Develop a leadership focused professional and personal growth plan based on
reflection, self-assessment, and goal setting, which integrates concepts from
documented leadership best practices and frameworks.
Prerequisites:
Before beginning this Competency, you must complete the following Competency:
• CMBA LM001: Leadership Frameworks and Theories
Assessment Type: Work Product
Competency Description:
Effective leadership requires that individuals have a strong sense of self and that they be able to learn
from experience and integrate that experience with more formal knowledge in order to help them see new
possibilities for the future. One important activity that can help enhance an individual's abilities to reflect
and learn from experience is to write "critically reflexive journals.”
Reflexive journals offer a means of exploring new possibilities for being and acting, and help individuals
integrate theory with practice in what is called "praxis”—or the “questioning [of] our reflex actions, creating
our own theories from experience, and using these as a basis for changing our own realities” (Cunliffe,
2004).
For this Work Product Assessment, you will have an opportunity to critically reflect on professional and
personal leadership experiences, and examine them in light of relevant documented leadership best
practices and theoretical frameworks so that you can then identify your leadership and/or followership
strengths and weaknesses, and so that you can develop goals and an action plan for improving your
leadership skills and behaviors.
This Assessment is comprised of three major parts:
• Part 1: Reflexive Self-Assessments
• Part 2: Individual Leadership Goal Setting
• Part 3: Individual Leadership Action Plan and Final Reflections
Assessment Submission Length: 3 files will be submitted:
• Part 1: Reflexive Self-Assessment prompts (3-5 pages)
• Part 2: Complete Leadership Goals Template (3-5 pages)
• Part 3: Leadership Goals and Action Plan Worksheet (9-10 pages)
Reference:
Cunliffe, A. L. (2004). On becoming a critically reflexive practitioner. Journal of Management
Education, 28(4), 407–426.
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Sub-Competencies:
o Self-assess professional behaviors as a leader and follower, using best practices and
leadership concepts as they relate to authentic leadership and personal mastery inparticular,
and to general leadership practices.
o Identify long-term leadership goals and aspirations based upon the analysis of rigorous selfassessment
and the consideration of core values and principles.
o Develop an effective professional and personal leadership-oriented action plan that
addresses how one can improve as a leader and follower.
Professional Skills
o Professional Skill 1: Written Communication
Demonstrate graduate-level writing skills.
o Professional Skill 5: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze professional issues and inform best
practices.
Program Outcomes
The MBA Program Outcomes are listed below. This Competency aligns with the Outcomes in bold.
PO1: Evaluate the environment in which businesses operate with awareness of complexities,
interdependencies, risks, consequences, and diverse stakeholder perspectives
PO2: Make decisions within a business context that are effective, well-reasoned, ethical, and
socially responsible
PO3: Formulate statements of business problems or opportunities to facilitate insightful dialogue and
critical thinking
PO4: Generate solutions to complex business problems or opportunities through critical, creative, and
systems thinking and applying appropriate theories, concepts, tools, skills, practices
PO5: Employ business-appropriate communication skills that enable effective exchange or transfer of
information, promote mutual respect, encourage healthy discourse, and display an acute awareness of
the needs of the intended audience
PO6: Demonstrate the ability to work with others to meet goals in diverse and complex business
environments
PO7: Evaluate opportunities for business stakeholders, including oneself, to contribute to positive
social change locally and globally
Bibliography
The following suggested resources will help inform completion of the Competencies and Assessments.
Cunliffe, A. L. (2004). On becoming a critically reflexive practitioner. Journal of Management Education,
28(4), 407–426.
Dhiman, S. (2011). Personal mastery and authentic leadership. Organization Development Journal, 29(2),
69–84.
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George, B., Sims, P., McLean, A. N., & Mayer, D. (2007, February). Discovering your authentic
leadership. Harvard Business Review, 85(2), 129–138.
HSM Global (Producer). (2012). Marcus Buckingham: The leader’s most powerful possessions [Video
file]. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Author.
Kaplan, R. S. (2008, July/August). Reaching your potential. Harvard Business Review, 86(7/8), 45–49.
Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2008/07/reaching-your-potential
Laureate Education. (n.d.). On setting leadership goals. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education. (2012a). Leadership goals and action plan worksheet. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education. (2012b). Leadership goals template. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012c). Action plan [Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education. (2014). Dynamic leadership personal values survey. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Morisano, D., Hirsh, J. B., Peterson, J. B., & Shore, B. M. (2010). Setting, elaborating, and reflecting on
personal goals improves academic performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(2), 255–264.
Tracy, B. (2001). Setting and achieving goals. Executive Excellence, 2, 15–16
reflection, self-assessment, and goal setting, which integrates concepts from
documented leadership best practices and frameworks.
