Posted: April 24th, 2025

Leadership in Hard Times

• The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® ModelLinks to an external site. webpage
• The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Affective Organizational Commitment and Job Performance: The Mediating Role of Employee EngagementLinks to an external site. article

As a leader, it is beneficial to have a core set of practices that can be effective in routine times and during difficult or very challenging times. The leadership practices by Kouzes and Posner, called The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model, are based upon the transformational leadership model. Organizational leaders must plan to continually improve as leaders while also seeking to improve the performance of other leadership team members and of the rest of the organization. Adopting guiding principles or practices can help in the planning phases for leading when hard times occur.

In your work,

• Analyze a difficult leadership situation in the business world that has impacted a company or companies.
• Develop a plan for positively increasing the performance of the organization, the leadership, and the teams within the organization using the five practices of exemplary leadership as developed by Kouzes and Posner.

The Leadership in Hard Times 

• must be 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:

  title of it in bold font

  Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

  student’s name
  name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  course name and number
  instructor’s name
  due date

• must utilize academic voice.

  Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.

• must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

  Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of it.
  For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.

• must use at least 3 scholarly, credible sources in addition to the course text.

  The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, refer to this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.

  Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.