Managing Self and Others: Personal Development and Skills Development Strategies

This report explores the topics of managing self and others, personal development plans, and strategies for skills development. It also discusses how effective performance management can develop high-performance individuals. The report includes a detailed personal development plan and highlights the importance of lifelong learning and career development.

MANAGING SELF AND
OTHER

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
QUESTION 1..................................................................................................................................3
a. Personal Development Plan.....................................................................................................3
b. Strategies for skills development and lifelong learning may enable career development.......7
QUESTION 2..................................................................................................................................9
a. High performance people be developed by effective performance management....................9
b. High-performance strategies enable you to reflect on how you may work effectively.........11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development refers to the activities through which an individual improves his/ her
talents, prospects, awareness, employability and capacity to perceive dreams and generate
wealth. In simple words, it can be defined as what a person does to enhance him/her in prospects
in life. This is the lifelong process where people analyse their qualities and capabilities, sets goal
and try to achieve them with their full potential. This report deals with the topic managing self
and others, where various topics can be analysed and understood in detail. Report emphasise on
concepts associated with the career development strategies, analyse the evolution of lifelong
learning and skill development with the help of my own PDP and SWOT. Further this report
elaborate about the topic of high performance of individuals and team; by discussing that how
high performance people are developed by the effective performance management in form of a
blog and later illustrates that how high performance strategies allows to reflect my work
effectively as a part of team.
QUESTION 1
a. Personal Development Plan
PDP is an arranged and supported process that is taken over by an individual to evaluate
his/her own learning or performance or achievement related to their career, educational and
personal development, as PDP provides a roadmap to achieve the goals in one’s life (Shaheen
and Hameed, 2020).
Before I make my own PDP, I will analyze my core competencies to know my capabilities,
creative skills that helps in completing specific tasks, I will also highlight my weakness that I
have to work on, opportunities that I may grab and the obstacle or threat in my life which stops
me achieve my goals with the SWOT analysis. I am a 25 year graduate working with TokTok,
currently into 2 year graduate recruitment programme. I joined Telecom Company while I was at
university and at my workplace I was encouraged to enter into certification course on managerial
leadership and management development course and rejoin my department as junior manager.
Strengths
According to my personal administration, my
basic skills that are must at workplace our good
and the in depth knowledge is of sound level
basically in comparison to level of training
Weakness/Areas on which further
development is needed
Due to imbalance between the work-life, lost
the physical fitness and did not made any time
for physical fitness, as a result I am gained lot

provided to me.
I am quite confident that I can pursue
leadership and management course, by
sleeping less and making out time anyhow. I
was evaluated nonchalant while working and
rendered clear direction.
I got an opportunity to lead a team for the time
period through that i got to know that I have
capability to give manage people easily and
give them clear directions on specific tasks.
of weight and become more stressed.
I need to gain some more experience in
planning, because I take more time while
briefing the task to my subordinates and work
on providing them with the correct solution not
presenting them problem (Stewart, 2016).
I think my understanding on approximate
planning process is superficial and requires
time and more experience.
Need to build more confidence in decision-
making by gaining more experience of
managing teams in different scenarios.
Opportunities
I have got a brilliant mentor i.e. the line
manager who guides me about different things
and on personal development.
TokTok annual appraisal process is source of
feedback by analysing it, I can definitely
improve and work on myself.
Tell my employer that I am doing the
management and leadership program and also
through that I am also helping or leading teams
to attain certain tasks. Also the structured
approach of evaluating problems helps me
giving accurate solutions and that will add
value of my part in the company.
Threats
Failing to balance the work & own
commitments.
The following demonstrated below is my detailed PDP Plan for setting Goals –
Skills Activities Resources Time Period
Thorough knowledge
of TokTok’s business
activity
Complete leadership
and management
development program
and also enrol and
complete the
TokTok’s Young
Join Training Centre
for Young Manager
program and
complete certification
from university.
3 – 12 Months

manager program.
Develop more
leadership qualities.
Learn from the
experienced and
skilled managers and
by practicing self
(Rimmer, 2018).
Senior Colleagues. 1 year and more
Personal fitness Regularly working
out for an hour in
gym, having
concentrated and
healthy diet. On
weekends spend extra
hours for physical
fitness. Build a good
fitness plan to gain
good stamina and
release stress and
have positivity while
working.
Advice from
Instructor in gym.
3-6 months.
Gain Confidence as a
management leader.
Volunteer different
teams and extempore
functional projects,
develop credibility
and experience as
manager.
Under the guidance
of Line manager.
End of Projects.
Saving deposits After receiving salary
everytime, saving a
definite amount
before any expenses
for my future.
Bank & Bank account 3-5 years

