My top 10 Strengths 1.Activator 2.Communication 3.Achiver 4.developer 5.restorative 6.Harmony 7.Connectedness 8.Arranger 9.Positivity 10.Empathy “The Twelve Competencies” A snapshot along the quest for lifelong geek leadership (Glen, 2003, p. 76 - 95) ITM350 Managing People in a Technical Environment Joel Schuessler 2/2007 In challenging oneself to grow as a geek leader it will be helpful to take occasional snapshots along your quest to learn. The following twelve competencies are offered by Glen (2003) as a means to benchmark your balance between “the skills and behavior that enable performance … (It’s important to note that the following are listed) in order of increasing difficulty and complexity. Generally, the ones later in the list are more important as a geek progresses in his or her career.” (p. 76). Look at the description of each competency in Chapter 5 of Leading Geeks (Glen, 2003), to help you describe your response. 1-Beginning (Doesn’t describe) 2-Developing 3-Accomplished 4- Exemplary (1 part describes me) (1 to 2 parts describe) (all parts describe) 1. ______ Technical Competence – (Descriptors) Technical Depth & Technical Knowledge Describe: 2. ______ Personal Productivity – quantity, quality and speed of getting work done Describe: 3. ______ Ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously – switch with little time lost, sets priorities well Describe: 4. ______ Ability to describe the business context of technical work – Awareness and clarity of business goals, context in organizational strategy & competitive industry dynamics Describe: 5. ______ Ability to forge compromises between business and technical constraints – take initiative to compromise between business and technology constraints Describe: 6. ______ Ability to manage client relationships – actively cultivates relationships with leaders in the business Describe: 7. ______ Ability to manage technical teams – coordinates work and communication among several team members Describe: 8. ______ Ability to play positive politics – engages appropriately with a group to make decisions Describe: 9. ______ Ability to help expand client relationships – identifies needs, crafts solutions, reflects within organization, matches needs, builds consensus Describe: 10. ______ Ability to work through others, to make others productive – technical leadership, help with sticky technical problems Describe: 11. ______ Ability to manage ambiguity – continually develops skills to master and expand level of ambiguity Describe: 12. ______ Ability to manage time horizons – identify goals, think through steps, assemble and sequence steps Describe: In what areas are your strengths? In what areas are you challenging yourself to grow? Discuss any actions or plans you’re making to help in that effort. Glen, P. (2003). Leading geeks : How to manage and lead people who deliver technology (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Reflecting Planning Minimal thought and engagement, learning tasks are unrelated, favors surface learning such as memorization; shows an unreflective attitude Comprehension or “booklearning” without relationship to personal experience; stays within boundaries of pre-existing perspectives Learning relates to personal experience and other knowledge; pursues deeper approaches to learning such as challenging assumptions, seeking alternatives, identifying areas for improvement Learns through critical reflection, becoming aware of why they think, perceive or act as they do; may alter or change beliefs or ways of thinking. Has not identified suggestions of approaches for improving performance and/or the process of producing a performance Identifies aspects to maintain and suggested approaches for improving a performance and/or the process of producing a performance Relates goals for improvement to progress thus far and to possibilities for future development, using peer and other assessor feedback to plan for future performances Uses multiple models of performance to set and continue to refine goals for future ongoing development
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