Developing Leadership Skills: A Personal Growth Plan

PHI1200 Skill Development Plan Identify three of the learning outcomes (list), including problem solving, that you would like to further develop. For each outcome, complete all elements of the template, following the assignment instructions. Target Skill 1 - Leadership Specify the outcome you are developing (such as communication, technology, or innovation): Strengths: Describe your strengths. I have only worked in one leadership position, but it helped me develop professional customer service and empathy skills that help me interact with my coworkers and patients in a positive and helpful manner. I held this leadership position when I was only 18 years old, so I feel that it has molded me into the professional that I am today as I try to always lead by example and be a dependable employee in the workplace. Areas of Improvement: Describe areas of improvement. I need to improve my approach and my communication skills. I am a very professional and helpful individual, but sometimes when I am juggling multiple issues at once, I can get frustrated when someone is asking me for additional help. I need to remain calm in these high- stress situations and not allow my frustrations to seep onto anyone else. I need to continue to be professional and lead by example. Desired Outcome: Describe your goals around developing this ability during your time at Capella. Think about what improvement of this ability looks like. Improving my leadership skills will help assist me in my healthcare career as I continue to progress on with different job positions. I am aspiring to become a business development director, but one day hoping to move into a leadership position as I progress in my career. Beginning to strengthen my skills now will help me become an excellent leader someday. Goal Statement: Write a positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development. By improving my leadership skills, I will continue to develop effective communication skills that will assist me in engaging and correctly leading my staff when I am put in a management 1

PHI1200 position again. Practices for Growth Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this ability . Improving my responses to different situations by reminding myself to always remain professional and approachable. Leading by example for my coworkers by not condoning in negativity and being a dependable resource for others to confide in on work issues. Action Steps Describe an action plan around developing your selected outcomes that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal. What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your ability ? Step 1: Improve my listening skills Step 2: Work on my reaction and approach to stressful situations Step 3: Be willing to learn and always be approachable 2

PHI1200 Potential Obstacles/Challenges What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal? What challenges do you anticipate? I struggle at times to speak up for myself or delegate to others as I am the youngest individual in my workplace. I feel that my direct boss sees me as inferior because I am so young, but this should not affect me as I know how to be successful in doing my job and assisting others. I need to set this aside and ask for help when needed and speak up for myself when I feel that I am being treated unfair. Key Supporters Identify 1–2 individuals that you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way, and act as trusted supporters. Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal. Supporter 1. My Administrator. My direct boss is not supportive of anyone that works for her, but our administrator is exceptional at her job. She is someone I can always confide in and she guides me on how to be a leader in the workplace. Supporter 2. My coworkers. My coworkers have never seen me as inferior due to my age. They are supportive of me and respect how professional and hard-working I am in the workplace. 3

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PHI1200 Supporting University Resources Identify 1–2 university resources that can help you meet your goal and explain how. Consider the resources you learned about in the course including Career Center resources: I think the Career Exploration & Planning video series is a good resource to help me reach my goals. I haven’t been able to look more in depth at this resource, but know that since it assists in career planning, it will be a helpful guide on leadership skills. Benefits From Change/Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals Connect your goals around outcomes to three other larger goals: one personal, one academic, and one professional goal. These can be goals you’ve previously identified or new goals. How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals? One day I do hope to be put in a leadership position within the business development department at my company. Being an effective leader would help assist me in creating success for myself and my employees within this type of postiton. Target Skill 2 – Time Management Specify the skill you are developing (such as communication, technology, or productivity): Strengths: Describe your strengths in this skill. When discussing my time-management skills, my strengths include organizational skills and creating to-do lists that assist me in staying on top of my work at my job and getting things done in a timely and successful manner. Areas of Improvement: Describe areas of improvement in this skill. I tend to be more efficient in utilizing time-management skills at work, but when it comes to my college courses, I often procrastinate and make excuses for myself because I work a full-time 4

PHI1200 job. This causes me to become very flustered with myself and I shame myself for not being further completed in my Flex-Path courses. Desired Outcome: Describe your goals around developing this skill during your time at Capella. Think about what improvement of this skill looks like My goal is to develop more effective time-management skills when it comes to my college courses. I will push to not use being tired as an excuse despite working a full-time job as I know I can finish this degree plan. Once I graduate, I will be able to obtain the job I want to pursue and can start my master’s degree in business administration. Goal Statement: Write a positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development I will work diligently to prepare and practice more effective time-management skills so that I can finish my bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration and then get started on my Master of Business Administration. Practices for Growth Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill. I can set target dates for the end of each week but focus on trying to finish that current assignment before the set date. I can keep myself accountable by requiring myself to dedicate at least 1-2 hours every day to my schoolwork. 5

PHI1200 Action Steps Describe an action plan around developing your skill that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal. What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your skill? Step 1: Set aside designated times each day to work on my schoolwork. Step 2: Eliminate possible distractions when focusing on my assignments such as my phone or watching television. Step 3: Offer myself some type of reward each week for accomplishing my goal so I can keep myself further motivated. Potential Obstacles/Challenges What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal? What challenges do you anticipate? I need to remember my end goal and that I will not graduate unless I put in the time and effort to do so. I need to stop procrastinating and making things more complicated for myself by delaying my academic goals. I know that once I get on a more effective time- management regimen for my Flex-path program, it will instill confidence and success within me that will make me proud and more motivated to finish it. 6

