In every organization and in every industry, leaders play a critical role: managing teams, working together to make important (and sometimes difficult) decisions, and guiding an organization to move in the right direction. By Brian Eastwood.
While you might think of a leader as an experienced executive with a corner office, the reality is that successful organizations rely on employees who demonstrate strong leadership skills regardless of their job title or length of tenure.
If you are looking to enhance your leadership capacity, one important strategy for guiding your growth is to create a personal leadership development plan:
- Benefits of a personal leadership development plan
- Before the plan: conducting a self-assessment
- Elements of a personal leadership development plan
- Core skills to master
- Experience gaps to close
- New relationships to build
- Specific tasks to delegate
- Key action items to complete
- Critical indicators of success
- Beyond the plan: building leadership development into your role
And remember: take time to reflect. Leaders have a great deal of responsibility to juggle. Take 15 minutes every morning to assess the most important tasks for the day and 15 minutes in the evening to reflect on what went well and what could have been improved. Nice one!
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