Assignment Content Interview a leader in your organization or another organizati

Assignment Content
Interview a leader in your organization or another organization. If certain restrictions prevent you from having a face-to-face interview, please reach out to your faculty member.
Obtain a signed consent form from the interviewee. You can send the consent form via email and have the interviewee sign, scan, and return it to you via email. You will be placing the signed consent form in an appendix for the assignment.
Include the following questions in your interview. You can add additional questions of your own if you choose. You will be including the questions and responses in an appendix for the assignment.
What can leaders do to inspire teams to perform at their best?
What challenges do you face in maximizing team performance? What do you do to alleviate these challenges?
What are the top 5 leadership skills for successfully building and leading teams?
How do excellent leaders develop followership?
What are some important decision-making strategies that leaders might use? Which of these strategies do you feel is most effective and why?
What are some ethical concerns faced by leaders? How might you deal with these ethical concerns?
In qualitative research, when the data from interviews are analyzed and the findings discussed, the researcher will use some quotes from interviewees to validate the discussion. You will do this in your synthesized discussion, as described below.
Write a 350- to 500-word synthesized discussion on team leadership based on this week’s readings and your interview. Note: The focus of this discussion should be on team leadership, not the interview process.
Include the interview questions and responses in an appendix as a list or tablet. You need to use some interview responses in your synthesized discussion to validate the information from the readings.
Cite the interview responses as personal communication per the APA manual.
Include the signed consent form in an appendix.
Tip: You may find it helpful to locate a qualitative research dissertation in ProQuest to gain additional insight on reporting findings and how researchers provide quotes from interviews.

Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed resources. You may use your textbook or the selected resources from the University Library. Do not limit yourself to the selected resources as the University Library has a wealth of peer-reviewed sources for your research.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines using the APA Paper Template Doctoral 7th Edition.

A well-structured scholarly paragraph contains a minimum of 5 sentences. Please refer to the MEAL Plan document as a guide.
Include APA-formatted in-text citations and references.
Reminder: Before submitting your assignment, proofread for grammatical and sentence structure. Re-read the assignment description and refer to the rubric to ensure each element of the assignment has been addressed.
Submit your paper.
Rubric Details
Interview Responses
Accomplished
Interview questions and responses are included in an appendix. All responses are recorded completely and clearly.
90 – 100%
Emerging
Interview responses are included in an appendix. Responses are partially recorded, though they may not be clear to the reader. Most of the required questions were answered.
70 – 89%
Beginning
Interview responses are included in an appendix. Responses are partially recorded, though they may not be clear to the reader. Some of the required questions were answered.
50 – 69%
Not Evident
Interview responses are not included in an appendix.
Synthesized Discussion
Accomplished
The synthesized discussion clearly and fully demonstrates a connection between team leadership based on the readings and on the interview responses. Interview responses are included and properly cited as personal communication per the APA Manual.
90 – 100%
Emerging
The synthesized discussion partially demonstrates a connection between team leadership based on the readings and on the interview responses. Interview responses are included and properly cited as personal communication per the APA Manual.
70 – 89%
Beginning
The synthesized discussion minimally demonstrates a connection between team leadership based on the readings and on the interview responses. Interview responses are included and properly cited as personal communication per the APA Manual.
50 – 69%
Not Evident
A synthesized discussion is not included.
Mechanics
Accomplished
Rare occurrences of mechanical errors do not detract from the content.
90 – 100%
Emerging
Occasional occurrences of mechanical convention errors may detract from the content.
70 – 89%
Beginning
Frequent occurrences of mechanical convention errors detract from the content.
50 – 69%
Not Evident
Mechanical convention errors are so numerous the paper is illegible
APA Formatting
Accomplished
Correct APA notation for all citations and references. Interview responses are included in the synthesized discussion and properly cited as personal communication per the APA Manual.
90 – 100%
Emerging
Partially correct APA notation for all citations and references. Interview responses are included in the synthesized discussion yet not properly cited as personal communication per the APA Manual.
70 – 89%
Beginning
Incorrect APA notation for some citations and references. Interview responses are included in the synthesized discussion yet not properly cited as personal communication per the APA Manual.
50 – 69%
Not Evident
APA notation for sources is not included.
Signed Consent Form
Accomplished
Signed consent form is present, fully complete, and is included as an appendix.
90 – 100%
Emerging
Signed consent form is present and complete, but it is not included as an appendix.
70 – 89%
Beginning
Signed consent form is present, but it is missing some information and is not included as an appendix.
50 – 69%
Not Evident
Signed consent form is
Class,
For the week 5 assignment, students will provide direct quotes from their interviewee. Below are two examples of direct quotes from interviewees. Note: personal communication is included as an in-text citation only. Do not place personal communication information on the reference page as a reader cannot retrieve the information in the personal communication (American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 65, pp. 260-261).
žT. Snodgrass (personal communication, May 4, 2020) said, “Leaders need to always have donuts at every team meeting.”
ž“Leaders need to always have donuts at every team meeting” (T. Snodgrass, personal communication, May 4, 2020).
The instructions state to place the signed consent form as an appendix. Refer to the APA manual for the order of inserts and pages. Place appendices after the Reference Page (American Psychological Association, 2020, pp. 41-43).
References
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000