Professional Development Plan

Organizational Leadership/LDR 531
July 28th, 2014

Professional Development Plan
The purpose of this essay is to create a development plan that will address the characteristics of Learning Team C designating one member as the manager. Each team member successfully finished their DISC Assessment. This plan will be used to assess the needs of Team C. This will also measure team member’s strengths, skills, and weaknesses. By using this plan as a professional resource, the members of learning team C will be able to address and improve their weakness, shape and strengthen their skills which will aid then in reaching their personal career goals.
Having a learning team to accomplish a large project is very challenging especially if the learning team has just formed. Each Member of the team has personalities, emotions, and attitudes which can be different from other Members. My Objective is to create a plan in which I can influence positively my members of the team to accomplish a common goal. Therefore, the team must achieve the goal by working together as a group to become successful.

DISC Assessment The DISC Platinum rule is a behavioral style assessment that breaks down an individual’s behavior into four style categories: dominance, interactive, steadiness, and cautious. Learning Team C is comprised of four members, three females and one male. None of the team members’ behavioral style measured as steadiness or interactive. Out of the four members, three members measured as dominant, the remaining member measured as cautious.
According to the assessment results, “The Dominant Personality Style tends to be direct and decisive, sometimes described as dominant. They would prefer to lead than follow, and tend towards leadership and management positions. They tend to have high self-confidence and are risk takers and problem solvers, which enables others to look to them for decisions and direction. They tend to be self-starters.”(https://www.discinsights.com/info-resources)
“The Cautious DISC Styles are accurate, precise, detail-oriented, and conscientious. They think very analytically and systematically and make decisions carefully with plenty of research and information to back it up. The C has very high standards for both themselves and others. Because they focus on the details and see what many other styles do not, they tend to be good problem solvers and very creative people.”(https://www.discinsights.com/info-resources)
Marilyn Avant- Cautious
Anthony Silva- Dominant
Robin Buffington-Dominant
Lauren Brillantes- Dominant
I think our team is a strong team- With three out of the four team members being Dominant we may need to take into consideration our Egos as we all prefer to be leaders and are confident in our abilities, We will also need to learn how to work together as we are all independent and highly motivated. However, I feel Marilyn can keep us centered and concentrate on the details of the project, while being supportive, emotive, highly communicative and able to adapt to changing situations.
When dealing with large projects I feel it is best to break out a project into groups and have each dominant person take a role, this way each person feels that they are in charge of a specific part of the project, I think Marilyn could come in a wrap up the project by going through each portion and making sure every detail has been added. By doing this you are creating a cohesiveness while maintaining everyone’s personality.
To find the leader that is best for your organization or to become the best leader you can possibly be, it’s best to think about what your organization needs.
In Conclusion, I feel it is best to create a team based on needs within the organization and what would fit best for the overall aspect of the project.

References
https://www.discinsights.com/info-resources