Consider the internal and external challenges Rakefet faced, how she chose to address them head-on and in parallel, and the ensuing criticism Rakefet encountered. What qualities do you need as a leader to confront those challenges and absorb the criticism?

Provide the seven key questions author Kaplan suggests to assess your performance and stay on track as a leader.

Why is it important to lead from within?  What can you do to become a better leader?

Provide a brief introduction of your selected leaders. What is his/her leadership style? Compare and contrast your leadership style with him/her. Explain with the help of real-life situations/examples from his/her personal, work, and political life. What were their most important skills as a leader and how do you relate those skills to yours? Explain.

. Identify which category of external leadership behaviors is most important to a leader’s success.

Define/describe pseudo transformational leadership. Give two examples of leaders who fit this leadership style. Explain the difference between personalized leadership and socialized leadership.

Do you think it is a good idea for a leader to seek feedback from followers? Why?

Describe the similarities and differences between servant and transformational leadership. Under what circumstances or conditions would servant leadership be preferable to its transformational leadership?

Recall pairs of leaders-followers from politics, science, education, the media, or personal experience. As you recall these pairs of individuals, what made one the "leader" and the other the "follower"? How did the leader contribute to the follower's success? How did the follower contribute to the leader's success? At times, did the leader function more as the follower? At other times, did the follower function more as the leader? What does this analysis tell you about the nature of leader-follower relationships?

Do you agree that self-awareness is essential for being a good leader? What are some specific negative consequences that might result from a leader not having self-awareness? Leaders of many corporations have failed to overcome moral and ethical challenges. What is needed for more leaders to overcome this type of challenge?