On-job Application Action Plan

WHAT

HOW

WHERE

WHEN

WHY

Learning Gains

Application

Opportunities

Date / Month

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Commerce
1. Work Goals

Management /

Completing are

leadership

actually

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achieving or at
least working
towards the
achievement of
2. Work

my goals.

Priorities
Teamwork

Know what is
important and

3. Professional

what is urgent.

Competenc
e
Management /

Taking

leadership

ownership of
my career,
assessing my
knowledge and
skills and
focussing on my
professional
development.

Employee : __________________

Discussed and Agreed by Supervisor : ______________

Date

Date

: __________________

: ______________

Manage Personal Work Priorities and Professional Development

KEY LEARNING GAINS

RELEVANCE AND APPLICATION AT WORK

Establish Personal Work Goals Serve as a positive role model in the workplace through
personal work planning and organisation
Role modelling can serve to reinforce the desired
behaviour in the role model themselves, as well as
encourage others to emulate them.
A role models actions, values and behaviours are
upheld as the ideal.
Employees will only choose to look up to those who
consistently display standards of work performance
that they identify as:
- Desirable
- Superior to their own
- Being consistently applied
- Congruent with the organisations values and
desired behaviours
Personal qualities are largely determined by attitude;
formed through our past experiences and learning.
Attitude is important to our work, our work situations
and our ability to set and achieve goals.
The attitudes and behaviours of ourselves and the
others with whom we interact affect our relationships.
Those whose attitudes and behaviours most closely
reflect our own are usually the closest to us.
Difficulty often arises with those whose are dissimilar
to us.
Understanding of our own attitudes and being willing
to acknowledge and respect differences in others will
work towards developing productive relationships.
Behavioural and attitude consistency are important to
credibility.
In a management/leadership role credibility is
important.
It contributes to modelling appropriate behaviours,
leading by example and gaining and maintaining the
trust and confidence of employees.
A demonstrated and consistently positive attitude
towards work and employees in the workplace will be
emulated by others in the workplace.
As a manager, I usually have a greater degree of

discretion in how to go about achieving the outcomes

required of me than my staff.
Rather than being told how, when and where to
perform a job, I am more likely to be given a broad
direction of what is to be accomplished
I am required to set my own goals and plan my
activities to ensure my goals are realised.
Goal Setting
The way in which I set goals strongly affects my
effectiveness.
1. Express my goals positively
2. Be precise
3. Set priorities
4. Write goals down
5. Keep operational goals small
Many people spend their day in a frenzy of activity,
but achieve little because they are not concentrating
on the right things.
I can be extremely efficient, but achieve very little.
Efficiency is necessary so that tasks are completed
within a timeframe.
Ensure that the tasks I am completing are actually
achieving or at least working towards the
achievement of my goals.
Set and meet own work
priorities

Most of us feel that there will never be enough hours

in the day to complete all of the tasks we have to do
We all have competing demands that will impact on
our ability to achieve personal, team and
organisational goals
Dealing with competing demands is a matter of
prioritising tasks
By prioritising tasks you ensure that the most
important tasks get completed first and the less
important tasks are completed later.
A to do list can help you determine what needs to
be accomplished for the day
It can make large tasks seem smaller and more
manageable
Know what is important and what is urgent
How to prioritise:

 Start with a list of what I (or my team) need to do.

Group related tasks into projects, which represent my
ultimate outcomes rather than just the actions I need
to take.
At the start of the day, select the most important tasks
that would make the most difference to productivity
and goals.
Identify any other tasks that are important or have
been neglected and need attention.
Schedule time in which I will work on the most
important tasks on your list.
During the rest of the day, continue working on my
listed tasks normally.
Determine what is important.
Good relationships with staff are important.
Effective managers make time for people because
they know in the long run it will pay back many more
times.

Develop
and
maintain Professional development:
professional competence
Is one of the cornerstones of our working lives?
It keeps us interested in our work.
Gives us the drive to progress our careers.
Keeps the industry competitive.
Makes us employable.
By taking ownership of my career, assessing my
knowledge and skills and focussing on my
professional development I will be:
- Able to identify the standards to which I should
aspire.
- Able to determine my own development needs,
priorities and plans.
- Better able to recognise opportunity.
- Increasingly effective in the workplace.
- Able to help, influence and lead others by
example.
- Confident of my future employability.
- Have a fulfilling and rewarding career
- Able to demonstrate continuing commitment to
my profession.

 Work involves goal setting, planning, taking action

and monitoring.
The more I know about myself and others, the more
likely it is that I will be able to achieve my goals.
Feedback from colleagues, staff and clients can assist
me in identifying opportunities for growth and
development.
Effective forms of feedback from my workplace can
include:
- Formal/informal performance appraisals.
- Feedback from managers and colleagues
- Feedback from suppliers
- Personal reflection and self-assessment.
- Be proactive in seeking feedback.
Standing still in todays business world results in
going backwards.
We all must continually grow and develop if we are to
remain current and competitive
Creating and maintaining a competitive edge does not
take luck but rather some solid strategic planning.
I need to be continually scanning my business
horizon, taking note of the changes and then ensuring
that I develop new knowledge and skills in order to
maintain my currency.