BUSM4194-Leadership Development Plan Analyses – Management Assignment Help

Task 

Overview
You are required to reflect on your own leadership qualities using diagnostic tools. These will  measure three specific areas of leadership and provide an indication of potential strengths and  weaknesses. Alongside these, you will reflect on what you learnt about the person you chose as an effective leader in Assessment 2. 
Based on your self-discovery from the diagnostic tools and your leadership reflections, you will then  consider how to improve your own leadership qualities. You will capture your ideas in the form of a  draft leadership development plan. 
You will then incorporate industry feedback on that draft plan from a chosen leader, before revising  the draft into your final submission. 
This is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) assessment task, the purpose of which is for you to build  on the knowledge and skills gained from Assessment 2 and apply them in a practical situation  through a real workplace context and engaging with feedback from industry.

This assessment will measure your ability to:
• diagnose leadership strengths, weaknesses and skills as a result of self-assessment
• create a leadership development plan based on self-assessment
• describe how to incorporate the feedback into the plan
• identify plan evaluation approach/es and describe how the plan can make an impact on your future life and career
• acknowledge sources of information (format, quality and quantity of references)

Course learning outcomes
This assessment is relevant to the following course learning outcomes:
CLO1 Critically analyse and apply leadership theories and models in various organisational  situations.
CLO3 Use critical self-reflection as a tool for leadership development.
CLO4 Apply feedback of others to enhance leadership capabilities and to act on opportunities  for leadership development.

Assessment details
This assessment acknowledges the critical analysis and reflection of the person you chose as an  effective leader in Assessment 2. It requires you to then move ahead from that base, to reflect and  plan on how you will improve your own leadership qualities and effectiveness going forwards. This 
will be done through two stages:

1. Leadership development plan
2. Industry feedback

Before you start this assessment, you will need to have nominated a leader who will provide you  specific feedback on your draft Plan. They must agree to be involved, commit to your timings, and  may be approved by your teacher earlier in this course. This leader can be anyone you know who  holds a leadership position in an organisation. This leader could be the same person as Assessment  2 or a different leader. 

1. Leadership development plan
For the leadership development plan, you are asked to reflect on your own leadership based on  what you learnt from the person you chose as an effective leader in Assessment 2. Then, you will  consider how your own leadership qualities could be improved. Your first step is to assess your current strengths, weaknesses and skills as a leader (or potential  leader). Complete the three (3) leadership diagnostic tools listed in ‘Diagnostic tools’ (see  Canvas). In this task, you will analyse and explain the results of the tests. Next, create a draft of your leadership development plan using the ‘Leadership development plan  template’ (see Canvas). The plan must at least maintain the leadership strengths or improve on the  weaknesses or further develop your leadership skills identified in your leadership self-diagnosis. 

Using the template as a guide, your leadership development plan must identify three leadership  strengths/weaknesses/skills and outline the steps you plan to take to achieve them.  Specifically, you must address the following:

• Explain why you chose those particular strengths/weaknesses/skills
• Describe any challenges you anticipate and how you might overcome them, or provide  justification if do not anticipate any
• Outline activities that you will undertake (or are currently undertaking). These might include  trainings, readings, courses, etc.
• Suggest real world situations where you can practise and apply your developing skill  (internships, jobs, volunteering, etc.)
• Plan a date by which you want to achieve your goal
• Identify the measurements to evaluate whether you reach your goals.

You must review the leadership concepts, models and theories covered in this course to describe  how they relate to you and your leadership development plan. The plan should consist of key  components such as goals, measurement indicators, specific activities, timeframes, etc.

2. Industry feedback 
In this stage, you must seek feedback on your plan from the leader you have chosen. After you have  completed the draft development plan, you will need to submit the plan and provide the ‘Industry  feedback checklist’ (see Canvas) to your nominated leader.

After receiving the Industry feedback checklist back from your nominated leader, you will first need  to reflect on their words. Then, you will incorporate relevant feedback they provided into your  development plan. As you update your plan consider the following questions:

• What did the leader have to say about your draft of leadership development plan? 
• How have you modified your draft because of the feedback? For example, if the leader  you consulted said that your timeframe to achieve your leadership goals was  unrealistically short, did you then extend the timeframe top achieve these?
• Were there any feedback that you thought were not relevant? What made them less  relevant to you and your Plan?

Next, you will need to answer the following prompts as part of the industry feedback task in your  assessment:
1. Describe what and how you have incorporated this leader’s feedback into your plan.
2. Describe how you will evaluate whether you have or have not reached the level of  development set out in your plan (e.g. how will you know that you’ve achieved the goals set  out in your leadership development plan? What kind(s) of data and information will inform  this?) and describe how the plan make an impact on future lives and careers.

Your assessment must have at minimum 10 academic references from academic sources such as  peer-reviewed journal articles and books. Websites, such as Wikipedia and blogs can provide a  useful starting point for general details. However, these sites do not contain academic content, are  not peer-reviewed, and are therefore not considered as strong sources. They are not acceptable,  and will not be counted in the minimum references required.
Correct and thorough referencing and the quality of your sources will also be considered in the  evaluation of your assignment. Please ensure that your spelling, grammar and syntax are correct  before you submit your personal reflection.