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Leadership Development Plan MBA 610

This Leadership Development Plan serves as your road map for short-term training and development activities that will enhance your leadership competencies. You will review, revise, and update your plan several times during the course of your MBA degree program at UMUC.

Your name:

Your current job title:

Long-Term Career Goal

Make sure your goal is SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.

In 3 to 5 years, my goal is to…

Short-Term Skills Development Needs

What skills will you need to acquire to achieve your long-term career goal?

My leadership skills training and development goals for the next 1 to 2 years are to…

Print this page, then sign and date the hard copy.

Signature ________________________ Date

Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 1

Complete the following table with the details of your plan for Goal 1 above.

Training & developmental activities toward Goal 1

Examples:

Attend a conference on ethical leadership
Read a book on the importance of cultural competence in my industry
Learn several key phrases in a new language

Target completion date / actual completion date

Set your target dates at the outset.
Update with actual dates when you have completed each task.

Resources & costs

What costs are associated with completing this activity? What resources will you use to cover those costs?

Expected outcomes/measures

How will you know you have succeeded? How will you demonstrate your acquired competency? How might someone else be able to validate your new competency?

Read books on effective leadership and team management

Target date:

Actual date:

Books from national library.

I will use my travelling allowances to go to the library.

Acquire as many practical knowledge as possible.

Apply the knowledge in my supervisory role as I lead others.

Learn what directors of best-performing organizations have used to effectively keep the team spirit

Target date:

Actual date:

Online materials

Access internet in the office off the working hours

Be able to better my skills on team-work.

I will start recognizing and appreciating others for their work.

Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 2

Complete the following table with the details of your plan for Goal 2 above.

Training & developmental activities toward Goal 2	Target completion date / actual completion date	Resources & costs	Expected outcomes/measures
Reading articles and books on effective communication	Target: Actual:	Acquire the materials from online libraries. Use internet.	Make summary notes on what I have learned. Deliberately get a colleague to check whether I am applying the acquired knowledge.

Take a SWOT analysis with my colleagues	Target: Actual:	Time Make use of tea-breaks and lunch breaks.	Take points on areas of improvement in my communication. Have someone monitor me to find out my progress.

Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 3

Complete the following table with the details of your plan for Goal 3 above.

Training & developmental activities toward Goal 3	Target completion date / actual completion date	Resources & costs	Expected outcomes/measures
Attend seminars on effective leadership	Target: Actual:	Time and money	Take good notes. Have an accountability partner to ensure that I practice whatever I learn.
Learn more about the structure of my organization.	Target: Actual:	Organization’s constitution No cost	Take notes on the roles of every individual in the organization. Have a track record on how I delegate duties to others.
Learn from other successful organizations	Target: Actual:	Time. Make use of conference and seminar times.	Ask colleagues from different organizations how they operate and take useful notes. Have a written plan on how to carry-out my duties.

Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 4

Complete the following table with the details of your plan for Goal 4 above.

Training & developmental activities toward Goal 4	Target completion date / actual completion date	Resources & costs	Expected outcomes/measures
Mentorship	Target: Actual:	Those in top management positions	Learn from those in top positions concerning organizations leadership and climate.
Observations	Target: Actual:	None	Gain a clear knowledge of the organization’s structures.
Coaching others	Target: Actual:	None	Utilizing the acquired knowledge to help those who are new in the organization to have a clear understanding.