Stepping into Leadership

6.2 Developing a personal action plan

 

When you have reviewed your learning from the course, please complete the following sentences. You can use the Stepping Into Leadership Course Workbook to record your thoughts.

 

The three words I would use for the kind of leader I want to become are …

The skills I possess that I need to build on are …

The skills I would need to develop and practise are …

Things I could do to ensure that I make time for reflection are …

The people who could help me develop as a leader are …

The people around me who I could help to develop as leaders are …

The values I want to hold onto are …

The things I most want to change in my organisation are …

The single most important thing I will do next week to put myself on the path to achieve these things is …

 

This will provide you with the key points that you want to take forward.

As you turn these into an action plan it will be useful to:

• Be realistic – do not compile a list that is too long and, therefore, daunting
• Identify a few “quick wins” – things that you can do soon and where you, and others, can see a difference
• Identify someone – your manager, a colleague, a mentor – who will support you to follow through on your actions

 

Remember that self-development is a continuous process. It never ends! Some of the things you want to achieve might need time that you don’t have at the moment – but if you’ve written them down, you can go back to them when the time is right.

 

Continue the course with: 6.3 Other sources of development opportunities