Improve decision-
making and planning
skills.
By gaining more
experience of
business analysis and
come up with new
and innovative
solutions at practical
working
environment.
Using Training
opportunity and
revising.
2- 12 months
Achieving key and
prime business skills.
By completing the
mandatory trainings
provided by the
company.
TokTok’s trainings In 12- 15 months.
Personal Objectives –
Short Term Goals – To complete the managerial leadership and management development
program in upcoming 12 months.
Pursue hobbies which helps me in keeping myself calm and also gives positivity and removes
stress from life and that can actually help in having work-life balance.
To gain the more physical fitness with time and have perfect body, working out also helps in
stress management and builds good stamina.
Middle Term Goals – Get responsibility of leading team and challenging projects and tasks.
Getting engaged and support some different functional teams which can provide notable
exposure (Utting, 2017).
Long Term Goals – Get promotion, become manager from junior manager.

Getting responsibility or charge of big teams and work towards future growth (becoming head of
department).
Saved and invest good amount.
b. Strategies for skills development and lifelong learning may enable career development
There are a lot of skills which need to be developed in an individual so that there are
going to be higher achievements which would be present in them for their career options which
they have selected. The career options of all the individuals are very wide and of different fields
but they need almost the same kind of skills which is required in an individual to be able to
achieve the success which they have planned. Planning is another very important skill which all
individuals must have making them be able to have a sense of direction in which they must be
working. Without a sense of direction the individual will not be able to achieve the success and
the career options they have selected for themselves. It is very important to stay self motivated
which would make them be able to work towards their career options very quickly (Tai and
Kareem, 2018). There are a lot of strategies which can be produced by an individual to be able to
achieve their goals and develop themselves accordingly. As an individual I have to make sure but
the skills in me are improving daily so that I can achieve the career options and goals which I
have set for a long term. If the skills are going to be missing in me that would just make me feel
demotivated can also make me not want to work further in the right field which I am interested
in. having the right skills is going to help me be able to achieve those factors and make me be
able to plan out my career development accordingly. There are a lot of changes which are
coming in the market which the company needs to adapt and without having the right employees
they would not be able to do so therefore it is very important for me to develop these skills
effectively which is going to help me and the company be able to grow and achieve our
objectives and goals in the market effectively (Agarwal, Brooks and Greenberg, 2020).
There is a process which is present in order to be able to achieve the career and personal
development. As an individual I will have to plan my sense of direction for the career
development according to the skills which are present in me. I need to first understand the
importance of each skill and understand the skills which are present in me and find a balance
between the two so that I can make the right decisions accordingly. There has to be good team

working skill in me so that there is going to be higher productivity and achievement of goals
which are present. Working as a team is any day more motivating for all the individuals since
that is the push which is provided to all from each other and there will be more equality and
understanding making the business environment is healthier to achieve the goals and objective.
Career development in individuals is very important making them have a higher functioning an
ability to be achieving the targets and goals (Liu and et.al., 2020). All the individuals have
different career options and different way of working therefore it is important to have these skills
which would help them to be able to have a common ground while working. Knowing one’s own
strengths and weaknesses and developing around those factors is very important so that there
would be higher functioning and productivity which the organisation can have and as an
individual I would be able to develop myself effectively. If I would be able to give in my best the
team will be able to have a higher functioning and productivity which would be present. My
work is going to contribute to the overall target which is set by the team and due to efficiency
and quality of work by using the right skills and knowledge is going to help the team gain a
higher reputation in the organisation.
It is very important for the organisation to be able to have a higher retention level of the
employees since they train them and make them have the right knowledge which is going to
make the company have a higher reputation in the market. The progression of the individual and
organisation is going to take place when both of them want to work and having the skill is very
important by the organisation and individuals of the company to make sure that the achievements
are going to be higher and the company would benefit from it. The skills in the organisation have
to match the standards by the individual therefore having a career in that field requires this kind
of improvement in the individuals. Communication, problem solving, teamwork, etc, kind of
skills a very important and an individual who wants to work in a business environment or any
other industry do you have a higher achievement for themselves. Skills are a lifelong
improvement which all the individuals can have but they need to brush them up from time to
time according to the change which is coming in the market. there are a lot of changes which are
coming in the market therefore the skills of an individual also have to be developed an improved
with time so that there are going to be higher achievements which would be present and they
would be able to given their best in the company. To make the retention level of the individuals
and team be present in one factor there has to be good understanding of them and the

