Charting Your Workplace Success Action Plan

Recall that "having a growth mindset allows you to believe that you can improve and change with practice and determination" (Dweck, 2016).With this in mind, and to facilitate and support the evolution of your personal and professional life, it will be an important practice that you take time to actively manage your personal and professional growth--to set about this lifelong journey of learning and growth through the setting of goals and the development of a Workplace Success Action Plan to guide and monitor your progress.

The Workplace Success Action Plan template below when completed, will be your personal and professional development plan that you will immediately begin to use through the duration of this course and as you prepare for the team presentation.

1. and insert your Personal Vision Statement. Include your values (your guiding principles). Your values will be critical to the decisions you make as your personal vision statement unfolds.
2. Based on the results of your comparative analysis, insert your strengths and opportunities. (see template below)
3. Create and insert three (3) SMART Goals to address your opportunities. How will your team members contribute to your goals? Who will you rely on as your 'accountability peer' to help keep you on track beyond this course?
4. Research and identify those development activities that you can incorporate to help achieve your goals and to realize your personal vision statement.

Self-Assessment Comparative Analysis

Self-Assessment Identify the personality test you are including in the comparative analysis	Dimensions Assessed Explain the personality dimension, or dimensions measured by this personality test.	My Strengths Those dimensions/behaviours that are consistently identified across each of the personality tests as items that represent you at your best. Provide rationale. For instance, when have your personal or professional actions validated these strengths?	My Opportunities Those dimensions/behaviours that are consistently identified across each of the personality tests as items that prevent you from performing / representing you at your best. Provide rationale. For instance, when have your personal or professional actions validated these opportunities?

Workplace Success Action Plan

Date:

Student Name	Student #

Part 1: Personal Vision Statement & Values:

Your personal vision statement should define your overall purpose and/or mission in life. Your values will be critical to the decisions you make as your vision statement unfolds.

Part 2: Strengths, Opportunities & Insights

Based on the comparative analysis of your self-assessments, identify your three (3) strengths and your three (3) opportunities. Insert your insights on each of the identified strengths and each of the opportunities. How will your continued focus to sharpen your strengths contribute to the dynamics of your project team? How will your opportunity areas impact/influence team dynamics, if attention is not given to improve them?

Strengths:	Opportunities:
[insert 3 strengths here]	[insert 3 opportunities here]
Insights:	Insights:
How will your continued focus to sharpen your strengths contribute to the dynamics of your project team?	How will your opportunity areas impact/influence team dynamics, if attention is not given to improve them?

Part 3: SMART Goals & Measures of Success

Considering your personal vision statement, along with the opportunities you have identified above, use the SMART principle to create three (3) goals that will enable you to immediately begin to action that will positively impact the dynamics of your project team.

SMART Goals What specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound action will you take to affect your strengths and opportunities?	Measures of Success When your goal is achieved, what will the impact be? What will be different?
SMART Goal 1
SMART Goal 2
SMART Goal 3

Your Team

What do you need from your team members to move towards achieving your goals? Be specific.

Your Accountability Peer

Given your personal vision statement will be realized in the long-term and beyond the timelines of this course, who will you partner with to help keep you on track with where you're heading? What do you need from your accountability peer? Be specific.

Part 4: Development Activities

Consider your day-to-day realities, your short and long-term aspirations, your personal vision statement along with your goals, to identify your development activities. What new perspectives, skills, or knowledge might you need? Are there resources or experiences that would help you grow? An effective workplace success action plan should follow the 70-20-10 rule where: 10% comes from formal learning opportunities; 20% comes from peer learning, coaching, and mentoring, and 70% of your learning comes from challenging on-the-job assignments, academic and/or life experiences.

Development Activities Consider the activities that will help you achieve your immediate goals, identified above and, the activities that will move you towards your personal vision statement.	Category Highlight the relevant type of activity.
Development Activity 1	Formal learning (10%) Peer learning, coaching, and mentoring (20%) On the job experience (70%)
Development Activity 2	Formal learning (10%) Peer learning, coaching, and mentoring (20%) On the job experience (70%)
Development Activity 3	Formal learning (10%) Peer learning, coaching, and mentoring (20%) On the job experience (70%)

Development Activity Options

The following are ways in which you can supplement your development activities to help move you closer to meeting your goals and realizing your personal vision statement.

Learn new information. What new trend is emerging in your industry or profession of interest? How is technology influencing how you will work? How can you sharpen or upgrade your knowledge?

Build new relationships. Consider those direct or indirect relationships within your cohort of classmates, or if you are employed, your workmates. Or, those outside of your classes or place of employment. What opportunities exist for you to explore and leverage synergies with those who share similar interests? Or those who might be where you want to be?

Optimize opportunities for collaboration with diverse points of view. Consider untapped or unlikely people or groups for opportunities to join forces and bring diversity of thinking and approach to expand your network and your reach into new and different territory.

Take stock. Great leaders start the day with a plan and end the day with a check in on the day's plan. Consider what went well? What could have been better?

Create new feedback mechanisms for yourself. Be courageous and ask for feedback - in the moment - from those you regularly interact with and from those you don't typically get feedback from. These varied perspectives will help to keep you in tune with how you're progressing both in your personal and professional life!