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Profiles CheckPoint 360° Competency Feedback SystemTM Individual Development Guide for <br />Sally Sample <br />Challenging Activities <br />Identify times in the past three months when you intervened in a project or assignment without <br />permission of the delegate. List the reasons you chose to intervene. Determine the impact of your <br />actions. Identify what you would do differently when delegating to avoid intervening in the future. <br />Over the next month, ask others to make a list of the number of times you fail to empower them <br />with the authority to make a decision, solve a problem, or complete a task. Analyze each incident <br />and ask yourself, "Why did I second guess their decision or hamper their authority? What could I <br />have done differently when or after I delegated the assignment?" If your analysis reveals a pattern, <br />make an effort to curb your tendency to improperly empower your employees in those situations. <br />Empowering Others to Find Creative Solutions to Problems <br />Skills, Behaviors and Attitudes to Adapt and Practice <br />Empowering others to take ownership of creating solutions requires more change by the leader <br />than by his/her direct reports, but do not be surprised if your direct reports resist empowerment. <br />Develop a habit to never accept a single solution. Train your direct reports to understand that when <br />they meet with you, they should present at least two ways to solve a problem. <br />Do you ask yourself, "What can my direct reports do for me?" Or do you say, "What can I do <br />for my direct reports?" The first statement reflects a leader with a user mentality and the second <br />statement reflects a leader with a developer mentality. <br />Challenging Activities <br />Work with your direct reports and solve problems together, thus reinforcing their problem -solving <br />and collaboration skills. Meet with your team to lead them through a process to creatively solve a <br />problem. Assess lessons learned and work with your team to apply what they learn to the job. <br />Advocate collaboration and creative problem solving as "rules of conduct" on your team/among <br />your direct reports. <br />