environment must be healthy for them to operate in so that there are going to be higher
functioning which would be present. Communication is another very important skill which must
be present so that there are going to be higher functioning which is going to be present so that
there would be better functioning (Boutot, Ramey and Pullen, 2017). Motivation has to be
present and that can come in with communication as well when all the individuals are sharing
their knowledge and skills in the company making each other have the right kind of help which
is required.
QUESTION 2
a. High performance people be developed by effective performance management
Effective performance management is most important for developing their organizational
goals and objective. Performance management is more than just creating work environment
about leadership, feedback, teamwork, interpersonal relationship. High performance people
being developed individual or team for having more effectively production. Here are some
effective performance management strategies for developing high performance people-
Define and communicate goals and objective:- In making their performance high and more
developed for their achieving tasks goals and objective. Performance management should
communicate their goals and objective to people of their organization and make them proper
communication for work (Myers,2020). Sometime employees may not be clear for their
information about company performance they might be had some questions, and they are
confused about that asked or not. Solution can be goal tracking software which could help them
that their performance being completing tasks goals and objective. Goals tracking software
creating office charts, distributing emails, holding meeting. When they outline their goals and
objective, repeated messages might be seeks, so that employee has their references and hold
meeting to check their performance skills and knowledge, how they are doping their objective in
organization.
Change performance management software:-This software is useful for tracking their
performance management, once it is considered time-consuming and if organization is once
useful to this they will not take to understand and save the time. If anytime performance software
is not worker than team members cab be complain about it, and they have employee engagement

will low. A good performance management also manages their software according to their
business strategies and make their peoples skills high along with more developed. Software helps
their employee to be at top performance so that company can easily run smoothly and effectively
all time. Some modern performance management can be made this software more useful for
tracking their teams and individuals goals and objective (O'Neill and McLarnon,2018). It offers
traditional reviews is employee friendly, information on dashboard, as they allow quick and
actionable reporting or development in employment.
Offer performance feedback:- While communicating with company it is not only compulsory
for having issue in communication but sometime manager should also check their employee
feedback within teams or individuals. If they have some issue among their feedback it must be
mandatory for them to progress on their feedback and try to solve out their problems. Good
performance management show their skills and positive behaviours opportunities area for their
peoples. This type of feedback may not ait until HR pass and review their work cycles. It should
be timed for company and incorporate organizational culture and it might be star from interview
process but it can be another part for another time. Performance management should give timely
feedback to their employee so that they can have some to make correction in work (Otte And
et.al.,2017). Hence, it is the best part for performance management to give feedback to their
people management through which they can increase their performance skills and developed
their growth at workplace.
People benefits and compensation:- While using feedback strategies management should give
their performance who have better feedback, as they allow to have compensation and rewards
from their organization. Benefits form of value, other payments, that provide employee to
motivate and encourage them for work and goals and objective for their business plans. It is juts
type of contribution to employee in maintaining their performance to be high for doing their jobs.
As word compensation says that cash rewards paid to their people for exchanging their services
as they are provided. It might be included salaries, wages, incentive or bonus and financial
rewards. Providing to these benefits and compensation employee keeps motivated and improve
their skills and productivity for work and try to complete more and more goals and objective and
make developed their high performance skills accordance to competitive advantages.
Set out regular meeting outcomes:- Also known all the results they can set up the meetings and

