Professional Courage
By Gideon T. Rasmussen, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CIPP
What do the leaders you admire all have in common?
Professional courage.
They do what makes them uncomfortable, what causes them anxiety, what keeps them up the night before.
That adversity strengthens them, makes them better leaders. They learn to act decisively under stressful conditions.
They exhibit clarity of decision, speed, confidence and execution.
Professional courage is coupled with professional development.
It is necessary to develop new skills and behaviors to reach your next level of maturity.
Many have a goal of being promoted, from individual contributor to manager, from manager to executive.
So how do you do that?
It varies based on the person and the path forward.
It is necessary to create performance and development plans.
Performance plans are plans of execution. Create something new or significantly change something. Produce results from a business perspective. Answer the 'so what' question.
Development plans help employees establish skills and behaviors to achieve their career goals. That may be to be more effective in their current role, to transition to another team or to pursue leadership.
How do I write performance and development plans?
Reference my book Program Architecture: Fight the Good Fight for additional details.
By Gideon T. Rasmussen, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CIPP
What do the leaders you admire all have in common?
Professional courage.
They do what makes them uncomfortable, what causes them anxiety, what keeps them up the night before.
That adversity strengthens them, makes them better leaders. They learn to act decisively under stressful conditions.
They exhibit clarity of decision, speed, confidence and execution.
Professional courage is coupled with professional development.
It is necessary to develop new skills and behaviors to reach your next level of maturity.
Many have a goal of being promoted, from individual contributor to manager, from manager to executive.
So how do you do that?
It varies based on the person and the path forward.
It is necessary to create performance and development plans.
Performance plans are plans of execution. Create something new or significantly change something. Produce results from a business perspective. Answer the 'so what' question.
Development plans help employees establish skills and behaviors to achieve their career goals. That may be to be more effective in their current role, to transition to another team or to pursue leadership.
How do I write performance and development plans?
Reference my book Program Architecture: Fight the Good Fight for additional details.
