Personal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management - 03

Personal Development for Leadership and
Strategic Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1..............................................................................................................................................3
Analysing the knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management..........................3
Assessing the contribution of other factors which contribute in to achievements of
organisational vision and strategy..............................................................................................4
Theories of leadership and management to access the personal development.......................4
Justifying the ranking of leadership and management knowledge and skills required to
successfully create and achieve organisational strategy............................................................5
Leadership and management knowledge required for the successful achievements...............5
TASK 2..............................................................................................................................................5
Personal Skills Audit....................................................................................................................5
Objectives:...................................................................................................................................6
Performance Development Plan.................................................................................................6
Justification.................................................................................................................................7
Activities for personal development...........................................................................................8
TASK 3..............................................................................................................................................8
Discussing the factors impacting creation of organisation vision...............................................8
Different approaches to developing vision.................................................................................8
Evaluates the key factors which impact on the communication of vision to stakeholder.........9
Evaluates the key factors needed to gain the commitments of internal stakeholder...............9
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................10
Benefits of Skill Audit Tool used in achieving the personal and organisational strategy.........10
Source of Information required to review success ..................................................................10
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................11

CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
In order to achieve the strategic goals of an organization it depends mainly on the
personal and professional skill of strategic managers. Further in this research personal and
professional skills have been discussed in this assignment. Organizations depend upon capable
leadership to guide through different aspects. Therefore the study will further set the objectives
to meet the personal development which needs in the context of strategic. Analyse the factors
which impact on the creation of organisational vision. At the further section it will also define
the benefits of review.
TASK 1
Analysing the knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management.
Leadership Management
Skills & Knowledge
Strategic Thinking : Strategic Thinking skills is the most essential skill which should have in
strategic leaders or managers. It helps to build an idea for the company vision where company
wants to achieve goals (Asah, Fatoki and Rungani, 2015).
Planning and Delivery : Planning and delivery skills is necessary important to be personally
organised and motivated as a leader. For presenting the planning and controlling it is very
necessary to form a differentiating result oriented task to be more energetic and forming the
company vision and mission.
People Management : the basic role of leaders is to motivate their leaders and followers into
more realizing form (Boylan, 2016). This is a very challenging skill for every leader to make how
to manage the group of a team.
Change Management : Change management knowledge and theories should have known by
the strategic managers to form and develop the strong action plan for the organisation
development. This knowledge of theories and concepts are very useful to determine the best
advantageous growth and more energetic goals and objectives.
Strategic Management
Skills & Knowledge

Ability to align : Strategic leaders should needs to align frequently which need to achieve long
term goals. This leadership skill enable to accomplish the organisation vision and mission
strategies.
Building and Expanding Skill set : Strategic leaders don't rest on their past achievements and
training. They are also able to see new challenges coming down the road that require new set
of learning capacities (Chuang, Jackson and Jiang, 2016).
Ability to Interpret and communicate : Strategic leaders also should require to gathered
different information, filtering and essential to innovate the new set of working information
and thoughts.
Assessing the contribution of other factors which contribute in to achievements of
organisational vision and strategy.
Human resource factor : Human resource factors can be the other factor which helps to
achieving the company aims and objectives. HR sources also helps to engage in the training of
staff and volunteers to build the organisations capabilities.
Organisational culture : Business culture within the organisation is a very important factor
which are very effective and powerful to manage the significant outcomes for the business.
Innovation : Innovation can be the other factor which helps to accomplish the business
objectives and also which enable to compensate the business development (Dong and et.al.,
2017). Leaders and managers has always think creative and trying to make the new business
plan for the organisation development.
Theories of leadership and management to access the personal development.
Trait Theory : Trait theory of leadership defines the different traits which should have in
a leader within the organisation. Like As per the theory leader should have following traits such
as good personality, intellectual ability, Maturity, Fairness, Decision, Dominance, Diplomacy,
conceptual skills, etc. all such skills are very necessary for a personal development. Such skills in
a n individual can be profitable for the organisation as well. But on the same side, critics argues
that this theory is more relies on inborn traits and measures traits only after a person have
already consists a leader.

