2,000 words excluding your referencing.

APA style Reference correctly in-text and include a full reference section.

Writing must be logical, flow and be coherent.Well-reasoned conclusions are presented.

Answer all questions in this assignment:

Influence

1. Identify your role in a circle of influence that is important to you. Ideally this will be a professionalcircle of influence, but it may be a social or family circle of influence. You should provide adiagrammatic representation of the circle of influence, such as an influence map, and criticallyassess your position in this circle. Justify your conclusions.

2. Using influencing models and frameworks with which you are familiar, assess your owninfluencing style in terms of strengths and areas for development. Justify your conclusions.

3. Create a plan for developing your influencing skills in the next 12 months. This should includea series of SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bounded) andactions for achieving them.

Leadership

1. Critically assess your leadership knowledge, skills and attributes using the following framework.You should include an assessment of strengths and areas for development in each area. Justifyyour conclusions. You should discuss any relevant findings from self-assessment exercises inthe course material.

Leadership Attributes (traits) – Include an assessment of style (such as DISC or MTBI) andvalues and your findings on self-awareness from the Johari Window self-assessment.

Leadership Knowledge – critically evaluate the value of specific technical knowledge that youhave which is useful in supporting direct reports. Assess also your levels of business acumene.g. financial management.

Leadership Skills – Critically evaluate the following skills

a. Leading change – This includes understanding your own level of openness to changeand your ability to think strategically and innovatively in order to create a new futuredirection.

b. Leading people – This includes an assessment of your emotional intelligence whendealing with others, conflict management ability and your team-building skills.

c. Results-orientation – This includes an assessment of decision-making and problem solvingskills.

d. Networking and communication – This includes your ability to network and build newrelationships as well as an assessment of your verbal and written communication skills.

Note: You are not required to cover influencing skills here as they have been coveredelsewhere in the earlier assignment.

2. Create a plan for developing your leadership skills in the next 12 months. This should includea series of SMART goals and actions for delivering them.