MGMT6000 - Dynamic Leadership: Personal & Professional Growth Plan

This assignment presents a Personal and Professional Development Plan (PPD) aimed at enhancing leadership and management skills over two years. The plan focuses on developing decision-making, communication, interpersonal, time management, analytical, and motivational skills, alongside fostering a positive and flexible attitude. It adopts a transformational leadership approach, emphasizing self-development, relationship building, collaboration, strategic thinking, and results achievement. The report also addresses the impact of national and organizational cultures on leadership and provides strategies for succeeding as a global leader in a culturally diverse environment. Key competencies for global leaders include strategic perspective, trend analysis, and cultural diversity management.

MGMT6000 – DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Personal and Professional Development Plan..................................................................................4
The selected timeframe for the plan and reason for the selected timeframe...................................5
The framework of personal and leadership development................................................................6
Impact of national and organizational cultures and social practices on the current leadership
perspective.......................................................................................................................................7
How to be a successful future leader in different cultures for performing well in the increasingly
global economy................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
This assignment will discuss a Personal and Professional Development Plan for me so as to
develop my skills and knowledge. These skills will contribute to my leadership skills and will
help me in performing the roles assigned to me effectively. Different leadership skills need to be
developed for performing the roles assigned. The focus of this PPD is on the development of my
leadership skills and management skills. The important skills which I will be focusing on within
the next two years include decision-making skills, communication skills, analytical skills,
motivational skills, positive attitude and many more. This assignment will also discuss the
framework of personal and leadership development.

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Personal and Professional Development Plan
Currently I am lacking various skills which will develop with the help of this personal and
professional development plan. Currently I have knowledge of the importance of decision
making and effective communications. My communication skills are not very effective and in
future my focus will be on developing the communication and decision making skills. I have
negative thoughts in certain situations currently and I am working on it for staying positive in
every situation. I have less knowledge of the manner in which time has to be managed which
could affect my performance. For coping with this I am planning to develop time management
skills.
Serial
no.
Skills Duration Action plan
1) Decision-
making skills
4
months
For the purpose of developing decision-making skills,
case studies will be studied and solved. This will help
in enhancing the decision-making skills. Decision-
making skills are required for taking corrective actions
in the different situations faced by a leader. I will focus
on taking decisions for the case studies after analysing
all the facts. Decision-making skills determine the
chances of success and failure of a leader (James &
Kouzes, 2016).

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2) Effective
communication
skills
2
months
Communication skills are required for communicating
with the other parties at the workplace. Communication
skills need to be developed for effectively exchanging
the information with different individuals. Being a
leader, one has to communicate with other employees
so as to motivate them, inspire them and guide them.
For the development of the communication skills,
communication classes will be attended. These classes
will be attended for the period of two months.
Communication needs to be done with the individuals
of different cultures (Johnson, 2016).
3) Interpersonal
skills
3
months
For the purpose of interacting with others, one must
develop effective interpersonal skills. Interpersonal
skills help in interacting with others effectively. For the
purpose of developing the interpersonal skills, the focus
will be on the basic communication skills. Different
ways of interacting with others will be learned with the
help of interpersonal skills. Development of
interpersonal skills will help in identification of the
problems faced by others and resolving these issues
well on time. Training will be taken for developing
interpersonal skills so as to interact with others in
different ways (Allio, 2013).

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4) Time
management
skills
4
months
A leader has to perform the various roles assigned to it
within the specific time frame and for this purpose,
there is a need to develop time management skills. A
leader must identify the approaches for managing time
so as to perform the tasks effectively. For the purpose
of developing time management skills, schedules will
be prepared. Preparation of schedules will help in
identification of the duration and order in which roles
have to be performed (AARP Foundation, 2016).
5) Analytical Skills 6
months
Brainstorming is considered as the best approach for the
development of the analytical skills in a leader.
Brainstorming helps the leader in effectively analysing
the situation for analysing the problems or issues.
Problem-solving is an important skill which needs to be
presented in the leader. Brainstorming will be used for
developing analytical skills (Baek-Kyoo, et. al., 2013).
6) Motivational
skills
2
months
A leader must be motivated so as to motivate and
inspire others in the organization. For being a
successful leader, there is a need to develop
motivational skills. Motivation will help the leader in
getting the tasks performed by the others and promoting
a positive environment at the workplace. For
developing motivational skills, one must stay positive
all the time and develop knowledge of the motivational
theories (Berman & Korsten, 2014).

