Week 6 assignment – Compassionate Leadership
INSTRUCTIONS
Follow the instructions given below. This assignment is worth 20 points. Read this entire document before you begin working on the assignment, so you know what is expected. Complete this assignment before the due date and submit your results on Canvas to be graded. If you have questions about how to complete this assignment, please schedule a time to meet with me during student hours or send questions to me by email.
1. Read the article entitled Compassionate Leadership Is Necessary — but Not Sufficient. (Also available in Canvas, Module 6: Week–6)
2. Use MS–Word to create a document named compassionate–leadership.docx to answer the questions that follow. Include at the top of your document the assignment name, the course number and section, my name, and your name. Include each assignment question and number in your document to give the proper context for your response. Use complete sentences when answering each question and be sure to check your work before submitting it on Canvas (i.e., grammar and spelling).
3. How is wisdom defined in this article?
4. How is wise compassionate leadership defined in this article?
5. Based on the article, describe the data that were used to better understand wise compassionate leadership (i.e., how many leaders, in how many companies, and how many countries contributed data to the study?). Which trusted data principles may be question for the study data (i.e., accurate, compete, in context)?
6. Assuming that your compassion is strong, summarize the three strategies presented in the article that can be used to increase your wisdom.
7. Submit your compassionate–leadership.docx document on Canvas before the due date so you can participate in at least one document review cycle with me. This review cycle is part of the assignment. Feedback will be provided to you using Canvas or the Review features of MS–Word (i.e., comments, track changes).
