Omar Elkassed's Leadership Practices Assignment 1C

1) At the end of each month I will express
appreciation seven times or when warranted to my co-workers about the
value they provide me as a result of their different DISC behavioral traits.

1. What outcome/response did you experience based on these new behaviors—for yourself and others?  Folks
   were pleased that their behavioral style was respected and appreciated.  I
   felt better when complimenting/appreciating others and was open to different
   ways of doing things.

2. What challenges did you experience in implementing your leadership practices and how
   did you address them?  The
   biggest challenge was trying to pick up on subtle behaviors and correlating
   that with a DISC Style.  To overcome this challenge I had to resort to my
   DISC notes and reflect on my historical experiences with the person.

3. What did you learn along
   the way?  When
   expressing appreciation it's good to be specific because not everyone likes
   being known as a certain type of person.  For example, a person needs to
   know that I know they're ambitious in certain situations as opposed to all the
   time.  An around the clock ambitious person may not be a good thing to
   many peoples.

4. How do you plan to utilize these behaviors moving forward? 
   Certainly continue expressing appreciation at a similar frequency.

2) I will update my IDP to reflect my short term
and long term goals for this performance year and future five years.  I
will complete this update by the end of September.

1. What outcome/response did you experience based on these new behaviors—for yourself and others?  I was
   able to find a more focused direction for my self-development.

2. What challenges did you experience in implementing your leadership practices and how
   did you address them?  Researching
   how to accomplish my short term and long term goals and prioritizing which
   activity, training, assignment, book to focus on.

3. What did you learn along
   the way?  For one of my
   activities I learned that there are many resources to help me accomplish
   it.  I didn't know resources to help accomplish my objectives existed
   until I was able to share by IDP with a coworker.

4. How do you plan to utilize these behaviors moving forward? 
   I plan on continuously working on my IDP and not forgetting about it
   for a long period of time.