Behavioural Theory : As opposed to traits theory of behavioural resulted that it based
on the patter that affected employee satisfaction and performance. According to this leadership
concept it gives the greater satisfaction to followers and also recognize the better outcomes. It
also define that individual belongs to different behaviours and having different perceptions.
Behavioural theory is manageable which inspiring the long term goals and also motivating the
business opportunity and goals.
Management theory by Henri Fayol : Fayol developed six function of management that work in
conjunction with 14 management principles (Gopee and Galloway, 2017). Fayol described the
six functions of management which is forecasting, planning, organizing, commanding,
coordinating and controlling. Such functions helps to leaders and managers to achieve the
personal development.
Justifying the ranking of leadership and management knowledge and skills required to
successfully create and achieve organisational strategy.
Strategic decision making skill is the competitive leadership knowledge and skill. In this
skill system manager and leader play a different role in each particular situation. Like leaders
have to manage conflict in the workplace management.
Developing leaders are the another strategy that helps to achieve the company strategic
goals. Also it helps to certainly makes the study also makes the things more effectively applied.
Leadership and management knowledge required for the successful achievements.
In order to achieve final destination and objectives leadership and management
knowledge is very much required. To become a strategic manager in reputed organisation. It is
necessary to form a different objectives and goals (Hawkins and Edwards, 2015). Like in order
to achieve the final destination manager required to pay attention towards the company aims &
objectives. Also leaders are need to understand the meaning of the vision to be more energetic.
Trust is the another required skill of a leader which exhibit clear focus and consistent behaviour
between the managers. All such behaviour is useful for the organisation. Knowledge relate with
the concept of high learning which makes the new system and forming the new basic line
concept. However, new managing developing result

TASK 2
Personal Skills Audit
Skills Good Average In need of Training
Communication Skills ✔
Decision Making Skills ✔
Time Management
Skills
✔
Change management
Knowledge
✔
Business Knowledge ✔
Problem solving Skills ✔
IT Knowledge ✔
Leadership Skills ✔
Team Building Skills ✔
Objectives:
 To make Ayam Brand best performing food company in Singapore which requires a
team building skills.
 Also, in order to achieve a Company's vision of offering high quality products it requires
a change in organisational structure (Hillson and Murray-Webster, 2017).
 To manage the online order and online customer service I need to develop a knowledge
of Information Technology.
Performance Development Plan
learning from successes and mistakes: In this step I need to learn from mistakes of other, so
that in future I am not engaged in making those mistakes again. This will support me in growing
and achieving objectives.

using diagnostic tools e.g. Myers Briggs; I can also make use of Myers Briggs psychology test so
that I can know about my confidence level and I can have made improvement in them.
development of emotional intelligence: In this I need to have control over my emotions
whenever I am facing tough situation so that overcome the hurdles which I am facing because
of showing emotions.
ability to learn: I need to develop my ability to retain things so that It can help me in growing
overall.
systems thinking: In developing this type of thinking, it will help in bringing out solutions to
many problems.
Areas of
Improvement
Action Plan Measure Time Period
Team building Skills In order to improve
team building skills, I
need to work in a
team, set proper
collaboration and
understanding and
need to establish
team rule and need to
lead a team (Hoch and
et.al., 2018).
This skills can be
measured if am able
to build effective
team and set proper
collaboration among
and achieve the set
goals easily.
6 Months
IT Knowledge In order to improve
knowledge about IT I
will read technical
books every day, take
IT classes and learn
about various business
software.
This skill can be
measured if I am able
make use of different
business IT tools.
3 Months

Change Management
Knowledge
To gain the change
management
knowledge I should
learn about various
change management
theories and learn
about managing
resistance.
This skill can be
measured I am able to
plan the change with
less or no resistance
from employees.
5 Months.
Please add following theories of leadership and management and their application:
Transformational Leadership:
Transformational leadership is a leadership style in which leaders encourage, inspire and
motivate employees to innovate and create change that will help grow and shape the future
success of the company.
Transactional Leadership: In this leadership style leaders are involved in rewarding employees
if they perform best and also punish them if they do not perform well.
tri-dimensional leadership theory: In this theory leaders are engaged in performing three
different task. Leaders are also involved in identifying deviations in this theory.
charismatic leadership: In this leaders are engaged in involved in open communication with
workers that supports company in building better relationship with workers
situational leadership: In this leaders perform differently in different situation. They behave
according to situation.
Justification
The major activities included in the development plan are Team Building skills, IT skills
and Change Management Knowledge. These objectives and skills that I have selected to work
upon will help me in developing necessary attributes that a manager should possess in order to

