The Leadership Development Plan I had produced at the end of the semester laid out a path to implement three specific goals for my progress as a leader. The goals I created were based off the feedback I received from my peers within the Benchmark 360 Feedback process. The three goals were to improve my delegation abilities, to improve my method for preparing and delivering presentation, and to develop myself as a manager of others. I am excited to report on the progress I have made on each of the three goals since December.
Since the creation of my development plan, I had an opportunity to participate as a team member on a task-force to investigate an issue, develop a set of recommended solutions, and then present the solutions to members …show more content…
I also pressed the team to stay late on Thursday before the presentation and to practice a few times. I think we benefited the most from this recommendation as it became clear that the group leader should not be the person presenting all of the slides. There were some slides that specific team members were most knowledgeable about and therefore we agreed as a team to divide the presentation responsibilities up accordingly. Our presentation was very well received by the SLT members and they praised and commended our efforts. The slide-deck was both effective in communicating our ideas and prompted further discussion of each of our recommendations. In the end we were asked to move forward with implementing two of the three recommendations we made, which was exactly the result the team had hoped to …show more content…
I will admit the transition into a managerial position has been a struggle at times. I initially battled my desire to just do things myself as I knew it would take me half the time to perform the task as it would for the contractor to. This is something my manager pointed out to me during one of our 1-on-1 meetings. He gave me specific instances where I performed a task myself, that in his opinion, I should have been delegating to the contractor. When I explained to him that I performed these tasks because I knew I could do them faster, he stated that while that might be the case, I have more important things to be focusing on and my time is better spent on those. His feedback has really helped me improve which tasks I keep for myself and which I delegate. I have also recently asked him for feedback on how he felt I was performing in this managerial position. His response was that he was extremely satisfied with the work our contractor was producing and that was a direct reflection on my ability as a
Since the creation of my development plan, I had an opportunity to participate as a team member on a task-force to investigate an issue, develop a set of recommended solutions, and then present the solutions to members …show more content…
I also pressed the team to stay late on Thursday before the presentation and to practice a few times. I think we benefited the most from this recommendation as it became clear that the group leader should not be the person presenting all of the slides. There were some slides that specific team members were most knowledgeable about and therefore we agreed as a team to divide the presentation responsibilities up accordingly. Our presentation was very well received by the SLT members and they praised and commended our efforts. The slide-deck was both effective in communicating our ideas and prompted further discussion of each of our recommendations. In the end we were asked to move forward with implementing two of the three recommendations we made, which was exactly the result the team had hoped to …show more content…
I will admit the transition into a managerial position has been a struggle at times. I initially battled my desire to just do things myself as I knew it would take me half the time to perform the task as it would for the contractor to. This is something my manager pointed out to me during one of our 1-on-1 meetings. He gave me specific instances where I performed a task myself, that in his opinion, I should have been delegating to the contractor. When I explained to him that I performed these tasks because I knew I could do them faster, he stated that while that might be the case, I have more important things to be focusing on and my time is better spent on those. His feedback has really helped me improve which tasks I keep for myself and which I delegate. I have also recently asked him for feedback on how he felt I was performing in this managerial position. His response was that he was extremely satisfied with the work our contractor was producing and that was a direct reflection on my ability as a