Self-handicapping Behavior with Decker and Mitchells Theory

Self-handicapping Behavior with Decker and Mitchells TheoryIntroductionAs a unwrap of initial few assignments, I took the series of self-importance- handicapping survey suggested and designed by Prof. Phillip Decker and Prof. Jordan Mitchell to determine the self-handicapping behavior during cosmopolitan work situation, people management, and lead role, and determine the traits and k in a flashledge that I need to acquire, learn and practice to be a uncorrupted police squad member and leader. But later reading through and through and through special(prenominal) chapters found on identifying self-handicapping situation and behaviors relating to secernate managerial and leadership role such as account efficiency, dig vision, engagement, psychoanalysis and decision fashioning I chip in identified many to a greater extent argonas in my professed(prenominal) and person-to-person life which I was practicing and was holding myself back, making excuses and creating obstacles for myself, ab pop come forward which I wasnt aware of. Some causes for handicapping are similar to the earlier findings of self judging exercise like poor listening utilization and low self esteem, and some of them I wasnt aware of.I call for this as an prob skill or blessing in disguise, being an international student and still for a person inventning a course invoke, assessing my strengths and weakness, determining the behavioural aspects and individualized nestle proficiencys that handicap my construct honestly, at this point of era is very pivotal. Today as come up, I find myself looking for excuses to this mentioned shift when I dont hear anything or I am un adequate to(p) to light up the desired results and moreover piddle hurdles for myself which really affects my schooling mathematical operation adversely. So, during the course of this report I will be discussing my experiences and behaviors that I now recognize as self-handicapping my victor developm ent and learning path with detect to close to relevant and cogitate key managerial areas accountability, tunnel vision, engagement, analysis and decision making devising a firm carry step up invention to slowly and gradually incorporate a small, demonstrable and permanent behavioural transfer in professed(prenominal) and in the flesh(predicate) lifestyle. interpreting through the four book chapters, I took the brief self-assessment survey in the self-handicapping book by Dr. Phillip Decker and Dr. Jordan Mitchell to identify key management and leadership areas out of the four that I really need to focus on to pull in somewhat positive change in individualised and master key approach following the recommendations and sister locomote mentioned in the book.My ScoreAccountability11 dig visual sense15Engagement8Analysis and Decision Making7AccountabilityAt the st artistic production of the biography, I was more focused on winning care of my responsibility and wasnt co ncerns about the accountability part or maybe at that time I didnt know the difference among being responsible and accountable in the true sense. It took me some time to learn the heart and soul of accountability through a fair dole out of effective and bad experiences and bit of mentoring, now I understand that personal accountability is about correspondence and accepting the parturiency, taking actions to achieve agreed-upon results, respondent and taking ownership of the results obtained, regardless of the outcome.In the book The Oz Principle get Results Through Individual And Organizational Accountability authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith delimit personal accountability as, making a personal choice to uprising above ones circumstances and demonstrate the ownership necessary for achieving desired results to date stamp it, own it, solve it and do it. Based on the what they retain mentioned and experienced, I infer that accountability is something you choose to demon strate, it is not something that is consigned to you.Going through the chapter and relating to my professional experiences and management roles, I realized that I begin been self-handicapping myself by not prioritize jobs based on the importance, avoiding accountability and in confronting peers, boss and customers at propagation, and most importantly repayable to deprivation of self esteem not taking grueling line of works and assignments which really dented my career keepion and learning curve. In a group task or in a leadership role, I observe that at times I shillyshally and put stress on myself, teammates and subordinate. Also lacking to define the roles and task boundaries which tend to overlap and create confusions moreover most of the times I find myself doing most of the correction plant life for my subordinates rather than managing resources which in the end, puts more pressure on me playing as the person who is responsible and accountable. The key skills that I need to work on in order to progress would be to reduce and eliminate the fear of accountability plan, learn and mend self-efficacy.Personal Accountability Self-HandicapWhat is the SituationTriggers Impact on OthersWhat to Do unique(predicate) behavioral Plan of activenessTimelineAssessmentLack of what/how question asking I avoid asking my senior/ boss regarding work link up issues and castigate to find solutions by myself.Avoidance and Fear receivable to lack of cognition and self confidence, I procrastinate and put stress on my teammates. Also I try to find the answers to what I dont know myself or consult a peer and the resultant of the approach sometime works in the favor of the team and at times effects the task timelines.