The goal of this competency was to explore how motivation and engagement contribute to the successes and challenges of an organization. We discussed strategies for fostering motivation and engagement with the people on your team, creating an inclusive environment, and keeping and recruiting talented employees. As a senior director, you have the ability to push for these actions, all of which contribute to the success of the organization.

Before moving on to the next competency, take a few minutes to consider how you might incorporate the lessons from this competency back on the job.

You are an IT Director pushing to be a CIO in a College or University.

After reflecting, put toogether a plan for putting these ideas into action by writingone SMART objective Links to an external site.based on your professional goals in relation to this competency.

2. Open your SMART Goal Reflection document with your previous responses included. Enter your response for this competency.
4. Once you enter your response, click on the red "Start Assignment" button and then either select your document (File Uploadtab) or enter the Google doc URL (Web URLtab), then click "Submit Assignment".
6. Reminder: the goal should be in a narrative form, see the example below.

• Example: By the end of the year, build my leadership skills by immersing myself in new situations where I will develop in specific areas of cross-cultural collaboration, strategic planning, and influencing - and have at least 3 people more senior than me within my organization recognize my growth as a leader.