Assignment 1: Personal Best Leadership Experience
Introduction
Experience is the best teacher. This is true in many aspects of our lives and is especially true of leadership. Each of us has had leadership experiences. This activity is designed to help you focus on your own personal best leadership experience. This is essentially like writing a case study about your own experience, one that you can use as part of your personal story. If done properly, this should take you about an hour to complete.
Important:
If you do not cite AI assistance, you will receive a zero for the assignment. However, you can revise and resubmit for full credit.
Instructions
Think of a time when you performed at your best as a leader. A personal best experience may be an event or a series of events that you believe to be your own individual standard of excellence. Think of a time when you achieved significant success while working with others, something you accomplished and were proud of the results.
The personal best experience can be any undertaking with a clear beginning and end. You may have had a formal leadership position or may have emerged as an informal leader. You may have worked with any social group or business organization on a class project or even on a family event. The event could be recent or old and could have lasted a few days, weeks, months, or even a year.
Directions
Use an AI tool to help you brainstorm, organize, and edit your report. The AI will guide you through a series of questions to help develop your personal best leadership experience. Examples of AI tools you can use are provided at the bottom. Copy and paste the prompt provided below to interact with the AI.
AI Assistance Prompt:”I need help with an assignment for my MBA Leadership class. Please do not provide original thoughts. Instead, help me clarify and expand on my ideas. Here’s the assignment question: ‘Describe a personal best leadership experience you have had, including the actions you took, the lessons you learned, and advice for others.’First, ask me to describe what happened in the leadership experience. Use the following questions to guide me one at a time:Describe what happened.
When did it happen?
How long did it last?
What was your role?
Who else was involved?
What feelings did you have prior to and during the experience?
Did you initiate the experience or did someone else?
How did you emerge as a leader?
What were the results of the experience?
After I answer, ask me the following follow-up questions one at a time:What actions did you take?
How did you get others to go beyond ordinary levels of performance?
How did you demonstrate your commitment to the project or undertaking?
How did you ensure everyone understood the purpose or goal?
How did you overcome major challenges or setbacks?
How did you engage others and get them to participate fully?
What extraordinary actions did your group members take based on what you did or said?
Then, review my responses and suggest three to five major leadership lessons from my experience. Ask me if those lessons are relevant and if I agree with them. If I offer additional lessons or want to change some, enter an iterative process of asking me what the lessons are and use those lessons.Finally, ask me:Based on the lessons drawn from your experience, formulate a single piece of advice you would offer to someone who wanted to make a difference in their organization.
Once I have answered all the questions, please help me organize my responses into a cohesive report with three sections: the leadership experience (as a narrative), the leadership lessons, and the advice. Ensure it is clear, professional, and well-structured.”
Upload the cohesive result generated after answering the AI’s questions in a Word document by Day 7 of this week. Your report should clearly describe your leadership experience, the actions you took, the lessons you learned, and the advice you would offer to others.
The basic criterion for a report to be considered effective is that your message must be original and intelligible. You must communicate concisely and effectively. In addition, you must meet the weekly requirements for full credit on assignments.
Citing AI in Your Assignment:Include the in-text citation in your report to acknowledge the use of AI assistance.
Add the reference list citation at the end of your report.
Here is a suggested format for citing the AI tool:
In-Text Citation:
“Assistance provided by [AI Tool Name] was used to brainstorm, organize, and edit this response.”
Example Reference List Citation:
OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT. Available from https://chat.openai.com/Links to an external site..
Microsoft. (2024). Copilot. Available from https://copilot.microsoft.com/Links to an external site..
Anthropic. (2024). Claude. Available from https://claude.ai/Links to an external site..
Meta. (2024). LLaMA. Available from https://meta.ai/Links to an external site..
Examples of AI Tools You Can Use:
ChatGPTLinks to an external site.
CopilotLinks to an external site.
ClaudeLinks to an external site.
Meta LLaMALinks to an external site.
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View Rubric
Personal Best Leadership Experience Rubric
Personal Best Leadership Experience Rubric
CriteriaRatingsPts
Describes Leadership Experience3 pts
Exemplary
Fully describes a leadership experience.2 pts
Acceptable
Mostly describes a leadership experience, though is lacking in detail.2 pts
Marginal
Partially describes a leadership experience with minimal effort.0 pts
Unacceptable
Does not describe a leadership experience./ 3 pts
List Actions
3 pts
Exemplary
Lists 5-7 actions taken during the experience.2 pts
Acceptable
Lists 3-4 actions taken during the experience.1 pts
Marginal
Lists 1-2 actions taken during the experience.0 pts
Unacceptable
Does not list any actions./ 3 pts
Leadership Lessons
6 pts
Exemplary
Lists 3-5 lessons that are directly derived from the experience and are rich in scope.4 pts
Acceptable
Lists fewer than 3 lessons, the lessons may not be derived from the experience, or the lessons are simple and generic.2 pts
Marginal
Only lists 1 or 2 lessons, they are not derived from the experience, or are very basic.0 pts
Unacceptable
Does not list any lessons./ 6 pts
Formulate Advice for Others
7 pts
Exemplary
Formulates a piece of advice that is clearly drawn from the experience, is rich in depth, and useful advice for others.5 pts
Acceptable
Formulates a piece of advice that may or may not be drawn from the experience, is simplistic, or is not useful advice for others.2 pts
Marginal
Formulates a piece of advice that is not drawn from the experience, is generic, or minimal effort is used.0 pts
Unacceptable
Does not formulate a piece of advice./ 7 pts
AI Usage and Citation
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6 pts
Exemplary
Effectively uses AI and cites it correctly and thoroughly.4 pts
Acceptable
Uses AI appropriately and cites it correctly with minor errors.2 pts
Marginal
Uses AI minimally or incorrectly and/or does not cite it properly.0 pts
Unacceptable
Does not use or cite AI./ 6 pts
Total Points: 0