10.2: Action Planning Discussion

Create an action plan for an upcoming initiative you plan to lead.

Answer this question by creating a table as shown above which is also provided in the Opportunity Planning Template located in the Materials tab at the top of this page. Upon completing the table, save the results to a file on your desktop for uploading.

How well do you work more productively? (use your group average score from your SCOPE of Leadership 360 assessment if completed)

How might you work more productively? In what area do you need to develop to be able to work productively? (add any new professional development objectives to your IDP)

Scenario: You have an employee who thinks she is productive but is not very organized. Cindy regularly wastes time because she can’t find where she stored a document. She recreates documents from nothing rather than creating a library of components that she could more quickly pull together. She has a to-do list that she rarely gets done and therefore rewrites many of her to-dos every day. She leaves many of her emails in her inbox which she scans several times a day to see what is most urgent and in need of her attention. You want to hire more people in the department but first have to prove to your boss that you’ve done all you can to make Cindy as productive as possible.

You have scheduled a 1on1 with Cindy to talk about her productivity. Outline the conversation you plan to have with Cindy: