Inside ASI-AP

Over the 4 days of the course I have endeavoured to show that your effectiveness as a manager, leader and developer of people is a function of 5 main factors -

1. your surface skills and hidden competencies - that combination of technical, industry, managerial and leadership knowledge combined with your personality, mindset, attitude, values and motives that makes you unique

2. your behaviour - your style of management and your style of leadership, particularly how you relate with other people (your emotional intelligence)

3. your team - the people you have around you in the workplace, whether you have selected them or otherwise

4. the degree of fit you have with the organisation you work for - particularly the culture of the organisation and what it values

5. what you have learnt from your life and workplace experiences - and particularly your attitude to continually learning and developing yourself in future.

We have discussed some techniques of people management and leadership that I hope you will be able to use in your life and work, for example -

• identifying competencies that will be associated with your future success
• analysing purpose and accountabilities to increase clarity and engagement
• selecting team members who will perform and develop to make you look good
• performance coaching, giving feedback and rewarding people
• analysing organisational culture and team climate
• identifying your strengths and developing yourself to set the example.

Much of this information is backed-up by your reading from the course learning materials and 'Leadership' text book.

In terms of immediate outcomes from the course, your Personal Development Plan is designed to be a living document for you to implement, adjust and keep working on for months and years into the future. It is designed to take account of your self-understanding and the understanding you gain from listening to the feedback you receive from others through your ever widening Johari Window. It is designed to take account of your desires and the priorities you set with your family.

Your Resume is intended to be a summary statement of your story and where you would like to direct your career, based on your strengths. To me, the Resume really indicates whether you know what you are on about in the workplace, or not.

Ian