Personal Leadership and Management Skills
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Personal Leadership andmanagement
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Impact of organisational objectives, values and culture........................................................31.2 Leadership and management skills........................................................................................41.3 Self-assessment of skills........................................................................................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................72.1 Assessing opportunities.........................................................................................................72.2 Personal development plan....................................................................................................82.3 Managing personal development.........................................................................................10TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................113.1 Reviewing personal development plan................................................................................113.2 Effectiveness of personal development of skills..................................................................123.3 Analysis of areas of development........................................................................................13CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................172
INTRODUCTIONLeadership is an art of leading a group of individuals that are working towards sharedgoals while management is a function which aims to accomplish the set goals and objectives in astrategic manner. There are certain aspects which are needed to be considered by every businessorganisation's leaders and managers before implementing any strategy or plan. Red CarnationHotel is an organisation that has a disciplinary working structure which has affected the nature ofworking of leaders and managers. Objectives, values and corporate cultural influence are somefactors which have put high impact on the role of leadership and management. In this report, aforementioned facts and evaluation of required skills for leadership andmanagement in the hotel are described in this report. A personal development plan will beprovided in this assessment so that organisational and personal objectives can be met with utmostefficiency. This informative report will help in improving self-skills regarding leadership andmanagement. Moreover, individuals will become more beneficial for the organisation whenbetter strategies are developed and applied to functioning for Red Carnation Hotel.TASK 11.1 Impact of organisational objectives, values and cultureRed Carnation Hotel has a brand reputation in the UK and worldwide. This recognition isacquired when proper aim and objectives are communicated to the employees and workforce byleaders and managers. Beliefs and values of individuals that are working together towardscollective goal and objective form the foundation of culture in an organisation. Impact of theseattributes on the role of management and leadership is quite deep routed (Bolman and Deal,2014). For instance, the organisational objective of Red Carnation Hotel is customer focused andits aim is to achieve maximum profits through the services provided by company.Stakeholders are the most important components of a business functioning. Theirsatisfaction level helps in understanding whether current strategies regarding the products andservices of Red Carnation Hotel are correct or not. Such an objective influences the leaders toplan team roles and functions of organisation in such a way that profitability is increased withenabling ethical operations. Employees are completely dependent on the actions and decisions ofleaders and managers (Goetsch and Davis, 2014). If leadership is not oriented towards3
company’s goals or objectives, then there are chances that overall performance of organisationgets affected. On the other hand, organisational culture is another factor that put its impact onleadership and management role. Charles Handy has described four types of cultures that exist inan organisation. These include power, role and task as well as people culture. The compliance ofculture with leadership and management skills is important for smooth functioning of company.For instance, power culture gives authority or power to take decisions in the hands of one ormore individuals. This makes the leadership to be dominant and more authoritative whilemanagement is quite strict and less flexible (Avolio and Yammarino, 2013). However, roleculture influences leadership to be more cooperative and employee oriented while organisation’sgoals and objectives are not compromised.Purpose and values which are established in company are significant components indeciding the nature of leadership. Red Carnation Hotel being an organisation where ethicalgovernance and operation if influenced, leadership and management have to play the role ofcontributors in achieving this purpose. Employees and all unsuccessful strategies hold theirleaders and managers accountable. This develops their role to be responsible and cooperative.Business organisations are subjected to the external environment which is made up of differentcomponents like government, societies, communities, etc. (Fischer and et. al., 2016). Leadershipand management play the role of company representatives while dealing with externalenvironmental factors. 1.2 Leadership and management skillsAs discussed earlier, it is important for every company to design and develop anobjective that will help in getting a guided path for functioning. Leadership and managementskills are highly essential in order to meet the set objectives and goals. An individual's personaltraits and characteristics are highly important in contributing to company's functioning. Social Intelligence: Effective leadership can be examined by evaluating the socialintelligence quotient of leader. A person's capability of developing an understanding aboutdifferent social situations is social intelligence (Hallinger, 2013). For instance, two people arefighting over their personal matter and this is ruining the working atmosphere of Red CarnationHotel. The leadership skill that is required at this point for getting quick solutions is social4
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