Initiative & Proactivity
education and trainingprofessional workproject environments
What Is Initiative & Proactivity?
Apply initiative & proactivity deliberately to the situations in which that capability is relevant, with attention to the decisions, behaviours, or outputs that initiative & proactivity directly affects.
Why Does Initiative & Proactivity Matter?
Initiative & Proactivity matters when the outcome depends on doing more than the broad task itself; the specific capability described by initiative & proactivity can determine how accurately, clearly, efficiently, or appropriately the work is carried out.
What Does It Look Like?
Someone applying initiative & proactivity may:
- •uses initiative & proactivity deliberately rather than treating it as an automatic habit
- •checks the part of the result most affected by initiative & proactivity
- •adjusts the approach when the situation changes what initiative & proactivity requires
How to Develop Initiative & Proactivity
You can develop it by:
- •choose a real task where initiative & proactivity is clearly involved and define the result you want to improve
- •observe how a more experienced person handles initiative & proactivity and record the specific decisions they make
- •review one completed task and identify where stronger initiative & proactivity would have changed the result
Where Can Initiative & Proactivity Be Useful?
Initiative & Proactivity can be useful in areas such as:
education and trainingprofessional workproject environments
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