Salisbury University Social work plan to increase strength

1. Personal Appraisal – Strengths Based Leadership (SBL) Paper

(Possible 4 Points) / Related to Objectives 1, 5, 8, 9

Self-reflection is a significant part of a professional social worker’s growth. It is a basic cornerstone for the development of the professional self, which is the foundation for evolving professional maturation. Necessary “critical analytic skills” include the ability to be self- analytical.

360 Degree Feedback or Assessment The 360-degree feedback is feedback that comes from a variety of people that are known to the individual being rated. Please complete the Strength Based Leadership survey. Your reflection on the survey results will help to identify strengths you wish to augment, areas you wish to improve and weaknesses to eliminate. An array of inputs will inform your action plan, including results from the various assessments you took and the views you obtained from others in the 360 feedback process.

Students will inventory, reflect upon and critique their strengths and learning through the 360 Degree Feedback process and during interaction in the course this semester. Students will also develop a plan to add to their collection of strengths.

1. Action plan for strengths development
2. What strengths do currently lack are or perceive as underdevelopment (the identification can be based on the SBL text as well as your own discovery of strengths not identified in SBL)?
3. Create a detailed action plan to develop three to five leadership strengths? Include information about the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities that your plan will help you acquire.

– Knowledge refers to information usually of a factual or procedural nature which, if applied, makes effective leadership possible

– Skill refers to the proficient manual, verbal or mental manipulation of data or things. Skills can be readily measured by a performance test where the quantity and quality of the leadership performance are tested, usually within an established time limit.

– Ability refers to the power to perform an observable activity at the present time. This means that abilities have been evidenced through activities or behaviors that are similar to those required on the job, e.g., ability to plan and organize teamwork. Abilities are different from aptitudes. Aptitudes are only the potential for performing the activity.