Carefully read and Answer the following in depth and detail (single spaced format)

Start your personal self reflection this week with your opinions related to your experiences working in groups that worked and groups that didn’t work as well. How did you respond? Are you the go-getter, or more of a lounger? Does your introversion make it difficult to put forth your own unique ideas, or does your extroversion force the conversation to your personal way of thinking? Can you honestly consider another point of view?

Have you dedicated nine to fifteen hours each week to this class? ( just Choose 9 hours) Have you intellectually applied your best effort to the tasks thus far assigned?

What strategies and tactics will you continue? Which need to be modified? What is your new plan?

What discoveries have you made in your research and how does this information inform your ability to evaluate effective coaching and its impact on organizations?

Consider these guiding questions:

• What core concepts have you internalized about coaching? How will these concepts facilitate your approach in a developmental/coaching relationship?
• What values have you identified in the profession of organizational and executive coaching that you can use as the basis for integration of your faith?
• How can effective coaching impact the strategic outcomes of an organization’s leadership and therefore the organization itself?
• What key concepts can you articulate in managing the coaching relationship(s) that appear necessary in an effective coaching encounter?

Your thread must be 600–750 words. Cite sources, including the course texts and scholarly sources, and include a reference list in current APA format.

Week 1 Explore Activity

Understanding Business Leaders

Choose one of these business leaders and click on the link to read about their role as a business leader and their leadership style:

Mark Cuban Owner: Dallas Mavericks Click here to read the article	Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO of Xerox Click here to read the article	Jay Z Co-Founder of Carter Enterprises Click here to read the article	Elon Musk CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors Click here to read the article	Tim Cook CEO of Apple Click here to read the article

1. What are the key success strategies and characteristics of the leader you chose?
2. How do you think these strategies and characteristics helped your chosen leader be successful?
3. In what ways could you use this information to become a more effective leader yourself?

Organizations that fail to innovate find themselves in a situation where they have to restructure themselves to stay afloat.

Choose 1 of the companies listed below. Use the provided articles to support your understanding of the company’s situation.

Blockbuster View Article(s)	Circuit City View Article(s)	Toys R Us View Article(s)

Based on your chosen company, discuss how reorganization of its business structure would or would not have helped them meet new market challenges. In your response, address the following:

• Specify at least 2 reasons why you think reorganizing was or was not necessary, and provide an explanation for each reason.
• Suggest 2 strategies you think could have improved the company’s efforts to meet current market challenges and remain sustainable.

• Read Boatright’s chapter 3, “Ethical Theories,” pp. 85-91 (textbook). Please note that I have excluded Nozick’s entitlement theory from the reading.

Read Case 3.3, “Clean Hands in a Dirty Business,” pp. 101-102 (textbook)

Assignment Directions: Answer these questions about Case 3.3, pp. 101-102

• Do you recommend that Janet join Karen at Union Tobacco, Inc., as a marketing specialist? Why or why not? (Answer in 4-5 sentences.)

Explain which ethical theory supports your recommendation. (Answer in 250 words.)

Be sure to include in-text citations, as needed, and a Reference list that includes the case.

I realize that you may not be well versed in philosophical theories. That’s okay! Read the theory descriptions in the chapter, think about them, and answer the questions. You do not need to conduct additional research for this assignment.