Leadership Development Skills Assessment

This assignment requires the assessment of leadership development skills across various categories such as communication, project management, decision-making, problem-solving, and operational planning. The competency framework is used to evaluate proficiency levels from competent and able to do (3) to cannot do or not applicable (0). The assessment aims to identify strengths and weaknesses in leadership skills, with the goal of developing effective leaders who can drive organisational success.

UNIT CMI 321
Assessment Booklet: Managing Own Personal and Professional
Development
» LEARNER INSTRUCTIONS
Each task in this assessment booklet has been developed to enable you to evidence achievement of the
learning outcomes and assessment criteria for CMI 321: Managing Own Personal and Professional
Development. Each of the assessment criteria must gain a pass outcome for you to successfully achieve
the unit.
Preparation for the assessment
 Before you begin the assessment booklet please read the CMI 321 unit specification thoroughly
as only the content related to the achievement of the assessment criteria will be assessed.
 Research the topics being assessed. Suggested reading/web resources are provided on the CMI
321 unit specification. Your tutor may signpost you to relevant resources. Additionally you may
access excellent online resources at ManagementDirect https://members.md.cmi.org.uk.
 If you are enrolled on the Trailblazer Apprenticeship programme you are encouraged to review
the Apprenticeship Standard for Team Leader/Supervisor.
Completing the assessment booklet
 The assessment booklet contains a series of tasks which are clearly referenced to the relevant
assessment criteria and indicative content.
 Refer to the Assessment Guidance Table at the end of the assessment booklet which outlines the
requirements for a Pass or Refer.
 Evidence must be provided in the main body of the assignment booklet. Additional work based
evidence such as plans or documentation (which has been referred to within the main text)
should be included at the end of the booklet marked ‘Work Based Evidence’. Appendices are not
a requirement of this assessment brief. If appendices are included these will not be marked or
moderated by the CMI.
 Work based evidence must be accompanied by a supporting statement in the learner evidence
box, to explain the link to the assessment criteria. Work based evidence (where required by the
task) must not exceed SIX (6) pages. Files embedded in the booklet must not exceed 10MB.
 The assessment booklet must be completed in a professional manner (e.g. applying business
conventions for writing formal reports) and by using Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format or another
compatible software programme.
 The assessment booklet must be saved as a word document (.doc or .docx) and not in a PDF
format.
 An appropriate referencing system (such as Harvard Referencing) must be used to ensure the
original source(s) of quotations or models can be verified.
 Finally, you must sign the Learner Authenticity statement (an electronic signature is accepted).

Learner support
For information regarding policies and procedures for assessment (e.g. special assessment
arrangements, learner support, appeals, complaints, certification, confidentiality, plagiarism) you should
contact your tutor or Centre manager and refer to the CMI Level 3 in Principles in Management and
Leadership Syllabus.

» LEARNER INFORMATION
Learner name: CMI membership No: Date:
Centre name: Professional Training Solutions Qualification: L3 Management and Leadership
Learner statement of
authenticity:
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include any work completed by anyone other than myself. I have completed the
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learner is registered at the centre on a Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
programme of study. The learner is, to the best of my knowledge, the sole author of
the completed assignment.
Name: Nicola London Job Title: Assessor
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» GUIDELINE WORD COUNT
The written word, however generated and recorded, is still expected to form the majority of assessable
work produced by Learners at Level 3. The amount and volume of work for this unit should be broadly
comparable to a word count of 2000-2500 words within a margin of +10%. The excessive use of word
count is not grounds for referral, however the CMI reserve the right to return work to the Centre for editing
and resubmission by the Learner.
The following are excluded from inclusion in word count if used and not required by the assessment brief
an introduction to a job role, organisation or department, index or contents pages, headings and sub
headings, diagrams, charts and graphs, reference list or bibliography, reflective statement drawn from
undertaking the assignment and how this has impacted the learners work.
Please see the CMI Assessment Guidance Policy for further guidance.
» AIM OF THE ASSESSMENT BOOKLET

High performing individuals impact on the performance of teams and the organisation. The aim of this
assessment booklet is to enable managers to evidence their understanding of how to use their
knowledge, skills and abilities to support individuals, not only to perform well, but to exceed expectations.

TASK 1: Benefits of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development has benefits for both the individual and the organisation. This
task prompts you to develop a better understanding of personal and professional development by
considering the differences and similarities between the two terms and then go on to consider the benefits
to both the individual and the organisation.
» TASK 1a
In your own words, identify the differences and similarities between personal and professional
development.
(Refer to AC1.1 Identify the differences and similarities between personal and professional
development and the Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
Personal Development
Professional development
 It specifically improves personality of an
individuals.
 It particular focus on individual's
communication, time and leadership
training.
 Through personal development, an
individual person can easily attain their
future goals.
 Basic example of personal development
are communication, time management,
leadership skills, conflict management,
management training etc.
 Personal development helps to improve
their personal skill which further help to
attain their future goals (Cottrell, 2015).
 It specifically improves individual
professional development.
 It particular focus on the
workplace.
 Through professional
development, an employee or a
person can easily attain their
company's goals and objectives.
 The basic example of professional
development are IT training,
Health and safety, Accountancy
and budgeting.
 Professional development is
necessary to carry out because it
helps to increases an individual
skills that effectively contributed
to job function role.

Similarities: Both personal as well as professional development help to attain individual's
goals. These are done to improve their skills which further help for a company's growth as
well as personal growth also. The basic aim of both the development is to aid an individual to
manage their own learning throughout their entire career. These developmental plans are
basically designed to achieve a particular goals which can be possible through training
session (Desimone, 2018). Both personal and professional developmental are the plans that
shows a way to an individual which further leads to achieve their defined goals.
» TASK 1b
Explain THREE (3) benefits of personal and professional development for an individual.
(Refer to AC1.2 Explain the benefits of personal and professional development for the individual and the
Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
1
.
Through personal and professional development, an individual can easily develop new
skills, knowledge and experiences and further it helps to develop a greater understanding
of the university also. By enhancing those skills, an individual can easily increases its
retention power and gain confidence which leads a company as well as his personal life
in well and effective manner (Friis-Hansen, Taylor and Duveskog, 2018).
2
.
By personal and professional development, an individual can also increases different
opportunities for their career development and progression. By attending some
professional development programs,an individual lead a company in better way. While
on the other side, through personal developmental programs, an individual can also
increases efficiency and some leadership qualities that help to lead a team in better way.
3
.
Through personal and professional development, an individual also enhances their time
management skills, management skills that in future assist an individual. Moreover, these
programs or session will also helps to enhances their communication skill and an
individual become more motivated and can easily achieve their defined goals in a well
defined time.

» TASK 1c
Identify THREE (3) benefits to the organisation of individuals undertaking personal and professional
development.
(Refer to AC1.3 Identify the benefits to an organisation of individuals undertaking personal and
professional development and the Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
1
.
Through personal and professional development, a company such as Casino will get
befitted such as it help to communicate well and defined manner and as a result, it helps
to enhances company's growth and development. It also attract and retain great
employee. By investing something in professional and personal development will
definitely help to maximizing profit for a company.
2
.
Another benefit to a firm by providing professional and personal development, such as it
helps to improve collaboration between workers. This will further help to improve
employee or an individual's ability to collaborate efficiently (Hildebrand, 2018). Though
this program, a company will definitely attain their entire goals and objectives in defined
time. As individual uses their skills and knowledge, the company will easily defined and
achieve their goals.
3
.
By providing better professional and personal developmental, a company can also help
to improve their management system and this programs will help to enhance an
individual's leadership skills. Which further help in company's growth and development
and further it will leads to maximizes an organization's sales and profit.

TASK 2: Informing personal and professional development
In an ever changing workplace, individuals need to ensure that they continue to update their knowledge
and skills. This task looks at how organisations support the personal and professional development of
staff and how requirements for personal and professional development may be driven by legal
requirements and/or professional bodies/associations.
» TASK 2a
Using examples, explain how organisations support the personal and professional development of staff.
(Refer to AC2.1 Explain how organisations support personal and professional development and the
Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
Organization such as Casino, will support their employees by providing them
personal as well as professional development programs. Through this, a firm can organize
training and development session under which all new as well as old employee will come
and attend those and hence it directly impact positive to their life, which further helps to
attain all defined objectives of a company.
Moreover, a quoted company will easily improve their management system which further
helps to attaining their growth plan. By providing best professional level training to the
employees, the company will support to shape up the employees intra personal skill and
professional skill. By attending different session from an organization, which allow
employee to engage themselves into a working area and as a result, they explore their new
and innovative skills into the working areas (Lofthouse, 2018). Furthermore, Casino will
also uses provide best training session related to professional as well as personal
development program so that it will help to support their company's overall growth such as
by providing a good level of knowledge to their employees, then it will help to achieve their
goals and by using new and innovative skills will further help to improve company's
existing sales and that further leads to maximizes their profit.

