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Professional Identity and
Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
LO 1& 2...........................................................................................................................................1
Overview of the organisation.......................................................................................................1
Skills and Competencies required in the chosen organisation that is expected by the employer 1
Benefits of ongoing Professional and Personal development and how it can enhance career....2
Critical evaluation of own abilities and skills using Self-evaluation tools to undertake audit of
skills.............................................................................................................................................3
Describing best development approaches to enhance my own professional and personal
development ................................................................................................................................7
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................8
Personal Development Plan.........................................................................................................8
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................11
Undertake the job interview.......................................................................................................11
Presenting the key strength and weaknesses in the interview process.......................................12
Presenting the challenges and recommendations during an interview......................................13
Critically analyse own abilities during the interview process...................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Professional identity means a type of social identification or a sense of feeling which
some people have related to a specific profession like medicine, law and they define themselves
according to the profession members. It includes various roles, values and responsibilities which
a person have in accordance with the profession. There are various topics which are covered in
this study like the skills which are required by a Hospitality manager for proper working in the
company and how personal development can enhance the career growth of the employee. This
study also includes various theories which are beneficial for personal and professional
development. The report also includes a development plan which is made to increase the skills
required in specific in work environment. It is very important for the manager to know the skills
which are needed in the organisation and the approaches which can be used to develop
personality.
MAIN BODY
LO 1& 2
Overview of the organisation
Hilton Hotels and resorts is an international chain of hotels under the brand name of Hilton.
This company was founded by Conrad Hilton in 1919. There are many properties of Hilton all
around the world. The Hilton hotel has around 1,70,000 employees all over the world. Hilton
hotel follows various rules and regulations while selecting any employee. There are various
benefits which the employees get from working in this hotel chain. It does all the work according
to the international standards.
Skills and Competencies required in the chosen organisation that is expected by the employer
There are various skills which are required by a hospitality manager for working
efficiently in the organisation. Some of the skills are:
Skills and competencies of Team leaders
1) Mentoring: The Team leader must be able to train their subordinates working under him.
He must be that much capable that he is able to check performance of his sub-ordinates,
motivates his employees to work with full capacity. The Team leader must be able to
check the skills of new employees and must shift them according to their skills and
qualities (Novakovich, Miah and Shaw 2017).
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2) Leadership: Team leader must do all the work in a manner that all the organisational
goals can be achieved with full employee satisfaction. A leader is a person who is
followed by every employee and manager must be able to lead the organisation. He
should create good working environment for employees so that they feel connected to the
company and they do not get bored from their work.
3) Problem-Solving: There are various problems which are faced by a manager while
working in a hospitality sector but the manager must be always calm and try to solve the
problem patiently. He should not show any signs of stress and he must be experienced
and should be able to solve all the problems.
4) Influence: Influence means that the manager is able to shape the behaviour of employee
and performance through feedback. An effective manager does not take out small
mistakes but focuses on the big prospects of the company. He leads the organisation by
example and is very good in time management. The manager of Hilton hotel is not good
in time management but he always leads people with example. This shows the experience
of the manager which can be used by the company (Lemieux, 2017).
Skills and competencies for HR executives
Communication : Communication skills is the important skills which must be have in
the HR executives. HR executives also requires to think as the team within the Hilton
organisation. Best communication helps to gain the confidence of an individual. HR manager
also designs and produces the policy handbooks and releases memos for the benefit.
Decision making skills : HR executive should always have the skills to take decisions
sometimes on the behalf of their seniors. For that, employee also need to think critical in terms of
thinking skills in high impact decision making in a number of areas. HR executives must have
the ability to build good networks with employees which also helps to gain trust of them.
Relationship building : This is a another skill or competency which requires among HR
employees to maintained the good relationship among other subordinates.
Benefits of ongoing Professional and Personal development and how it can enhance career
There are various benefits of development of professional and personal skills. It enhances the
career of a person in various ways. Some benefits are:
1) It can sharpen the knowledge: Professional and Personal development of a manager is
very important. He must learn new things so that he can use it in managing others. If the
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