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PHI1200 Key Supporters Identify 1–2 individuals that you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way, and act as trusted supporters. Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal. Supporter 1. Zane – my significant other. I am listing him again as he is my biggest supporter in life. He does well on respecting my quiet time when doing my assignments and he holds me accountable as he wants me to succeed and reach my goals. Supporter 2. Myself. I know personally, when I see the percentage bar go up on my academic plan, it is such a light for me. I need to believe in myself and know what I am capable of so I can develop more efficient time-management skills. Supporting University Resources Identify 1–2 university resources that can help you meet your goal and explain how. Consider the resources you learned about in the course including, Career Center resources:  The writing center helps me with organizational skills and better understanding of assignments. This helps me as sometimes when I do not understand an assessment, I will tell myself I can just do it later and then I go down a procrastination rabbit hole. 7

PHI1200 Benefits From Change/Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals Connect your goals around skills to three other larger goals: one personal, one academic, and one professional goal. These can be goals you’ve previously identified or new goals. How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals? Time-management skills will assist me in becoming a successful individual in life. This will discipline me to become a better student and finish my degree plan sooner than later so that I can move onto the next level. Target Skill 3 - Communication Specify the skill you are developing (such as communication, technology, or productivity): Strengths: Describe your strengths in this skill. I am efficient at listening and following directions in the workplace. I am well organized which assists me in succeeding at my job. I am also knowledgeable on company processes that I can easily teach to others when asked to do so. Areas of Improvement: Describe areas of improvement in this skill. My verbal communication skills when speaking to my manager at work could be improved. At my current job, I do not struggle to speak to my coworkers, but I do not feel supported by my direct manager which can make me overwhelmed. I believe I do handle myself professionally for being overwhelmed, but this unfortunate situation at times makes me nervous causing me to sometimes stumble on my words, talk too fast, or feel inferior. This is the first job I have worked at where I did not feel supported by my boss, so this is an issue I hope to overcome. Desired Outcome: Describe your goals around developing this skill during your time at Capella. Think about what improvement of this skill looks like. My desired outcome would be to be able to move past working for a manager that does not support her employees and not let that effect how I communicate within the workplace. I want to be able to always speak with confidence, not allowing her negativity to play any part in how I feel or do things. I believe overcoming this issue will help me further when I graduate college and move onto a higher-level job where I will be required to speak to all different types of 8

PHI1200 individuals. Goal Statement: Write a positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development. Effective communication requires us to be confident, clear, and to the point on what we are trying to explain to others. Becoming a skilled and effective communicator will assist me in growing as an individual, becoming more respected, and helping me collaborate with all individuals in and outside of the workplace. Practices for Growth Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill. I feel that I tend to be an emotional person that cares what others thinks too much at times. A strategy that I can use to become a more efficient communicator would be to set aside my personal feelings when talking to others and maintaining a confident tone to show my professionalism. Another strategy I can use is being more prepared before I start a conversation with my manager so that I can practice what and how I want to say something. I will also be more intentional on maintaining eye contact and proper body language. 9

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PHI1200 Action Steps Describe an action plan around developing your skill that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal. What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your skill? Step 1: I can start by researching, learning, and practicing effective communication skills that can assist me in reaching my goal. Step 2: I will practice developing my listening skills with others, analyzing how they communicate between their word choices and body language. Step 3: I will continue to put myself in situations that test my communications skills so that I can improve as an individual. Potential Obstacles/Challenges What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal? What challenges do you anticipate? When talking to my manager, I can tend to get overwhelmed and stumble on my words at times due to feeling unsupported by her. I need to set aside my personal feelings/emotions, slow down when talking to her, and be confident in showing my professionalism with her as I can do with others. 10

PHI1200 Key Supporters Identify 1–2 individuals that you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way, and act as trusted supporters. Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal. Supporter 1. Zane – my significant other. He is always honest and supportive of me. We have had many conversations regarding my manager where he has reminded me that I need to remember how great I am at my job and that this isn’t my end goal in my career. I need to learn from the experience despite its negativity as it can help me learn to communicate with future not so positive individuals with ease. Supporter 2. Patricia – Business Office Supervisor at my job. Patricia is not my direct boss, but we work closely together every day. She is a positive and helpful leader that treats me with respect and reminds me of how well I do my job. She has assisted in guiding me on how to properly communicate with others and my direct manager in different situations. Supporting University Resources Identify 1–2 university resources that can help you meet your goal and explain how. Consider the resources you learned about in the course including, Career Center resources:  I think the Career Exploration & Planning video series is a good resource to help me reach my goals. I haven’t been able to look more in depth at this resource, but know that since it assists in career planning, it will guide me in effective communication. 11

PHI1200 Benefits From Change/Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals Connect your goals around skills to three other larger goals: one personal, one academic, and one professional goal. These can be goals you’ve previously identified or new goals. How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals? Communication is always an important skill to have in the workplace, especially in the career I want to do after graduating which will require me to utilize marketing skills and communication to grow the surgery network of the company I work for. Being able to set aside personal feelings and display my professionalism for anyone I meet will help me grow as an individual and healthcare professional. 12

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