Instructions:
- Click on the following link and complete the SOAR Profile ASAP (if this is not complete, you will not be able to answer all the questions in this essay): https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5103558/The-SOAR-Profile-2-1 (Links to an external site.)
Enter “HRM3023 Fall2019” for the question “Please tell us the name of the event, person, sponsoring organization, website, or other source that invited you to complete the SOAR Profile.”
- Email me directly when you have completed the SOAR Profile so that I can email you back your specific SOAR Profile: mcole@ltu.edu
- Based on a review of your SOAR Profile answer the following questions in a 2-3 page double-spaced APA style paper.
Q1: Refer to your Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Perspective on p. 4 of your SOAR Profile. What do your AI perspective scores shown in Figure 1 indicate?
Q2: Refer to your SOAR Capacity on p. 5 of your SOAR Profile. What do you SOAR capacity scores suggest?
Q3: Refer to your Capabilities on p. 6 of your SOAR Profile.
S: Why might recognizing strengths in yourself and others be critical to effective leadership? What do you see as five core strengths (that is capabilities) you possess (provide evidence/illustration of these strengths)?
O: What are two to three opportunities — possibilities or ideas – that you would like to pursue for yourself and why?
A: What do you care deeply about? What do you aspire to be?
R: What are some indicators – results – to know you are succeeding? Assuming you have achieved your aspirations and took advantage of your opportunities, how do you know you succeeded? What are some results you have achieved?
Q4: In reviewing your SOAR Profile results, what did you find most interesting, what surprised you? How might this help you to develop yourself as a leader?
Q5: How might a SOAR-based approach to leadership best help with employee morale and loyalty? (refer to p. 271 in Chapter 12 of your course text) How might a SOAR-based approach contribute to creating a healthy work environment?