There are a wide variety of professional bodies/associations that support and/or stipulate requirements for
personal and professional development in different industries/sectors.
An example of a stipulation is a licence to practice in an occupational role. An example of support is to
encourage individuals to keep abreast of new developments through a range of membership activities.
Using the table below select TWO (2) professional bodies/associations and identify how personal and
professional development is supported and stipulated.
(Refer to AC2.2 Identify how professional bodies/associations support and stipulate requirements for
personal and professional development and the Indicative Content for this AC)
COMPLETE THE TABLE:
Professional body or
association
Identify how professional development is supported
and stipulated
1
.
Advertising Association It is the only association in casino who brings together
agencies, brand and media in order to combine the
strength and weakness and also provide opportunities
for their employees further development. Through
advertising, the agency will let people know about
different training session which are conduct at personal
as well as professional level.

2
.
Betting – Association of
British bookmark
This association in UK will encourage employee to
play in fair manner and it is one of the leading trade
association for betting operators of shop in streets who
basically helps to creates and sustain awareness related
to casino and also provide training session to various
peoples at personal as well as professional
development.

» TASK 2c
Using the table below, summarise TWO (2) implications that legal requirements (such as the
requirement for mandatory training or occupational specific qualifications in different industry sectors)
have on personal and professional development.
(Refer to AC2.3 Summarise the implications of legal requirements on personal and professional
development and the Indicative Content for this AC)
COMPLETE THE TABLE:
Legal requirement Implication on personal and professional
development
1
.
Code of Conduct This legal requirement generally deal with
integrity, accountability and consistency as well
as confidentiality in a casino. The gambling
commission in UK also ensures that while
conducting some training session in personal and
professional development, the organization must
use the code of conduct under which the
professional will definitely have the right skills
and knowledge base and must follow
international regulatory best practice. The
authorised professional must have a licence of
providing training to their employees which
comes under the Act of Licence Act, 2003.
2
.
Data protection Act The company also ensures that while providing
training to their employees at personal or
professional level, it must follow another
important legal requirement i.e. Data Protection
act. A firm must keep all the data in a
confidential manner such that no other person can
misuse the information of each other. And even
after completing the training session, it is the duty
of a company not to disclose any information

without permission of a holder. As the act also
stated that if any organization will not follow the
act then, they have to pay big amount as a penalty
and there are some different laws are also made
for any wrong thing.

TASK 3: Identifying opportunities for personal and professional
development
There are a range of different methods that can be undertaken for personal and professional
development. The choice of method depends on a range of factors including individual preferences and
resource implications driven by availability of finance and time. This task considers the methods that can
be undertaken to develop the individual and how to choose the most appropriate method.
» TASK 3a
Scenario: To progress in a management role, it has been identified that you need to undertake further
personal and professional development to develop your skills and knowledge in your occupational area.
To help you and your manager choose the appropriate method for personal and professional
development:
 Compare the strengths and weaknesses of THREE (3) different methods for personal and
professional development Explain the resource implications (time, cost/budget, people) of each of the methods you have
identified.
(Refer to AC3.1 Compare different methods for undertaking personal and professional development;
AC3.2 Explain the resource implications of different methods of personal and professional development
and the Indicative Content for these ACs)
COMPLETE THE TABLE:
Method for personal
and professional
development
Strengths Weaknesses Resource
implicatio
ns
1
.
Speak at a conference
or in a seminar
Help to succeed in
business, assist an
individual to improve
their communication
skills. Volunteering to
speak at conferences
and seminars will force
an individual to develop
some basic skills in real
time (Visković and
Višnjić Jevtić, 2018).
This method, have
weakness such as fear,
time sink and may be
lack of control.
Modules,
tutor or
mentor.

