Managing Self and Others Report: Career Development and Skills

This report delves into the crucial aspects of managing oneself and others within an organizational context, emphasizing the importance of strategic planning for skill development and knowledge enhancement. The report begins with a personal development plan (PDP) outlining essential skills such as communication, time management, teamwork, and leadership. It includes a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Furthermore, the report explores career development through lifelong learning and skill development, highlighting how continuous learning and skill enhancement are fundamental for achieving career goals, both for individuals and teams. The report also discusses the development of high-performance individuals through effective performance management techniques. It underscores the importance of aligning individual and organizational goals, fostering teamwork, and creating a supportive environment for career advancement. The report concludes by emphasizing the reciprocal relationship between individual growth and organizational success.

Managing Self and Others

Table of contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Question 1........................................................................................................................................3
a. PDP plan ..................................................................................................................................3
b) Development of career through lifelong learning and skill development...............................6
Question 2 .......................................................................................................................................9
a.Developing high performance people by effective performance management .......................9
b. ...............................................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Managing self and others is important because in an organisation it is important to
manage all the activities properly so that goals and objectives can be achieved. It is important to
make proper plans to develop skills and enhance knowledge as it is required at the workplace. In
report, personal development plan is discussed which include skills that is required at the
workplace and it plays a key role in deciding wages. There are some ways by which skills can be
improved and it will help in achieving targets of an individual person.
MAIN BODY
Question 1
a. PDP plan

Skills How to improve Time Evaluation
Communication skills My communication
skills are not so good
and I have to improve
it because in an
organisation it is
important to have
good skills so that
employees can
interact with
customers properly
and they can
communicate with
other employees
properly. To improve
this skill I am
interacting with my
teachers and friends,
using new words,
learning from you
tube. I am also
learning new words
Within 4 months Communication skill
is important in every
company because
nowadays,
competition is
increasing and a
person should have
good interaction skill
so that he or she can
communicate with
clients properly and
there will be no
problem in
understanding things.
I want job in HR field
so this is must for
being a good future
manager.

from dictionary so
that I can improve my
communication skill. I
am interacting with
my teachers as it help
me in boosting my
confidence and I did
not get nervous.
Time management
skills
This is also one of the
important skill which
is required at the
workplace because an
employee should
know how to
complete work on
time. I am improving
this skill by making
time table in which I
had divide all my
work according to
activities and trying to
manage all my work. I
Within 2 months Time management
skills plays a crucial
role in a company
because if a person is
not able to manage
work then task will
not be completed on
time. It is important to
have time
management skill so
that given work can be
completed within the
time frame and it will
help in building good

am following my time
table and soon I will
able to manage my tie
and complete my
work on time.
image in company.
Teamwork skills Teamwork skills refer
to working in a team
in an organisation. I
am improving this
skill by working in
groups in my college
and completing the
given task on time. we
are given a project in
team of 5 members
and I have completed
it. Good feedback was
received from
teachers. Soon I will
improve my skill and
be a good employee
and work properly in
Within 6 months Teamwork skills help
in completing work
within time limit and
there should be no
confusion among
employees related to
work. When there is
work load in an
organisation then
work is divided in
teams so that it can be
completed on time.
managers divide work
among members so
that it can be finished
on time. This will help
me in adjusting with

team. all employees and
building positive
image in front of
seniors.
Leadership skill Leadership skill is
important as it
enhances the
capability of the
individual to lead the
group. I am working
on the skill by going
out and volunteering
the in some
community work
where I need to lead
the other volunteers
on their work.
2 months in
weekends.
The leadership skill is
required in the career
for development. As
the employee is
promoted and have
given more
responsibility like
addressing the work of
the employees under
them or sharing the
information for the
completion of the
task.

SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT Analysis is being done by a person to identify strengths, weakness, opportunity and
threats. To get good job it is important that a person should have all the qualities and skills
which are essential at the workplace such as, good communication skill, teamwork skills,
leadership skills, ability to manage time.
Strength refers to positive points that a person has and it is different from others. It helps in
increasing competition among candidates because every person is different from each other
and having different qualities. So, an individual person should have some skills which are
better than others and help in getting good job opportunities. My strength is that I am able to
handle all situations, adjust in every environment, able to lead a team so that goals and
objectives can be achieved on time. I am having the ability to take quick decisions which is
beneficial for growth of company and manage all the activities properly.
Weakness refers to negative points or which competitor is having good and we need to
improve. My weakness is that my communication skills are not so good but I am working on
that so that I can get good job opportunity. My teamwork skills are also not good and I am
improving it by working more in groups and understanding nature of other people. This will
help me in working with others properly and I will not face any problem.
Opportunities refers to job opportunities which will be available to me after I will complete
my education. I want to be a good HR manager and if I will improve my communication skill
then I will get good job opportunities. If I will work hard then there are many jobs available
but for that I should develop some skills.
Threats means that challenges or difficulties which will be faced by an individual person
while achieving goals and objectives. For me threats can be refer to as, competitors, changing
trends in a company etc. It is important to identify threats so that better plans can be made to
accomplish goals. To face challenges I have to work hard and should perform better than
others to get good job opportunities.
b) Development of career through lifelong learning and skill development
Career development:
It refers to a process that will lead to the accomplishment of the goal of the life. It is a
long life process of an individual which involves regular learning and enhancement of skills. As

this is a fact that in order to make development of career it is essential that an individual need to
continuously sharpen its skills so that it can grab the objective of its life in the form of attainment
of high job position in the company.
Skill development and lifelong learning are the base for the career development of an
individual and its team colleagues too (Vondracek, Lerner and Schulenberg, 2019). This is
because skills are the important aspect that will assist an individual to raise and enhance its
career opportunities. Likewise, continuous and long-life learning will enable an individual to
enhance its level of knowledge and ultimately lead to raise in career opportunity (Bean and et.al.,
2018).
Being a team leader, it is also essential that along with enhancing or grabbing own
objectives, it is made essential that the individual goal of the other team member and the
employees will also be achieved. Along with achievement of goal it is also the duty of a leader
that it can maintain the level of motivation and satisfaction among the employees and other team
members. Likewise, it is also being ensured that the retention rate will be high among the team
and the organization along with the development of career development and accomplishment of
organizational and team objectives.
As career development strategies include various tactics and practices including
determining the future position, setting long, medium and long term goals, enabling the stronger
network and various other. Likewise, it would also not be wrong to said that the career
development is mainly comprised of determining the vision of life, goals, outlining actions,
seeking guidance and feedback. Hence, instead of being applied on an individual if it is made
applied over the team leader or the employer of an organization then the scope would be broaden
up. This means that in order to determine and accomplish the organizational goal, an individual
also need to consider and inculcate the goals and aims of its employees too. This means that
continuous learning and skill development will enable an individual to cover these aspects.
Another way is to understand is that since employees are the part of the organization and
along with achievement of company’s goal it is again made compulsory that the individual goal
of employees will also be accomplish. This is counted as teamwork and spirit wherein the whole
team goal will be considered and this will ultimately lead to better performance and raised
efficiency of the employees.

Likewise, it is also to be noted that for the achievement of individual goal, the leader also
need to consider and focus over the concept of skill development among the employees so that
better efforts will be lied and put in the direction of career development and goal
accomplishment. Hence various strategies regarding skill enhancement including organization of
the training sessions, analysing the best mode of learning, making of learning plan, focussing on
bit size and reflective learning and various other steps need to be adopted and implemented
(Béteille and et.al., 2020). This will lead to better enhancement of skill development and raising
the learning among the employees.
It is also an important point that the career development will not be take place without
learning and skills development. This means that in order to enhance career an individual need to
focus over these aspects. This can also be made executed in the form of development of personal
development planning with regard to every employees by having an inculcation of the goals
including short, medium and long. This will lead to encouragement and source of motivation
among the employees and they will direct their efforts and activities towards its achievement
(Aguinis and Gabriel, 2021). This adoption of PDP will not only lead to individual development
and career enhancement but it will also lead to the attainment of concerned company and team
objective at wider scale. This is because it becomes more easy for the company and the team to
accomplish its goal with the high performance employees.
As the employee’s goals will be grabbed then it will also lead to decline in turnover ratio
which will again kept talent within the organization and as a result organization and the team will
achieve its goal.
Thus, it would not be wrong to said that the development of skills and adoption of the
practice of lifelong learning will lead to the career development of an individual and its team too
(Andy and et.al., 2021). This is because when goals and self-learning is being implemented then
it would automatically lead to raise in the learning and skill development of the concerned team
and other too. Also as learning is an essential part of the career which will lead to brighten up
and enhance the grabbing of career goal. And the team member or the associated employees by
considering their employer and the leader as their ideal may also move towards the path of their
career development too. Likewise, through the process of continuous learning among an
individual and its concerned team also lead to raise the knowledge about various aspects and
tactics which will also help them to enhance and achieve career development (Vaci and et.al.,

