Take responsibility for your performance and development

This standard is about taking responsibility for your behaviour, performance and ongoing development as a leader. You clarify the purpose and expectations of your role, align your behaviour with organisational values and evaluate your impact on colleagues and organisational outcomes. You seek feedback, learn from experience and identify development priorities that strengthen your capability. You maintain your wellbeing, adapt your approach when expectations change and take action to support sustained improvement and professional growth. 

This standard applies to managers and leaders at all levels across all sectors.

1. Clarify the purpose, expectations and boundaries of your role to guide your behaviour and performance.
2. Explain how your role contributes to organisational objectives, values and priorities to support aligned and purposeful working.
3. Act in ways that consistently align with organisational values and standards of practice to support credible and values-aligned leadership.
4. Seek and use specific, objective feedback to strengthen your behaviour, performance and impact.
5. Evaluate your behaviour, motivations and impact to understand how they influence colleagues and organisational outcomes.
6. Identify development needs based on performance, feedback and organisational requirements to inform your ongoing development.
7. Apply relevant leadership and development theories and models to strengthen your performance and decision-making.
8. Maintain your wellbeing and resilience to support sustained performance.
9. Monitor your progress against objectives to identify achievements, challenges and opportunities for improvement.
10. Refine your development goals and actions based on progress, feedback and changing organisational needs.
11. Demonstrate accountability for your behaviour, performance and development to support professional credibility.
12. Reflect critically on your performance and behaviour to identify opportunities for improvement.
13. Set development goals that support your performance, capability and long-term growth.
14. Take action to develop your knowledge, skills and capability to improve your performance.
15. Adapt your behaviour and approach in response to change, feedback and new expectations to maintain effective and values-aligned performance.

1. The purpose and expectations of your role and how to clarify them.
2. How your role contributes to organisational objectives, values and priorities.
3. How to align your behaviour with organisational values and standards of practice.
4. How to evaluate your behaviour, motivations and impact on colleagues and organisational outcomes.
5. How to gather, interpret and use feedback to improve your behaviour and performance.
6. How to identify development needs based on performance, feedback and organisational requirements.
7. How to set development goals that support performance, capability and long-term growth.
8. How to plan and take action to develop your knowledge, skills and capability.
9. How to adapt your behaviour and approach in response to change, feedback and new expectations.
10. Techniques for maintaining wellbeing and resilience to support sustained performance.
11. How to monitor progress against objectives to identify achievements, challenges and opportunities for improvement.
12. How to refine development goals and actions based on progress and changing organisational needs.
13. The purpose and methods of reflective practice in supporting continuous development.
14. Relevant leadership, development and reflective-practice theories and models that inform effective performance and growth.
15. How to demonstrate accountability for your behaviour, performance and development.

The following values underpin this standard. They are integrated throughout the performance criteria and knowledge and understanding requirements and inform how individuals approach their work, make decisions and interact with others.

• Integrity - acting consistently with organisational values and ethical principles.
• Responsibility - taking ownership of your behaviour, decisions and development.
• Openness - being receptive to feedback, learning and new perspectives.
• Growth - committing to continuous improvement and development.
• Balance - valuing wellbeing and sustainable performance.

The following behaviours underpin this standard. They are integrated throughout the performance criteria and knowledge and understanding requirements and inform how individuals approach their work, make decisions and interact with others.

• Take ownership of your behaviour, decisions and development.
• Show curiosity about new ideas, opportunities and ways of working.
• Demonstrate resilience when managing challenges and change.
• Act with self-awareness, reflecting on your impact on others.
• Show commitment to learning and continuous improvement.
• Practise self-care, maintaining habits that support your wellbeing and sustained performance.