21 Century Skills st LIFE AND CAREER SKILLS – INITIATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTION
21
st
Century Skills
LIFE AND CAREER SKILLS – INITIATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTION
WORK INDEPENDENTLY (8.B)
Personal Leadership Skills Development
Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight
Essential Question:
How can I build a personal leadership plan?
Objective:
To build a leadership skills development plan. This activity can help bridge the gap between talking about leadership and actually doing something to improve leadership skills.
You will build a personal leadership development strategy
Why is this important . . . ?
What will you do with it . . . ?
Leadership Skills
Find a vision
Establish team values
Set norms
Identify expectations
Nurture collaboration
Build trust
Conduct effective meetings
Make meaningful decisions Coach others
Manage conflict Train for competency
Problem solve efficiently
Set goals
Plan effectively
Share information
Communicate successfully
Give productive feedback
Manage change
Assess performances
Other???
Check the list on your handout – add any that you think might apply
Select three that you think need attention – list them on the chart & fill in the necessary information
An example is provided on the chart
Leadership Growth Plan
Leadership
Skills to
Improve
Meeting
Facilitation
Growth
Objective(s) for Each Skill
To conduct team meetings where more people participate
Activities
(1) Ask selected team members for honest feedback
(2) Have the
H.R.
Director critique a meeting
People Who
Can Help
Indicators of
Success
Timeline
H.R. Director & peers
15% increase of team members speaking at meetings by the end of the quarter
(1) Obtain feedback after the first three meetings
(2) Try at least one new strategy every two meetings
Select a partner to check each other’s progress – this helps people to stay on task once the meeting or workshop is over
Since skill development is on-going, this sort of simple skills development plan should be repeated every ____________________.
Rubric
8.B.1.
Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight
4
Exceeds
Standards
Monitors, defines, prioritizes and complete tasks without direct oversight in a variety of conditions
3
Meets
Standards
Monitors, defines, prioritizes and complete tasks without direct oversight
2
Approaching
Standard
Attempts to monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight
1
Not at
Standard
Attempts to monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks with direct oversight
