Evaluating Skills and Career Progression in Business Management

This presentation provides a personal audit of the student's skills, strengths, and weaknesses in the business and management domain. The student identifies key competencies like self-motivation, reliability, problem-solving, dedication, quick learning, and being supportive as strengths. Weaknesses include self-criticism, impatience, public speaking, lack of concentration, and leadership. The presentation highlights essential skills such as communication, interpersonal abilities, time management, critical thinking, team spirit, flexibility, creativity, empathy, optimism, emotional awareness, organization, and observation. The student aims to leverage these skills to establish a strong professional network, potentially starting a business venture or working as a manager. Career objectives focus on securing a managerial role, creating a positive organizational culture, and gaining experience for career growth. Various career opportunities within business management are discussed, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking in choosing the right path. The student aims to contribute innovatively and as a team, setting benchmarks and encouraging managerial participation to achieve organizational objectives.

Key competencies acts as strengths and skills of an individual which helps them in performing
effectively and finish the assigned work within the desired time span (Jang and et.al, 2019). This
presentation will highlight my skills, strengths and weakness which have been identified through
auditing and how such attributes has helped in shaping my career in business and management
domain. The aim of the presentation is to quote the career objective and evaluate progression
opportunities which can be helpful for career growth.

Therefore, these can be strengths as well as weakness of an individual which can also affect their
efficiency and performance. (Nguyen and Truong, 2017). With the help of personal audit, several
strengths, weakness, skills and attributes have been identified.

 Self-motivated- By being self-motivated it has acted as strength by which
interest and willingness for work has increased. This strength resulted in
shaping career, as by being self-motivated better and innovative decision can
be formed and effective performance can be made which lead to
accomplishment of the targets.
 Reliable- One of the key strength was reliability by which trustworthy
relationships can be built and maintained. Such strength helps me in
establishing trust and building relationships with other people which will be
helpful for increased opportunities and building a good and strong network.
 Problem solver- Problem solving ability acted as a strength which helped in
solving conflicts and creating a positive workplace where everyone can
perform effectively and accomplish the desired objectives and performance
standards. This strength helped in building trust among each other and
effective communication can be made through which valuable information
can be shared.
 Dedicated- One of the most important strength was dedication as this
strength helped in focusing on my work and being committed to complete
the assigned task and duties assigned by the management. This strength has

created a positive image in the workplace and enabled in achieving all
objectives within the specific time period.
 Quick learner- By being a quick learner this skill has shaped my career
effectively as I was able to gain more knowledge and learn quickly which
lead to effective performance and timely completion of assigned job roles.
This has acted as a strength as continuous learning has been a motivator and
factor which can be a driver of shaping personal and professional
development.
 Supportive- Supporting others and team members is one of a strength by
which everyone can focus on their assigned work and concentrate on
achieving the targets within the decided time span. This strength has helped
me in maintaining good interpersonal relations with other people's,
motivating them and encourage them to participate in the activities and
maintaining a cordial relationship with others.
 Self-criticism- Self-criticism has acted as a weakness, as by not being able to accept the
opinions of others had created a negative impact on the performance and proficiency.
Such weakness has acted as a barrier in shaping the effective career and opportunities.
 Impatient- Lack of patience led to many impulsive decisions which affected the overall
performance and outcomes. Such weakness has led to inability in achieving the desired

outcomes and also created a negative impact on interpersonal relations with the other
peoples.
 Public speaking- Public speaking has always been a weakness as fear of speaking in
front of many people has created a barrier in interacting with numerous people. Such
weakness creates a barrier for many career opportunities and also lack increased lack of
interest which was due to fear of speaking in front of many people.
 Lack of concentration- Lack of concentration is one of the major weakness which
affected the ability to perform the task and complete the assigned work within the
deadlines. Due to lack of concentration it leads to delay and resulted into prolonged
working hours and as a result, this has increased dissatisfaction from the assigned work
and increase in losing interest.
 Lack of leadership- Due to lack of leadership this as acted as a weakness and an
inability to work in a direction which will be helpful in achieving the objectives. This
weakness has affected the ability to meet the deadlines, delay in completion of work and
lack of clarity in direction of working.
 Communication skills- Communication skill is one of the most important skill which
was helpful in sharing all information and created an ability to understand the people's
opinion. Communication skill was one of the major skill which help in bringing clarity
and defining the work which need to be done and by establishing a two-way
communication more information can be shared which will lead to timely completion of
work.
 Interpersonal skills- Interpersonal skill are those skills which helped in interacting with
people and establishing an effective relationship with others. By being social and ability
to interact with people, such interpersonal skill has helped in creating a strong network.