succeed (Komives, 2016). However, these activities will not only help in my personal
development but also act as a backup for achievement of organizational goals:-
 Ayam Brand aims at encouraging consumption of naturally produced goods so that
consumers concentrated in Asia develop a healthier lifestyle and I also intend to develop
those skills that will help me in identifying and studying the constantly changing market
and therefore formulate best strategies for implementing and accommodating these
changes in the organizational practices.
 Ayam Brand is also venturing into development of online market and by developing my
IT skills, I will be able to develop the site in a better manner thus attracting more
customers and increasing the revenue.
Activities for personal development
As identified in the personal skill audit conducted above, there are certain skills like
team building skills, change management skills, IT knowledge etc. which I need to work upon
and for that purpose I intend to follow a set of activities that will help me in accomplishing
those activities (Mittal and Dhar, 2015).
 I am planning to join coaching classes for developing my IT skills where I will learn about
different tools and techniques related to latest technological developments. These skills
will help me in developing my core competency.
 Reading various books on time management and team building skills will further assist
me in developing the ability of influencing others and thus become a successful
manager so that I can succeed at Ayam brand.
TASK 3
Discussing the factors impacting creation of organisation vision.
There are several factors which impact company vision and goals of the organisation.
Like lack of resources this factor limit the growth of the development due to which company
cannot achieve their set goals and objectives. Like resources are financial resources, human
resources, machinery, land etc (Mumford and et.al., 2017).

Lack of knowledge and skill in personal can be the another factor which impact company
mission and objectives. Reason behind, low productive and lack of creativeness can limits the
growth and strategies for the better accomplishment of aims and objectives.
Please add following factors impacting on organisational vision:
history of the organisation, Tesco is being taken in report. It is British multinational
organization which is been headquartered in Britain.
external and internal business environment: In this Tesco is being impacted by both external
and internal environments. Like for example Political factor which includes laws, rules and
regulations are included can affect the working of organization.
capacity of the organisation: Organization like Tesco has full capacity to achieve their goals and
objectives. They are also involve in giving training to workers.
anticipating potential barriers: Potential barriers which is being faced by organization is that
employee turnover does exist in organization.
skills and ambition of leadership team: Leaders are engaged in motivating employees so that
there skills and efficiency increased.
Different approaches to developing vision.
There are some techniques and approaches in order to develop a company vision such as given
below:
 Brainstorming is one of the most leading technique which come up with new thoughts
and ideas by different mindset of people.
 Creativity or intuition exercises creates the workaholic environment around the
employees which automatically support to develop company vision.
 Encourage a bottom up/grass roots to generated vision and growth.
 Visualisation is the effective approach to build up the new thoughts and innovative ideas
for the company development.
Evaluates the key factors which impact on the communication of vision to stakeholder.
Internal factors and external factors impact the communication of vision to
stakeholders. Stakeholders are the individuals who interested in the operations of a business.
Like customers, employees, investors, suppliers. But in such situations stakeholders are not

happy and satisfied with the commitments of the organisation (Plant, Barac and Sarens, 2019).
For example due to improper vision or message of the organisation can affect the stakeholder
perception in the context of the organisation. Low commitment outcomes is the another
affecting fact which ineffective for the organisation development.
external stakeholders : There are various stakeholders like Sainsbury by which Tesco has a
strong Competition. This has an impact on working of company.
size of organisation: Organization have around 15000 employees which has been currently
employed.
Evaluates the key factors needed to gain the commitments of internal stakeholder
In order to satisfy customers, employees suppliers. Company should always fulfill the
needs and wants of their potential stakeholder. This practices can helpful to gain the
commitments of internal stakeholder like employees, investors, suppliers etc. Get hundred
percent involvement of all stakeholders in planning and meetings so they always be happy and
satisfied with the decisions taking by the company (Raelin, 2017). Also, organisation needs to
share true information with their stakeholders in order to gain his trust and honesty. All such
activities or practices can helpful to measure the strength and objectives. Another strategy or
way can adopted by the company is sharing the positive feedbacks to the stakeholders at the
end of the every projects.

