Individual Performance 9: Develop personal capabilities

Identify capabilities required for future roles

Actively learn from experience (including failures

Identify personal development needs and pursue self development through personal study, training and education, and work-related initiatives

On-the-Job

Survey peers and client managers for their assessment of your strengths and weaknesses Select a mentor who will assist in establishing and implement a personal development plan Take on responsibilities/projects which required the use of your weakest capabilities

Education and Training

• Internal Consulting Skills (The Walker Group, 203-431-1333, 2 days, $1500, offered as an in-house training program)
• Organizational Management (Rutgers University, 908-445-5526, 5 days, $2600)
• Cornell University - New York City (212-340-2863)
     ---Building Leadership Skills, 2 days, $795
     ---Facilitation Skills, 2 days, $795
• Strategic Business Knowledge for Senior HR Executives (Human Resource Planning Society, 212-490-6387, 2 days, $1095)
• Leadership Development for Human Resource Managers (SHRM and Center for Creative Leadership, 910-545-2810, 1 week, $5100)
• Linkage, Inc. (781-862-3157)
     ---Global Human Resource Institute: Accelerated Development for 21st Century Leaders of HR, 4 days, $3495 - Boston and London
     ---Consulting Skills Workshop, 4 days, $3495
  
• Making Achievement Possible (Advanced Learning Technologies, UK 0191-731-155, CD ROM, 595 pounds)
• Toastmasters International (415-381-9363)
     ---Be Prepared to Lead, Video with Study Guide, $90
     ---Be Prepared for Meetings, Video with Study Guide, $90
  
• American Management Association (518-891-1500)
     ---Achieving Professional Excellence: Strategies for Self-Development, 3 days, $1195
     ---Moving from an Operational Manager to a Strategic Leader, 3 days, $1445
     ---Preparing for Leadership: What It Takes to Take the Lead, 2 days, $1345
     ---Facilitation Skills, 2 days, $1345
     ---Accelerated Language Training, 1 week, $1695
     ---Projecting a Positive Professional Image, 2 days, $1245
     ---Managing Your Reputation, 3 days, $1245
• No Potential Lost (Griggs Productions, 415-668-4200, CD ROM Set: Personal Effectiveness, Organizational Effectiveness, Interpersonal Effectiveness)
• NTL Institute (703-548-1500)
     ---Consultation Skills, 8 days, $1495
     ---Developing the Organizational and Personal Self, 8 days, $1345
• Leadership Enhancement and Development Program (General Systems Consulting, 800-556-5222, 1 week, $2750)
• Management Consulting: A Workshop for Professionals (Institute of Management Consultants, 800-221-2557, 3 days, $700)
• Disney Approach to Leadership Excellence for HR Professionals (Disney Institute, 407-828-4411, 3 days, $2995
• Attend professional conferences; e.g. HR Consulting Skills and Tools Conference or Internal Consulting Conference (Linkage, Inc., 781-862-3157); Functional Excellence Conference (Conference Board, 212-339-0345)