Your role is to prepare a report in which you review and reflect on your strengths. To do this, collect information from the various assessments in class or from colleagues, friends, or others who know you well, and create a portrait

SCENARIO 

Your leader is interested in your development as a leader in your organization. You have recently taken a variety of self-assessments designed to better understand your strengths, areas of improvement, communication ability, and values. Your leader would like you to spend some time reflecting on the results of your assessments and setting SMART goals for future improvement, gathering some additional information from those who know you best.

ROLE

Your role is to prepare a report in which you review and reflect on your strengths. To do this, collect information from the various assessments in class or from colleagues, friends, or others who know you well, and create a portrait of yourself as a leader. Then, reflect on how this information fits with your own view of yourself and your behavior on the job or in life by creating a personal SWOT and some SMART goals.

PREPARATION

This assessment requires you to participate in at least three self-assessments and the collection of feedback from 3–5 people who know you best.

Collecting Feedback From People

You can collect valuable feedback about your strengths through others. Because not everyone is likely to respond, you should identify at least 6–10 people to ask. Choose a variety of people who have had extended contact with you, such as:

- Colleagues (former or current), such as vendors, customers, or board members.

- Friends (old or recent), neighbors, or fellow volunteers.

- Family members.

- Others who know you well. Be creative in your choices.

Try to give your respondents sufficient time to respond. You can create a feedback form or keep it simpler.

The questions you should ask are

Who am I when I am at my best?

Can you provide a specific example of a time when I was at my best?

Analyze your leadership strengths as identified by these comments, reflecting on how it fits in with your own preconceptions and what the self-assessments you took revealed.

Self-Assessments ( I HAVE TAKEN THE ASSESSMENT AND UPLOAD MY RESULT BELOW)

Take three of the self-assessments listed in the Resources:  As you look at the results, reflect on how they fit in with your own preconceptions and with the work that you do, or plan to do.

REQUIREMENT

For this paper:

• Discuss the strengths, skills, and other positives that were revealed in the assessments that you took. Do these strengths surprise you or reinforce what you already thought? How do you use these strengths currently? Be sure to cite the assessment that you used, including the URLs. Provide a screen capture of your results (you can remove information you wish to keep personal) in the paper body or an appendix. Then, clearly explain which assessment gave you the information and cite the assessments in APA format.
• Discuss your strengths further by summarizing the feedback your received from others, and relating how what you learned from the people you talked to, along with the assessments, fits in with what you already knew about yourself and with the work you currently do or hope to do in the future.
• Bring together all data points—your own feelings about your skills, what the assessments revealed, what your contacts said about you—in a cohesive personal SWOT. Include a comprehensive written SWOT, and an abbreviated 4-square graphic that summarizes your SWOT.
• Describe one or two areas that you learned are growth opportunities (where you did not perform so strongly). How did you feel about this? What specific and actionable steps might you take to strengthen these areas? List at least one SMART goal that you can set for yourself.
• Develop a statement of who you are as a leader, based on your analysis. This statement should include your values, strengths, goals, and more. You should include in your statement who you want to be as a leader—what you aspire to become. This way, your statement becomes your own vision of who you want to be and an affirmation to help you grow.

DELIVERABLE FORMAT

Your deliverable is a 2–3-page business report (single spaced). Business reports are formatted differently from academic, APA formatting. For information about the differences, refer to MBA Program Resources. Once you click this tab, several options will appear in the middle of your screen. Click the Writing Skills option. You will want to review the MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines. Note that this business report MUST be single-spaced, professionally formatted, and organized with ample headings. Because this is a personal reflection, you may write it in first person.