Leadership & Cultivate Positive Identities by Laura M Roberts Analysis Essay I need help with the following assignment-excellent work needed, good flowkeenly read through and follow the instruction in the attachments Response-to Reading Assignment Instructions
You will write a Response Assignment discussing the ideas in “Cultivate Positive Identities,” a
chapter written by Laura M. Roberts in Jane E. Dutton and Gretchan M. Spreitzer’s book How to
Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. The paper must accurately paraphrase and
present the ideas you select to write about, but it must discuss your personal responses to
those ideas. This personal, reflective paper will help you to learn about your leadership
strengths, generate ideas/points for writing about your abilities in cover letters for job
applications as well as for engaging in conversations in the job interviews, and discover your
career paths or roles in the organizations suited to your abilities. In addition to writing about
your self-discovery, you must evaluate yourself and others in professional organizations and
discuss the application, relevance, and value of author’s ideas.
Organization of Your Paper
The following are the three sections of your paper:
1. Introduction:
Write an introduction or an opening paragraph that is a restatement of the central idea and the
author’s purpose in the chapter/article or the authors’ purpose in the book, followed by your
evaluation. The opening paragraph should be interesting and engaging to the reader. Here are
the specifics to what is included in your introductory paragraph:
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Start with the book writers’ contribution to scholarship on positive leadership (google it and
select a good brief blurb about their contribution). That is, introduce the book authors’
purpose—their vision about the change they believe positive leadership will bring to a
workplace—and the central idea of How to Be a Positive Leader. (Overall, the book writer’s
main theme is: “Your behavior matters and the more positively you lead, the more
successful and happy your organization, family, and community will become.” (How to Be a
Positive Leader, 2014, p. XI)
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State Laura Roberts’s central idea in the chapter “Cultivate Positive Identities” by
paraphrasing it. (I.e. see page 55-last sentence of first paragraph; page 57-first sentence of the first new
paragraph; and page 63 – last two sentences).
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Bring forth any questions from the chapter reading that you will explore later (briefly
outline, but avoid listing).
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End the first paragraph with your assessment of the value of the article’s ideas on positive
leadership.
(The entire introduction is 1 paragraph)
2. Content:
This area is your response to specific areas of the reading. You are to choose two (2) areas
from the list. (Refer to page four (4) of these instructions for the list of areas to choose from).
Decide whether you agree or disagree with some of the writer’s specific points. Consider the
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following question – Did you discover some connections between your experiences and the
writer’s insights and examples? Use Personal Tie-in and SEC strategies for developing and
supporting the discussion of the ideas from the chapter. I suggest you use one (1) Personal Tiein responses and one (1) SEC responses in this part of your paper. Put a heading above each
paragraph to identify the area you chose and the strategy you will use in your discussion
(Personal Tie-in or SEC). (Note: Look up Response-to-Reading Guidelines handout for explanation of Personal
Tie-in and SEC strategy. (About 1 or 2 (max) paragraphs for each area)
3. Conclusion:
This area is a closing paragraph where you will discuss the relevance of one of the ideas for
effective communication in the workplace – I.e. integrity, empathy or compassion, creating a
safe culture, using wisdom, courage, humility to build trust, positive identity labels, and any
other ideas you think has implication for communication. (1 paragraph) Please note that no
additional concluding paragraph is required.
LENGTH: 2 ½ to 3 typed pages, double-spaced (650 to 750 words, maximum), plus a
bibliography page.
Additional Information
✓ Avoid summarizing or regurgitating the ideas of the book. Also, make sure you discuss
the writer’s ideas and not attack the writer even if you disagree strongly. Maintain an
appropriate tone.
✓ Use present tense in referring to the author and the reading—for example, “the author
states” instead of “the author stated;” “the chapter contains” instead of “the chapter
contained.
✓ It is important to distinguish between the ideas of the author and those of the reviewer
(yourself). Be careful to label (Aldous Huxley continues…; this reviewer believes…; I
believe) your sentences wherever appropriate so that your ideas are separate from the
author’s ideas. Confusion between the two considerably weakens your response for the
reader.
✓ Include a header at the top left corner of each page (See the header at the top left
corner of this document for an example). (i.e. name, course name, date, word count).
