As a term project, you are required to submit a paper (single-spaced, 12 point times new roman font, 1 margins) that analyzes a leader that must be approved by the instructor. Each paper shall minimally include to the extent that you can find the information: a background of the CEO (personalnumber of siblings in family, careers of parents, CEOs education/degrees and major fields of study, etc.); career experiences (within the company which he/she is/was CEO as well as career experiences and positions held in other firms); successes in their careers; leadership characteristics; success of the company where they are presently or were previously when he/she was the CEO, covering revenue growth, product lines, profitability, strategic initiatives (including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, elimination of product lines, consolidations, etc.) undertaken by the CEO and the results thereof. You will need to use articles in both business articles and websites to learn more about the leader you are to analyze. Make connections between the concepts you have learned about in the course and what you read about your leader. To the best of your ability utilize the lens of the leadership theories and concepts that we have been learning throughout the semester in your analysis of this leader. Your paper will be graded on the basis of completeness (5,000 word minimum), the quality of your analysis and the overall coverage of the leader, extent and accuracy in your application of leadership theories/concepts from the textbook and course readings, fluidity (e.g., readability, clarity, grammar, spelling), formatting (APA style with complete citations/references is required), and the quality of your sources.
You must include some library-based resources (e.g., subscription-based magazines and newspapers, scholarly journals, books, reference books) and not just internet sources.

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