Choose two peers to respond to from the perspective of a management superior.
Choose two peers to respond to from the perspective of a management superior. If this peer was your employee, how would you help them advance their career based on their completed IDP? Review their completed IDP and their explanation before responding. Respond to the following questions and please remember to be professional with your feedback. Do not forget, you are taking the role of their superior here and your feedback should show them you are committed to their growth as an employee.
What additional training or ideas do you have regarding how they can achieve each of their developmental goals? Make sure to provide ideas for each goal individually. If you need to, do some research to give them additional ideas to consider.
How else can they use their strengths listed to achieve their goals?
Based on their justification for their goals, is there any other commentary or idea you have for them as their superior?
Preston Anderson
YesterdayNov 17 at 5:16pm
Clifton Strengths
My Clifton Strengths top five results are adaptability, includer, woo, communication, and positivity (Clifton Strengths Summary, 2020).
Development Goals and Areas of Opportunity
Two of my weakness/areas of development are developing effective presentation and project management skills.
I selected the presentation skill because successful managers are expected to be superior presenters. They need to effectively deliver their message to their followers and co-workers through presentations and captivate them to pursue meeting the presented goal for the organization. Although I have experience in presenting, I do not have advanced presentation skills or experience yet. I wish to develop my ability to put together a compelling PowerPoint and gain the speaking skills to captivate listeners.
Project management is a skill that is necessary for a manager. They must have the skills to develop timelines, goals, action plans, work allocations, employee assessments on the projects, and project conclusion analysis’; this must be done across multiple projects at once. I want to enhance my ability to balance multiple projects at once, which is an area of development for me. I want to gain the knowledge and experience for the skills that managers need to fulfill project management duties.
The other two development goals are people management skills and leadership and teamwork skills. A successful manager must successfully manage their followers/employees. Parts of successfully managing employees are being a successful leader and driving effective teamwork within one’s group. Managing people takes integrity, trust, and the ability to motivate. It also takes technical and psychological skills that I wish to develop from the training course and over time through experience.
How Strengths will Assist Development Activities
Adaptability
Being able to create and change actions dynamically is an essential part of project management. An effective manager needs to adapt to meet each follower’s different needs, which will assist with leadership and people management. Having the ability to adapt when presenting is beneficial, as presenting can become dynamic and off-script.
Includer
Ensuring that everyone feels they are part of the group will allow for successful teamwork-building within the group members. Members need to feel included to feel their input is received; guaranteeing that each member has input starts from the leadership and
Woo
Managers must win their followers over by developing trusting relationships, portraying the capability to succeed, showing they have integrity, and motivating them to succeed. Having the ability to do these while including all members will help develop leadership and people management skills.
Communication
Valuable communication ability will allow me to accurately portray my thoughts and ideas and develop communication windows with followers and co-workers. This will assist me in developing presentation skills and efficiently communicating with my followers. In both situations, it will be imperative to communicate thoughts and ideas accurately.
Positivity
A positive attitude makes one more approachable by followers, which allows the leader to establish a positive connection with the followers. A positive mindset towards a follower acknowledges to the follower that the leader believes they have potential. Having this ability will assist with leadership and people management.
References:
Clifton Strengths Summary. (2020). Retrieved November 17, 2020, from https://my.gallup.com/_Portal/Component?gssClientId=dduOMXW7d71AS3U_2BFMiMY8EiRX0WxJVn_2FHNUkaHb4okdayR4Pz6_2BetryXCC5aLQ2
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