Workshop 1: Make your DISC personality Test and write your test result with your comment. Workshop 2: Leadership Wheel / On a scale from 110, how would you rate your satisfaction in this area? What's the best part? What's the hardest part? What specifically have you learned about yourself? Management/Leadership Wheel 1 Workshop 3: Develop your personel code Exercise 27 Develop Your Professional Code Exercise Overview Various career Websites and business trade publications encourage employees to 'be professional, to demonstrate their 'professional code', or to engage in 'professionalism'. In fact in many workplaces, the designation that someone is 'professional' is used as a compliment to highlight a positive cluster of behaviors, attitudes, and skills. But, what is professionalism? This exercise allows for you to think about the definition of what code governs your professionalism in an organization. Compare your code to others in the class. Working Through 2 AS AN INDIVIDUAL 1. Brainstorm a list of behaviors, attitudes, and skills that represent 'professionalism' (e.g., professionalism is the skill of being a good listener or the attitude of having an open mind). Professionalism is. 2. Next, rank order your list of behaviors, attitudes, and skills, and select your three most important. 3. For the three most important categories that you identified, provide an example of when you demonstrated these. 4. Are there any conditions at work where you would not need to demonstrate professionalism? (e.g., a conflict with a peer, a boss yells at you, a subordinate is chronically late?)? Why do you think so? (1) AS A CLASS 1. Generate a class list compiled from the three most important behaviors, attitudes, and skills. 2. What patterns do you notice in the class list? 3. How can the concept of professionalism lead to a better organizational climate? 4. What actions can organizations take to promote professionalism in employees? 5. When if at all does professionalism hold employees back from their best work? 4. Are there any conditions at work where you would not need to demonstrate professionalism? (e.g., a conflict with a peer, a boss yells at you, a subordinate is chronically late?)? Why do you think so? AS A CLASS 1. Generate a class list compiled from the three most important behaviors, attitudes, and skills. 2. What patterns do you notice in the class list? 3. How can the concept of professionalism lead to a better organizational climate? 4. What actions can organizations take to promote professionalism in employees? 5. When if at all does professionalism hold employees back from their best work? 2 4: Employment Branding ise 20 Employment Branding Exercise Overview Employment branding is managing the impressions that are produced by an organization in order to convince the marketplace that the organization is an excellent place to work. This form of managing perceptions in the marketplace encompasses a wide variety of techniques and strategies. Working Through AS A GROUP 1. Select an organization that has been having difficulties lately. For example, Ford Motors had a period of economic turmoil, as did many in the auto industry. 2. Write phrases and words that describe this organization, and what you think its employees and customers think of this organization. These phrases and words can contain negative or positive images. 3. Compile a list of three of the most negative words or phrases. As a group, discuss how you would transform these three words/phrases to convey a positive image that matches what you know about the company. 4. Brainstorm strategies an organization could use that would encourage employees and the marketplace to connect the three positive words/phrases with their company. Ford Motor Company uses the slogan 'Go Further' to connect to both internal and external company stakeholders. Employees have the message to work harder, to not settle for anything than the very best. Customers receive the message that the Ford vehicle 'goes further' because of its quality. AS A CLASS 1. Compare the final results of the employment branding exercise. 2. What strategies do you think will be the most effective? Least effective? Why do you think so