TASK 4
Benefits of Skill Audit Tool used in achieving the personal and organisational strategy
The benefits of the skill audit tool that helped in achieving the personal and
organisational achievements are focused training and development which will help in
concentrating on self-development and it will also lower the cost of organisations on training.
Through this the firm can save the money and invest in other dimensions of the organisation.
As the focus was on self-development it increases the performance as well as productivity, that
was beneficial in achieving personal and organisational goals. The enhanced productivity helped
the organisation in achieving its objective and motivates the individual (Sayles, 2017). By using
skill audit tool the focus was on career patching and succession planning that provided the
exact information that is needed to achieve both the personal and organisational objectives.
This has helped the individual in knowing their own strengths and weaknesses, so that they can
work on them and helped the organisation in knowing who are their best and worthy
employees to be retained and will be beneficial for the organisation. Through this tool it is
reviewed that the skills and knowledge has been improved that is helpful in personal
development and for the organisation as well. Accurate knowledge about the current
competence has increased that has brought a sense of competitive spirit that is helpful in
personal development and organisational activities.
Source of Information required to review success
The sources of information which can be used to review success of personal
development plans can be 360 degree feedback. Information can be gathered from the
superiors about the performance of the individual, they can evaluate the individuals
performance on the basis of their productivity and development. Individual can invite the
senior mentor who is experienced to observe the teaching sessions and this will help the
individuals in knowing their strengths and weaknesses (Tian, Risku and Collin, 2016). Peer
members can also asked to give the feedback about the individuals performance. Individual can
ask the peer member to observe the performance and review it and give their suggestion about
the achievement of personal development that will help the individual in knowing their areas
that can be further improve. An individual can ask their subordinates that they can review the

teaching sessions and revert their what they analyse from the videos of sessions. Self
monitoring and goal setting is the best source to get the information or to track the progress
like setting short term goals for self that is for a particular session or module, then medium
term goals that is what one needed to achieve in a 3 months and these can include the
strategies, then the long term objectives that is future learnings or developments that will
enhance the individual capability. After everything make notes of each session that will help the
individual in assessing own performance. The other way scan be gathering feedback from the
stakeholders (managers, Industry) that is useful way to evaluate self-performance (Tian, Risku
and Collin, 2016). Panel Approach can be way to review the progress, this panel includes
managers and experts in different field, the individual's performance can be reviewed by them
as well. Experts can be asked to evaluate the individuals performance in different fields and
provide them solution regarding any deviation.
TASK 5
SKILLS PRESENT RATINGS
1 2 3 4 5
Team Building
Change
Management
Problem Solving
I reviewed my performance and evaluated my progress, and came to know that
previously I lack team building skills (Rating-1). I was very confused and couldn't handle so
many people or team together, but now I rated myself 5 in team building as I started
communicating and started thinking from others perspective as well. Previously I was poor in
managing a team, getting involved in people and even knowing their perception. I believed in
“I” and not “we”. I take a step forward to interact with others and express my views that helped
me in knowing myself and others view point. I participated in group discussions. I build myself
as a leaders, make decisions when there were conflicts in the organisation. I established group

goals and start work on them along with team support that helped in bringing out the best in
me and in my overall growth and development. I enhanced motivation skills in myself as well as
in my team members (Tian, Risku and Collin, 2016). Motivation needed to be either appraising
or can be monetary rewards.
The second skill is change management I worked upon my cooperation level among
team members and encouraging them to be flexible in adapting any new thing that came
around because that can probably help you grow. I started working on my team skills and
motivation skills that will help in managing change and bringing the best in everyone around.
Encouraged the people around me to accept the change and not fear from it, because
previously I myself was afraid of accepting anything new. I fear change and I was comfortable in
working in my own style and by using the old similar methods, but then I realised that to grow
and achieve something of more worth it is important to accept change. I will give myself (0.5) in
this skill, previously (Tian, Risku and Collin, 2016). I got Change Management skills by
participating in various training programs that enhances the skills, knowledge and abilities. I
studied the reports of various authors that stated that change is the only way to grow further.
So I started working on this dimension by managing everything.
The problem solving skill previously can be rated 2 and now it has increased to 4. Team
building skills has helped in addressing problem solving skills. Back then I was facing issues in
solving problems that occur working in team or for myself. Then I worked on my self like I
started focusing on the root cause of the problem that helped in reaching the main cause and
then finally reaching out for the problem and I changed my mindset like not considering only
my point of view but others as well (Glatthorn and et.al., 2018). So these all efforts helped me
in achieving this skill as well.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above section it has been analysed from that how much skills and
knowledge can contribute to the management system. Research also reviewed the factors of
leadership and strategic management which makes to the achievement of organisational vision
and strategy. Study also analyse the skill audit to present personal leadership and management

knowledge. Therefore, study also carried out appropriate personal development activities to
develop a knowledge and skills identified in the audit.

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