A641.9.3.RB - Becoming a Resonant Leader

Dear Alexandria

You should be aware of this, but your personal vision is to be a tenured professor, excelling within a balanced work-life environment. To work towards this goal, I recommend that you do so by striving towards the learning goals of studying a subject that you are passionate about at the doctoral level, gain applicable real life work experience to one day share in the classroom, and learn how to achieve work-life balance. So you have the awareness, setting aside time to write your learning plan for further ground your learning journey (McKee, Boyatzis, & Johnson, 2008).

To achieve the goal of studying a subject that you are passionate about at the doctoral level lets set out to reach the milestones of applying for pertinent doctoral programs, being admitted and beginning a doctoral program, and then graduating from the doctoral program. Action steps for applying for pertinent doctoral programs include researching various programs and universities to identify the best and most ideal options. Action steps for being admitted and beginning a doctoral program include taking your GRE, writing your application letters, and collecting letters of recommendation. Action steps for graduating from the doctoral program include rigorous studying, focus on research and courses and writing and defending your dissertation.

To achieve the goal of gaining applicable real life work experience to one day share in the classroom you will need to reach the milestones of working in a field or industry in which your passionate about. Additionally, you will need to reach the milestone of career progression. Lastly you will need to strive towards the milestone of building time working in a professional role. Action steps for working in a field or industry in which you’re passionate about include discovering your greatest business related passion and pursuing it. Action steps for gaining career progression include working smart and taking advantage of any career opportunities, as well as strengthening your resume with professional and personal development opportunities. Action steps for building time working in a professional role include finding a great company to work for that has a number of opportunities available to grow within the organization.

To reach the goal of learning how to achieve work-life balance you will need to reach the milestones of identifying a career path that allows for flexibility, prioritize my family and home life more, prioritize meaningful trips with loved ones. Action steps to identify a career path that allows for flexibility include researching career demand and expectations, and pursuing the career path that best aligns with your desired flexibility. Action steps to prioritize my family and home life more include focusing on the bigger picture of life, making an extra effort to be with your family, and separate work time and personal time. Action steps to prioritizing meaningful trips with loved ones include committing to a set frequency of trips, taking your allotted vacation time, and enjoying the trips to the fullest once you’re on them.

You now have an advantage because you have we Gone through this exercise, research shows that (McKee et al., 2008). The key people who will support you to achieve the learning goals include yourself, your partner, your family, your mentors, your professors, your manager, and your close school and work peers. Luckily you already have a village full of people who will support you, so all that is left to do is to pursue!

Sincerely,

Alexandria

Reference

McKee, A., Boyatzis, R., & Johnston, F. (2008). Becoming a resonant leader. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.