Leadership & Management Skills: Personal SWOT Analysis and Plan

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of an individual's leadership and management skills within the context of a salon business. It includes a personal SWOT analysis, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the individual's skills and career development. A skill audit is conducted to evaluate the individual's proficiency in areas such as communication, research, and decision-making. Based on these assessments, a detailed personal development plan is created, outlining specific actions and timelines for improving communication skills, responsibility, integrity, and information technology skills. The plan emphasizes the importance of these skills for both personal and professional success, with concrete steps for achieving the desired improvements. This solved assignment is available on Desklib, a platform offering a range of study tools and resources for students.

Leadership and
Management Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Personal SWOT analyses............................................................................................................3
Personal development plan ........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
There are different types of management and leadership skills are required by the individual to
becomes success in their life as well as in their career. This report is based on the skills of the
individual which are having saloon business. This report contains personal SWOT analyses, skill
audit and effective personal development plan.
TASK
Personal SWOT analyses
It is related to those framework under which the individual analyses their strength and
weakness so that they can work with their great accuracy and minimises their weakness. There
are different factors are present in this framework and the brief discussion related to the same are
given below:
Strength
 One of the most important strength of mine is the degrees and qualification which I
achieve on the basis of my handwork and efforts. I have graduation in management
which helps to manage the activities of my saloon business.
 In have skills which attracts the other person's towards me. These skills helped me to
develop effective relations with different types of business clients.
 I have developed superior research skills which helps me to develop conclusion on any
topic or issue.
Weakness
 One of the greatest weakness of mine is the lack of communication skills in my
personality. The communication skills helps the person to interact different types persons.
 The another weakness of mine which disable me to become success in my life is lack of
responsibilities.
 Integrity is related to act in the organisation or any other aspect with honesty, fairness and
fairness and I have few amount of integrity in my personality.
 My decision making skills are not so good which disables me to take effective decisions
in relation to business and personal life.
Opportunities

 There are many opportunity are developed in the market for the skilful person. If I
developed these skills in my personality then the possibility of success increases.
 Companies hires those employees which are having degrees in management and
leadership which is a great opportunity for me.
Threats
 If these skills which are mentioned above are not developed in my personality then it
becomes threat for my career development.
 The trend of the market are shifted toward technology and my information technology
skills are very bad which becomes threat for my saloon business.
Skill audit
It is related to those framework under which the individual evaluate the measurement of
their skills on the basis of numerical rating. Under this framework, the individual is required to
judge their skills and provide them number according to their effectiveness. The brief discussion
related to the skills audit of mine are given below:
Skills 1 2 3
Communication
skills
✓
Research-skills ✓
Decision
making skills
✓
Personal development plan
It is related to those framework under which the individual has list different types skills
which they want develop in different time slot. The brief discussion related to the same are given
below:
Skills Description Actions taken Time period
Communication
skills
It refers to those skills of the
individual which is related to
To develop these skills in me I
use to interact different types of
10 month

the interaction of different
persons. It is very important
skills for my business
because it helps me to interact
my clients came in saloon.
person inn my daily routine. I
also learned different types of
languages and customs so that
my communication skills
becomes efficient and effective.
It is essential for me to develop
effective strategies so that these
skills are developed in me.
Responsibility It refers to those skills which
is related to take the
responsibility in business as
well in personal career. These
skills helped me to become
responsible person on which
any any person believe in me.
This skills also increases my
goodwill in the market.
It is important for me to develop
these skills in my personality so
that most I take part in the
discussion and take the
responsibility on my own will. I
try to complete all the activities
of life effectively. These makes
aware other person about the
skills of responsibility.
11 months
Integrity It refers to act in the
organisation with honesty and
fairness. I have a business of
saloon where the need of
integrity is very important so
that most of the customers
can be attracted through my
business and I becomes
successful in my professional
career.
It is important for me to develop
integrity in my personality so I
use to act with honesty in my
organisation.
12 months
Information
technology
skills
It is related to those skills of
the individual under which
the individual has superior
It is essential for me to join
different courses under which
different types of computer
18 months

knowledge about technology
and computer and it also have
knowledge about different
types of modern machines
and equipments. It is essential
for me to have these skills
because it helps me to
become up to date about
different technology and also
the modern machines and
equipments.
knowledge are given. There are
many seminars are organised by
the business organisation under
which the knowledge related to
different technology are given.

CONCLUSION
This report is based on the skills of the individual which are having saloon business. This report
concludes personal SWOT analyses, skill audit and effective personal development plan. It also
concludes the importance of these skills.

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