Current Leadership Strengths and Development Needs (16% of project grade)

Two of the questions employers always ask you (in one way or another) are about your strengths and weaknesses. The easiest way to answer this question with sincerity is to have first (long before the questions are asked) reflected upon what your real strengths and real development t needs (weaknesses) are..

Overview of Individual Project Part B – Leadership Strengths and Development Needs
The purpose of Part B is to assist you in recognizing your current leadership strengths and development needs. To this end, Part B consists of two self-assessment inventories and the submission of a short paper summarizing your findings.

Explanation of Requirements and Evaluation Criteria for Part B

1. Download and save a copy of the Self-Management Skills/Traits Inventory. Then complete the inventory, identify your 5 strongest skills/traits, the 3 skills/traits you need to develop, and submit completed inventory to the Part B drop box.

2. Download and save a copy of the Key Leadership Competencies Inventory. Then complete the inventory, identify your 5 strongest skills/traits, the 3 skills/traits you need to develop, and submit completed inventory to the Part B drop box.

3. Write and submit a 1-2 page, double-line spaced reflective summary in 12 pt. Times New Roman font, with the bolded title of Reflective Summary of My Leadership Strengths and Development Needs, followed by you name on the next line. Your summary should provide an overall picture/explanation of your strongest competencies/skills/traits (4 or 5 not 10), the areas/competencies you feel require further development (2 or 3 not 6), and your plan (steps and actions) for developing your identified/stated leadership ‘weaknesses’.

4. Submit artifact and summary to appropriate drop box before the due date and time listed on the class schedule.
The following criteria will be used for evaluation:
Criteria
Traits Inventory (2 points)
Copy of properly completed traits assessment tool summited
Met expectations (1 points)
Copy of incomplete assessment tool summited
Fell short of expectations (0 points)
No copy of assessment tool submitted

Unsatisfactory
Competency Inventory (2 points)
Copy of properly completed competency assessment tool summited
Met expectations (1 points)
Copy of incomplete assessment tool summited
Fell short of expectations (0 points)
No copy of assessment tool submitted

Unsatisfactory
Analysis Summary (6 or 5 points)
Clearly summarized required number of strengths and weaknesses and explained a development plan
Met expectations (4, 3 or 2 points)
Summarized only some strengths and weaknesses and/or did not explain a development plan
Fell short of expectations (1 or 0 points)
Wrote something but does not relate to the assignment requirements
Unsatisfactory
Professionalism (2 points)
Followed directions, no formatting errors, no writing errors
Met expectations (1 point)
Followed directions and less than 3 formatting and/or writing errors
Fell short of expectations (0 points)
Did not follow directions and/or more than 2 writing errors
Unsatisfactory
Timeliness (2 points) Submitted before the due date (0 points) Submitted on the due date