Developing leadership skills is a process of continual improvement. The SPL model provides a structure for personal growth. For this assessment, you will translate your course learning into a personal leadership development plan and explain how your plan aligns with the SPL model. Your plan should define a strategy for maximizing your leadership effectiveness.

Write a 1,050- to 1,225-word personal leadership plan that includes the following:

• Identify the leadership theory or theories that support your plan. You must integrate theory with citations from the literature to illustrate why the theory you chose supports your plan. Write this section in a third-person perspective.
• Analyze your leadership strengths and weaknesses and what you will do to capitalize on your strengths and modify your weaknesses. Support your analysis of strengths and weaknesses with your scores on the interactive assessments.
• Identify gaps between the leader you are now and the leader you would like to become and how improving these gaps aligns with the SPL model.
• Describe actionable items you will realistically implement to close gaps between the leader you are now and the leader you would like to become.
• Provide a timeline for implementing action items.

Note: A well-structured scholarly paragraph contains 3–5 sentences. Please refer to the MEAL Plan as a guide. Avoid the use of first-person language. You will be writing this personal leadership plan from a third-person perspective.

Incorporate feedback from previous weeks.

Include a minimum of 4 peer-reviewed sources. The course textbook may be used as one of the sources.

Format your analysis according to current APA guidelines. Refer to the Sample Paper for APA 7th Edition as a guide to ensure the assignment meets APA standards.

Note: Remember to proofread your document, including grammar, punctuation, citations, and formatting.