Prerequisites:
Before beginning this Competency, you must complete the following Competency:
• CMBA LM001: Leadership Frameworks and Theories
Assessment Type: Work Product
Competency Description:
Effective leadership requires that individuals have a strong sense of self and that they be able to learn
from experience and integrate that experience with more formal knowledge in order to help them see new
possibilities for the future. One important activity that can help enhance an individual's abilities to reflect
and learn from experience is to write "critically reflexive journals.”
Reflexive journals offer a means of exploring new possibilities for being and acting, and help individuals
integrate theory with practice in what is called "praxis”—or the “questioning [of] our reflex actions, creating
our own theories from experience, and using these as a basis for changing our own realities” (Cunliffe,
2004).
For this Work Product Assessment, you will have an opportunity to critically reflect on professional and
personal leadership experiences, and examine them in light of relevant documented leadership best
practices and theoretical frameworks so that you can then identify your leadership and/or followership
strengths and weaknesses, and so that you can develop goals and an action plan for improving your
leadership skills and behaviors.
This Assessment is comprised of three major parts:
• Part 1: Reflexive Self-Assessments
• Part 2: Individual Leadership Goal Setting
• Part 3: Individual Leadership Action Plan and Final Reflections
Assessment Submission Length: 3 files will be submitted:
• Part 1: Reflexive Self-Assessment prompts (3-5 pages)
• Part 2: Complete Leadership Goals Template (3-5 pages)
• Part 3: Leadership Goals and Action Plan Worksheet (9-10 pages)
Reference:
Cunliffe, A. L. (2004). On becoming a critically reflexive practitioner. Journal of Management
Education, 28(4), 407–426.
Walden University Competency Description - Brief 12/28/2016 2 of 3
Sub-Competencies:
o Self-assess professional behaviors as a leader and follower, using best practices and
leadership concepts as they relate to authentic leadership and personal mastery inparticular,
and to general leadership practices.
o Identify long-term leadership goals and aspirations based upon the analysis of rigorous selfassessment
and the consideration of core values and principles.
o Develop an effective professional and personal leadership-oriented action plan that
addresses how one can improve as a leader and follower.
Professional Skills
o Professional Skill 1: Written Communication
Demonstrate graduate-level writing skills.
o Professional Skill 5: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze professional issues and inform best
practices.
Program Outcomes
The MBA Program Outcomes are listed below. This Competency aligns with the Outcomes in bold.
PO1: Evaluate the environment in which businesses operate with awareness of complexities,
interdependencies, risks, consequences, and diverse stakeholder perspectives
PO2: Make decisions within a business context that are effective, well-reasoned, ethical, and
socially responsible
PO3: Formulate statements of business problems or opportunities to facilitate insightful dialogue and
critical thinking
PO4: Generate solutions to complex business problems or opportunities through critical, creative, and
systems thinking and applying appropriate theories, concepts, tools, skills, practices
PO5: Employ business-appropriate communication skills that enable effective exchange or transfer of
information, promote mutual respect, encourage healthy discourse, and display an acute awareness of
the needs of the intended audience
PO6: Demonstrate the ability to work with others to meet goals in diverse and complex business
environments
PO7: Evaluate opportunities for business stakeholders, including oneself, to contribute to positive
social change locally and globally
Bibliography
The following suggested resources will help inform completion of the Competencies and Assessments.
Cunliffe, A. L. (2004). On becoming a critically reflexive practitioner. Journal of Management Education,
28(4), 407–426.
Dhiman, S. (2011). Personal mastery and authentic leadership. Organization Development Journal, 29(2),
69–84.
Walden University Competency Description - Brief 12/28/2016 3 of 3
George, B., Sims, P., McLean, A. N., & Mayer, D. (2007, February). Discovering your authentic
leadership. Harvard Business Review, 85(2), 129–138.
HSM Global (Producer). (2012). Marcus Buckingham: The leader’s most powerful possessions [Video
file]. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Author.
Kaplan, R. S. (2008, July/August). Reaching your potential. Harvard Business Review, 86(7/8), 45–49.
Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2008/07/reaching-your-potential
Laureate Education. (n.d.). On setting leadership goals. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education. (2012a). Leadership goals and action plan worksheet. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education. (2012b). Leadership goals template. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012c). Action plan [Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education. (2014). Dynamic leadership personal values survey. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Morisano, D., Hirsh, J. B., Peterson, J. B., & Shore, B. M. (2010). Setting, elaborating, and reflecting on
personal goals improves academic performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(2), 255–264.
Tracy, B. (2001). Setting and achieving goals. Executive Excellence, 2, 15–16
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