Personal Development Plan for Becoming CEO of Transport Malta

This document discusses the development of a personal development plan (PDP) for becoming the CEO of Transport Malta. It includes a skills audit to evaluate strategic skills, techniques to identify preferred learning style, and the construction of a PDP. The outcomes of the PDP are assessed against personal work objectives, and the impact of learning on achieving strategic goals is evaluated. The document provides insights into communication skills, conflict management, and time management.

Personal Development
Plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Carrying a skills audit to evaluate the strategic skills needed to meet current and future
leadership requirements..........................................................................................................3
2.2 Applying appropriate techniques to identify preferred learning style..............................4
3.1 Constructing a personal development plan that meets leadership development
requirements identified in the skills audit..............................................................................5
3.2 Using suitable methods for assessing the outcomes of a personal development plan against
personal work objectives........................................................................................................9
3.3 Evaluating the impact of own learning against the achievement of strategic goals.......10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Person skill development is one of the most essential part of personal and professional life for an
individual to move forward in their career programming new career opportunities and also
perform well in their personal life. This is a report is developed for preparing a personal
development plan for acquiring the career goal of becoming CEO of transport Malta. The report
goes through by developing a skill audit for evaluating strategic skills required to meet the future
leadership goals. Appropriate techniques and tools are used for identifying preferred learning
style and accordingly a personal development plan is prepared. The end after preparing to PDP
suitable methods are used to assess the outcomes of the PDP in relation with the personal work
objectives. Along with it the impacts of own learning will be beneficial for the organisation
along with career goals.
MAIN BODY
2.1 Carrying a skills audit to evaluate the strategic skills needed to meet current
and future leadership requirements
SKILL AUDIT
Skill audit is basically a process that is used by an individual to identify the skill gaps and the
areas in which they lack for reaching to there career goal. The skill audit is conducted identify
the areas where is the individual needs to work and require trainings. With the help of a skill
audit document understanding of the gaps and the skills required by the person to reach to their
career goals can be analysed along with gaining knowledge about their current abilities and
talents (Choy and Chua, 2019).
In order to be a successful CEO of transport Malta there are numerous skills which are needed to
be developed in order to reach to the career goal. These skills are communication skills, effective
conflict management skill and most importantly time management skills. These are the three
most important abilities or skills which is required in a CEO of an organisation. The skill audit of
the abilities and talents required for becoming a CEO bus transport Malta is conducted by
reviewing the continuous development plan prepared in previous project. The continuous

development plan also known as CPD assisted and directed identifying appropriate areas which
are needed to be improved for becoming a CEO and which are essential skills required in CEO.
also in previous project there are some tools which are used available in the market place for the
individual to evaluate and develop their personal skills. These tools are competency self
assessment survey tool and personality test tool. With the help of both of these tools general idea
is evaluated about the skills which are our present and needs to be updated along with a
personality test showing the inbound competencies. The stools also helps in developing effective
skill audit and knowing the essential skills required for becoming a CEO and moving forward in
career.
2.2 Applying appropriate techniques to identify preferred learning style
Learning style
A learning style refers to a consistent way or manner in which a person or an individual response
and by using stimuli in context of learning. The learning style of the composition of
characteristic cognitive, Dev and psychological factors which serves as relatively level indicator
of how a individual or a learner perceives, interacts and response to the learning environment
(Van Zyl and Stander, 2019). The learning science also defined as those educational conditions
under which a person is most likely to learn in an effective and efficient manner. There it is said
that learning styles Earth concepts and manners concentrating on the way and individual learns
rather than on what they learn.
Tool used to identify preferred learning style
There number of tools and techniques present and divided by researchers to the marketplace for
individual to identify the learning styles and behaviour. Some of these tools are known as VAK,
Kolb's model, Honey and Mumford learning style tools. Out of these tools VAK learning style
tool is preferred and used to analyze and evaluate the learning behaviour of the individual.
VAK learning style theory was design for describing how distinct type of learners process
information’s (Law, 2020). This learning style was established in 1987 by Neil Fleming and
stands for Visual Auditory and Kinesthetic that is tactical. The theory suggest that there are
three types of learners who learns with three different channels which are visual channel,
auditory channel and tactical channel. These three channels of learning identifies and implies that
every individual is different and therefore they need use of different channels for learning and

moving further in their careers. The VAK learning theory highlights that an individual is
different holding different characteristics and capabilities which enables them to make
appropriate decisions while learning and also helps them make appropriate use of a particular
channel and effectively game all the knowledge and learning.
I am a visual learner which means that by reading and seeing pictures basically observing things
I learn the most. In other words of visual learning is the individual who holds good observation
skills and abilities, the learn maximum by reading and observing various different situations
rather than other learning styles (Suleiman, 2019). A visual learner can always develops a picture
in their mind of what they are seeing and learn the best out of it by using methods which are
usually and primary visual. The visual learners always like to see what’s there learning the
mostly make use of presentations pictures and posters to learn better and efficiently. A visual
learners is always neat and clean and close their eyes to visualize things which they just saw and
make a picture in their minds for remembering them for a longer go and learning bringing most
appropriate outcome from it. Area where visual learners lakh is this is difficulty to understand
and follow a spoken directions and get distracted by sounds they are most probably attracted
towards colors and images. Various techniques which are used by a visual learner to learn better
and quicker is the always say first in the line or in the group and observe everything present
there. Also visual learner always keep notepad with them to write down or to draw pictures of
what they are listening observing and understanding. Visual learner always make use of
flowcharts and other diagrams to explain their point of views to the wider group and to learn in
best possible manner.
3.1 Constructing a personal development plan that meets leadership development
requirements identified in the skills audit
Personal Development Plan
A Personal Development Plan also known as PDP is a document which is developed by oneself
for evaluating appropriate planning for acquiring particular skills and capabilities according to
the time frame and by using appropriate tools and techniques. A person development plan is
basically a document which provides guidelines and direction to the individual towards
achieving a particular skills or number of specific skills (Fedorivna and Fedorivna, 2019). A
personal development plan enables the person to grab all the required skills for themselves in
order to attain their career goals and those skills which are required to fulfil and reach to their

