Philosophy of leadership and self-reflection paper: Students will describe their philosophy of leadership and any leadership challenges.  Students will reflect and use the information from their individual leadership, personality and emotional intelligence self-assessments to improve interpersonal and/or leadership skills. Strategies should be discussed that will be used to enhance the student's leadership skills or abilities. Feedback/Expectations: Relevant sources from the leadership literature should be cited in the paper.  The submission should be well-organized, with careful attention paid to grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.  Use of proper APA style is required. The paper should not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages (not including title page and reference pages).

Persuasive communication 5-minute elevator speech and peer evaluation with Online multi-media or slide presentation (web conference): Students will present their persuasive communication 5 minute elevator speech via Panopto and upload the Panopto presentation to the assignment link for viewing by course faculty and class peers.  Feedback/Expectations: All persuasive communication 5 minute elevator speech videos will be due by 10/27/19. Presentations will be no more than 5 minutes. The goal is to quickly and effectively summarize the introduction, background, key headlines, supporting facts, and your proposed issue brief related to a health care opportunity. Each student will be randomly assigned to peer review three (3) persuasive communication 5 minute elevator speeches from their class colleague using a scoring rubric. Faculty will review each persuasive communication 5 minute elevator speech and evaluate using the same scoring rubric to offer feedback. Peer review rubrics will be shared with each student in an effort to receive constructive feedback needed for professional growth in leadership and communication. Peer review rubrics will be blinded prior to being returned to students.

Organizational assessment and development plan outline: Students will complete an organizational assessment on a health care organization or practice of their choice. An organizational assessment template will be used with focus on six (6) key areas: 1) Leadership for Improvement, 2) Results, 3) Resources, 4) Workforce and Human Resources, 5) Data Infrastructure and Management, and 6) Improvement Knowledge and Competence.  Feedback/Expectations: Students will submit their organizational assessment assignment by 11/10/19. Faculty will review and offer feedback on the findings from the six (6) key areas.

Logic Model: Students will develop a logic model proposal at the organization or system level, identifying key resources, activities, and outcome evaluation metrics to impact process change within a selected health care organization or practice. Findings from the student's organization assessment assignment can be utilized in developing the logic model. Feedback/Expectations: Students will submit their logic model assignment by 11/24/19. Faculty will review and offer feedback on the proposal, situation, identified inputs, outputs, and impact goals (short, medium, and long-term).