Leadership in Organizations – Week #5 Assignment

Strategic Conversations

Strategic conversation is communication that takes place across boundaries and hierarchical levels about the group or organization’s vision, critical strategic themes, and values that can help achieve desired outcomes.

Write a paper on “strategic conversations” & your organization.

Address the following elements in your paper. Explain why each is important in achieving outcomes.

·Open communication climate

·Asking questions

·Active listening

·Dialogue

·Candor

·Using stories for communication

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

·Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.

·Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

·Include cover page and reference page.

·At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

·No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

·Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.

·Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.