#1 – Do you have a written professional development
plan?
#2 – Do you update it at least annually?
#3 – Does your plan include specific measurable
learning goals that you are committed to achieving during the coming year?
#4 – Does your plan include developmental
opportunities that you are actually looking forward to?
#5 – Do you have a method of regularly collecting
feedback from your peers, direct reports, and supervisor to get other
perspectives on your performance?
If you can answer YES to these five questions,
bravo! If not, it is time to get to
work.
I could make a much longer list, but this five
question check-up covers 95% of what you should be thinking about if you are
serious about making sure that you are consistently developing yourself for
higher performance.
Take the initiative in creating your professional
development plan. Don’t rely on formal
organization processes – especially if you are a CEO.
And if I could add a sixth question it would be: “Do you have an executive coach?” I know that expense is involved, but more and
more professionals – at all levels – are retaining executive coaches. Just make sure you do your research and
interview potential coaches carefully.
These days anyone can call themselves a coach, but may not have the
background and experience you need.
Make sure to keep yourself sharp through continued
professional development and you will make even more of a Mission Impact!
For more
ideas on how you can lead breakthroughs in your organization, follow this blog
and check out my web site at www.SheehanNonprofitConsulting.com You will find free resources you can
download, including a Breakthrough Strategy Workbook that you can download at
no cost. You can also check out my book,
Mission Impact: Breakthrough
Strategies for Nonprofits, and buy it if
you are interested. And you can follow Sheehan
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