# Turn my observations of a manager or leader into development actions

Converts your notes on a leader's behavior into patterns, development priorities, and on-the-job actions to discuss with them.

- Topic: Leadership & Management
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Leadership, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/turn-my-observations-of-a-manager-or-leader-into-development-actions

## Prompt

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Turn my observations of someone in a leadership role into a focused development plan.

**Who:** [ROLE, team size, time in role]
**My observations:** [PASTE notes - meetings, decisions, how they handle people and pressure, with dates where possible]
**Other input:** [feedback from their team or peers, 360 results, results data - or "none"]
**What their role needs more of in the next year:** [e.g. delegating, strategic thinking, managing up, holding people accountable]
**Their own career goals, if known:** [GOALS]

Give me:
1. **Patterns:** group the observations into 3-5 themes. For each, list the evidence from my notes and label it a strength, a development area, or unclear (needs more evidence).
2. **Top 2-3 development priorities** - the ones with the biggest effect on their team and results.
3. **Development actions for each priority**, mostly on the job: a stretch assignment, a behavior to try in specific meetings, someone to learn from, one resource. Include how we'll know it's working.
4. **How I can support** - what I should model, stop doing, or give them access to.
5. **Talking points** for discussing this with them, opening with strengths and inviting their own view first.

Rules: stick to observable behavior; no personality labels or guesses about motives. Do not inflate a single incident into a pattern - say when evidence is thin. Keep the plan to what is realistic alongside their day job.
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## What to fill in

- ROLE, team size, time in role
- GOALS

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