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Create Your Personal Leadership
Development Plan
Only your vision of the future can direct you
on the rest of your journey.
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around the obstacles you have encountered. You constantly refer to your True
North and your compass to help you stay on track and to adapt when you find
you are off course.
The essential thing here is that this is your PLDP, not one that has been
handed to you by a consultant or a teacher. You own your plan, you know its
truth for you, and only you can decide how and when to adapt your plan to stay
aligned with your True North.
Although this is the concluding chapter of this personal guide, it is not the
destination. Discovering your authentic leadership is not an achievement. There
is no final state that allows you simply to close the book and move on to other
projects. Authentic leadership is the path you are on. You will always face new
tests of your values and motivations. You will face endless opportunities to be
sidetracked from your purpose. The more you develop your authentic leadership,
the greater the potential distractions, but the more opportunities you will find to
deepen your commitment to your True North.
Your challenge now is to step up, articulate your vision of your True North,
and design your development plan. Otherwise, this will be another of many books
on your shelf reminding you of who you could have been.
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Notes
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Value Definition
Leadership Principle
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What are the ethical boundaries that will guide my professional life?
Ethical Boundaries
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IV. My Motivations
Review your work in Chapter Six and update your lists of extrinsic and intrinsic
motivations and potential traps.
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Monetary compensation
Having power
Having a title
Public recognition
Social status
Winning over others
Association with prestigious institutions
Other
My Extrinsic Motivations
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My Intrinsic Motivations
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My Overall Motivations
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V. My Motivated Capabilities
Continuing with your review of the work you did in Chapter Six, update your
lists of capabilities, developmental needs, motivated capabilities, and future situations that might enable you to find your sweet spot.
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My Greatest Capabilities
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My Developmental Needs
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If I do not believe in such practices, how do I confront the existential questions of life?
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For personal friends to whom I can look for counsel and advice, I turn to:
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For professional advice and counsel, I turn to:
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My mentors are:
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My professional network includes:
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My personal board of directors includes:
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VIII. Integration
To integrate my personal life, family life, friendships, and community life with my professional life to become a better leader, I plan to do the following:
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To achieve my professional and personal goals, I am prepared to make the following sacrifices and trade-offs:
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X. Leadership Development
The experiences I need in order to develop my leadership include:
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My career:
My friends:
My community:
At the end of my life, I would like to look back and be able to say:
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leaders stay the same year after year because they have only their past to guide
them in the future. Your past, as you have seen, can help you find your True
North. Only your vision of the future can direct you on the rest of your journey.
There is a legacy that only you have the potential to fulfill.
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What must be in place in three months from now to be on track for what I have defined
for my one-year goals?
What action steps must I begin taking tomorrow to meet my three-month goals?
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Congratulations! You have completed your Personal Leadership Development Plan, your vision of your leadership five years from now, and the action
steps you need to take to get you started.
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SUGGESTED READING
Covey, S. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1989.
Grove, A. Only the Paranoid Survive. New York: Currency/Doubleday, 1996.
Kouzes, J., and Posner, B. The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2002.
McCauley, C., and Van Velsor, E. Handbook of Leadership Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.