(Improve Self confidence, look, listen and learn new experience and skill sets) spring believing in my abilities by shifting locus of control internally, to recruit knowledge base and become more approachable.1. Be assertive, come out of my comfort zone, reaching out to people for knowledge and advice.2. train a honest self assessment of specifics management traits to identify the management traits where am I lacking, verify and validate the findings through third parties consultations such family, friends, peers and true seniors. 3. Find mentors and learn from their experience and knowledge.4. Engage myself in inferential and collateral managerial/ leadership activities to increase self efficacy.5. Take stairs to create positive environment to promote free flowing ideas and exchange knowledge on management cogitate airfield press.6. Break-down the difficult tasks into smaller meaning parts, and as I gain confidence in achieving those goals and increase self-efficacy, propose at mastery completing complex, challenging and autonomous jobs.Mar-2017Feb-Mar 2017Feb- Apr 2017Mar- 2017Mar-2017Feb-Apr 2017Analysis my progress with respect to this particular dimension by noting how many times I went up to my boss for a questi on/ suggestion/ idea and the acrimony of impact of that on the task or intercommunicate. Compare the findings with past results.Do a 360-degree feedback to verify and validate the applied behavioral changes. Take advice, redress the approach if necessary and reassess.Personal Accountability Self-HandicapWhat is the SituationTriggers Impact on OthersWhat to Do detail Behavioral Plan of ActionTimelineAssessment preferably just hide or do my old jobDue to lack of knowledge on work related subject affair and conservative nature, I often dont participate voluntary or nonmandatory work related assignment for professional growth, like seminar training and during a business first appearance or conference, I usually sit at the corner or at the end to avoid interaction and answering to a question.Expedient avoidanceDue to my conservative nature, I have become really restrictive, I hesitate to appoint ideas or constructive dialogues with the team and likewise. At times feel left out in a group meeting.(Improve self- efficacy and facenew challenges) Improve the public image and socialize, so that they recognize me and my ideas. Create a positive image for me amongst the people or so to remember.1. Practice empathy towards work, people, environment and most importantly towards self.2. Set small important personal and professional periodic targets for me like reading an article or write a blog about things that interest me and professional related.3. give up paper at a conference or work related seminar to boost the confidence for public speaking. Thoroughly practice and prepare for the subject matter.4. Be visible on social media, and connect to profession related group and people, to share thoughts and idea about a subject matter and recent development to discoloration my presence in the professional circle.5. seek mentorship, to verify and validate my ideas before presenting.Mar-2017Feb-May 2017Feb- Apr 2017on sleddingMar-Apr-2017Take feedback from outsid e(a) sources and canvas the findings with initial documents to identify the area that I have amendd on and what needs further rectification. Observe and note small behavioral changes defend that have made been made and evaluate whether they have become a habit or not and permanent part of the use. Set new goals or re-devise the instrumentation part to improve on them.Poor presentation of self and speech in presentation, social mediaAvoidance and Fear holding Other Accountable Self-HandicapWhat is the SituationTriggersImpact on OthersWhat to DoSpecific Behavioral Plan of ActionTimelineAssessmentNot holding peers accountableThere have been many instances in my managerial career that at the time of job performance evaluation, my subordinates often respond to accountability questions by they werent aware of the criteria, even though I had mentioned to them in the initial project stage.Self deceitfulnessSuch situation put too often(prenominal) pressure on myself on behalf of the team to get the things done, and at times finds myself getting things done for my subordinates and peers just to meet the project timeline.Deliberate ActionDesign proactive approach on task accountability for the subordinates and peers. talk of and communicate with them before finalizing, and document them.1. Hold a unremarkable morn meeting with the team to review performance and discuss what needs to be done and how, so that peers can suggest fracture advice to complete specific tasks, prioritize and assign workload with realistic timelines and set accountability goals. take on buffer in the schedule to accommodate unexpected events.2. Make daily meeting note or place a white come on for everybody to see, on which task timeline with an accountable person is mentioned, and is updated every morning after(prenominal) the meeting.3. Publicly acknowledge peer and subordinate performance.4. Set daily personal task and note them down based on the priorities.Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 201 7Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017A good indicator of this change would be to evaluate peers and subordinates the task related approach and behavioral change in the daily morning. If I consider the things not improve, have a private talk with the person and try to understand his perspective.Instead of yearly performance review, have a monthly or quarterly review, to assess the performance, and correct them if necessary.Key behaviors and Baby steps (derived from Self-Handicapping Leadership- the guild behaviors holding back employees, managers and companies and how to overcome them, by Phillip Decker and Jordan Mitchell)Most of the behavioral changes are focused on improving self-efficacy and regaining confidence to complete difficult tasks and face new challenges.Arrive at the next meeting/ order before time and prepare for it respectively. I heard an interesting technique for time management from a third person that Reaching a meeting 5 mins early is being on time and attain on time me ans youre late., I will try to implement this philosophical system.Be humble and honest in accepting my shortcomings. Enhance my understanding for the respective, seek take to heartance and push myself in questioning and analyzing regarding the unknown.Start report a daily diary to self-analysis, what I have achieved and lost during the day, and mark positive events and their outcomes.Try to incorporate small positive behavioral change around my daily routine, like reading, writing and meditating.Resultant of these activities would beI would feel confident when I walk into a meeting or class.The desire to learn and improve would push and drive me to accept my shortcomings and reach out people to overcome them.I would be better able to identify positive and negative behavior, devise a personal action plan for them.Incorporating small behavioral change around daily routine would soon become a habit and will have a positive impact.Tunnel VisionReading through the chapter and relatin g it to my previous professional and limited managerial experience, I consider tunnel vision as one key self-handicapping factor that executives and professional face as a hurdle in the growth and more importantly remain unsuspecting about this shortcoming. We unendingly ask our self why arent we getting a promotion and the other person is, even though I have more knowledge and experience, now I understand that the reason for it is tunnel vision. The top management looks at the person from various dimensions but the most critical and important one is they see whether the person takes into account the larger picture and absolute goals when approaching smaller tasks, their understanding of what is happening beyond the boundaries of our particular job, department or organization. We need to avoid blindness in relation to information, internal and external environment, and understand the fine line amongst company vision and tunnel vision.During the process of identifying behavior an d self-analyzing my work philosophy with the newly acquired knowledge and understanding of tunnel vision, honestly institute out that I focus on whats in my inbox and isolate in my workplaces, operative in my particular department, head down, and focusing on the specific job. I have little to no awareness of what may be going on outside of my little sphere. Often, restricting myself to useful information from the colleagues which could assist me in decision making. Reviewing and revisiting my 7-year career in textiles, I can well identify the decisions and approaches where I exercised tunnel vision. Switching jobs for small benefits and not taking into account the learning path early on in my career which dented my resume and progress. Later on, in the managerial role due to my introvert nature, the team often got pressurize to meet the result and had to go though unnecessary efforts to meet the timeline.Digging into reasons, taking the self-assessment and analysis test, lecture to friends, family and close acquaintances relating the findings to my previous limited professional experience I found out the lack of self-confidence and self-efficacy in my abilities as one of the acme reason of self-handicapping and exercising tunnel vision. Due to the mentioned I never reached out to people and connected to them, exercised poor listening and writing skills which added to the misery and always procrastinated to make things even difficult for myself and people around me. During the action plan and baby steps, I would be primarily focused on improving my listening, writing and networking skills to open myself up to new idea and experiences which would table service in the longer run. Implementing a behavioral change around my routine schedule, so that they slowly and latterly become permanent and a positive change.Tunnel Vision Self-HandicapWhat is the SituationTriggersImpact on OthersWhat to DoSpecific Behavioral Plan of ActionTimelineAssessmentDeal with procra stinationI consider myself as not a good writer, and always try to avoid or take too much time doing it. I try to mask my shortcomings and indulge myself other non-related activities like social media to avoid the task at hand.ApprehensionIn a group project setting, due to my habits and I tend to put too much pressure on myself by procrastinating things, which is later transferred to other team members, resulted is there is a gravel to meet the project timeline and often we have compromise on the results. salute itI need to focus on building my self-confidence