Running head: UNIT VIII PROJECT 1
Project Paper on: “My Personal Leadership Plan”
Matthew Woodhall, MSL 6040, ID#224509
Columbia Southern University
UNIT VIII PROJECT 2
In order to develop a leadership plan personal to my skills and abilities, I must first
perform an evaluation through self-awareness and self-discipline. Many times the development
of a leader is centralized around the education and training a person has or by their job
experience, and coaching skills (DuBrin, 2013). But to be effective in this forum as a leader I
must also employ self-help tactics by working on my own to improve communication skills, to
develop charisma, and to model the behavior of an effective leader (DuBrin, 2013). The two
most important components, as previously mentioned, for self-development are self-awareness
and self-discipline (DuBrin, 2013).
Though this might sound easy in concept, it can be very difficult to execute because it is
sometimes hard to self-evaluate ourselves. That is where the concept of self-awareness begins as
the underlying mechanism to self-development (DuBrin, 2013). Self-awareness is the insightful
