Personal Action Planning

Team leaders, supervisors and managers play a significant role in changing perception and culture within an organisation. These groups of people are a key component in the "change cycle", and therefore, need to be aware of their own contribution as far as perception is concerned.

The "raising awareness" sessions are designed to equipment leaders with the skills necessary for bringing about change in the workplace. But, in order to achieve this, leaders must be able to do the following:

• Recognise how their own personality impacts upon safety
• Recognise how to bring about changes in their own attitudes towards their work teams
• Prioritise any personal changes that have to be made
  

To help achieve the above, team leaders, supervisors and managers complete personality questionnaires. These questionnaires, which remain strictly confidential and private to each individual, are then analysed and the results fed-back privately to each person. The feedback will assist the leader to complete a personal action plan, which should contain the following:

• Identification of their leadership styles in relation to safety in their workplace
• Identification of their personality, and how this might impact upon communication with their work teams
• Any perceived weaknesses that they may have in relation to managing safety in their workplace
• Changes that can be made so that they eliminate those weaknesses
• Prioritisation of any personal changes that need to be made
• Setting of personal objectives, goals and time-scales for achieving personal changes
• Follow-up action that might be needed to re-assess whether they have been successful in making those personal changes

The process of identification of personality traits and perceptions is a critical part of the overall perceptive change process. Personal action planning for leaders is essential for the next stage of the process.

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