set all the things how they can be work and how they bring market changes and help out to
develop their business goals and objectives for organization. These meeting might be held
weekly, monthly or often when it could be (Pak and Kim, 2018). Ensures that all team members
and individuals knows about their meetings which must be mandatory for then to attend their
meeting and agenda have been given before their meeting. If their will be meeting held later than
manager need to report their people management about meeting later or changing time with their
schedules and must be relevant or something worth well to talk about that. While conducting
meeting they should be help their people management work and make their performance plans
that could be more benefits for their employees. Manager have to set meeting with specific
agenda that might be useful for their employees and which make their performance skills high at
workplace.
Clear development goals:- Effective performance management should be clear about their goals
and objective for developing them and making their people performance high and increase more
productivity in organization. In creating goals and objective they must be specific and relevant
about their tasks, which will assign them should be valid along with the best outcome for their
results. While having their development goals and objective people management can create their
skills and knowledge according to their work skills (Sethumadhavan, 2017). Company should be
clear in achieving their target and make proper use of allocation resource which are to be given
them, they must be provided to their employee for making proper use of resources in only
relevant tasks. There are several tools that allows to be set of both development goals as well as
business goals.
b. High-performance strategies enable you to reflect on how you may work effectively
As a team it is very important to given the personal best of all the individuals who are
present in that team. There are a lot of strategies which can be used by individual to be able to
have an effective working as a part of the team. When the skills are going to be present in the
individual like learning, attitude, motivation, communication and development the individuals
will be able to given their higher performances in the team. It is very important to make sure that
all the individuals are motivated to be able to encourage one another to achieve the targets and
goals which are present in front of them. There are a lot of team members which would want to
take shortcuts in order to achieve higher objectives and goals which can make the efficiency and

distribution of work can get affected. Communication is another skill which can help in
motivation and having a healthier working environment for all the individuals which are present
in the organisation (Guo and Ren, 2020). Communication is going to make sure that all the
individuals are sharing the roles and responsibilities which are present in the company.
Monitoring and controlling accordingly would be very effective when the individuals are going
to be certain about the functioning which they need to be providing to the organisation. There are
a lot of targets and goals which are present in the market which the team needs to achieve so that
there are going to be higher functioning and brand value which is going to be present of the
company. There needs to be good development which has to be present in all the individuals
which would help the organization to have higher functioning. A lot of skills have to be
developed in the individuals which would help in making the team performance improve.
There is a lot of creativity which can come in the company by the groups when there is
going to be good understanding between them. There are a lot of conflicts which are going to rise
and they have to be well maintained so that the company will be able to operate effectively and
efficiently in the market. Common understanding is going to give a common direction to all the
employees working in a team making the productivity higher. There has to be good attitude
which needs to be present between all the employees so that there is going to be higher
understanding and functioning which is present. To make sure that the working environment is
healthy there has to be good understanding between all the employees who are present in the
company (Kuznetsov and Sabel, 2017). Good transparency in the team is also going to help in
achieving the targets and the trust and loyalty of the team can be built up. It is very important to
have self development in personality and personal skills which is going to make the team
working and performance of the company which is going to be higher. The competition in the
market is increasing rapidly therefore it is important for them team working of the organisation
to be higher to match the competitors in the market. the demands of the customer is also
increasing which are being taken by the other competitors which requires a good team to make
sure that the productivity and operations of the company is well maintained.
From the report it can be said that it is very important to have good skills and
development in an individual and team which is going to impact the overall performance. Since
the competition in the market is increasing the company will also have to make sure that the

internal environment of the organisation is healthy and matching to the standards and
expectations of the organisation by providing them with the right training and development
(García-Magariño and Lacuesta, 2017). Employees have to have the skills of improving
themselves so that they can achieve the career options which have been selected by them. All the
organisations provide the right promotions for the employees who are putting in their personal
best in the organisation. It is very important for all the individuals to know their strengths and
weaknesses in the company so that they can take the right measures accordingly which would
make the development of self be present and there is going to be a proper planning which would
be present. That has to be positive thinking and right attitude in the employees so that they can
achieve the targets and goals which are present in the organisation and also for them. There has
to be good development which needs to be present in individual so that there is going to be
higher functioning and performance which would be present from their side. That is a lot of
contribution to the society and the workplace which the individuals are providing from the right
skills and methods they are using making the environment healthier for themselves and the
surroundings (Chowdhury, 2020). That is a huge rule of team we just present in all the
individuals because there is a support which is provided by the team to the individual. under
pressure an individual will not be able to work do the best and the quality of the products and
services is going to reduce which might affect the career options since they will not be able to
progress in that field. All the individuals want satisfaction in the career option they have selected
therefore it is very important for them to improve the skills accordingly making themselves be
higher satisfied with the goals and career options which they have selected.
CONCLUSION
This report concluded managing self and others for career development and learning. In
achievement of goals and objective there should be planned of their business. Also, concluded
that strategies for skill development and enable future targets it might be considered in personal
developing planning for employees. High performance individual and team can be had
experience in developing their skills and knowledge. This studies evaluation of personal
development needs when working with individuals and teams which keeps them motivated,
communication skills.

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