Individual Action Plan Solo Assignment

Rubric

Total points: 100

Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement

Narrative: (100-90%) (89-78%) (77-0%)

Developmental
•
Goal & Context • Clearly articulates a • Articulates a broad
(20% of total) developmental goal developmental goal
(i.e., specific related to leadership
behaviors or attributes and management
related behaviors.
to leadership and
management that you wish • Explains why •
to improve). the stated goal
is
• Clearly explains why the important to leadership
stated goal is relevant and management
to leadership and effectiveness given the
management effectiveness specifics of current or
given the specifics of planned organizational
the current or planned context.
organizational context. •
• Supports chosen
• Supports chosen goal goal with limited or
with one or more nonspecific data from
sources of relevant data formal or informal
from formal or informal feedback you have
feedback received (e.g.: received (e.g.: self-
performance evaluations, assessments, 360˚
peer feedback and or Feedback, Quad
feedback from your members, performance
supervisor). evaluations, peer
feedback and or
• The developmental feedback from your
goal tightly aligns with supervisor).
•
the context and the
data provided. • The developmental
goal, context, and
supporting data are not
fully aligned.
Articulates a technical
goal, a goal unrelated
to concepts,
a general goal, or an
incomplete goal.
Insufficiently explains
why the stated goal
is relevant to
leadership
effectiveness given
the specifics of your
current or planned
organizational context.
Does not or supports
insufficiently chosen
goal with data from
formal or informal
feedback you have
received (e.g.: self-
assessments, 360˚
Feedback, Quad
members, performance
evaluations, peer
feedback and or
feedback from your
supervisor).
The developmental
goal, context, and
supporting data are not
aligned.
Individual Action Plan Solo Assignment
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Excellent
Narrative: (100-90%)
Action Plan
Strategy and • Succinctly articulates a
Barrier comprehensive action
(30% of total) plan strategy, supported
by evidence, for achieving
developmental goal within
12 months.
• Clearly describes different
types of activities you will
undertake to work toward
the goal.
• Provides examples for
each broad category of
activity to demonstrate
how the goal will be
accomplished.
• Includes at least one
specific, measurable,
and actionable way to
remain accountable to
goal.
• Provides evidence that
the proposed strategy will
result in the achievement
of your developmental
goal.
• Succinctly and clearly
describes a barrier to
accomplishing goal.
• Clearly analyzes how the
suggested approach to
addressing the barrier
would help.
Satisfactory Needs Improvement
(89-78%) (77-0%)
• Summarizes an •
Provides a list and/or
adequate action plan description of possible
strategy that could activities that may lead
lead towards your to achievement of your
goal over 12 months. developmental goal.
The approach could
have been more
•
The activities provided
comprehensive, clearer, do not clearly align with
more succinct and/or the developmental goal.
strategic.
•
Plan does not provide
• Includes broad areas examples for activity
of activities. areas to demonstrate
how the goal will be
• Plan provides examples accomplished, or the
for some categories of examples provided
activities to demonstrate are incomplete.
how the goal will be
•
accomplished. Evidence to support
the efficacy of the
• Includes at least strategy is lacking.
one way to remain
•
accountable to Inclusion of an
goal. actionable way to
remain accountable to
• The strategy could be goal is absent.
better supported with
•
evidence that links the A barrier to success is
strategy to not identified.
achievement of your
developmental goal.
• Partially identifies a
barrier to accomplishing
goal.
• Partially explains how to
effectively address the
barrier.
Individual Action Plan Solo Assignment
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Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement

Individual Action Plan Solo Assignment
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Narrative: (100-90%)
Integrating
•
Concepts Concepts are seamlessly • Concepts in support of
(20% of total) integrated throughout
the narrative, providing
evidence and support for
goal, context and
strategy.
•
illustrate and support
• General references
key points in the context
or strategy sections of
the narrative.
•
The overall narrative
is grounded in
concepts and frameworks,
demonstrating a strong
• The overall narrative
understanding of content.
(89-78%) (77-0%)
•
Concepts do not
your goal, context support your goal,
and/or strategy could context and/or
be more precisely strategy.
articulated or better
•
aligned to the goal. Material is not
integrated into the
narrative or used to
support your
to content is
developmental goal,
included in support
of the goal, context or context or strategy.
strategy but specific, •
The writer does not
relevant quotes are
demonstrate an
lacking.
understanding of
the concepts and
frameworks.
mentions concepts but
the content is not
aligned with the
proposed goal, context
or strategy.
Individual Action Plan Solo Assignment
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Excellent
Timeline (100-90%)
(20% of total)
• Crafted a logical and
well-organized timeline
for executing the plan
over a 12-month period
using a Word table,
Excel spreadsheet, or
project management
tool.
• Timeline includes relevant
actions which clearly
reflect the strategy
described in the
narrative.
• Timeline reflects specific
action steps, amount of
time the tasks will take,
and when the tasks will
occur (at a minimum,
includes monthly action
steps).
• The allocation of time for
specific action steps is
realistic (e.g. hosting ten
new coffee chats a week
for four weeks is likely
not realistic)
Satisfactory Needs Improvement
(89-78%) (77-0%)
• Completed a timeline for • Incomplete or missing
executing the plan over a timeline for
a 12-month period using executing
a Word table, Excel the plan over a 12-month
spreadsheet, or project period using a Word
management tool. The table, Excel spreadsheet,
timeline is generally or project management
easy to follow. tool. The timeline lacks
organization and is
• Timeline includes difficult to follow.
actions which are
mostly connected to the • The timeline includes
strategy described in actions which are not
the narrative. fully connected to the
strategy described in the
• Timeline includes some narrative.
action steps, amount
of time the tasks will • Timeline lacks key
take, and when the information such as
tasks occur. Action action steps, amount
steps could be more time the tasks will take,
specific and/or detailed. and when the tasks
occur. Action steps lack
• The allocation of time specificity and/or
for specific action steps detail.
is mostly realistic (e.g.
hosting ten new coffee • The allocation of time
chats a week for four for specific action
weeks is likely not steps is not realistic
realistic) (e.g. hosting ten new
coffee chats a week
for four weeks is likely
not realistic)
Individual Action Plan Solo Assignment
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Excellent
Formatting and (100-90%)
Communication
(10% of total) • Writing is clear, logical,
and grammatically correct.
• The Narrative section
is 1,000 words max.
excluding citations,
timeline and bibliography.
• Sources are cited
according to the Chicago
Manual of Style - Notes
and Bibliography Format.
Citations are used
appropriately for both text
and graphics.
Satisfactory
(89-78%)
•
• The writing could be
stronger; at times it
is difficult to follow
the narrative,
though
the main ideas are not •
compromised.
• The assignment
instructions were
partially adhered to with •
one or two exceptions.
• Cited sources according
to the Chicago Manual
of Style - Notes and
Bibliography Format.
Citations were mostly
used appropriately for
both text and graphics.
Needs Improvement
(77-0%)
The writing is difficult
to understand due to
grammar, organization
and construction.
Formatting and
communication
guidelines are
not followed.
Citations do not follow
the Chicago Manual
of Style - Notes and
Bibliography Format
accurately and/or the
bibliography or citations
are missing.