 Good time management skills- By having a good time management skill, this ability has
helped in completing all activities on time and meeting the performance standards. Such
skill has helped in managing all work and being motivated from all the work which has
been assigned and this can be a result of being optimistic and effective time management
of all the work.
 Critical thinking- This skill was due to practical approach of managing all situations and
forming decisions which can help in facing challenges in each situation. By critical
thinking I was able to focus on facts and better decisions can be formed.
 Team spirit- By having a team spirit this led to effective teamwork and ability to co-
operate with all team members which will lead to accomplishment of shared goal by
forming effective decisions and achieving the targets within the specific time period.
 Flexible- Flexibility is one of the skill which helped me in adapting change and focusing
on enhanced personal and professional development that can offer more career
development opportunities.
 Creative- By having a creative and innovative approach this skill has been a source of
forming effective decisions and ideas which are helpful in meeting the timelines and
organisational objectives by using innovative and constructive approaches.
 Empathetic- Being empathetic is one of the strength which helped me in understanding
people and valuing their opinions. Such attributes are one of the factor which shaped my
personality and helped in creating a work-life balance and positive scenario where the
people can work together to accomplish objectives.
 Optimistic- Being optimistic in every situation is an attitude that helped me in facing
every situation and challenge. This attitude always motivated me and encouraged on
focusing on the positive side and trying new things which can also lead to good career
growth.

 Emotionally aware- By being emotionally aware this attitude helped in identifying the
emotions of oneself and understanding the ideas and opinions of others by listening them
and value in their words. Such attributes help me in creating a positive relationship with
others.
 Organized- By being highly organized is one of the trait which helped me in managing
all work effectively and keeping everything on place. This trait led to effectively
utilization of all resources and managing all the work on time.
 Observant- By being a keen observer, this characteristic helped me in focusing on all big
and small details by which I can meet the desired outcomes and standards. Such
characteristic was helpful in analyzing every minor detail and in forming effective
decisions. This trait also helped me in identifying weakness for which I can make
improvement plans and turn them into strengths.
With the help of effective communication and interpersonal skills, this will help me in creating a
strong network which will be beneficiary for establishing a business venture and operating it
successfully (Petiot, Silva and Ometto, 2020). Such skills will also help in working as a manager
as all required information can be effectively shared and the flow of information will be
continuous by which whole team can achieve organisational objectives.
By establishing a business venture, this will be helpful in generating higher revenues and earning
more profits.
As discussed the current focus will be on short and medium term objective which will be on
seeking a good managerial job at a company where career and personal development can be
made and personal skills can be used for forming effective decisions and performing effectively
in the organisation by which overall productivity of the business can be met.

This will help in focusing on career and by following passion which will lead to effective
participation in all managerial activities and setting a benchmark. While working as a manager in
a company, the main objective will to create a positive organisational culture by keeping all
employees motivated and ensuring that all employees are working in same direction which will
lead to accomplishment of organisational objectives and enhancing organisational productivity
and position in the industry. This will be helpful in gaining quality experience which will
contribute in effective career growth and more opportunities for career development can be
identified.
There are many different career opportunities for graduates within business management sector,
such opportunities involve: desk work, managerial work, administration jobs and others. All
different job roles require different skill set and knowledge which will help in completion of
assigned activities within the specific deadlines. By having critical thinking approach, this skill
helped in forming practical decisions and choosing the right career path where I can willingly
contribute and form innovative decisions individually and as a team which will lead to
achievement of objectives (Taylor, Ma and Downham, 2020).

Such skills also help in setting benchmark and in forming innovative decisions by encouraging
all employees to participate in managerial activities and accomplishing the targets.