Project 1: Assessing Your Strategic Leadership Capacity and Potential
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needupdate_preliminary_LDP.docxLeadership Development Plan MBA 610
This Leadership Development Plan serves as your road map for short-term training and development activities that will enhance your leadership competencies. You will review, revise, and update your plan several times during the course of your MBA degree program at UMGC.
Your name: Your current job title:
Long-Term Career Goal
Make sure your goal is SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.
In 3 to 5 years, my goal is to establish a successful business through leveraging technology in designing products and service offers and effective management skills to optimize resources.
This is a good start, however, to make it SMART, it must have certain elements. See below.
Specific: What exactly do you want to accomplish? You indicated to “establish a successful business through leveraging technology in designing products and service offers and effective management skills to optimize resources.”
Measurable: How will you know you have reached the finish line? How will your progress be determined?
Attainable: What are some milestones set to aid in the accomplishment of your goals?
Realistic: Is the goal achievable given your resources and the time frame specified?
Time-bound – What is the specific end date for your goal? Three to five years is not specific.
Finally, summarize your goal in a sentence or two. Below is an example.
“I will acquire an SES mentor by May 31, 2018, with whom I will meet quarterly through December 2019 setting 3 specific activities I will achieve before each successive quarterly mentor meeting all leading to achievement of SES status by December 2021.”
Short-Term Skills Development Needs
What skills will you need to acquire to achieve your long-term career goal?
My leadership skills training and development
1. Problem solving skills: this involves the ability to identify prevailing problems in the business and determining the most effective way to address the problem using the available resources.
2. Communication skills: these skills are aimed at ensuring I engage all stakeholders and parties in communication and interactions. These skills include listening skills, turn-taking and empathy while engaging others.
3. Negotiation skills: These skills involve the ability to bargain for best terms that support career goals. I plan on acquiring these skills through coaching and reading more books on business negotiations.
4. Project management skills: these are skills needed in developing an effective plan to ensure there is progress of a given program towards realisation of expected results.
5. Networking skills: These are skills that I need in creating a beneficial or resourceful network of friends with the aim of attaining business success and efficiency . Networks are crucial in creating a strong base for business referrals.
