Personal professional development is an important component in becoming a leader people want to work for. An effective approach to professional development is to self-reflect on experiences of success or failure to learn what worked or did not work in your communication, negotiation, and collaboration with internal and external colleagues. A key piece of this is feedback from others. Their honest, constructive feedback can allow you to see your strengths and weaknesses. Fostering these types of professional relationships can be beneficial to both you and others.
Assessment Prep
Imagine you have been tasked with providing training to the management team on effective feedback and positive relationships at your organization’s quarterly meeting.
Assessment Deliverable
Create an 8- to 12-slide (Title and reference slides are not included) Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in which you:
Explain the importance of feedback for professional development.
Describe how constructive feedback affects professional relationships.
Describe how to provide constructive feedback to a colleague.
Describe how to accept and implement constructive feedback you receive from a colleague.
Explain how self-reflection is important to personal professional development.
Analyze the connection between personal professional development and relationships with others.
Include detailed speaker notes as if you were presenting in person.
Cite and reference reputable sources to support your assessment. Examples could include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality.
Format your citations and references according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assessment in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
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