Report Form

There are four application projects for the Leadership Practices course.  

Compile you work from all four assignments into one report to submit at the end of the course. You can save your report as a Word file (or as a PDF if you have attachments with your report) and name it in the following way:

 Last Name – First Name – Cohort # – Course 3 

An example of a document you might use to compile the assignments into one report is available as a download from this page.

Course Assignments: Application Projects

#1. Servant Leadership: Your Guiding Vision of Christian Leadership

Using the scripture passages in “Servant Leadership in the Bible,” the article “Eleven Qualities of Christian Leadership,” and your own leadership experience, write a 1-2 page statement of the vision of Christian leadership that guides your life. Feel free to include scripture verses, quotes for authors, etc. The key is that it is your personal statement that guides your life. 

#2. Exemplary Leadership: Five Practices

Use the five practices of exemplary leadership to describe how you currently practice leadership in your setting (1-2 pages) and  develop practical action-ideas that you can use to strengthen your practice of leadership (1-2 pages).

#3. Situational Leadership

Using the worksheet (“Analysis of Teams I Lead” in the Guide to Leadership Practices: Part 2, p12):

• First identify the team(s) you lead, the development level of each team, your current leadership style with them, your analysis of the match between your leadership style and the changes you might need to make.
• Second, create a plan with practical strategies for working with each team using Situational Leadership theory.

 Using the worksheet (“Analysis of Individuals I Lead” in the Guide to Leadership Practices: Part 2, page 12), apply the same process to individuals that you lead or supervise:

• First, identify who they are, their development level, your current leadership style with each person, and your analysis of the match between your leadership style and development level and the changes you might need to make.
• Second, create a plan with practical strategies for working with each team using Situational Leadership theory.

 #4. Leadership Development System

Use the framework of the leadership development system to develop strategies that you will employ to improve your current approach to developing leaders for catechetical ministry. (1-2 pages)