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7) Effective
management
1 year There are various policies formulated for the
management of the operations at the workplace of the
organization. Effective management skills must be
developed for promoting these policies in the
workplace. It is the responsibility of the leader to make
the employees aware of the policies, rules and
regulations. For the development of effective
management skills, goals and objectives will be
defined. These objectives need to be attained by the
leader and leader must promote participation of the
employees (Beshears & Gino, 2015).
8) Positive attitude 3
months
A leader should stay positive all the time as it is
essential to develop a positive environment in the
workplace. It is the responsibility of the leader to
promote a positive environment. Workshops will be
attended by the leader for the purpose of developing a
positive attitude and staying motivated (Hu & Liden,
2011).
9) Flexible attitude 5
months
A leader must have a flexible attitude so as to accept
the changes taking place in the business environment.
For developing a flexible attitude, a leader must work in
different situations so as to deal with different satiations
properly (Morgan, 2015).

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The selected timeframe for the plan and reason for the selected
timeframe
Personal and Professional Development Plan has been prepared for the duration of 2 years.
Future development areas have been discussed in the Personal and Professional Development
Plan so as to form a guideline for the development. All the objectives stated in the plan will be
achieved within the duration or time span decided. This duration or timeframe has been chosen
so as to set achievable goals by focusing on the nearby development needs and preparing for the
future roles in a better manner. This timeframe will define the action plan for the attainment of
the skill or objective set for the continuous leadership development. All these skills discussed in
the plan will be developed within two years. These set objectives will be measured at the end of
the duration so as to analyse the skills developed as a leader.

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The framework of personal and leadership development
I have planned to adopt transformational leadership skills so as to motivate others and helping
employees by providing them with a vision of the future. Transformational leadership will help
in inspiring other employees for following me. Transformational leadership style will help me in
setting a clear vision, self-motivation, inspiring and follow through. This style will help in
converting the followers into leaders. A personal and leadership development framework has
been selected. The motive behind the personal and leadership development framework is to
reflect leadership in actions. There are five domains of the personal and leadership development
framework which are independent and interdependent. These five domains are discussed below:
 Developing and leading self: for being a good leader, there is a need to develop oneself first
by being self-aware and self-management. According to this domain, one must take
responsibility for their actions or behaviour. A good leader must believe that it needs to
develop and manage itself continuously. Before expecting others to follow the leader, a
leader must develop and manage itself. I need to develop my skills and knowledge before
expecting others to follow me. This domain for the framework will help me in focusing on
development and management of my skills (PriceWaterhouseCoopers’s Annual Global
CEO Survey, 2011).
 Building relationships and engaging others: being a leader, one must develop a healthy
relationship with others and engaging others by connecting with them. This development of
healthy relationship helps in contributing to the outcomes of the others to the company. It is
difficult to achieve the results without developing relationships and engaging others .
 Partnership and collaboration: for the attainment of the goals of the organization, it is
required to develop partnership and collaborating with others as this will support the
process of attainment of the organizational goals. This domain helps the leader by
providing diverse views and insights which will develop creativity among the others. For
grabbing the opportunities available, a leader must develop partnership and collaboration
(Searle & Barbuto, 2013).
 Shaping a preferred future: a leader has to identify the situations and aware of the signs.
This will help the leader in adopting an effective strategy for coping with the situation. A

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leader must demonstrate critical strategic and systems thinking. According to this domain,
a leader must use the influence in a positive way and promote shared leadership. A leader
must appreciate the issues and acknowledge the concerns of the others.
 Achieving results: the role of effective leadership is to help in achieving the results. The
focus of this domain of the framework is on applying the skills for the purpose of achieving
the outcomes. According to this domain, a leader must evaluate the approach regularly so
as to implement changes in the approach as and when required (Gavino & Portugal, 2013).

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Impact of national and organizational cultures and social practices on
the current leadership perspective
The human resource of the company includes employees of different cultures who are working
together for the attainment of the organizational goals. Organizations are operating at the global
level and this increases the issues faced by the organizations due to differences in the cultures. A
leader must be aware of these issues arising due to the differences in the culture. The leader will
have to adopt different ways of setting the vision so as to not create harm to the interest of
employees of different cultures. Communication skills also affect the leader and different
languages are used by employees of different cultures. Different individuals have different views
and a leader must understand the views of different employees. Organizational culture affects the
performance of the leader (Zenger, 2014).

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How to be a successful future leader in different cultures for performing
well in the increasingly global economy
There has been a rise in the globalisation which has resulted in an increase in the need for
developing leadership skills for coping with the different cultures. Cultural differences act as a
hurdle for the leader which to be analysed and effective strategies need to be applied for
overcoming this hurdle of cultural differences. A global leader must develop skills or
competencies which are discussed below:
COMPETENCY DESCRIPTION
Strategic perspective A leader must have a clear view of the future
of the company. This knowledge of the
industry will help the leader in analysing the
market trends and economic trends. This will
help me in setting clear views and taking
initiatives for managing cultural diversity
properly (Clawson, 2014).
The ability to spot the trends A leader must be capable of analysing the
trends for coping with the culturally different
economy. I will be able to identify the impact
of the cultural differences and taking steps for
resolving the issues due to the cultural
differences.