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Individual Leadership Development Plan

|What: My Personal Leadership Development Goals |

|Consider the concepts that outline the skills, knowledge and competencies that represent great performance in leadership. Based on |

|self-assessments, class discussions and activities, projects and articles from class, select at least two areas in which you would like to develop |

|as a leader. You may focus only on your current role, or you might select one area that applies to your current role and one area that is more |

|aspirational. Write specific goals describing how/what you want to change or improve in the areas of leadership. |

|Ask yourself: What can I do differently/better that would make the greatest positive impact in my work as a leader? What development priorities will|

|give me the greatest leverage in improving my individual leadership competencies? |

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|Goal 1- My first goal is to increase my emotional intelligence. By increasing my emotion intelligence I can create stronger relationships with my |

|team. If I can understand my team, I can figure out how to inspire them to work to the best of their ability. |

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|Goal 2- My second goal is to improve my work ethic at school. The leader should be the one who is working the hardest in the group, and that is |

|something I need to work on. I need to stop procrastinating also. Procrastination just slows a team down and decreases how well the assignment turns|

|out to be. If I improve my work ethic, I can motivate others to work harder. |

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|Goal 3- My third goal is to be prepared for anything. I want to be able to change my ideas quickly when new situations arise, instead of get nervous|

|about it. I need to set more goals for myself, because if I have goals prepared, and steps I can do to obtain, I can be more prepared for a new |

|situation. I would just need to fix one or two steps to obtaining my goal and the problem could be solved. |

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|How: Action Steps I Will Take to Meet My Leadership Goals |

|Identify what you need to stop doing, start doing and keep doing on the job. These short-term actions will contribute directly to your long-term |

|goals. Select at least 3 examples. |

|1. Plan your actions. |

|Implement something every day. What situations, people or events signal |What new behavior will I try?  Where will I push my comfort zone? |

|that right now is the time to put new behaviors into action? | |

|Every time I see the following situations: |…I will take the following action: |

|1. When I get a new assignment or project… |…I will start working on it right away, instead of procrastinating. |

|2. When I see someone upset or not working their best… |…I will go and talk with them, listen to what is wrong, and figure out how|

| |I can make them feel better. |

|3. When I have a new goal in mind… |…I will write it down, and the steps I can take to obtain it. |

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|How: Action Steps I Will Take to Meet My Leadership Goals |

|2. Anticipate obstacles. These are things that would be considered your weaknesses that you have in which you have to overcome to improve as a |

|leader. Look back to your Leadership Questionnaires. |

|WATCH OUT: What barriers can I identify which might hinder me in pursuing my development goals? How can I overcome these barriers? |

|Obstacle/Barrier |Solution |

|1. Procrastination |I can find ways to motivate myself to work, and get the job done early |

| |on. That way, I wouldn’t have to be stressed out about the work. |

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|2. Shyness |I can be braver, and put myself into situations where I meet new people. |

| |Instead of staying quite, I will speak up and talk to people. |

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|3. Leverage strengths. |

|HINT: I have great strengths upon which to draw. Which of my strengths can I leverage to help me achieve my development goals? Look back to your |

|Leadership Questionnaires to help you identify your biggest strengths. |

|Strength |How will it help me achieve my goals? |

|1. Caring |When I care about a team I am leading, I will learn how to motivate them,|

| |and how to make the team a real team. |

|2. I know my audience and I believe in them. |I know who I am talking to them, and how I need to treat them to motivate|

| |them. I also believe in the people I work with, which increase |

| |productivity, With this, I can also understand my team better and |

| |increase my emotional intelligence. |

|3. Determined |When it comes to something I believe in, I am determined to get it done, |

| |and do it well. |

|Who: Resources and Support for Achieving My Leadership Goals |

|Who will I ask to support me? Who do I know who already possesses the leadership competencies I want to build? |

|My mother is someone who I can always ask to support me. She has all the qualities a good leader should have, such as compassion, trustworthiness, |

|and dedication. She is someone who motivates me to want to be a better person. |

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|How will I draw on my coach, peers and others to track my progress, gather advice and feedback and support my learning? |

|I can ask my coach and my friends/peers to let me know when I am doing something well, and when I am doing something work. If I know what I am doing|

|right, I can continue doing them. If I know what I am doing wrong, I can fix those things and improve them. |

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|With whom should I share my development plan? |

|I will share my development plans with my family, and my close friends. They are the people that will understand what I am trying to do, and can |

|help me better myself. |

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|Accountability |

|When will I begin taking action to meet my goals? |

|I will start taking action right away. I need to stop procrastinating and work towards my goals, which is essentially one of my goals. |

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|When do I expect to see significant progress? (Milestone commitments) |

|I expect to see significant progress by the end of the third marking period of school. All of my goals I can reach, as long as I work towards them. |

|Two of my goals are also related to how I work at school, so I need to be able to improve them so I can get better grades next marking |

|period/semester. |

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|How will I evaluate my progress? |

|I will evaluate my progress by talking to my parents and my peers. After I explain to them what my goals are, they will understand what I am working|

|towards, so they will know if I am improving myself or not. |

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|How will I update my development strategy and learning plan? When will I review my plan with those who helped me create it? |

|I will update my development strategy and learning plan by reviewing this document, and checking to see how I can improve myself more, and make sure|

|I am sticking with the corrections that I wanted to make. I will review this plan after I believe I have made progress on my goals. |

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|How will I leverage/take advantage of what I learn? |

|When I learn new things, I will take advantage of it and it apply it to myself. If I get good advice, I need to use it to my advantage, otherwise it|

|is wasted. |

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|Acknowledgement |

|What will be the impact of meeting my development goals on me, my future and my ability to be a better leader? |

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|By meeting my development goals, it will make me a better person, which will then make me a better leader. When I improve my work ethic, it will |

|increase productivity and help me a lot in my future. When I improve my emotional intelligence, I will better understand the people I am working |

|with, which will help me in my future jobs and leadership positions. Lastly, by being prepared for anything, it will help me with my ability to lead|

|people because I will know what to do when I new situation occurs. |

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|How will my family/team/work place/school/community benefit from the changes/improvements I have identified? |

|By applying these improvements, I can become a better person, and a better worker. Any place I work with/for will benefit because they will then |

|have a hard worker on their team. My family will benefit because they can be proud of me. |

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|How will I celebrate when I meet my goals? |

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|I will celebrate by creating new goals for myself to work towards. I will also celebrate by being proud of myself. |

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