Question

Applying the content from Primal Leadership, and the format Personal Change Plan on p. 110 Boyatzis Theory of Self-Directed Learning, you will be creating a Change Plan identifying areas of opportunity and growth within your leadership approach and foundational elements that contribute to effective leaders. You will create the plan and be prepared to share it in class.

Here is more specific context to the diagram on Page 110:

• Who do I want to be?
• Who Am I?
• What are my strengths and talents?
• Where are there gaps, where your ideal self/goals differ from your current abilities?
• Learning Agenda: List at least 3 Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely goals aimed to fulfill your gaps
• Experimenting: Create an action plan
  • Identify resources and relationships that will help you achieve these goals.

Answer 1

Who do I want to be?

• I want to have a successful career in the HR Industry
• Career Objectives
  • Become a successful HR leader
  • Start my HR Consultancy
  • Handle a large team of employees efficiently
• Career Goals Statement
  • I aspire to become a successful HR leader, and wish to head a large team of employees effectively. Ultimately I want to start my own HR Consultancy

Who am I?

• Currently I am a post graduate student, aspiring to become MBA in HR

My Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths:

• Effective Problem Solver
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Good Negotiation Skills

Weaknesses:

• Time Management and Procrastination
• Emotional Quotient
• Street Smartness

Where are the gaps?

• I need to work on my time management skills
• I need to become more street smart, so that I am able to tackle diverse workforce in a better way

SMART Goals:

• I want to undergo Time Management Course – TM 302 in the summer break and undergo the certification exam, at the end of the 2 months.
• I would enroll for management role plays conducted during weekends in college, so as to wok on my street smartness skills and emerge as a better HR Professional, by the end of 2 years MBA course.
• I would take live projects in Talent Management to gain HR industry experience in the summer break, so that I gain industry insight and emerge as a better HR Professional, by the end of 2 years MBA course.

Action Plan using PDSA Principles

Plan

In my thoughts, time management skill is one of my greatest weaknesses. I am a habitual procrastinator. I am not able to keep a track of time and often end up in spending more time in a process, than is desired. Another weakness is that I am too emotional and soft hearted. I take everything to my heart, which often affects my work. After identifying, I will try to evolve my personality to work on my weaknesses.

Do

I have planned to maintain a time tracker for all of my daily activities. Using the time tracker, I will be able to keep a track of time that I am spending in each process. For every class, I will try to be proactive and reach 15 minutes before it starts. Even I will try to finish my tasks and assignments on time, by doing regular work, rather than exerting in the last minute. For tackling my emotional conscience, I have planned that I will try to be practical in my life. I will try to take things lightly. Sometimes, ignoring things also works.

Study

I have planned to read books focused on time management and avoiding procrastination and employ the strategies referenced in my life. I will also conduct my personal SWOT analysis frequently, to identify any weakness that crops into my life over time. It is critical that one recognizes his weaknesses in the nascent state before it becomes a habit.

Act

I have been tracking my time and now I am able to finish my assignments way before the deadlines. Sometimes, I do get late for the morning classes, but I am working on my time management skills and one day, I will rule my time. My friends have observed that I have become emotionally stable over time. I have understood that not everything must be taken to heart and this mantra has really worked well in my life.

Resources and Relationships which will help in achieving these goals

• MBA course textbooks
• Extra classes and courses, conducted in weekends and in summer break
• Online resources and simulations