Your leadership style is influenced by your own multiple intelligences.

Gaining self-awareness of your own multiple 

intelligences can help you motivate and influence others more effectively. Complete the Multiple Intelligence Survey 
and write a 500-word reflection essay in which you discuss your top 2 or 3 strengths, as well as 2 areas you wish to 
improve upon. 

Instructions 
There are many different ways to be “smart.” Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences challenges the 
traditional view that intelligence is a unitary capacity.[1] Gardner proposes that there are at least 8 intelligences 
that can be identified and they influence how we learn, think, and interact.  
  
Your leadership style is influenced by your own multiple intelligences. Gaining self-awareness of your own multiple 
intelligences can help you motivate and influence others more effectively.  
  
What are your key multiple intelligences? You can find out by answering a few simple questions in the Multiple 
Intelligence Survey (when you complete the questionnaire, you will see your results on a chart; the larger the bar, 
the greater your strength).  
  
● PART 1: Complete the Multiple Intelligence Survey. 
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● PART 2: Visit Howard Gardner’s official website and review The Components of Multiple Intelligences to 
learn more (read the brief description of each one). 
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● PART 3 : Write a 500-word reflection essay in which you discuss your top 2 or 3 strengths, as well as 2 areas 
you wish to improve upon, as identified by the survey. 

top 2 strengths: Linguistic, Intrapersonal 

bottom 2: Naturalistic, Visual / Spatial 

  
There should be 4 aspects to your response:  
1. Identify your top 2-3 strengths. Explain why or how you think each of these is a strength for you and how 
the strength affects your professional and/or personal life.  

Linguistic 

Intrapersonal 

2. Next, focus on 2 areas from the survey that you would like to improve upon. Explain why or how you think 
each of these areas may be a weakness for you and how the weakness affects your professional and/or 
personal life. 

Naturalistic 

Visual / Spatial 

3. Discuss a plan of action for improving upon these 2 potential weaknesses, including specific examples of 
steps you would take, as well as your desired results. 

4. Explain how these improvements will be useful to your organization/workplace/community, citing 2 

examples. 

 
[1] Gardner, H. (1999). The disciplined mind. New York: Simon & Schuster. 
Review Criterialess  
The peer review process gives you the opportunity to see a number of analyses from your peers and be inspired by 
their creativity and insights. It also gives you a chance to evaluate the analyses against the grading rubric and 
provide your MOOC-mates some suggestions on how to make them even better. 
You will be asked to provide feedback to your peers in the following areas: 
 
Part I: Identify and explain your top 2-3 strengths: This should include an explanation of why the learner thinks each 
of their top results is a strength and how the strength affects their professional and/or personal life. 
 
Part II: Areas for Improvement: This should include 2 areas from the survey that the learner would like to improve 
upon, including an explanation of why they think each of these areas may be a weakness for them and how the 
weakness affects their professional and/or personal life. 
 
Part III: Plan of Action: This plan should include specific steps the learner plans to take for improving upon 2 of their 
weaknesses, including their desired results. 
 
Part IV: Impact of Improvements: The learner should use this section to explain how these improvements on their 
weaknesses will be useful to their organization/workplace/community, citing 2 examples.