning; What do you understand differently, from last week, about preparing to develop an effective presentation? What is your level of confidence in application of your learning in your workplace? Please be specific and write in well-developed and well-composed paragraphs that demonstrate application of learning.

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Week5

How have you applied or plan to apply the important concepts from this week’s learning; What do you understand differently, from last week, about composing an effective PowerPoint? What is your level of confidence in application of your learning in your workplace? Please be specific and write in well-developed and well-composed paragraphs that demonstrate application of learning.

Week 6

Summarize the most important concepts from this week’s learning. Reflect on your presentation delivery confidence. What do you plan to do to build your confidence, if you are not a practiced presenter? Please be specific and write in well-developed and well-composed paragraphs that demonstrate application of learning.

Week 7

Summarize your most important learning this week. Reflect on your own comfort and experience with candor. What do you plan to do to strengthen you skill with candor at work? What do you plan to do to influence a culture of candor in your organization?

Week 8

Summarize the most important concepts from this week’s learning Reflect on the clarity of your own values and, as the leader, how you might communicate them. Evaluate your leadership approach relative to the pillars of ethical leadership. What is your confidence that you could shape and lead a business with clear values and ethics, and be known as an ethical leader?

Week 9

Summarize the most important concepts from this week’s learning. Reflect on your confidence managing the reputation of a business and dealing with crisis situations. Your development of candor coupled with values based and ethical leadership is required for effective crisis communication. Your DiSC style may influence your instinctive response to crisis. What business acumen do you need to develop to better manage crisis communication?

Week 10

Collect all of your Learning Journal entries to preserve a record of your growth this term. Complete the following steps:

1. Go to your grade book. Copy and paste all Learning Journal entries into one word processing document. Save a copy for your records.
2. Upload the document to your Learning Journal post. Share a reflection in your post about your entries as a whole. What did you learn about yourself, your communication growth, or your leadership growth after reviewing your entries?