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LEADERSHIP ROADMAP TEMPLATE-

PART 1: REFLECTION

1. What did you already know about your leadership that was confirmed or further clarified in the course?

2. What was new to you—things about how you lead that you either were not aware of or did not fully appreciate?

3. Was there anything in your learning that was confusing or that you would like to seek further clarity about?

PART 2: COMING TO CONCLUSIONS

What are the key takeaways that you heard about Strengths, and Shortcomings in your leadership? List those on the worksheet below: Upon reflection of the results from assessments, lessons learned and key takeaways from the course assignments, discussions, readings, and videos during the past seven weeks complete the table below (use specific terminology and precise examples and citations from the course content to support the answers below). Bulleted phrases, short paragraphs are acceptable here.

ASSETS (STRENGTHS) at my best

LIABILITIES (WEAKNESSES) Shortcomings at my worst

ESSENCE: Summary of your strengths:

ESSENCE: Summary of your shortcomings:

SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY/DESCRIPTIONS with examples and support citations

SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY/DESCRIPTIONS with examples and support citations

PART 2: MY CHANGE AGENDA INFORMED FROM MY REFLECTION AND COMING TO CONCLUSION

1. What two or three (at most) specific behavior changes are you motivated to make now to be the leader that people want to work with and for?

1.

2.

3. (OPTIONAL)

PART THREE: FROM INSIGHT TO ACTION

Action without insight is aimless and inefficient while insight without action is inert and unproductive. The key to helping managers turn course learning into enhanced versatility and effectiveness as a leader is a distillation of the data into key themes, setting specific developmental goals, and creating a concrete plan for reaching those goals by capitalizing on the inner and outer work of development and making good use of social support. And then there is follow-through: executing the plan and monitoring how the change effort is going with informal, real-time feedback and formal mechanisms for gauging progress.

STATE THE GOAL for #1.

DESCRIBE THE ADJUSTMENT TO BE MADE

STATE THE TARGET

In an ideal world, how things would be different?

What would it look like if I made this change?

What would I be doing differently?

More often?

Less often?

What impact would that have?

OUTLINE THE PLAN

How will I bring this change about?

What will I do to change my behavior, mindset, and attitude?

What, concretely, am I going to do? And by when?

Fortify THE EFFORT

Choose 2-3 strategies from the list to support your change goal that align best for you.

**Provide your own explanation of how to apply the strategy you choose.

1. Identify a swing thought, a simple phrase I can say to myself to keep this adjustment in mind

2. Choose a metaphor/symbol/image to serve as a reminder:

3. Identify a regimen, a regular activity or ritual to help me practice the desired change

4. Once a week I will ask a direct report "what keeps them up at night"

5. Identify feedback loops—cues, scorecards, and people to keep the plan front and center:

6. Recalibrating: how should I change my sense of what is too much or too little in this regard?

7. Defusing trigger points: what worries, fears, or hot buttons do I need to manage to make this change?

8. Other strategy

ENLIST HELP Who can I use as a counterweight (to "catch" me from going overboard) or complement (to "compensate" for what I'm not doing enough of personally)?

MONITOR PROGRESS

How will I know if I am making progress? What will be my observable metrics for success?

What will others have to say, what things will happen, what won't happen, if I am making these change.

STATE THE GOAL for #2.

DESCRIBE THE ADJUSTMENT TO BE MADE

STATE THE TARGET

In an ideal world, how things would be different?

What would it look like if I made this change?

What would I be doing differently?

More often?

Less often?

What impact would that have?

OUTLINE THE PLAN

How will I bring this change about?

What will I do to change my behavior, mindset, and attitude?

What, concretely, am I going to do? And by when?

Fortify THE EFFORT

Choose 2-3 strategies from the list to support your change goal that align best for you. **Provide your own explanation of how to apply the strategy you choose.

1. Identify a swing thought, a simple phrase I can say to myself to keep this adjustment in mind

2. Choose a metaphor/symbol/image to serve as a reminder:

3. Identify a regimen, a regular activity or ritual to help me practice the desired change

4. Once a week I will ask a direct report "what keeps them up at night"

5. Identify feedback loops—cues, scorecards, and people to keep the plan front and center:

6. Recalibrating: how should I change my sense of what is too much or too little in this regard?

7. Defusing trigger points: what worries, fears, or hot buttons do I need to manage to make this change?

8. Other strategy

ENLIST HELP Who can I use as a counterweight (to "catch" me from going overboard) or complement (to "compensate" for what I'm not doing enough of personally)?

MONITOR PROGRESS

How will I know if I am making progress? What will be my observable metrics for success? What will others have to say, what things will happen, what won't happen, if I am making these change.

If you did identify a 3rd Goal then simply copy and paste the 3rd table here:

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