Are you good at your job? A guide for assessing your performance and making a plan to keep growing.
Plus a downloadable worksheet to help you grow.
I had attended countless leadership seminars before, but this one was different. Besides the usual suspects, a new, intriguing concept graced my Zoom-fatigued eyes - The Dunning-Kruger Effect.
The gist of Dunning-Kruger is that some people overestimate their abilities relative to their peers. And that my friends can leave some in a sticky position, especially when it comes to work.
After Dunning-Kruger debuted, our old friend, Imposter Syndrome took the stage. Imposter Syndrome is the tendency to underestimate one's ability to perform one's job relative to one's peers.
You could say Imposter Syndrom is the yin to Dunning-Kruger’s yang.
In the swirl of the presentation, one nagging question started to take over my mind …
If many of us have a skewed perception of our abilities, how do we know if we’re actually good at our jobs?
How do you know if you’re good at your job?
Determining whether you’re good at your job doesn’t have to be rocky. Patience, process, and iteration can help you get an answer and keep growing.
Here’s how we’re going to determine if we’re good at our jobs and make a plan to keep growing:
Let it RAIN.
Define success.
Focus on the facts.
Be open.
Create a plan.
Now that we have a high-level approach let’s go through each of these in detail.
Step 0: Gather the tools to support you.
Before we get started head on over to the link below and make a copy of the Job Performance Self Assessment document.
This is an editable Google Doc you can use to structure your self assessment, take notes and make a plan for the future.
Make a copy and move on to Step 1 where we Let it RAIN.