Personal and Professional Development

Running head: Personal and Professional Development
Self-Management and Leadership

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Question: 1.......................................................................................................................................4
Impact of change on employee....................................................................................................4
Positive (“early adopters”)...........................................................................................................5
Negative (resistor).......................................................................................................................6
The way positive and negative responses impact an organizational workflow...........................7
Question 2........................................................................................................................................9
Advice to leader during implementation of change at the workplace.........................................9
Self -development Plan............................................................................................................9
Interpersonal relationship management by interpreting conflict management skills..............9
Effective team-working practices (Based on Belbin’s Team Roles Model).........................11
Implication of leadership skills..............................................................................................12
Adaptability with wider business environment.....................................................................13
Implication of motivational theories..........................................................................................14
Maslow’ Hierarchy of needs model.......................................................................................14
McClelland’s Need Theory....................................................................................................14
Skills audit.................................................................................................................................15
STARR Formula....................................................................................................................15
Leadership theories....................................................................................................................16
Professional and personal achievement.....................................................................................17
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................18
References......................................................................................................................................19
Appendices....................................................................................................................................23

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Appendix 1: Self Development Plan.........................................................................................23
Appendix 2: Skills Audit...........................................................................................................25

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Introduction
This study aims to understand the impact of reciprocation between the management and the
employees in terms of the organization growth that can implicate positive changes in its
workflow. Generally, business organizations have to deal with many stakeholders like
employees, leaders, consumers, suppliers and manufacturers. Among all major stakeholders’
employees are the basic pillars of any organization. Effective communication and co-operation
among the employees, leaders and the management is important for achieving challenging
professional as well as organizational goals. Moreover, to get organizational success in this
competitive, technologically advanced and modern world, flexible self-management, adaptability
and leadership skills is of profound importance. In this assignment I have noted down my self-
development plan and framework of my journey toward personal and professional success. I
believe to become an effective team-leader I need to identify my strengths-weaknesses and
sharpen my adaptability and communication skills. Elevation of leadership skills helps an
individual to sustain in the unprecedented era of 21st century. In this assignment I have
mentioned my major understandings and knowledge based on leadership self-assessment
activity, STARR Formula, leadership theories etc. that I gained from the scholarly readings and
articles (Hemerling, 2019).

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Question: 1
Impact of change on employee
Employees and workers of an organization are responsible for implicating the business strategies
and critical decisions that are generated by the top-level management (Abiodun, 2014). The
overall ambience of an organization is critically dependent upon the roles and responsibilities
that are played by its employees. Leadership skills and progressive vision help a manager to
transform himself into a leader. Those ethical, managerial-leadership skills and motivating
approaches that have encouraged me to implement strategic changes into the organizational
behavior are noted down in this self-reflective report. I have written down my key observations
and learning outcomes that I gained throughout my professional career.
As mentioned by Sharif & Scandura, (2014) being a critical part of an organization, the kind of
moral values, ethical practices and business strategies the organization implement its work
culture severely impact the employees. Based on the personal nature, upbringing, professional
ambience, career goals and moral beliefs demands, needs and motivation vary from one to
another(Petronio, 2017).

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Positive (“early adopters”)
These kinds of individuals are familiar with technological advancements that are going around
and are enthusiastic enough to implicate their knowledge in the workplace. For instance, young
software developers, content writers and creative bloggers use new technology, innovations,
writing skills and knowledge in order to figure out best use cases in the workflow. These early
adopters are capable of transforming their ideas into actions by their visionary leadership skills.
To become a leader, an individual must be creative enough regarding strategic planning, business
ideas and transcending of his own ideas into other employees or followers. Creative and
enthusiastic persons can be part of the leading personalities. But zealous, demotivated and
dissatisfied with one’s own job role can make that individual transform into a resistor. That
person resists any kind of positive changes, uncertainty or risks and loves to follow traditional
work procedure. This can be better understood by Hofstede’s dimensions of culture theory and
application. Uncertainty avoidance index deals in risk taking plus tolerance for uncertainty and
tendency of a society whereas restraint versus indulgence helps an organization togratify its
desires, needs and regulate social activities (Takey & de Carvalho, 2015).
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