Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is for you to develop a Relationship Building Action Plan.
Outcome Met by Completing This Assignment
Background:
After a relaxing weekend, you come to work, sit down at your desk and open your email. The following is an email to you from Andrew Rockfish:
I am sending this email to you because of the personal nature of the material contained within your next assignment. It is incumbent upon all good leaders to assess continuously their personal leadership skills, style, and approach.
You will be developing a personal relationship building assessment plan. Much like an annual doctor’s check-up, the goal of the assessment plan is to develop a procedure for evaluating the status of your personal skills, style, and attitude in your work with others. Included in the assessment plan is a review of your leadership strengths, weaknesses, results of leadership assessments, feedback methodology, attitude, and leadership style.
Relationship building is a dynamic process just as situations change so too can the people skills needed to address the situation. Periodic review of those skills will benefit you by noting weaknesses and areas of change or improvement needed in your behavior.
So, what exactly am I asking you to do that needs confidentiality? Well, your plan is going to be the result of the following hypothetical evaluation you received after your first year with GDD. Although the hypothetical evaluation could be much better, we have found that the results provide trainees the opportunity to reflect upon one’s actual results and to prepare for personal growth moving forward.
The hypothetical scenario is one in which you were promoted a year ago into a leadership position. However, the past year has proved to show several issues and the results are not at all what we were hoping for when we promoted you. Still, experience has taught us that help starts with an employee taking stock of their personal skills. Since we believe that you have the potential for being an excellent department head, we would like to take measures toward your development. Please follow the instructions below:
Instructions:
Step 1: Preparation for the Assignment
Before you begin writing the report, you will read the following requirements that will help you meet the writing and APA requirements. Not reading this information will lead to a lower grade:
In writing this assignment, you will read and following these tasks:
Step 2: How to Set Up the Plan
Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font. The final product will be between 6-8 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page and appendix. Write clearly and concisely.
Step 3: Leadership Table
In this hypothetical scenario, your review has been completed and the results of the evaluation as well as feedback from your peers and direct reports are in your hands. The key to success in this project is to accept that the content in the “GDD Evaluation Form” as a real assessment of your performance at GDD for the first year’s work in this position. Although the information within the form is obviously hypothetical, you must place yourself in the position and address the situation as if it were truly you.
Topic |
Comment Phrase (s) |
Strengths as a Leader |
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Weaknesses as a Leader |
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Communication Skills |
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Personality |
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Emotional IQ |
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Trust |
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Leadership Approach |
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Demonstrated Leadership Style |
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Vision/Strategic Goal Implementation |
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Step 4: Leadership Assessment
To ensure you have a complete picture of your leadership skills, you will need to take the leadership assessments listed below. If you took any of these assessments back in week 5, you may use the results but you must complete all assessments. Copy the actual results in the appendix of the plan. Note: your results are confidential.
Then, write a short summary of the results of each quiz or test. The summary is your explanation of the results and not a copy/paste of the results.
Step 5: Relationship Building Action Plan
Now that you have completed the Leadership Assessments, it is time to develop a plan of action for improvement. Think of the leadership action plan as a way to improve the relationship-building skills with others and influence the people within the department to accomplish the work in an efficient manner that meets organizational standards and satisfies customers. In completing the Action Plan, you will identify the gaps between the statements/comments from the table and the leadership assessment results. Focus on the process of how to bring about improvement rather than what you should do. Consider the steps you will take to resolve the weaknesses you have?
To accomplish the action plan, you will complete the tasks listed below. Be thoughtful in your responses reflecting upon the input documents (Evaluation Form and Peer/Direct Report Comments and Leadership Table).
In completing each task, you will formulate a thesis statement and support the reasoning with rigorous, focused thinking that demonstrates the analytical skills GDD is looking from you. Read all of the reports and information closely.
Step 6: Appendix – comes after the Reference List
Step 7: Review the Paper
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