A. Describe an existing organization with which you have had personal experience and its objective(s).

1. Describe three leadership practices of the current leader, other than yourself, in the existing organization.
   Note: Leadership practices are routine actions, behaviors, functions, and responsibilities that the current leader
   performs.
2. Discuss how the current leader has affected organizational culture.
   Note: You may represent any level of the chosen organization (e.g., team, department, division, whole) and the
   respective current leader in your description.
   B. Conduct a SWOT analysis evaluating the chosen organization by doing the following:
3. Evaluate two of the organization’s current strengths.
4. Evaluate two of the organization’s current weaknesses.
5. Evaluate two of the organization’s current unmet opportunities.
6. Evaluate two of the organization’s current unresolved threats.
   C. Conduct a leadership evaluation of the current leader discussed in part A1, using one of the scholarly
   leadership theories below that is different from task 1, by doing the following:
   • transformational leadership
   • transactional leadership
   • situational leadership
   • participative leadership
   • servant leadership
   • behavioral leadership
   • trait theory of leadership
7. Evaluate three strengths of the current leader, using the chosen scholarly leadership theory, including how
   each strength relates to the theory. Support the evaluation of the leader’s strengths with at least one scholarly
   source.
8. Evaluate three weaknesses of the current leader, using the chosen scholarly leadership theory, including
   how each weakness relates to the theory. Support the evaluation of the leader’s weaknesses with at least one
   scholarly source.
9. Recommend three actionable items to improve the effectiveness of the current leader, including how each
   actionable item relates to the chosen scholarly leadership theory. Support the recommendations of actionable
   items with at least one scholarly source.
   Note: A scholarly source could be a reputable journal, a published book, or any source from a university faculty
   member or business leader. Scholarly sources also include any article or book in the online WGU library.
   D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or
   summarized