and writing abilities. I have to face my fear and take baby steps to convert my weakness into strength. Timely manage my work to effectively and efficiently get the required results.1. Get out of my comfort zone and kiss myself for change.2. Self assess and take professional dish up to identify areas where I need to improve, learn new skills and new perspectives.3. Write a daily personal and professional to do list, in the order to priorities.4. Identify and position/ block unproductive activities during work hours like face- book and whatsapp.5. Find a method of meditation and exercise daily for 10-15 mins to self reflect on the changes happening, analysis them and gain positives out of them.6. Set small meaningful personal and professional daily targets for myself to write a blog or personal article about things that interest me. Take feedback from close friends and family, also professional acquaintances like ex- boss about respective piece of writing, listen to the objurgation positively and implement the changes gradually.Feb-2017Feb-Mar 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017Take 360-degree feedback to check the progress and meliorate the shortcomings.Self-evaluates the uniformity in the mentioned behavioral change. Honestly, answer the important question defy they became a habit and are they having a positive impact?, if required make necessary changes.Tunnel Vision Self-Hand icapWhat is the SituationTriggersImpact on OthersWhat to DoSpecific Behavioral Plan of ActionTimelineAssessmentIgnoring people after get your wayAt times, I find myself so much into things that I blind side myself by not hearing to what others have to say or suggest and what is happening around me.Self DeceptionDue to my introvert nature, I restrict myself to new ideas from my peers and subordinate, create a perception about them without knowing their story and thoughts which really effects my ability to approach them during an assignment and after also. Resultant of this affects group cohesion and ability to achieve better and positive team efforts.Look and Listen cardinal of the reasons that I self-analyzed during the initial assignments that I am not a good listener and have low self-esteem which greatly impacts my people interaction. So my prime objective would be to improve my verbal and non-verbal communication techniques to gain self-confidence.1. Practice being patience duri ng a conversation and discussion. 2. Divert my secure focus and attention to the speaker and to what they are saying. Avoid distraction from the surrounding.3. work my mind, try to visualize what the speaker is referring to and not jump to conclusions.4. Respect the person speaking and their ideas. Contain the urge to ask unnecessary questions and learn the art of supportive questioning through taking support from mentors and reading articles based on it. Monitor my self-talk.5. Learn to use and interpret non-verbal communication through reading and observing the people and surrounding.6. Every day, greet people around me with a simple smile or hello and if the conversation follows, go with the flow. Have an open and casual discussion with team members.7. Join team members during lunch and tea time and have a casual non-work related conversation in order to understand the person and likewise.Feb-2017Feb-Mar 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb-Apr 2017Feb- Mar 2017Take diff erent listening psychometric tests , and get it evaluated through third companionship to compare the finding with self analysis.Take 360-degree feedback to check the progress and rectify the shortcomings.Self-evaluates the consistency in the mentioned behavioral change. Honestly, answer the important question Have they became a habit and are they having a positive impact?, if required make necessary changes.Key behaviors and Baby steps The baby steps are particularly focused on reducing the personal isolation, socialising and exposing me to new information, opportunities and challenges.Set up Google Alerts account and set a druthers to the areas that I need to improve and profession related update, this will bring information to me. Take out 10-15 mins daily to go through the information. test advice and network with people not having same preference or profession, and share ideas and discuss on general issues this will give me more perspectives and new angles to approach an iss ue.Develop a regular questioning habit and a focus on finding the right questions to explore.Develop a habit to reassess my strength and weakness by taking into account external factors, if required take help from family, friends and close acquaintance.Resultant of these activities would beReading through profession related topic would really enhance my knowledge and by commenting on them on social media like Twitter and LinkedIn would improve the thinking process and articulating skills.Seeking advice and networking with non-profession related people will help me bring in information and ideas that will reinvigorate what I do and how I do it, providing me new interesting perspectives and ideas that will improve my general management and leadership skills.During the professional career shift, continuously reassessing my strength and weakness in connection to what is happening in the outside world would help me in providing a clarity that what I need to fight career tunnel and realig n my action plan accordingly to focus my efforts towards better personal development.