LDR 401 · Unit 1 of 6
Leadership Identity and Values
Executive Leadership and Personal Effectiveness
Start unit · 4 lessons →Learning objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to:
- Analyze real business problems in this concentration
- Apply the frameworks in "Leadership Identity and Values" to a real management decision
- Make progress on your Concentration case analysis applied project
Why this matters
Leadership Identity and Values is essential to Executive Leadership and Personal Effectiveness. Lessons build fluency with anchor-company examples, worked problems, and assessments on the unit page.
Lesson
Unit overview
Complete all 4 lessons in order. Each lesson follows the program authoring standard: conceptual prose, worked examples, practice problems, and managerial judgment prompts. Finish unit exercises and the knowledge check before marking the unit complete.
Connection to applied work
This unit feeds directly into Concentration case analysis. As you read, capture notes, examples, and data you can reuse in that deliverable. Strong students finish each unit with a draft section of their project, not just highlights.
Practice
- Write a one-page summary of this unit in your own words without looking at the lesson.
- Find a real company example (public filing, news article, or personal experience) that illustrates the main concept.
- Draft one paragraph recommending an action a manager should take based on this unit.
- Add at least three terms from this unit to your course glossary.
Knowledge check
Answer these without notes before marking the unit complete:
- What is the central idea of "Leadership Identity and Values"?
- What mistake do beginners most often make when applying this material?
- How does this unit help you complete Concentration case analysis?
- What is one decision you face this month where this unit applies?
Key takeaways
- Analyze real business problems in this concentration
- Business concepts only matter when they change a decision.
- Your LDR 401 assessment (Executive Leadership and Personal Effectiveness. Six units covering applied topics in this concentration.) rewards applied understanding, not memorization.
Unit assessment
Complete each section below. Score 80%+ on the quiz to finish this unit's assessment.
Exercises
Apply what you learned in this unit with structured practice.
Deliverable
300–500 word analysis document saved to your portfolio under LDR 401.
Rubric
- • Framework applied correctly (not just named)
- • Specific evidence from a real example
- • Clear recommendation with tradeoffs acknowledged
- • Professional writing with source citation
Deliverable
Problem solutions + 150-word reflection in your LDR 401 workbook.
Rubric
- • Attempted all practice items before checking answers
- • Honest reflection on errors
- • Identifies a specific review action
Reflection
Reflect on how the unit concepts apply to your work.
Deliverable
Reflection document in your portfolio.
Rubric
- • Specific personal or observed example
- • Connects unit concepts to behavior
- • Identifies a concrete behavior change
- • Honest and analytical tone
Knowledge quiz
Check your understanding before marking the unit complete.
1. BrightPath faces: whether Alex Kim publishes a leadership charter tying integration behaviors to explicit values Which framing best matches decision-grade leadership analysis?
2. Which framework is most directly tied to Authentic leadership in this unit?
3. In the BrightPath scenario (Integration values clash), what is the core risk if leaders skip leadership identity and values?
4. BrightPath has 900 employees and $240M revenue. Why do small failures in leadership identity and values compound?
5. Which mistake mirrors HarborPoint Advisors' failure in the worked example?
6. Which evidence label is appropriate after a 12-person focus group on leadership identity and values?
7. Diane Foster proposes a pilot on 0.22 managers/units/teams before scaling Values stack. What is the best reason?