Personal Development Plan

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MBA 530 Module Six Assignment Guidelines and Rubric
Scenario
The organization you work for as a director of leadership and learning is looking to create an adaptive leadership toolkit to help improve employee leadership skills and behaviors over the next
two years. To begin this work, you conducted a personal leadership self-assessment to take a leadership inventory of yourself. Now that you know areas that you can improve upon as a leader,
you decided to create a personal development plan that will identify actionable steps toward improving these areas you’ve identified. Your intensions are to incorporate your personal
development plan into the adaptive leadership toolkit to serve as an exemplar that can be used by all people leaders in the organization.
Prompt
Using the provided template, address the following:
1. Leadership behavior: Based on the results of your personal leadership self-assessment, describe the leadership behavior you scored lowest in and explain how developing this could have
a positive impact on your ability to lead.
2. SMART Goal: Apply SMART goal setting to create a personal development plan that aligns with the leadership behavior you’re looking to improve. Keep in mind that your personal
development plan will be used as an exemplar for the adaptive leadership toolkit in Milestone Two. Your SMART goal should address the following:
1. “S” Specific: Your goal must be specific.
i) State your personal development goal.
ii) Describe the reason for this goal.
iii) Describe the objective(s) needed to ensure this goal it met.
2. “M” Measurable: Your goal must be measurable.
i) Describe the metric(s) that will be used to determine if you meet this goal.
ii) Describe the metric(s) that will be used to measure performance of meeting objective(s) along the way.
3. “A” Achievable: Your goal must be achievable.
i) Describe the tools and skills you will need to achieve this goal.
ii) Describe who needs to be involved to allow you to be successful in achieving this goal.
4. “R” Relevant: Your goal must be relevant.
i) Explain how this goal can be linked to an overall business objective.
ii) Explain how this goal will increase your knowledge and improve your overall performance as a leader.
5. “T” Time-Bound: Your goal must be time bound.
i) Provide an overall timeline for the completion of this goal.
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ii) Provide tangible deliverable(s) with due dates that support the objective(s) you indicated above.
What to Submit
Complete the provided Module Six Assignment Personal Development Plan Template. If references are included in this assignment, cite them in APA format. Consult the Shapiro Library APA
Style Guide for more information on citations.
Module Six Assignment Rubric
Criteria
Leadership Behavior
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (90%)
Needs Improvement (70%)
Exceeds proficiency in an
Based on the results of the
Shows progress toward
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
leadership self-assessment,
describes a leadership behavior
that needs to be developed and
explains how developing this
could have a positive impact on
the ability to lead
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions, such as a lack of
clear rationale for how
developing a particular
leadership behavior could have
a positive impact on the ability
to lead
SMART Goal: Specific
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
States a personal development
goal, describes the reason for
this goal, and the objective(s)
needed to ensure this goal it
met
SMART Goal: Measurable
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Describes the metric(s) that will
be used to determine if this
goal is met and the metric(s)
that will be used to measure
performance of meeting
objective(s) along the way
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Not Evident (0%)
Value
Does not attempt criterion
15
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions, such as not including
the reason for the goal or
objective(s) needed to ensure
this goal is met
Does not attempt criterion
15
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions, such as lack of
description of metric(s) that will
be used to either determine if
the goal is met or measure
performance of meeting
objective(s) along the way
Does not attempt criterion
15
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Criteria
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (90%)
Needs Improvement (70%)
SMART Goal: Achievable
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
Describes the tools and skills
needed to achieve this goal and
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
sophisticated, or creative
manner
who needs to be involved to
ensure successful achievement
of this goal
omissions, such as lack of
description around tools and
skills or who needs to be
involved to ensure successful
achievement of this goal
SMART Goal: Relevant
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Explains how this goal can be
linked to an overall business
objective and how this goal will
increase knowledge and
improve overall performance as
a leader
SMART Goal: Time-Bound
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Articulation of Response
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
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Not Evident (0%)
Value
Does not attempt criterion
15
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions, such as rationale for
how this goal is linked to an
overall business objective or
how it will increase knowledge
and improve overall
performance as a leader
Does not attempt criterion
15
Provides an overall timeline for
the completion of this goal and
tangible deliverable(s) with due
dates that support the
objective indicated above
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions, such as missing
timeline for the completion of
the goal or tangible
deliverable(s) that support the
business objective
Does not attempt criterion
15
Clearly conveys meaning with
correct grammar, sentence
structure, and spelling
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors in
grammar, sentence structure,
and spelling
Submission has critical errors in
grammar, sentence structure,
and spelling
10
Total:
100%
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MBA 530 Module Six Assignment
Personal Development Plan Template
Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.
First and Last Name: [Insert text.]
Date: [Insert text.]
Goal Description: [Insert your personal development goal and the objectives that describe
successful completion of this goal.]
Leadership Competency: [Insert the leadership behavior or skill that will be improved upon
completion of this goal.]
Category
S: Specific
M: Measurable
A: Achievable
R: Relevant
T: Time Bound
Explanation
What do I plan to
accomplish? What do I plan
to achieve? What is the
reason for this goal? Why is it
relevant?
Example: Ensure a
development plan, with
specific deliverables, is jointly
developed with all of my
direct reports.
What metric(s) will be used
to determine if you meet the
goal? If more than one
milestone is
included, provide the metric
that will be used to measure
performance.
What tools and skills do I
need to achieve the goal?
Who needs to be involved for
me to be successful? What is
my motivation for wanting to
achieve this goal?
How is this goal linked to an
overall business objective?
How will this goal increase
my knowledge and improve
my overall performance?
Provide tangible
deliverable(s) with due dates
if more than one milestone is
included. Provide the final
Response
[Insert text.]
[Insert text.]
[Insert text.]
[Insert text.]
[Insert text.]
Category
Explanation
due date for completion of
this development goal.
Response

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