AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP 2123
Essay 2. Leadership and Role Models in Agriculture
Due February 16th, BEFORE CLASS (50 points)
Your assignment is to identify and RESEARCH a leader that you consider a role
model. Look for information that identifies his/her personal vision and leadership
vision. Describe each of these visions in your paper. Also, compare the words that
the leader uses with their actions. Critique the leader based on this comparison.
Finally evaluate what you have learned based on this research and the reading in
Chapter 3. You may also want to respond to the questions posed on page 61 in the
“Incorporate Lessons from Role Models” section. Please be sure to cite sources
used to prepare your essay. Note: For this assignment, you will be selecting a
leader that you do not know personally.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ESSAY #2: 50 POINTS
Assignment Requirements:
The paper must be typewritten, double-spaced and use 12pt font. The second essay
should be approximately 2 pages in length.
Due dates are posted on the course syllabus. Papers should be submitted to the
corresponding folder on Brightspace site before the start of class.
Grading Criteria:
● Professionalism/Writing Effectiveness (10 points)-grammar, spelling,
overall organization, writing clarity, etc.
● Application of Course Concepts (20 points)-use bold print for course
concepts, keywords, and quotes from our text
● Depth of Thought (20 points)-title your closing paragraph “What I Learned”
and answer this question