Discussion – M1 – Exercises to Assess Your Motivation to Lead and Goal Orientation

Ever wonder what your motivation to lead and your goal orientation would look like if you took a test that measures this? Are you curious about what your peers in this course would score on these exercises? Let’s start this course off with some interesting exercises that will assess this. (Be sure to complete the initial action items in the lesson before starting this discussion post, i.e. read textbooks and supplemental articles, as well as watch any other weekly assignments).

Directions:

1. Complete the Exercise:”Your Motivation to lead“.  https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_01.htm#.WXYuC_Qbh7s.email to get your score and then click on the x-out  when it asks for “Create a Login to Save Your Results…”  then  scroll down to interpret your score 

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   or use the attached PDF  and score it yourself using strongly disagree as “1” and strongly agree as “5”.
   
   

2. Complete the Exercise: “How good is your goal setting”https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/goal-setting-quiz.htm#.WXYw2o3RnfA.email to get your score and then click on the x-out  when it asks for “Create a Login to Save Your Results…”  then  scroll down to interpret your score 

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   or use the attached PDF  and score it yourself using strongly disagree as “1” and strongly agree as “5”.

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Your first post should discuss the following questions in at least 300 words. Using the information you have obtained in #1 and #2, write a short paragraph on each of the following.

Head each section of your post to correspond to the numbers of each question (1, 2) below:

1. Describe your motivation to lead and your goal orientation.
   
   
2. Describe the individual differences that are important to you when looking for a team member and the characteristics you would want in a team member.

For your second post, locate another student’s post who describes the individual differences of a team member that you find fit your own characteristics, and explain why you would make a good team with this person.