Assignment 6 Networking- Areas for Improvement & Action Plan

Areas for
Improvement
SN Action Plan
Score (On a
scale of 40)
1. Attend management Development programs on
becoming a good listener
2. Observing my bosses who are good listeners and
Relevant
seeking their help at improving myselt
Information
1 3. Need to develop a system so that I can remember
(Current
the people I meet and their jobs.
Score- 24)
4. Have to be more conversant with people at
seminars, conferences and workplace.

1. Would aim to attend a class room training on being

more vocal and less hesitant in talking to people.
Working
2. Interacting with diverse cross-functional people and
Relations
2 try to gain insights from them
(Current
3. Try to take up cross-functional projects.
Score- 24)
4. Improve the body language- eye contact with
people while talking.
1. Try to be more assertive in my decision making
2. Training on influencing skills is required. Will do
Track Record
class room training on persuasion skills and
 Coaching and Mentoring Needs- Action Plan

S Areas for
Action Plan
N Improvement
1. Need to meet coach on a routine basis to
work continuously on the developmental
plan
Coaching
2. Leveraging on continuous feedback
1 Style Preferences-
provided to me and actions taken on the
Directive, Programmatic
feedback
& Holistic
3. Strengthening the developmental
networking plan though coaching.
1. Needs to work hard to have neutral and
Mentoring objective decision making
2. Needs to assume leadership in jobs tasks
Current Evaluation: assigned and owning up the job.
• Sociability- High on
B Tend to be more 3. A formal training with conscious practice will
social be done to increase leadership abilities .
2
• Dominance- High on 4. Beware of someone taking advantage due
A: Someone else do to highly social and open to all. Need
leading guidance from superiors – one to one talk.
• Openness- High on
 Developmental Network Plan

Currently in opportunistic zone. Actions to move to

entrepreneurial zone.
Developmental Relationship Strength
 More insights and knowledge sharing while meeting up
Developmental Relationship Diversity

Weak Ties Strong Ties with people from other cross – functional teams

 Regular interaction with the existing people in the

Low network on personal fronts and sometimes on specific
Range Receptive Traditional agendas.

 Chart out the goals in next five years and find who of the
Currently here
High existing people in the network might help in achieving
Range Opportunistic Entrepreneurial these goals.

 Networking outside companies like govt officials,

community, Colleges for developing relationships
 Career
Assignment 7 SN Orientation
Action Plan for creatingAction Plan
a Development Network
Inventory
1. More orientation towards managerial role
Technical / and therefore efforts will be aligned to
Managerial taking a senior management role in the
Competency organization in the future
1
Orientation - 2. Current GMP program at XLRI is a good
Managerial opportunity to be enchased to nurture this
competency
1. Would work towards developing ideas for
social entrepreneurship. The service and
entrepreneurship orientation clubbed with
managerial competency can help in
Value Based
executing such idea in the future, may be
Competency
after a few years
2 Orientation –
2. Need good networking of people both
Independence,
within and outside organization to groom
Service,
the above mentioned traits
Entrepreneurial
3. Try to devote time on few personal
ventures outside the company to gain
experience.