Part 2: Boss/Key Stakeholder Feedback - ((3-4 Pages)) You have articulated and done some research on your three to five-year career goal. You have interviewed someone who holds that position. Now, you need to get some objective feedback from someone who can give you honest and specific feedback on your strengths and areas of development relative to your desired goal. Choose someone who knows you and your work strengths. Ideally, choose your boss. You can say that your Personal Leadership professor has asked you to get specific feedback on your leadership competencies and that you need to submit this in a paper as part of your grade. If you do not have a boss or do not feel comfortable, choose another key stakeholder in your organization who knows you and who will be honest. If you are not currently working, find someone with whom you worked in the past and who can provide feedback. Review the skills and competencies that you gathered in your interview. Be sure to have them written out. Here are suggested steps for your conversation. Say that you are gathering feedback for yourself as a leader for a leadership development plan required for your course Ask for honest and very specific feedback. You want to leave the conversation with a good idea of strengths to leverage and critical areas to develop Share the skills and competencies (gathered in the interview with the person who holds the position you want to in three to five years, and/or the Zenger et al (2011) criteria (pp. 6-7) with your boss/key stakeholder. Ask"how am I doing now on each?" Ask for specifics on what you are doing well and what you need to develop in the next three to five years OR Consider asking the good questions Zenger et al. suggested in their article o What leadership skills do you think are strengths for me? o In what specific areas could I be more effective? What are my biggest developmental gaps? Any suggestions for how to close the gaps? o Is there anything I do that might be considered a fatal flaw or a leadership derailer? o What leadership ability, if outstanding, would have the most significant impact on the productivity of effectiveness of the organization? o What leadership abilities of mine have the most significant impact on you? o Another great question is.... In order to get to my desired goal, what should I start doing, continue doing, and stop doing? Be specific.

You already asked for suggested professional development steps. Share those and ask if there are others Part 2 must include the following: 1. The name and title of the person you interviewed and their relationship to you. 2. Your target job, 3. The skills and competencies you gathered in your initial interview and those gathered from your boss/key stakeholder 4. Your boss/key stakeholder feedback to you

Part 3: Your Self-Assessment, Reflection and Actions, ((3-4 pages)) Now after you have conducted your interview with (a) someone who holds the position you would like to have in 3-5 years and understand the type of competencies that lead to success and (b) with a boss or key stakeholder who has given you feedback on your own performance, take the time to reflect and do a deep self-assessment. Consider the information given to you about what it will take to be a successful leader and the levels at which you have performed in the past. Then reflect on what you can do to move forward to be competent within three -five years. What actions can you take? Part 3 must include the following: 1. Considering your boss's or key stake holder's feedback to you, describe: a. Your self-evaluation. b. How your boss' perceptions aligns with your self-evaluation? Where do you line up and where do you differ? c. Where were you surprised? Where were you not surprised? 2. Now considering the Zenger-Folkman competencies that are required for your target career position: a. What competencies do you need to develop? b. Where are you the strongest? c. What do you think will be the most difficult for you to develop and why? d. What can you do to develop them? 3. What actions can you take to support your development in these areas? a. What goals can you set for yourself in the next 3 months? Next year? b. What actions do you have to take to implement your goals? c. Is there someone who can mentor you? d. Are there courses you can take? NOTE: Cite sources using proper APA citation guidelines.

References Brown, L.M. (2001). The Leadership Pipeline: Book review. Business Book Review, 18 (9). Zenger, J.H., Folkman, J.R., & Edinger, S.K. (2011). Making yourself indispensable. Harvard Business Review, 89(10), 84-92