PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PAPER
Assume you are the manager of your learning team and need to develop a plan that will address the characteristics of your group and yourself as the leader. This plan can be used to determine the needs of the learning team and is a tool for members to assess their skills, strengths, areas needing improvement, and the resources needed to help them reach their career goals.
Use each Learning Team member’s DiSC assessment results completed in Week One.
Develop a combined DiSC chart of your Learning Team members for use in developing this paper. Based on the individual assessments, what are the characteristics of your team?
Create a professional development plan to address the characteristics of the Learning Team members both individually and as a group and your ability to lead them:
Required Elements:
No more than 1400 words
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, and the group based on the DiSC assessment.
Assignment Grading Guide Week 3
Individual Assignment – Leadership Style
Select and describe a leader you admire. Your selected leader may be either a real-life individual or a fictional character from television, the movies, or a book. Using leadership theories, analyze your selected leader to identify characteristics and provide specific examples of leadership qualities you think contributed to that person’s success.
Evaluate your own leadership style and work with your mentor to identify your own leadership characteristics.
Write a paper in which you explain your leadership style and your ideas and plans for improving your effectiveness as a leader based on your comparison with an admired leader and your work with your mentor.

Required Elements:

1050 words (10% +/- allowance)
Meet APA guidelines (See APA Sample paper and Assignment Templates)
Evaluate your chosen leader and yourself, based on the leadership theories.

· Summarize the discussion with your mentor

LDR 531 Week 4 Assignment Determining Your Perfect Position
Imagine the company you work for is expanding and restructuring. You are provided the opportunity to determine the position that best suits you, meaning you are able to define your role so that you will most benefit the company and be most successful.

Write a paper that describes your leadership style model.

Identify strengths and weaknesses of your leadership style by applying what you learned about yourself through self-assessments.

Compare and contrast leadership theories in the textbooks to better understand relevant theories applicable to your leadership approach.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.