Assignment 1: Personal Strategic Development Assessment

Student Name

ID

Trinity Western University

LDRS 501 A Strategic Leadership

Jodi McBride

April 30th, 2022

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1. Assess YOU as a strategic leader.

a. How do the 5 P’s of strategy define your personal development as a strategic leader?

i. What goals will you make to succeed as a strategic leader?

This question focuses on the first P that is ‘Plan’. Setting a goal or objectives

is a first step to plan. To success as a strategic leader, I would emphasize on setting

out SMART goals. SMART is an acronym stands for Specific, measurable,

aggressive, realistic and time-bound. By considering these five factors, I will

develop SMART goals at every step. In present my goal is to build strong

relationships with my peers and customers as strong relationships are preconditions

of risk-taking, innovation and nimbleness (Miller & Miller, 2020).

ii. What specific moves will you develop to accomplish your life goals?

This question focuses on the next P that is ‘Ploy’. It emphasizes on designing

a specific move to accomplish desired goal. To accomplish my desired goal, my

first move is to improve my personality and skills. to build strong relationships,

first, I would focus on improving my communication skills.

iii. What consistent habits will you develop to consistently move forward with your

plans in becoming a strategic leader?

The next P, that is ‘Pattern’ emphasizes on the degree of consistency in the

actions. To achieve my goal, I have to be consistent with my actions and efforts.

To achieve the set goal of building strong relationships at workplace, my specific

move is to improve my communication skills for which I have to be consistently

listen to the leaders, read and make notes. This would help me consistently moving

forward with my plan.

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iv. How are you positioned to fulfill your personal and professional strategies?

‘Position’ is the fourth P of strategy that emphasizes on the place or position

of the individual or an organisation in the industry. to fulfill my personal and

professional strategies, I focus on positioning myself as a flexible, creative, well-

spoken, trustworthy and team player.

v. What does the strategic landscape look like for you and the future you plan for

becoming a strategic leader?

Lastly, ‘Perspective’, the last P of strategy emphasizes on the interpretation of

the competitive landscape around an individual or an organisation. for me, strategic

landscape looks like full of opportunities. currently, I am working as a sales

assistant, sales are the critical skill that can transform a person into a successful

leader overtime as it taught an individual to be patient, resilient, confident, flexible,

creative and more importantly improves intellectual abilities of a person. The

necessity and need for these qualities are omnipresent. sales is core to every

business and thus, strategic landscape for my current plan seems promising to me.

b. How do YOU personally and professionally handle the stressors you face?

Keeping a positive attitude is the best way to handle the stressors in both personal and

professional life. One of the important things I have learnt through my personal

experience is that efficient management of time helps in reducing the stress at a great

extent. So, time management and positive attitude are the two important ways that helps

me to handle the stress in my life.

c. What are your personal and professional wants and needs for changing or strengthening

your strategic leadership?

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I am an ambitious person; personally, I always aspire to become a leader.

d. What are your personal and professional strengths and weakness with regard to the

desired changes in your strategic leadership practice?

2. What personal mission, vision and values do you practice?

a. If YOU do not have a personal/professional mission, vision or values statement, take time

to develop one and explain why the mission, vision and values statement you develop one

aligning with YOU and the future personal/professional strategic development YOU

desire?

i. Personal

ii. Professional

iii. Collectively

3. What key strategic drivers will help YOU create significant impact for achieving

your potential?

a. What personal and professional areas will YOU abandon to succeed with your future

strategic development?

b. What personal and professional areas of your strategic leadership do you believe will

cause YOU to excel?

4. Explain the personal/professional culture YOU want to develop from the mission,

vision, values and drivers you envision and how they align with your present/future

success.

5. Conclude the assignment:

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a. Identify ‘old economy’ thinking and practices YOU continue to use in your leadership

and the outcome(s) you experienced as a result. Include how you plan changing those

habits to 'new economy' thinking and practice creating an effective personal/professional

strategy with the outcome(s) you anticipate as you adopt 'new economy' habits in your

leadership practice. (Ungerer, Ungerer & Herholdt, pp. xiii-105)

b. Provide a personal assessment of your development as a strategic leader based on your

review of the chapter 1 and 2 materials. (Edwards, pp 3-76)

c. Outline the present strategic strengths YOU discovered and how YOU can align them to

become a better strategic leader.

d. Create an outline of how your strategic leadership development aligns to the SMART

goals outlined by Edwards (pp. 41-48).

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References

Edwards, J. (2014). Mastering Strategic Management (1st Canadian Edition). BCcampus.

https://open.lib.umn.edu/strategicmanagement/

Ungerer, M., Ungerer, G., & Herholdt, J. (2016). Navigating strategic possibilities: Strategy

formulation and execution practices to flourish. Randburg: KR publishing.

Miller, L., & Miller, A. F. (2020). Innovative work behavior through high-quality

leadership. International Journal of Innovation Science.