2019). As it is also a fact that the follower always follows the moves and actions of the leader
and if the leader is highly focussed towards the career and the skill development then its follower
will also pretend the same. In the same way formation of integrated personal development will
also lead to the personal development of employees and raise their efficiency in the form of
enthusiastic moves towards their goal also act and become a base for their career development.
Thus, in short it would be said that the process of lifelong learning the new things and
aspects along with enhancing skills by learning new skills or practicing the existing one would
lead to the career development of an individual along with its concer5ned employees and team
member too.
In the same manner it is also to be considered that the process of skill development
among individuals and learning within the entire span of life plays an important role with regard
to individual and towards the team also because it will lead to have an up gradation of
knowledge and skills. As if an individual will be engaged in the process of lifelong learning and
adopt the new concepts and theories of knowledge then it will lead to have an overall broadening
of knowledge and scope too (Isele, 2017). Also an adaption of skills and sharpness of existing
skills plays an important role with respect to career development. This will also act as base that
will lead to have a personality development along with enabling an individual to be prepared for
future. Likewise, it will also work in brightening the near future and assist the individual to be
future ready . Along with the development of individual it will also lead to have team
development because with the practice of continuous learning not only the individual but the
scope and knowledge of the entire team will also be developed. Thus, it can concluded that the
continuous learning and the process of sharpening and development of new skills plays an
important role with regard to both individual and team career enhancement and development.
Question 2
Developing high performance people by effective performance management
Performance management can be defined as the continuous process for enhancing the
performance with the help of individual as well as team goals that are in accordance to the
strategic goals of the organisation, reviewing, planning of the performance to achieve goals and
developing the skills , knowledge as well as the abilities of people. Performance management is
an on-going process that is not limited to the reviews taken yearly. The performance
management helps the managers of the organisation in the day to day activities by efficient

tracking, accessing, rewarding and correct the performance of the employees where ever needed.
The performance management can help in the development of the high performance employees
in various ways such as:
The performance management system is consist of different mechanisms for tracking that
allows the managers to monitor the performance of employees under them, the tracking
mechanisms can be technological and human in nature (Mone, London and Mone, 2018). The
manager can keep the high performance employees on check regularly, identify the issues arising
and make effort in resolving the problems for the employees that will lead the employees on the
course. This is achieved by the manager by having structured as well as unstructured
performance reviews and having more casual conversations. This is the human mechanism
method for keeping track on the performance of the employees.
The technological method of tracking the performance helps the organisation to detect the
malfunctions, bugs as well as the bottlenecks. High class and expensive software are not
required for the management of the performance but track metrics are required that are easy and
efficient and are able to detect the problems on the day to day tasks so allowing to make quick
changes whenever needed (Franco‐Santos and Otley, 2018). The HR professionals of the
organisation can improve the performance of the high performance employees by setting up
development plans to upgrade the skills of the employees so they can get prepared for the new as
well challenging projects. The making the performance management effective the manager need
to know the employees, have conversation with the employees to know the goals as well as the
motivation of them. The HR can brainstorm with ways to reward the employee when they met
the extraordinary target in the job (Saeed and et.al, 2019). The employees are rewarded for doing
the job well and this helps them to stay motivated for doing their best in their roles. The reward
presented by the organisation can be annual bonus or the something other than money. Some
employees might not get motivated with the money reward they might get motivated by
rewarding them with the opportunity to learn more. The HR needs to understand the motivation
of employees for making the performance management effective. The manager can also ask the
employees about what they expect to get as reward. When the high performance employee met
the right motivation at right time then it not only help in the development of the employee but
also help in the development of the organisation.