2
.
Attending training
programs
Training session will
help to improve an
individual's overall
working performance at
professional as well as
personal level. This is
helpful to identify some
weak points of a person.
Most of the
organization will use
this method in order to
improve some basic
skills.
The weakness of this
method is that
employee can be less
engaged and their
morale may be
decreases because of
analysing their weak
points into a training
sessions.
Trainer,
modules.
3
.
Examine own
decisions
By examining own
decision and comparing
it from past will help to
know where a person is
stand. This method will
further lead himself to
achieve their own
defined goals. Further
this ill help to make
better decision and also
prevent any decision
making biases.
Disadvantage of using
this method for personal
and professional
improvement is such
that sometimes taking
decision by own will
somehow leads to make
a wrong decision and
may be delay. As a
result it will creates
negative impact upon
an individual.
Watching
some
videos
related to
decision
making.
» TASK 3b
Explain how you would choose the most appropriate method for personal and professional development.
(Refer to AC3.3 Explain how to choose the most appropriate method for personal and professional
development and the Indicative Content for this AC)

INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
There are some key things to consider for personal and professional developmental
programs and some of them are as follows:
 Desired learning outcomes: while choosing a best method for personal and
professional developmental method, the first thing which keep in mind is that what
are the learning outcomes and the desired objectives which needs to be clear for a
trainer as well as trainee (Shmeleva and et.al., 2017). If the needs and development
are clear and appropriate then it will help to focus on attention on the options that
will give a best result.
1. Training facilities: while deciding a best method, it is the second point which
should be keep in mind and it is necessary or important to understand who are the
trainer and trainee and how they respond best to training session. For example, in
casino, technical employees are likely to respond well to hand training in which they
will get some new skills to learned while on the other side, office based or
administrative based staff are prefer the class room training by the means of
professional development.
 Strength of trainee: Another important key point which is also consider is the
number of employee or individual who are going to attend the personal and
professional developmental programs. The online methods is consider the best
method because through this, they will come to know about this training session is
organized in a particular area. By analysing the strength of a trainee will also help to
determine the best method suited for it.
 Budget: the last and foremost important method which should also be keep in mind
while choosing a best method for personal and professional development program.
These improvement program are entirely based upon a budget. It is also depend upon
the strength of trainee who will come to attend those training session. If the strength
is maximum then the cost can be reduced by asking to training provider.

TASK 4: Creating and monitoring a personal and professional
development plan
For an individual to develop and grow personally and professionally a personal and professional
development plan is a critical tool. This task prompts you to step back to assess your skills and
competencies, consider your personal and professional objectives, create a personal and professional
development plan and explain how your goals and objectives will be monitored over time.
» TASK 4a
Before creating a personal and professional development plan, you need to assess your current skills and
competencies against the requirements of your role and organisational objectives.
There are TWO (2) options for answering this task. You only need to select ONE (1) option.
Option 1: If you have already completed a similar exercise in the workplace as part of your appraisal
and/or personal development planning activity, using a recognised diagnostic or assessment tool, you
may present a copy of the findings to address this task.
 Include the document(s) in the Work Based Evidence section of this assessment booklet (see page
22).
OR
 Provide your evidence as separate document(s) outside of this assessment booklet.
NB: Where separate documents are provided they must not exceed 10MB in size and must be saved
as PDF documents.
Option 2: Complete the skills and competencies assessment form found on page 12-14.
(Refer to AC4.1 Assess current skills and competencies against role requirements and organisational
objectives using recognised tools and techniques and the Indicative Content for this AC)
OPTION 1: WORK BASED EVIDENCE
Description of work based evidence:
Please briefly describe the type of work based evidence
that is being presented to meet the requirements of this
task.
Summary:
Please provide a brief summary statement of how this
work based evidence meets the requirements of this
task.

Please indicate how you
have presented evidence for
this task (please tick box):
Document uploaded to Work Based Evidence section (page 21) of this
assessment booklet
Documents are provided separately to this assessment booklet.
Document name(s):
__________________________________________________________

OPTION 2: COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE
This questionnaire outlines a range of management skills and competencies.
Complete the questionnaire and decide on your level of competence in each area, giving yourself a score
from 0-3 (3 – able to do this without any support through to 0 – you cannot do this or it is not applicable to
your current role). Each line should only contain one score.
When you have completed your assessment, write a summary of your top THREE (3) strengths
and areas for development.
I am able to… 3 – I am
competent
and able to do
this without
any support
2 – I am
confident but
require some
support and
guidance to
do this
1 – I am
unsure and
need support
and guidance
to do this
0 – I
cannot
do this or
it is not
applicabl
e to my
current
role
Leading and managing others
Lead and manage others 1
Lead a team to achieve outcomes 2
Coach others to succeed 2
Motivate individuals in their work role 3
Support and develop others in the workplace 3
Actively listen to others to build relationships 2
Provide constructive feedback to others 1
Behave ethically 2
Manage change 0
Conduct appraisals and reviews 2
Recognise achievement and good behaviour 3
Build relationships with others inside and outside
of the organisation
3
Build trust with others 3
Negotiate with and influence others 2
Manage conflict and have challenging
conversations
0

