01. Thought Diagnostics! Self-Reflection Activity

Activity Objective

The activity is intended to help you assess your current thought dispositions and practices with respect to a few specific workplace activities. The output of this self-reflection will provide you with data points, which you can utilise in your journey to being a capable ‘strategy advisor’.Read More

Please note that the questionnaire/ tool itself is indicative – and not psychometric- in nature.

Instructions:

Request you to go through the statements mentioned in the self-reflection tool below and pick the response that best applies to your current disposition.

Remember, this is not an assessment. You can’t pass or fail this activity, and you are not required to share the results of this questionnaire with anyone. So, please be as candid and honest as you can possibly be.

Furthermore, your responses should be indicative of the way you operate at present, not how you aspire to operate in future, or the ‘correct’ way to operate in the given circumstances.

Self-Reflection Questions:

Thought

  • Within my own domain, I am aware of the processes, sub-processes and protocols, and how these interconnect to transform ‘inputs into ‘work output’

  • I am abreast of how my work domain is evolving

  • I am actively involved in process improvement and innovative initiatives within my current domain

  • I understand everything there is to know about how the practices/ processes/ systems in my current workplace stack up against organisations that are industry leaders within India

  • I understand everything there is to know about how the practices/ processes/ systems in my current workplace stack up against organisations that are industry leaders, globally

  • I understand the intricacies of my stakeholders’/ internal customer’s processes, protocols, KPI’s, business metrics etc.

  • I have detailed visibility into who my [internal] customer’s customers are (their preferences and critical expectations of my immediate customers)

  • Whenever I am called upon to provide some service by any business function (my internal customer), I assess how that project/ service connects to, or should connect to, other initiatives within the organisation

  • Whenever I am called upon to provide some service by any business function (my internal customer), I assess how that project/ service connects to the long-term (2, 3, 5 year) plan of the business function in question

  • I actively study how emerging technology trends will impact my domain/ organisation

  • I actively study how workplace practices and cultures are changing

  • When working on projects, I use ‘what if?’ questions to identify possible scenarios or pitfalls that the project or task that I am executing might need to consider.

Specific Steps I Will Take to Improve My Communication With My Onshore Counterparts

Benefits/Outcomes that will accrue if I do this

Target Date

Probable Barriers to Implementing My Action Plan

How I Will Overcome These Barriers

Target Date

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