career objective. A person development plan is also prepared below with the help of skill audit
and the knowledge gained by using appropriate tool about the learning style of an individual. In
order to become a CEO of transport Malta various skills which are required to be developed by
the person are elaborated in the PDP along with the ways and time frame needed to optimally
achieve those skills.
Area of
Development
Date of
Completion
Will achieve this
skill by:
How will I know
I have been
successful?
Progress
Communication
skills
Approximately 3
months from
today and
maximum 6
months for
acquiring this
skill in an
appropriate
manner (Aliaga-
Herchel, P. and
Aliaga Robles,
J., 2019).
For becoming
CEO
communication
is one of the
most important
and essential
tool. It will
enable me to
address the
people associated
with the
organisation in
an effective
manner.
Therefore, for
improving
communication
skill and
attaining
effective
communication
abilities I’ll be
enrolling to
For knowing my
success and
acquisition of
communication
skills ask my
colleagues to
help me by
asking them their
true opinions
about my
communication
skills. Also I can
take feedback
from my
superiors about
the
improvements
they have seen
while interacting
with them.
According to my
colleagues and
my superiors I
have improved
my
communication
skills but while
addressing a
whole crowd I
may hesitate
sometimes and
this is the area
where I need to
work upon and
progress.

various courses
and training
programs for
enhancing
communication
and interaction
abilities.
Conflict
management
8 months time is
required for
achieving
effective conflict
management
skill.
Conflict
management is
another very
important skill
which is needed
to be developed
in order to
become a
potential CEO as
I’ll be on the top
management
level holding
numerous
responsibilities
and out of which
managing the
individuals and
employees of the
organisation is
the most
important. For
attaining
effective conflict
management
A self
assessment tool
can be helpful
where I will
resolve conflicts
among people in
my workplace
and appropriately
assess my skill
accordingly
(Ramdi, 2019).
I have analysed
that while
managing a
conflict between
Mercy mix I love
on a very specific
area that is
listening to them
and their
problems. Rather
than listening
and then
providing them a
solution I was
speaking the
most is not a
good efficient
conflict
management
manner and I
need to work
more harder on
it.

abilities there are
various books
and Journals
developed by
experts a number
of articles
present on the
internet for
human resource
management.
These are some
of the very
important
resources
available for
developing
conflict
management
skills
understanding
the importance of
it (Roldán-
Merino and et.
al., 2019).
Time
management
This is one of the
most important
skill for a sore
and also very
time consuming
therefore 10
months time is
Time
management
skill concentrate
on developing
and ability in
individual to
manage overall
In case of time
management
skill
development my
strategic
management
superiors will be
According to my
superiors my
time
management
skills are
appropriate and I
just need to to

needed for
developing
effective time
management
ability.
day to day tasks
and also future
actions in order
to be one step
ahead of
everybody and
guide them in
appropriate
manner. For
developing time
management
skills different
articles and
essays and blogs
are useful along
with going
through a
training program
which
specifically
concentrates on
developing
effective time
management
skills in an
individual.
best the source to
gain knowledge
and be assessed
about my time
management
skills and
improvement in
them.
increase my
concentration a
little bit while
prioritizing my
tasks and
dividing them
into appropriate
time frame.

3.2 Using suitable methods for assessing the outcomes of a personal development
plan against personal work objectives
 Communication skill- For processing and evaluating my communication skills I have
used direct method by taking feedbacks from my colleagues and superiors and also ask
them to observe my communication and interaction skills (Houghton and Manners,
2019).
 Conflict management- This skill is evaluated by myself where I use direct and indirect
method both. First I made use of direct method and perform the task by resolving the
conflict between two individuals in my team. And secondly I made use of indirect
method to grade my performance according to the journals and books was using to
enhance my skill as I am a visual learner.
 Time management- At the end for time management ability I need use of a indirect
method and interviewed my superiors about my time management skills and their
evaluation on it.
3.3 Evaluating the impact of own learning against the achievement of strategic
goals
The skills which are being developed by me a beneficial for me and my organisation that is
transport Malta both. Communication skills enable me the address the people under me and my
subordinates which will enable them to work appropriately and provide best performances to the
organization (Lo Presti and Marino, 2019). Conflict management skill and time management
skill developed by me will able me to divide my work appropriately and reduce any conflicts
arising in between my tasks and specifically in the organisation and my teammates with whom I
work. The four the skills which are acquired by me are beneficial for me and my organisation
both as it is enable me to perform in most effective manner and move further in my career
towards the position of the CEO of transport Malta. So it will be beneficial for the entity as I’ll
be fulfilling my duties and job role in most efficient manner.

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