Building
relation
Identify and share good practice 2
Use written communication to share ideas 1

I am able to… 3 – I am
competent
and able to do
this without
any support
2 – I am
confident but
require some
support and
guidance to
do this
1 – I am
unsure and
need support
and guidance
to do this
0 – I cannot
do this or it is
not applicable
to my current
Communication
Use verbal communication to communicate
effectively
3
Use digital technologies (e.g. webinars, social
media platforms etc) to communicate with others
in the organisation
1
Collate and analyse data and information and
create reports
2
Recognise and overcome barriers to
communication
2
Chair meetings 3
Clearly communicate organisational strategy to
others
3
Operational management Organise, prioritise and allocate work 3
Deliver against operational plans 3
Use resources effectively 2
Set achievable goals for myself and others 2
Monitor progress to deliver against plans 2
Plan and deliver activities against a project plan 2
Project management Organise and manage resources 3
Manage risk 1
Use project management tools effectively 2
Make decisions using information from the team
and others
3
Decision making
Identify challenges and solutions 3
Use problem solving techniques 3
Take corrective actions when faced with
problems
Know when to escalate issues/problems 2
Apply organisation governance (policies and 2

Finance Explain the purpose of a budget 3
Monitor and control a budget 1
Deliver value for money 3
Personal effectiveness
Seek and act on feedback from others 1
Adapt style to meet changing needs 2
Manage own workload effectively 2
Use time management techniques 2
Manage pressure and changing priorities 2
Demonstrate resilience and accountability 2
Show determination when managing difficult
situations
2
Set an example to others 2
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT:
Summary of top THREE (3) strengths and THREE (3) areas for development.
Strength: my three main strength area are I can easily motivate my staff members and also
support them to enhance their efficiency for further improvements. Next is I can easily built
relationships with my subordinates and further gain trust of me employees which will help
to achieve all task in a defined time. I have a good knowledge of managing resources and
can easily maintain the budget for each and every department of a company.
Area of development: As I have also have some weaknesses which has to developed and
those are I cannot lead and manage others because of lacking some leadership qualities.
Further I cannot use written communication in well manner as I use verbal communication
which creates lack of communication. I cannot easily cope up the digital technologies into a
working areas which needs to be improved as per time.

» TASK 4b
Create a personal and professional development plan to meet agreed objectives.
There are TWO (2) options for answering this task. You only need to select ONE (1) option.
Option 1: If you have already completed a personal and professional development plan in the workplace,
you may present a copy of the findings to address this task.
 Include the document(s) in the Work Based Evidence section of this assessment booklet (see page
22).
OR
 Provide your evidence as separate document(s) outside of this assessment booklet.
NB: Where separate documents are provided they must not exceed 10MB in size and must be saved
as PDF documents.
Option 2: Using the findings from the assessment of your skills and competencies completed in task 4a,
create a personal and professional development plan using the CMI template on page 16.
(Refer to AC4.2 Create a personal and professional development plan to meet agreed objectives and
the Indicative Content for this AC)
OPTION 1: WORK BASED EVIDENCE
Description of work based evidence:
Please briefly describe the type of work based evidence
that is being presented to meet the requirements of this
task.
Summary:
Please provide a brief summary statement of how this
work based evidence meets the requirements of this
task.
Please indicate how you
have presented evidence for
this task (please tick box):
Document uploaded to Work Based Evidence section (page 21) of this
assessment booklet
Documents are provided separately to this assessment booklet.
Document name(s):
__________________________________________________________

OPTION 2: COMPLETE THE TEMPLATE
Personal and professional development plan
Development
Aim
Development
Approach/
Method
Time Ownership Resource
requirements
Outcomes
Which
specific skill,
knowledge or
behaviour I
want to
improve
upon?
What training
and/or
development
activity do I
plan to
undertake to
achieve this
aim?
When will I
achieve this
aim by?
Is this a short,
medium or
long term aim?
Who will
organise this?
What resources
(e.g. people,
equipment,
materials,
money) do I
need to
complete this
activity?
How will my
performance
improve or what
changes will be
made to how I
work?
Lead and
manage
others
By reading
books and
attending some
training session
related to
leadership
skills will help
to overcome
my weakness
For 30 days
and it is for
Short term
period
Company
manager
Modules,
trainers
As per past
performance I
improve my self
and now I can
easily lead a team
in an effective
manner.
Cop up with
digital
technologies
By watching
videos in
internet and
attending
classes related
to new
techniques
For 20 days
and is of
Medium term
period
Individual,
teacher
Books and
internet
By attending
classes and apply
this into my
working area will
help to overcome
this.
communicati Attending Trainer Conferences, After attending

