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1. Click on the following link and complete the SOAR Profile NO LATER than Thursday 9:00AM, July 11 (if this is not complete, you will not be able to answer all the questions in this essay): https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5103558/The-SOAR-Profile-2-1 (Links to an external site.)

Enter “MGT2203 Summer” for the question “Please tell us the name of the event, person, sponsoring organization, website, or other source that invited you to complete the SOAR Profile.”

2. Email me directly when you have completed the SOAR Profile so that I can email you back your specific SOAR Profile with enough time for you to complete the essay this weekend:

3. Based on a review of your SOAR Profile answer the following five questions in a 2-3 page double-spaced APA style paper. Use the following APA style template for this essay: Essay 4 APA Template.docx

 

Q1: Refer to your Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Perspective on p. 4 of your SOAR Profile. What do your AI perspective scores shown in Figure 1 indicate?

Q2: Refer to your SOAR Capacity on p. 5 of your SOAR Profile. What do you SOAR capacity scores suggest?

Q3: Refer to your Capabilities on p. 6 of your SOAR Profile.

S: Why are recognizing your strengths critical to effective supervision? What do you see as five core strengths (that is capabilities) you possess (provide evidence/illustration of these strengths)?

 O: What are two to three opportunities -- possibilities or ideas - that you would like to pursue for yourself and why?

 A: What do you care deeply about?  What do you aspire to be?

 R: What are some indicators - results - to know you are succeeding?   Assuming you have achieved your aspirations and took advantage of your opportunities, how do you know you succeeded?  What are some results you have achieved?

 

Q4: In reviewing your SOAR Profile results, what did you find most interesting, what surprised you?  How will this help to develop yourself as a supervisor? 

Q5: How might a SOAR-based approach to supervising best help others?  Can it build a "positive mental attitude" (PMA - p. 246 in Chapter 7)?  Which theory in Chapter 7 (or any theory/concept you have learned so far in our courses) does SOAR best align with to develop you as an effective supervisor?