I am heavy busy involved in my resources PDD:s at the moment. Personal Development Dialouges which actually should be seen as the most important tools for the person to be serious about a plan for the coming months, and year.
This is one of the most intersting and challenging tasks as a manager during the year, to be part of the employees evaluation of progress, plan for the future and development for the coming year. I truly enjoy it, and it requires a lot, full attention, support and coaching to the right level and also inspiration and idées for further development and challenges.
I truly encourage my employees to take the fully ownership of this PD plan as it is so very important when we expect to see improvement, engagement, progress and performance on a very high level. And they do, and they want to. That is great. They deserve it.
I also very much encourage everyone to really consider some broader future thinking of what they really want and want to achieve in life and in work. But...Here we get some challenges. They normally have problems in being honest with their wishes, thoughts and dreams, and mostly, they never allow themselves to think this way, some further, some self oriented. It is to put yourself in the first room and it is a bit scary....or?
My former manager René, really encourage me the same way which made me create my first personal mission statement plan i have ever have. And it is still valid. Some minor corrections during the way, but still. I have created a road map for the coming 5 years, not in details, but overall milestones and what to achieve and so on. I am just so happy about it.
It was not easy, some nights, weeks and days to really consider what choices I really wanted to make ...
One day it was more clear then before and good enough and I could start writing it down.
Most best outcome of this mindwork and thinking is that I started to make choices that fit into my strategies for achieving my goal. So easy, so right. I started to make clear choices. Well, how hard can it be you might ask? But honest, to me it has mostly been somone else that have been part of my choices by asking me, hunting me, requesting me, encourage me to and so on... and I just realized that it and I felt better when I just start doing the choices on my own more often then before.
I can truly recommend You for some deeper thinking regarding this. I was very much encourage by a good manager and also the book and author Steven R Covey and his book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. If you should buy one book during March, choose this one.
Not only in working life I started to make my choices, also in private life.
There is no guarantee that you always choose the right things all the time, but it is definately worth trying if you believe in something.
Sometimes you pick the right ones, and sometimes you just get some golden experiences, and that is also very uplifting, to see it with some positive eyes..
I look forward to my PDD this year, I will really challenge my manager in a good way. He deserves that. But my Personal Mission statement Plan, I keep for myself. That is my private.
Allt the best to you out there,
Love from here.
Anna
PS Happy birthday Grady. You are my second best favourite System Analyst, forever young!!
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