Business and Economics-Students will then research how the use of the specific soft skills they have selected can help to motivate and inspire employees.

The Inspiring Leader assignment provides the opportunity for students to analyze leadership soft skills and describe core motivational qualities used to motivate employees. For this assignment, students must select three to five soft skills that they have seen leaders demonstrate from their place of work, leaders that they may be familiar with, or leaders from literary research.

Students will then research how the use of the specific soft skills they have selected can help to motivate and inspire employees. From that research, students will write a research-based paper that will include the following five (5) parts: an introduction briefly describing the organization and introducing the leaders, anonymously, (it is best to refer to the leader by their title)[Heading: The Organization and Leader]; a discussion that defines the soft skills chosen

[Heading: Soft Skills]; an explanation of how the skills were used by the leader in the organization [Heading: Soft Skills Demonstrated]; an analysis of how the soft skills used by the leaders motivated and/or inspired the employees in the organization [Heading: Motivation and Inspiration from Soft Skills]; and a conclusion with a personal reflection on what the student learned about themselves through this assignment [Heading: Reflection]. Students will write a 4 to 5 page paper (not including the cover and reference pages), using APA style, 12-point double spaced Times New Roman font, and include a minimum of five (5) quality references.