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Result Overview

This behaviour is about showing commitment to your own ongoing professional development. Supporting and encouraging others to develop their professional knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to reach their full potential.

Developing: Your responses indicate that you are demonstrating some of the elements to be effective in this area but there is room for you to further develop your approach.

Approaches to work

This behaviour involves planning and devoting time to your own development as well as supporting others to develop by providing formal and informal opportunities. To improve in this area, you could:

  • allocate time to reflect on your performance and development, e.g. weekly/fortnightly by completing a learning log/journal

  • record development activities in your ‘MyAUA’ area to keep track and reflect on your development

  • use our Professional Development Planner template to set ambitious and stretching development goals for continual improvement

  • identify development opportunities available at your own organisation or through the AUA – this could be voluntary opportunities as well as formal training

  • prioritise skills and behaviours you would like to improve and seek opportunities to do so

  • discuss with your line manager any additional tasks/responsibilities you may be able to take on to expand your experience

  • look into accessing a mentor or coach for one-to-one support

  • consider applying to attend a study tour, to learn from peers and colleagues across the globe

  • encourage others to learn from mistakes without blame

  • ensure equal access to development opportunities for all

  • ask those you manage to reflect on their skills gaps and what they would like to develop

Reading

Events/webinars/webcasts

Result Overview

This behaviour is about working collaboratively with others in order to achieve objectives. Recognising and valuing different contributions people bring to this process.

Partial strength: Your responses indicate that you are competent within some areas of your approach, however, there are still things that you could focus on developing to further improve.

Approaches to work

This behaviour involves seeking out opportunities for collaborative work, valuing diverse viewpoints and commitment to making working relationships constructive and effective. To improve in this area, you could:

  • strengthen your working relationships with those outside of your day-to-day role e.g. as an Advocate or Network Co-ordinator

  • make sure you know where responsibility lies in project groups and for work tasks and who needs what communication. Completing a RACI grid will help address overlaps or gaps

  • ensure you’re co-operating willingly to support the achievement of team goals

  • share information that is relevant to others and keep others informed

  • consider working with a colleague to deliver a working session at a conference

  • apply to be a Trustee, for the AUA or another organisation, contribute to the development and success of the organisation by working with others to shape direction and development

  • take time to provide constructive feedback for colleagues

  • enable and encourage people to express their views and ask questions

Reading

Events/webinars/webcasts