Achieving better results with a Personal Leadership Development Plan
How can creating a Personal Leadership Development Plan help you achieve better results at work? Your personal life?
Christal ,
Yes! It can be extremely helpful to identify priorities for focus...and in turn where one spends their time. Thanks so sharing Christal!
Dr. Jean Norris
I believe a PLDP not only helps you work toward a goal but also helps with time managment. It helps set prioritizes since you can not always achieve certain steps until you have done previous steps.
Thank you for sharing your insights, Jeannine. Writing down your goals and keeping them in front of you definitely has a way of helping us maintain focus on those goals. It sounds like you've created a plan for yourself and are using that plan as a framework to guide your day to day decisions and keep on track to achieving your goals. Congratulations!
Dr. Jean Norris
Whenever I have something planned out and actually written down it helps me to focus on that plan better. That basic practice is a good start. I usually refer back to it often and try to use in my every day managing. So I think creating this Plan will help me achieve better results by staying focused on it. It's always good to have something to strive for as well and I think the plan will remind me to stay on point and to work with my personal leadership goals in mind on a day to day basis. Whenever my work life runs smoother, my personal life usually follows :)
Judi,
Thanks for your insights. It can be difficult to keep your own goals in sight when your day to day tasks pull you in multiple directions. Knowing your goal is one thing, but writing that goal down as well as the necessary steps needed to achieve your goal is another. Having your goal and action items on paper and within your view everyday allows you the opportunity to assess where you are in terms of achievement, adapt the timeline, action items, or even the goal (if necessary), and celebrate your wins along the way! Best of luck to you as you work to accomplish your professional and personal goals!
Dr. Jean Norris
I can completely relate to you Frank. I do find that I get caught up in the daily to-do lists in terms of managing the everyday grind type tasks in both my professional and personal life. This course has motivated me to pursue some of the goals I have for myself in both my professional and personal life by giving me a method to do so. Simply having a goal and then thinking about it is not enough. Having something tangible to refer to in addition to periodic self-assessment of the reasonable and smaller achievments that I plan to accomplish make my goals seem less daunting. Also, knowing that I can leave a bit of wiggle room to make changes to my plan, with the ultimate goal (s) still in mind, makes it more reasonable and more plausible.
Laurel, this is great! Thanks for sharing. It sounds like you have different targets and then use the smaller goals to achieve those, while checking in to review and evaluate if the goals still fit. Do I have that right?
Shannon Gormley
Laurel, absolutely! Setting small, manageable goals will certainly help you as you move forward with your new position.
Shannon Gormley
Laurel, that is a great point. I love the idea of writing down your goals and doing a weekly review. So often people write them down, but don't take the time to review them. Keep up the great work.
Shannon Gormley
As a former teacher I was always writing down goals and objectives for the students. Now I will be doing the same for myself as educational director in a medical school. I have much to learn and by writing down my own goals, objectives and target areas, I can review my plan weekly to see how I am doing. Great way to track my progress!
As a former teacher I was always writing down goals and objectives for the students. Now I will be doing the same for myself as educational director in a medical school. I have much to learn and by writing down my own goals, objectives and target areas, I can review my plan weekly to see how I am doing. Great way to track my progress!
I agree, Michael, everyone needs to set attainable goals as a motivating force. I am in a new position after teaching for 40 years. Now I am a director of education in the medical field. By setting goals, I am able to motivate myself to do necessary things in this new field. I need to focus myself on learning new information in educating medical students. This involves learning new terminology and procedures which will definitely be a part of my P.L.D.P.
I agree, Sandi, by having concrete goals and expectations, I can have a measurable way to see if my activities are on board. By looking at my plan weekly, I can systematically review what works and what does not to better refine upcoming events and work activities to better serve my staff and students
Great practice, Christine. It looks like you like to plan your day around the specific goals that you are looking to accomplish but also allow yourself flexibility when needed. I imagine that this practice is helpful in keeping you on track to achieve your stated goals and even more! Keep up the good work.
Although this is different than a PLDP, every day I write down what I hope to accomplish the next day. This allows me to begin my day with a idea of what I need to get done. If my deadline changes and I have to push something back, I am flexible with this plan and move it to the next day. Writing down what I need to accomplish reminds me to always work towards that, no matter what distractions come across my desk. The same is true for larger, long term goals.
Absolutely, Christine! How has writing down your goals helped you to achieve success in the past?
Writing down a goal is proven to have better results than just thinking about it. It solidifies that goal in your mind and helps you act in ways to get you closer to it. By creating a plan and writing down your professional goals, you can set yourself on the path to success.
Great ideas, Sandi! Assessing your plan for what works and what hasn't is a great way to know how to move forward. Thanks for sharing.
I think in the beginning I will look at my plan at the beginning of each week to see if I was effective in using my plan the prior week and also to guide me in prioritizing the upcoming weeks activities and goals. I may tweak this as I go, but that is how I plan to start implementing it.
