Personal & Professional Development - Travelodge
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Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Evaluating the approaches of self-managed learning............................................................31.2 Different ways in which life-long learning can be encouraged in Travelodge Hotel...........51.3 Evaluating the benefit of self-managed learning..................................................................6TASK 2............................................................................................................................................62.1 Evaluating self-assessment of skills required for manager in Travelodge Hotel..................62.2 Identifying own development needs and the activities requires and ways to improve them82.3 Identifying development opportunities to meet the needs and skills....................................92.4 Personal and professional development plan......................................................................10TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................113.1 Discussing the process and activities required to implement development plan................113.2 Implementing the development plan by undertaking activities as planned........................123.3 Reflecting the learning process as per aims and objectives set in development plan.........123.4 Updating the development plan based on feedback and evaluation....................................13TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................134.3 Evaluating and using effective time-management strategies to improve employee desire tocontinue their work...................................................................................................................16CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18
INTRODUCTIONPersonal and professional development refers to the activities which help in contributingto improve a person's talent, potential, employability, skills and abilities. It is essential tocontinue enhancing the skills and abilities of a person which will assist him in developing in hispersonal as well as in professional career. Personal development will assist a person to have aclear vision and set a future goal and target that needs to be achieved. Self-managed learning is atechnique in which a person learns in order to enhance his skills and knowledge. It is veryimportant to become self-managed and self-directed person that will assist him efficiently inmanaging his skills in order to achieve personal and professional goals. Present report will help in understanding the importance of self-managed learning inpersonal and professional development. The report is based on Travelodge Hotel as per the givenscenario. Different approaches of self-managed learning will be discussed with their benefits foremployees and for Travelodge. Further, self-assessment on the skills will be done which willassist in identifying own development needs. Report will also include personal developmentplan. Furthermore, importance of continuous review of personal and professional developmentwill be discussed. Different interpersonal and transferable skills will be discussed here as well.TASK 1Personal development portfolioBy, Assistant ManagerTravelodge Hotel1.1 Evaluating the approaches of self-managed learningIn process of personal and professional development, it is essential for a person to takeinitiatives in the learning process. Self-managed learning is referred as a process of initiating bya personal in some new learning by himself. It is achieved when a person has determined hisgoals, objectives and target which gives them motivation of learning. As a manager ofTravelodge Hotel, through self-learning I will able to apply my new acquire skills in dailyoperations which assist me, my staffs in order to grow and also Travelodge Hotel for its growth.There are different approaches that are very effective for self-learning process. Some of themethods that I have used for self-learning are:Internet: With the increasing in technology, different learning tools and application are3
available on internet (Hildebrand, 2018). I always use internet and social media and found manyinteresting software multimedia tools which helped in acquiring different knowledge. Onlinevideos, word processor, search engines are different sources which I regularly follow thathelped me in gaining more knowledge. Online channels and videos helped me in improving andenhancing my communication skills. As a hotel manager, communication skills are foremostimportant that will assist me in my professional growth. Strength:I can use internet anywhere, whenever I'm free. It can be used at any place.Through internet, I can get lecture from various known professors of various university.Weakness:It requires effective accessibility skills.It has limitation of hand on learning.Seminars: It is a kind of lecture or presentation that are delivered to the audience on a particulartopic (Cunningham, 2017). I regularly attend different seminars that are on some educationaltopics. These seminars help in acquiring new educational knowledge. Strength:It assist me in getting wealth of knowledge that is presented by many people at one timein one place.It is an effective tool for the one who doesn't like reading books much.Weaknesses:The entry fee of Seminar could not be affordable for me.As assistant manager, it would not be possible to take leave or break in order to attainseminars.Conference: It is also a presentation, it is very useful as it helped me to learn from others.Conferences are held for a variety of reasons, including resolving problems, making decisions,developing cooperation, and publicising ideas, products, and services. As a professional,conference helped me a lot to improve my knowledge.I can say that this approach is very effective to manage our self-learning. For my staff,our organisation should conduct different seminars as this would be very suitable for staffs toattend it. Online presentation is also a suitable approach for the staff in order to manage theirself-learning process.4
