On this assessment, please rate the following key areas as to where you would like to see improvement regarding your development. (5=Very Important, 4=Important, 3=Slightly Important, 2=Not Certain, 1=Does Not Apply)
| Planning and Budgeting: establishing detailed steps and timetables for achieving results and then allocating the resources necessary to make it happen. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Establishing Direction: developing a vision of the future, often the distant future, and strategies for producing the changes needed to achieve that vision. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Organizing and Staffing: establishing a structure for accomplishing plan requirements, staffing that structure with people, delegating authority for carrying out the plan, providing policies and procedures to guide people, and creating methods or systems to monitor implementation. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Aligning People: communicating the direction by words and deeds to all those whose cooperation may be needed so as to create a team that understands the vision and strategies and accepts their validity. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Controlling and Problem Solving: monitoring results in detail, identifying deviation from the plan, and then organizing to solve these problems. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Motivating and Inspiring: energizing people to overcome major political, bureaucratic, and resource barriers to change by satisfying basic, but often unfulfilled, human needs. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Promoting Stability and Cooperation: creating the potential of consistently producing key results. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Promoting Change: creating the potential of producing useful change and innovation, such as a new product, service or process. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Self Awareness of Strengths and Talents: understanding what you do best, what your special gifts and talents are and how these can be fully expressed professionally. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Establishing Presence Within or Outside of Your Current Organization: creating awareness of you and your positive impact; creating awareness of your expertise and thought leadership regionally or nationally through speaking and writing. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Researching Career Options and Potential Direction: assessing career alternatives, professional paths and industry options, based on your unique strengths, current skills, future skills, and ideal work-life scenarios. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Cultivating a Network of Contacts: establishing and maintaining a network of people within and outside your industry who can enhance your knowledge and be a future resource for you. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Building a Leverage Portfolio of Accomplishments: developing and communicating key achievements that can serve as springboard to new opportunities. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Creating a Compelling Resume: having an updated, crisply-formatted, accomplishment-focused resume that can be easily customized for each employment opportunity. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Building New Skills : developing business, communication and domain-specific skills that will enhance your performance and attractiveness. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Communicating with Decision-Makers: developing confidence and proficiency in making contact with decision-makers within or outside your organization. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Presenting Yourself with Polish and Professionalism : looking professional, approachable and attractive; behaving in a professional and powerful manner during critical meetings and interviews. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Understanding your company’s core competency: knowing clearly what you or your company does extremely well. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Developing the main points of business plan: drafting the main elements of business plan including descriptions of: product plan, market plan, competition, differentiation, sales strategy, financial pro forma, capital needs, development plan, operation plan. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Differentiating your product or service from competition and alternatives: establishing what sets your product or service apart from the competition or alternatives that a customer is currently using. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Packaging and pricing your product or services effectively: developing creative packing, bundling or tiers of service in order to increase your customer’s comfort with purchasing. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Creating awareness of your product or service through personal promotion and/or advertising: developing multiple channels of promotion including marketing material, public relations, advertising, active promotion in public forums. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Developing strategic alliances with companies and organizations: establishing ties with organizations who can accelerate the buying process or open channels for your product or service. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| organizations and closing business: approaching and entering target customers, developing a sales process for securing business. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Managing the operations of your business : managing or delegating the product development, operations, sales and delivery for the business. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
| Presenting Yourself with Polish and Professionalism : presenting yourself as professional and approachable; behaving in a powerful manner as the representative of your company; having professional brochures and promotional material. |
| Less True - 1 2 3 4 5 - More True |
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