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Directions: *****This is week 3 For each discussion, you must create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts. For your initial post, do the following: Write a post of 1 to 2 paragraphs. In the first week one of this multiweek discussion, complete your initial post by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone. Consider content from other parts of the course where appropriate. Use proper citation methods for your discipline when referencing scholarly or popular sources. Consider the following questions: Does your response push the conversation forward? Does your response offer your perspective? What about your peers’ stories can you relate to? What can you learn from your peers’ stories? Are your responses clear? Have you considered the viewpoints or insights of the original posts? Adaptive Leadership Toolkit (Part One) First, you will need to review the employee engagement survey assessment that you have completed in Module Two by implementing the grow, reality, obstacles, and way forward (GROW) model. Based on the findings, you will visualize and discuss what you plan to include in your adaptive leadership toolkit. Think from the aspect of the tools found in a toolbox in many homes, such as a hammer, wrenches, pliers, saws, and screwdrivers. A single tool does not work in all situations. If you use a wrench to drive a nail instead of using a hammer, it might work. But it won’t work as well as a hammer. Now consider things from the perspective of leadership skills, concepts, and behaviors. For adaptive leadership to be effective, it is imperative that leaders use different tools in different situations. Equally important is developing a metric, a means by which the desired behavior can be periodically assessed. The measure you set determines the behavior you get, so effective leaders first determine the desired behavior, and then develop a metric to periodically assess progress. This week, in Module Three, you will post your initial response, while next week, in Module Four, you will assess other learners’ posts and provide them with your input. This allows you additional time to make your initial post strong, robust, and well supported. For your initial post, you should consider the following questions: What leadership behaviors are needed to improve the work environment, determined via your assessment of the employee engagement survey? What leadership skills would you recommend including in your organizational leader’s toolkit to develop the identified leadership behaviors? How will improvements in the recommended leadership skills and behaviors improve organizational performance?

MBA 530 GROW Model Template

Name: Dorothy Miller

Date: 03/02/2021

Identified Trends

Based on your analysis of the survey data, identify areas that have significant changes over the years.

Company & Strategy, Job Satisfaction and Reward & Recognition Employee Satisfaction Survey decrease by 12% from current year to four years ago.

Focus Areas

List three to four areas where you will apply the GROW model to effect change in the organization.

1. Company & Strategy
2. Job Satisfaction
3. Reward & Recognition

Reality—Current State

For each focus area, identify the current state in one or two sentences.

1. For the focus area Company & Strategy the results dropped an average of 17% in the current year for the survey question “My company cares about its employees” and an average of 12% for “I believe the company mission and vision drive the decisions that are made”
2. For the focus area Job Satisfaction, the results dropped an average of 21%-26% in the current year on three of the survey questions “My job makes good use of my skills and abilities; I am very satisfied with my job and My supervisor shows appreciation for the work that I do”.
3. For the focus area Reward & Recognition the results dropped an average of 17% in the current year on all the survey questions.

Desired Future State—Where Would You Like to Be?

For each focus area, identify in one or two sentences where you want to be in two years. Consider the potential impact on survey results over time, the “why.”

1. I would like to increase the overall employee value and employee trust within the company. I would also like to see an increase of the employee survey results by 9% in focus area Company & Strategy within two years.
2. I would like to increase the employee survey results for focus are Job Satisfaction by 11% within two years. I would like to incorporate employee cross training programs, quarterly leadership evaluations for employee mentorships and semi-annual leadership training.
3. I would like to increase the focus area Reward & Recognition by 8% within two years. I will incorporation monthly peer to peer recognition rewards, as a department recognition rewards given my management, corporate wide recognition rewards as well as department team building.

Identified Gaps—Obstacles

For each focus area, identify one or more obstacles or gaps between the current state and the goal. Consider skill gaps, organizational culture, and resources among other things.

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IF any of the identified gaps (obstacles) impact the goal(s) identified in Desired Future State, revise the goals USING TRACKED CHANGES. Also, add why the goal(s) needed to be changed based on identified gaps and obstacles.

The Way Forward—Action

For each focus area and related goal, identify one or more action steps that will close the gap between current state and desired state. Provide details on what the steps will entail and who will be involved, and provide a rationale.

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Employee Survey Results Data

Attach an Excel document that illustrates the data in a bar or line graph.