Personal Leadership Plan

The important thing to realize while creating a personal leadership plan for yourself is the very fact that there is nothing personal about it. Leadership is called so because you have followers. And people is who you have to lead for making a mark for yourself.

Personal leadership depends on the kind of personality you have and working towards the transformation of the same. It is more of self leadership rather than going in for some personality development classes. No doubt the commercially run classes might turn out to be of great help to you because the biggest advantage there is that you have like-minded people coming for a similar purpose.

The leadership plan that I will give in the following paragraphs also stands true for leadership coaching. Leadership coaching is basically nothing but training people in the corporate world those who are head or in charge of some departments already. Many times, due to lack of a definite plan, people lag behind in certain domains. Seminars or lectures are conducted for the same for these corporates which also forms a part of the leadership strategies.

An effective leadership plan template ideally should consist of the following mentioned strategies. I am calling them 'strategies' here for the moment because we are making a plan. Otherwise the criteria are ones that should be ingrained in one's personality and which are commonly found in well-known leaders too.

Positive Thinking
The first and foremost quality that must be ingrained in your leadership development plan is positive thinking. This quality is the most prominent one that makes you stand out in any situation. Leaders are not necessarily supposed to have solutions for each and everything but people look up to them because they can be trusted and surely they do not expect any gloomy outlook out of a leader.

Teamwork
Being a part of the team means to listen to everyone and get viewpoints from everyone but deciding something out of that or combining all of it is what makes for an excellent leader. Do not be inflexible and stiff. This is also one of the keys that matter in team leadership. Accepting suggestions is a way of incorporating team spirit and creating a feeling of belongingness and responsibility by way of participative leadership.

Decision Making
Decision making is closely related to initiative. Not everyone is blessed with this quality and though it is generally not trainable, decision-making can be incorporated thorough study or knowledge of your work sphere, or some particular subject.

Goal Setting
Setting aims is the next important factor of the leadership plan because leadership and management go hand in hand. Deciding an aim for completion of a task not only gives you time for things other than your actual work but also portrays an example to be followed.

Apart from this what goal-setting actually does is, increase your efficiency. Yes, it is a fact. When you do not have any goals, you tend to stick around one particular task and no doubt you work towards making the same thing better but in the due course what gets affected is the efficiency.

Mind Control
One of the quintessential leadership traits is to have proper control on your mind. Having negative feelings like jealousy or unfair treatment or favoritism, etc. can be depressing at times but try to let it not affect you. Filtering out all the negative aspects and if at all it is something to bother about, working towards rectifying the problem rather than getting worked up by it.

Socialization
Call it people-oriented or relationship-based leadership styles, maintaining a bare minimum formal relation like greeting while you come to work or while leaving for the day. Asking how do you do while you happen to be together during the break time etc. will considerably contribute in your personal leadership plan. It is basically about being open and approachable. Why this is necessary because otherwise you run the risk of being interpreted as not-so-amicable or as not a team player.

Hope this article helps you. Remember that in the due course of implementing this plan you do not compromise on your self-worth and self-respect. Maintain a balance between wanting to be a leader and safeguarding your own self from unnecessary harm from others.