Unit 4: Topic Development Plan

Followership and Leadership Development Plan

Followership: Research the diverse methods through which you may cultivate your followership strengths and gain the knowledge and skills necessary for growth in those areas requiring improvement. Assess the viability of each of these methods for your continued growth as a follower. For this research, scholarly or professional journal articles, or professional and educational resources written or developed with in the last ten years are required. News sources, general information Websites, encyclopedias, or other similar sources may not be used.
Leadership: Research the diverse methods through which you may cultivate your leadership strengths and gain the knowledge and skills necessary for growth in those areas requiring improvement. Assess the viability of each of these methods for your continued growth as a leader. For this research, scholarly or professional journal articles, or professional and educational resources written or developed with in the last ten years are required. News sources, general information Websites, encyclopedias, or other similar sources may not be used.
Create a detailed five-year plan for the continuous development of
Followership abilities.
Leadership abilities
For this five-year plan for these two sections, one for followership and one for leadership, include:

Include a subsection that lists strengths and another subsection that includes areas for improvement for each section – followership and leadership.
For each strength, the method(s) for continuously developing that strength must be identified.
For each area for improvement, the method(s) for gaining the knowledge and skills for improvement must be identified.
Where appropriate, a target date for completion should be included. However, as the focus is continuous development, many of these methods will not have such a date, given the continuous process.
Be sure that what is included in this plan is realistic and one to which you can make a commitment.

Note: A minimum of two different scholarly, educational, and professional journal articles published within the last ten years – should be cited in-text and included in references as applicable to each of these objectives.

These readings and preparation activities will help you complete this unit’s assignments and achieve the learning objectives listed above.

Be sure to give yourself enough time to complete these readings and activities.