First, choose an interpersonal competency/skill:

Select ONE interpersonal competency/skill for the assignment:

1. New or refined skills to manage stress (distress) and change - to improve your capabilities and achieve new results or benefits for you and/or with a team. OR
2. New or refined skill to navigate conflict with another person - developing this competency and achieve new results or outcomes for you and/or with another person. In the text, this is relevant: Interpersonal skills: Team members must be able to express themselves effectively in order to share information, deal with conflict, and give feedback to one another. (Gomez-Mejia. 2020. p. 49.)

Next, Develop a clear goal statement:

For the competency/skill chosen, state your development goal as if you are discussing it with your supervisor. Use HR processes from the course and goal setting processes, such as the SMART method of goal development.

• Clearly state the goal and your objective.
• Why did you select the goal? State the benefits you want to achieve in your development.
• As you develop the goal, describe what you imagine as new behaviors, skills, and talents, and how you will demonstrate them.
• Now, discuss a benefit to this goal in relationship management with others.

Then, Identify training and/or development for the goal based on your learning style:

Using self-awareness, task analysis, and person analysis in the needs assessment phase, determine what training supports your development goal.

• Describe a training course, training objectives, and a training method to best match your goal statement and learning style. Define how it can improve your understanding of the topic and actions to improve your interpersonal skill.
• Is there another approach you can use to develop or practice your new skill?

Next, Identify a Performance Feedback Method | 360-degree feedback:

Considering content from this week or from experience, would you use 360-degree feedback to obtain insights from others as you demonstrate the new or refined skills? If so, why? If not, why not?

Lastly, Complete a Self-review:

Now, jump forward a few months into your goal development. Imagine the improvements and progress youve made. In the future, what is one statement about your progress you want to communicate to your supervisor in your self-review?