✓ Use headings above each area of your report: Introduction, Content, and Conclusion.
✓ Include a bibliography page for the reference:
Roberts, L. M. “Cultivate Positive Identities.” (2014). J. Dutton and G. Spreitzer (Eds.), In
How to be a positive leader: Small actions, big impact. (pp 55-64). San
Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
DUE DATE: As per the syllabus (Hand-in a hard copy to me at the beginning of class)
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Use these questions and the positive identity infusions to explore your thinking
about the viewpoints in the chapter:
1) Who am I? What do I want to be?
2) How can I redefine or construct a positive identity (self-view) for leadership in
organizations?
3) How do I want others to view/see me?
4) What stories (personal experiences), role models, behaviours, images, or expressions
illustrate my key characteristics, strengths, and values? Use these strengths to define
my identity.
5) How will my identity affect my ability to work with people and organizations?
6) How can I apply the GIVE model to create my positive identity or my leader identity?
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G – How am I growing to be my desired self by becoming more capable in my job and
by becoming a better person at work?
o How can I experience positive emotions and develop resilience at work?
o How can I replace negative emotions (pessimistic cognitions) or negative stories
into positive self-views?
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I – How can different parts of my identity –roles in family, relationships, teams be
integrated? How do different parts of my identity reflect the same person?
o What do I value most in my personal, familial, social lives and how are these
values connected or expressed in work roles?
o How can these identities be of value at work, such as helping solve problems,
generating creative ideas, building relationships of trust, and expanding
psychological, social, or organizational resources?
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V. How can I practice and enact virtuous qualities, such wisdom, courage, integrity,
compassion, and humility at work? What might be the positive effects of these
virtuous qualities?
o How do these virtuous qualities influence us and to be caring and supportive?
o How do these qualities create a safe culture in the organizations?
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E. How can my positive feelings about my personal qualities contribute to a more
authentic self at work?
o How can this positive self-esteem help me cope with threats to my identity?
o How do positive self-images lead to engagement at work?
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Ideas to Select from for your Content Paragraphs
Discuss ideas from the GIVE Model:
“Leaders are able to unleash resources through the way in which they construct who they are
as leaders and also how they help others construct positive identities.” (p.55). For your content
area, explore any ideas from the GIVE model on pages 56-57: Growing Identity, Integrated
Identity, Virtuous Identity (includes any of the five virtues—wisdom, compassion, humility,
courage, and integrity), and Esteemed Identity. Here are some of the quotes that you can use:
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“Positive identity construction unlocks valuable psychological and social resources in work
organizations.” This quote is another statement of the central idea. (p. 57)
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“When people see themselves growing at work by becoming more capable in their jobs or by
becoming better people as a consequence of their work, they are more likely to experience
positive emotions and to persist through adversity.” (p. 57)
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“People who construct more positive identities are also better able to cope with threats to their
identities, such as being criticized harshly or demeaned at work.” (p. 57)
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“Positive identity construction also generates more diverse, high-quality relationships at work
which are important resources for individuals and organizations.” (p. 57)
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“Leaders’ identities are more powerful and sustainable when they are validated by followers’
perceptions.” (p. 58)
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“Positive self-views should be reinforced by behaviors that are consistent with the leader’s
positive identity claims.” (p.58)
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“Leaders] acknowledge their own imperfections, creating a safer culture in which people can
express their feelings of uncertainty and commit to shared learning and improvement.” (p. 59)
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“When leaders cultivate positive identities for themselves and others, they unlock critical
psychological and social resources that strengthen individuals and organizations.” (p.63)
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You may also discuss any of the following three Positive Identity Infusions:
Leaders’ positive identities are based on self-views but they validate their views by perceptions
of others or their followers:
1. Create positive identity labels to develop desirable behavior. To learn about your
character strengths, look up Values in Actions (VIA) Changingminds.org for an inventory of
strengths and virtues.
2. Use leadership Lifeline exercise to discover milestones in your development, create
developmental agenda, and monitor your growth. See – catalystleadershipcoaching.com OR
synergy.org
3. Discover your reflected best selves or strengths and their impact upon others. Get
feedback on your strengths from professional contacts. Develop your portrait, imagine,
and explore what and how you will contribute significantly to people and organizations.
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