Strategic Management and Leadership: A Personal Development Report

This report, centered on Charles & Keith, a Singaporean fashion company, delves into strategic leadership and management. It examines essential skills like delegation and communication crucial for achieving organizational vision and strategy. The report explores leadership theories, including Hersey and Blanchard's and Transformational leadership, along with a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It also outlines personal development objectives and a plan for skill enhancement, focusing on decision-making, adaptability, and strategic thinking. Furthermore, it analyzes factors impacting organizational vision creation and communication, emphasizing stakeholder commitment. The report concludes by highlighting the benefits of review and the tools employed in achieving personal and organizational strategies, providing valuable insights for effective leadership and management practices.

Personal Development for
Leadership and Strategic
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management ..................................................1
Factors that will help in achievement of organizational vision and strategy other than skills and
knowledge ...................................................................................................................................2
Theories of leadership and management .....................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
SWOT Analysis...........................................................................................................................3
Objectives for meeting personal development needs ..................................................................3
Personal Development plan ........................................................................................................4
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................6
Factors that impact on creation of organisational vision ............................................................6
Different approaches to developing vision..................................................................................7
Factors that impact on communication of vision to external stakeholders..................................7
Factors needed to gain commitment of internal stakeholder ......................................................8
TASK 4 ...........................................................................................................................................8
Benefits of review and tools that will be used in achievement of personal and organizational
strategy.........................................................................................................................................8
Sources of information needed for reviewing progress by achieving personal development
plan ............................................................................................................................................9
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................9
Reflection of personal development plan ...................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Strategic leadership refers to providing a vision and mission to company that will help in
achieving objectives in the future. It is important for an organization to make goals and
objectives so that it will help in growth.
Present study will be based upon Charles and Keith company (Dong and et. al., 2017). It
is a Singaporean fashion company that mainly deals in footwear and accessories and it was
founded by Charles & Keith Wong in 1996.
Report will mainly include skills that will be needs for strategic management that will
require for achieving organizational vision and strategy. Different factors that will have
contributed towards skills and knowledge and theories of leadership and management. It also
includes leadership skills and knowledge that helps in achieving organizational strategy.
Furthermore, it will include factors that will have an impact on organisational vision and
different approaches for developing vision.
TASK 1
Knowledge that will be required for fulfilling strategic management needs
Skills that is needed for becoming strategic management are as follows:-
Delegating:- A strategic leader will be delegating as they are focused on vision and mission that
will help in achieving objectives of Charles & Keith. It is the most important skill that will be
possess by different strategic leaders for achieving growth in the company.
Communication:- This is another skill that have to posses by leader in the company. It is
important for leader to easily communicate with its subordinates that will facilitate in doing work
effectively for the future.
Problem Solver:- leader must be able to solve problem of its subordinates as it is important for
solving problem of employees in Charles & Keith (Eva and et. al., 2018). This will help in
strategic thinking that will be providing strong and efficient way to deal with problems.
Above skills help in achieving organizational vision and strategy that will be facilitating
in the future. In Charles & Keith a leader must have knowledge regarding policies and
procedures that will be adopted in company. A leader must have knowledge about company's
operation that will be facilitating different perspective for achieving success in the future. This
will help in gaining different perspective as leader must have both technical and non-technical
knowledge for running its operation smoothly without any breakdown.
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Factors that affect vision and strategy of organization other than skills
Organizational structure is one factor that will be help in achieving organizational vision
and strategy as if working environment of the company will be depend on the structure that will
be followed by Charles & Keith. As if it will adopt flat organizational structure then every level
of management will be interacting with each other easily that will create a good working
environment. Another factor is organizational culture as there are different employees that are
coming from different culture as it includes values, norms and beliefs that will be followed in the
company. If both organizational structure and culture is good then it will help in achieving vision
and strategic goal of Charles & Keith (Bolden, 2016). These factors also have negative impact on
the company as if proper structure and culture is not being followed in the company that will
affect its operation in the future. Risk is also the biggest factor that will create discrepancy in
achieving organizational objectives for the future. There is always risk that will bear by a starter
for gaining more profit and productivity. Without risk business cannot be run properly .
Therefore, these factors will also help in achieving vision and strategy.
Theories of leadership and management
Hersey and Blanchard Theory
This theory will be mainly emphasize on maturity level of its followers and also adopting
situational style of leadership. This consist of four group of employees such as low maturity,
low-medium, average maturity and high maturity that will help in determining maturity level of
followers.
Low maturity:- In these employees are not willing to perform good according to task ans in this
telling leadership style is being followed.
Low-medium maturity:- According to these employees are willing but they are not able to
perform task. Selling leadership style will be followed by management under Charles & Keith.
Average maturity:- Employees are capable but unwilling to do task that will enhance
participating style of leadership (Bell and Harrison, 2018).
High Maturity:- Employees are performing task that is being given to them and in this
delegating style of leadership is followed. This theory help in achieving different ways enables
in providing various segments of Charles & Keith.
Transformational leadership Theory
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This theory will mainly emphasize on bringing new ideas and innovation into the
company that will changes in Charles &Keith. Leader will be focused on making improvement
in business operations that will bring transparency in doing work. This helps in gaining
competitive advantage in marketplace as company is bringing changes time to time according to
market.
