Assumptions & Beliefs

Now, its time to look at what you want to accomplish and how you intend to go about it.  We have to get you to think through this process in order to help you surface all the beliefs you have that may or may not help you in this system.

In other words, what is it that has caused you to come to this point?

You'll find this material indispensable as we move through the program, so don't shortcut this portion.  You don't have to spend a long time, just 15 minutes with each step will do it--Trust the Process!

What you want to do now is to list all of the assumptions and beliefs you have about your development needs or requirements.  What must it be, do, have, accomplish, provide, not do, overcome, manage, lead, etc.

But First!  Choose a developmental issues/objective/initiative.  Here are some guidelines before you move to assumptions with your coach.  You can either confirm or choose to change your developmental objective through the first portion of the identity creation process.  However, by now, you should be able to review your SWOT and the assessment center information and see the pattern or thread which has the most leverage for you in development.

You'll want to choose something aligned with your personal and organizational development agenda.  Identify an objective, issue or strategy that has leverage for you and your organization.  Think IMPACT!

What is going to have the greatest impact on my performance and development over time and what is it that falls into the urgent and important quadrant of concern?

Name that issue now:    __________________________*

If you have trouble framing it or contextualizing it in the context of your developmental role, ask your coach to help you here!

Here’s some generic assumptions of ours to get you started:

• I don't have enough time to....

• I get along with people well but don't get the results I need.

• I get the results I need, but don't build relationships over time.

• People said I don't have enough emotional intelligence.

• I am not being promoted.

• I want to get promoted.

• Something has to change, maybe it's me

• Learning and growth are the way I find meaning in life.

Try to list at least 12 assumptions you have about your developmental objective:

Are you ready to move to creating a vision statement?