on training session For 30 days
and is of
Medium term
seminars and
public speaking
classes I start
speaking in public
which will help me
to overcome this
problem.
Manage
change
Attending some
management
classes
For 2 months
and is of Long
term
Trainer Classes, videos. Applying those
changes into
working area will
help me to
determining the
actual performance

» TASK 4c
Explain how the personal and professional development plan presented in task 4b will be monitored.
(Refer to AC4.3 Explain how the personal and professional development plan will be monitored and the
Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
By evaluating the entire activities of an employees and then taking feedback from the peers
or subordinates on regular basis or in a quarter time will help to monitor the personal and
professional development plan. An individual can also determine by self that whether a
person is improved their lacking points or not after completing its PDP.

» REFERENCING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Use the box below to cite any external sources used in your assessment:
Cottrell, S., 2015. Skills for success: Personal development and employability. Macmillan
International Higher Education.
Desimone, L., 2018. Expanding and deepening studies of teacher learning.
Friis-Hansen, E., Taylor, E. and Duveskog, D., 2018. Professional and Personal
Transformation of Extension Workers through Nonformal Agricultural
Education Reform. International Journal of Agricultural Extension, pp.43-50.
Hildebrand, J., 2018. Bridging the gap: A training module in personal and professional
development. Routledge.
Lofthouse, R. M., 2018. COACHING: putting hearts and minds into professional and
personal development.
Shmeleva, E. A. and et.al., 2017. Innovative activities and socio-psychological security in
professional and personal development. In RRI 2016-International conference
responsible research and innovation. The European Proceedings of Social &
Behavioural Sciences (Vol. 26, pp. 921-926).
Visković, I. and Višnjić Jevtić, A., 2018. Professional development of kindergarten teachers
in Croatia–a personal choice or an obligation. Early Years.38(3). pp.286-297.

UNIT CMI 321
Assessment booklet: Managing Own Personal and Professional
Development
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE LEARNER
Learner name: CMI membership No: Date:
Centre name: Professional Training Solutions Qualification: L3 Management and Leadership
Batch Number:
Overall assessment result: Pass/Refer
LO1 Understand the benefits of personal and professional development
LO2 Understand how personal and professional development is formed
LO3 Know how to identify opportunities for personal and professional development
LO4 Know how to create and monitor a personal and professional development plan
TASK Assessment criteria Assessment
result*
(*delete as
appropriate)
Assessor feedback
1a AC1.1 Identify the differences and
similarities between personal and
professional development
Pass/Refer
1b AC1.2 Explain the benefits of personal
and professional development for the
individual
Pass/Refer
1c AC1.3 Identify the benefits to an
organisation of individuals undertaking
personal and professional
development
Pass/Refer
2a AC2.1 Explain how organisations
support personal and professional
Pass/Refer

development
2b AC2.2 Identify how professional
bodies/associations support and
stipulate requirements for personal and
professional development
Pass/Refer
2c AC2.3 Summarise the implications of
legal requirements on personal and
professional development
Pass/Refer

TASK Assessment criteria Assessment
result*
(*delete as
appropriate)
Assessor feedback
3a AC3.1 Compare different methods for
undertaking personal and professional
development
Pass/Refer
3a AC3.2 Explain resource implications
of different methods of personal and
professional development
Pass/Refer
3b AC3.3 Explain how to choose the
most appropriate method for personal
and professional development
Pass/Refer
4a AC4.1 Assess current skills and
competencies against role
requirements and organisational
objectives using recognised tools and
techniques
Pass/Refer
4b AC4.2 Create a personal and
professional development plan to
meet objectives
Pass/Refer
4c AC4.3 Explain how the personal and
professional development plan will be
monitored
Pass/Refer
Overall comments:
(to identify areas of good practice and areas for further development)

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the management and leadership role or workplace is
unclear
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acknowledged
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documents or presentation slides) do not meet the
requirements of the assessment criteria and are not
current (within 5 years)
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perspectives
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applied correctly in context of the management and
leadership role or workplace
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correctly referenced
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documents or presentation slides) match the
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