1.2 Different ways in which life-long learning can be encouraged in Travelodge HotelLearning is about reaching one's best potential that will help them in achieving theirpersonal and professional goals. Life-long learning is very beneficial for every employee whichhelps in evolving their skills and knowledge in their field. There are different methods through Ican encourage lifelong learning in my staff. In order to make continuous learning developmentin staff, there are many ways through which I can encourage my staffs:By allowing self-direct their learning:Many times, I have to make my employees understand what exactly they need to learn.But rather than this, I will ask them about what they want to or need to learn. It will also helpme in engaging them in this process (Pedler, 2011). Self-directing is beneficial for employees asthey will themselves organise their work, without asking me for their work (10 Simple Ways toEngage in Lifelong Learning, 2019). An important way to encourage my staffs to self-directtheir learning I can pinpoint their personal interest which assist me to give them motivation toincrease self-direct learning in them. By combining learning goals with professional goals: As my staffs has limited time to engage in self- learning process, connecting workinggoals with their lifelong learning will be an efficient way to encourage them. It can be possiblewhen I make their learning goals real by setting targets and through individuals learning KPIs itwill help me to efficiently encourage my staffs to indulge in learning process.By connecting employees with inspirational mentors:I can arrange formal seminars or mentorship programs in order to encourage my staff tobe a lifelong learner (Von Haenisch, 2011).It will help the staffs to connect with moreexperienced colleges or people. This provides my staffs to learn from their achievements andfailure. It will also help in encouraging my staffs to discuss their challenges, their ambitions thatassist them in visualizing their growth. Enabling learning as an achievement:In order to encourage life-long learning in my staffs, it is very essential to appreciatetheir learning (A List of 6 Powerful Pathways for Encouraging Lifelong Learning, 2019). As Iknow the importance of self-esteem and recognition to motivate the employees. Recognisinglearning as an achievement will enable me to encourage my staff for their learning. Awardingmy employees on completing any self-learning course will help in providing them a sense of5
achievement that will also motivate other employees for life-long learning.1.3 Evaluating the benefit of self-managed learningSelf-managed learning can be defining as the process in which an individual himselftakes initiative to learn in order to enhance his skills sand ability. Self-managed learning is veryessential for the personal and professional development of an individual. As an assistantmanager, self-managed learning will assist me to clear my aim and goals in personal as well asin my professional career. Engaging in self-managed learning is beneficial for me to acquiringnew skills and further educational knowledge and understanding. Continuous development inmy skills will assist me in performing my roles and responsibilities in a better way. Throughself-learning I can be able to handle any stressful situation with my problem-solving skills andthrough innovative and creative ideas (Moon, 2013). Self-managed learning will assist memeeting challenges and objectives, self-awareness of the situation, dealing with my self-consciousness. Self-managed learning is an effective way through which I can improve andprogress in my professional career and contribute in progress of my company as well.It can be said that a self-learned employee will effectively apply their new skills andknowledge for the growth and progress for their company and its employees. Having a self-learning employee is very much beneficial for Travelodge Hotel, by increasing my skills andknowledge I will be able to handle and resolve any issues and problem in hotel which assist tomake my company a progressive unit (Elliott, 2012). Through learning new skills, I will be ableto train my staffs which help them to improve their performance level that brings the bestproductive outcomes from them. It is very beneficial for Travelodge Hotel to have productiveworkforce which helps in earning more revenue and attaining its organisational growth.TASK 22.1 Evaluating self-assessment of skills required for manager in Travelodge HotelWorking as an assistant manager in Travelodge Hotel, I have realised that to be a hotelmanager there are certain skills and capabilities that are set for a manager in Travelodge Hotel.As per the professional standard that are set to be a manager, following skills are essential tohave:My current skillsProfessional StandardsJob role objective6
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