SKILL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
TARGET SKILL #1
Target Skill #1: Productivity |
Strengths: · I am love to learn new things · I am a fast learner · I am very intuitive |
Areas of Improvement: · I have a temper that is caused by emotions · I need to improve on my mind focus and sharpness · I get distracted when I am determined to improve on something |
Desired Outcome: · I want to find a way to be more focused · I want to be able to do multiple things without losing others or my place |
Goal Statement: · I want to be a better me than where I started. I want to have confidence in all that I do, and I want it to show without coming off as arrogance. |
Practices for Growth: · I want to become a better multi-tasker and good manager of time. · I want to be more efficient with my daily schedule and activities. | |
Action Steps: · January 2021: Writing down my daily activities as well as schedule. · March 2021: Learning how to keep time and management schedule. · June 2021: Managing time and coming up with better ways of doing things. | Potential Obstacles and Challenges: · Time management is trying to juggle my home, work, and school life. · Use more ambition to strengthen and develop myself in various ways. · Put myself out there more by challenging myself and others around me and the things that I do. |
Key Supporters: ● Supporter 1: My friend Agnes, who is an anger coach, she will help me on ways to manage my temperament ● Supporter 2: My father, who is a great person who has succeeded in his career. He will help me understand how to manage activities daily. | Supporting University Resources: ● LinkedIn Career learning resources, where I can put in the skills and achievement I had learned and gained throughout school and life, and it automatically populates a list of free and short courses to help me develop my skills. |
Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals: When I began my career journey, I was a little bit unease on how I spoke to others. Being able to understand how to speak to others respectably will help improve my productivity since it will enable me to develop both academically and career-wise. |
TARGET SKILL #2
Target Skill #1: Communication |
Strengths: · I am an excellent listener and conversationalist. · I am great when it comes to expressing myself · I can socialize with anyone I encounter in life. |
Areas of Improvement: · Listen when I do not want to. · Learn how not to be so outspoken. |
Desired Outcome: · To limit how I talk in a social gathering · To become a better listener to everyone, including those that do not want to listen. |
Goal Statement: · To become more of a people’s person · To become more sociable · To deliver better skills in communication · To become a confident communicator |
Practices for Growth: · I want to communicate with my colleagues at work and enhance my conversations for a better career. · In communication, I would want to become a strong socialist who is more of a listener. | |
Action Steps: · Step 1: I will set up times to learn a foreign language through online classes. · Step 2: Practice uncomfortable conversations to find better ways to approach specific discussions. · Step 3: Talk to my communication mentor on ways to improve my communication.
| Potential Obstacles and Challenges: · I am not able to take positive criticism. · I am finding it challenging to balance work life and school life. · I am not able to find time to practice a foreign language. |
Key Supporters: ● Supporter 1; My friend, John, is always so well-spoken and has done a speech in front of our graduating class. ● Supporter 2: My dad, who has done various public speaking in different events. He has volunteered to take me through how to build confidence in front of a congregation. | Supporting University Resources: ● Strayer Technical support. The team gives one insight on how to become expert public speakers and ways to master foreign languages. ● Career communities. This is where I can find people and groups that work in the industry that will help me overcome my public speaking challenges. |
Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals: I would like to know how foreign language as a way of self-actualization. It will help me become more diverse, especially when I’m involved in research that involves another language. Besides, I believe knowing many languages help one to be an effective communicator because he/she understands various languages structure. |
TARGET SKILL #3
Target Skill # 1: Technology |
Strengths: · I am very conversant with all MS applications · I am a quick learner when it comes to learning new technology products. · I am confident when using apps either on laptop or phone. · I can install the software on a computer. |
Areas of Improvement: · I wish I did not have to use YouTube or Google when learning how to discover new technology. · I want to improve on how to use MS-Excel |
Desired Outcome: · To write down and take notes when learning new technology · I am using technology when doing public speaking in front of a large crowd. |
Goal Statement: I want to be able to give a speech in front of a large crowd. Also, I would like to excel in my academic life, especially when it comes to speaking in foreign languages. |
Practices for Growth: · I want to build my confidence to become better for my family and my career. · I will practice speeches in front of my coworkers and work my way up to a more massive crowd with hopes of getting a hold of my stage fright. | |
Action Steps: ● December 2020; Because I am very fluent with computer applications, I would be will to help others develop their skills and this may help me to sharpen my skills. ● January 2021; Learn all there is to know about projectors and how they can help with speeches.
| Potential Obstacles and Challenges: · Put myself out there more by challenging myself and others around me and the things that I do. · Use more ambition to strengthen and develop myself in various ways. · Put myself out there more by challenging myself and others around me and the things that I do.
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Key Supporters: ● Supporter one: My siblings who are useful in IT applications. ● Supporter two: My IT teacher, a tech geek and is willing to lend a hand in showing me various ways of applying technology. | Supporting University Resources: ● SOAR student assistance. I get all the assistance I need to learn about technology usage. Other Resources: · LinkedIn Learning. I can get academic resources from this source
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Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals: Incorporating technology in communication, especially in my speeches, allows me to improve the quality of my public speaking skills. Technology will help include visual aspects in speeches like graphs and statistics. This will enable me to become an effective public speaker. |