Evaluate how a leader can develop their emotional intelligence and analyse the role of emotional intelligence in driving innovation and change in an organisation from a leadership perspective.

This is an individual Assignment.

Students must not collude with each other. Please select ONE of the following topics: TOPIC

1: Emotional intelligence is a concept now widely associated with effective leadership (Northouse, 2015). Evaluate how a leader can develop their emotional intelligence and analyse the role of emotional intelligence in driving innovation and change in an organisation from a leadership perspective.

TOPIC 2: Compare and contrast the concepts of transformational and transactional leadership and justify which style of leadership is more likely to empower self and others in driving ethical innovation and changes that contribute towards service transformation.

TOPIC 3: Interagency collaboration is integral in the delivery of quality care for clients from diverse communities who may be vulnerable, marginalised or disadvantaged.

Analyse the concepts of collaborative strategies and decision-making processes across agencies and describe the leadership qualities/characteristics that could foster the development, implementation and ongoing delivery of optimal healthcare for clients from diverse and/or vulnerable community groups.

*Whichever topic you choose, you will need to access and reference at least ten (10) peer-reviewed, credible and recent (within the past five years) journal articles, as well as textbook/s to help you deepen and expand your reflections for this Assignment task.

Please see the marking criteria which are in the uploaded file page number 18-19 and go through the assignment instruction thoroughly.