TASK 2
SWOT Analysis
Swot analysis is being done for identifying strength, weakness, opportunity and threat of
an individual for surviving in the market.
Strength
My communication skill is the biggest strength that help in attracting more consumers
towards company that will lead to increase sales in future. Another skill is problem solving that
will help in gaining trust of employees in company for the future. This will help me in future for
expansion and growth in business (Koohang, Paliszkiewicz and Goluchowski, 2017).
Weakness
My biggest weakness is my decision making skills is not good as I am not able to take
decision for the company. This will create problems in business as decision making is the
important part that will help in increasing efficiency for the future.
Opportunities
Getting promotion in company will be opportunity for me in future growth in business.
There are different factors that suits best and help me in bringing more possibilities for growth in
the future.It is important for me grab opportunities that will facilitate in getting into different
sector and having expansion in the future.
Threats
Competitors are the biggest threat for mine as other employees are more efficient as
compared to others in the company (Storey, 2016). I have to do practice so that threat will be
reduced and help in gaining different aspect of company.
Objectives for meeting personal development needs
 I want to become successful that will bring efficiency and effective in the work
for future course of action.
 By providing good quality product I will satisfy needs and wants of customer.
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 I want to improve my decision making skill that is very necessary in gaining more
knowledge and helps in involving more into business operations.
 I want to achieve objectives and goals screating different aspects for the future course of
action. It is important to achieve goals and objectives that will help in building relation
between employees (Goldman, Scott and Follman, 2015).
 I want to improve my decision making skills that will helpful for me in the company.
 I have to become active listener that will bring efficiency in doing work in Charles &
Keith.
 I have to provide new ideas and innovation into the company for future course of action.
 Organization needs will help in gaining effective leadership strategy that will help in
increasing profit for the future.
Personal Development plan
Skills Target Strategies Outcomes Time period
Decision making
skill
I have to
emphasize on my
decision making
skills as early it
can be possible so
that in my work
that will improve
efficiency for the
future (Packard
and Jone, 2015).
Doing practice in
providing
different
perspective that
will help in
achieving
objective of
company in the
future.
It will be
knowing that
every aspect will
need some time
help in bring
efficiency for
future.
2 months
Adaptability I have to make
habit of accepting
changes that will
be creating
different
perspective in the
company.
There are
different
segments that will
help in adapting
changes for the
company. There
are different
segments that will
I have tried to
adapt changes
that will be
creating different
aspects of the
company that will
be fulfilled by me
as I am able to
1-2 months
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be creating more
opportunities in
the future. As
there are different
that provides
various segments
that will be help
in achieving
different
perspective for
the future.
adapt changes
that will bring
effectiveness in
the company.
Strategic thinking I have to think
strategically that
will help me in
taking decision
for the future.
This will help in
thinking in
strategic
perspective for
the future (Mittal
and Dhar, 2015).
It is important for
thinking in
strategic manner
as that will help
in improving
efficiency in
doing work.
I am able to think
at some extent
strategically that
will help in
building different
ways as there are
various sources
that will help in
thinking
strategically. This
will enhance way
of thinking and
building strict
segments that will
be facilitating in
gaining
appropriate
decision.
3 months
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TASK 3
CV for manager
Brain Kelly
Carl Stewart , GT road, House no.2 , Singapore
Contact no.: 0218965734
Brain.kelly057@ beetee.com
Professional Summary
A qualified and motivated strategic management with having experience while doing several
projects regarding different approaches that will be used in company. Able to beat competitor
in the market for achieving goals and objectives.
Key Skills
 Communicative
 Leadership
 Positive attitude
 Strategic thinker
 Problem solving
Experience
 Supporting managerial decision that will providing effective use of resources
 Coordinating all activities include administrative
 Implementation of software
Education Qualification
B.com Singapore management university 2011
MBA Singapore management university 2013
Factors that impact on creation of organisational vision
There are several factors that will have an impact on making vision for the organization
are as follows:
Specificity:- It is difficult sometime to make specific vision for the company. While making
vision of Charles & Keith it will be considered to make a specific vision so that it will help in
easy understanding to other people if vision is not specific then it will not be understand by
people in the future.
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Honesty:- It is another factor that will be considered while creating vision for the future as it is
important to make a honest vision that actually Charles & Keith wants to achieve as manager of
the company have to make vision based on practical thinking (Litano and Major, 2016).
Personality:- Vision that is being made will match with personality of manager that are making
vision for the company. It is important that vision will be influence the personality that is made
by it.
Flexibility:- It is important while making vision for the company as it facilitate flexibility in
different operations that will help in making decisions for the future. It is also important to
provide flexible vision that will be changed according to different perspective for taking into
account as they will be able to match various perspective.
Various concepts that help in developing vision
There are different approaches that will help in developing vision:-
 Making vision that will be suitable for different levels of management in the company so
that it will be understandable.
 Large vision will be made so that it will help in visioning for the future and doing
collective work for different purpose in the company. Through this various aspect of the
company will be fulfilled as different company is having different perspective that will be
able to bring collectivity among employees.
 Different representative will be designated for future purpose in the organization that will
help in development of task for the future.
 Encouraging other members of the company to take part in generating vision for the
company.
 By conducting a survey in Charles & Keith that will help in providing response regarding
making of vision for future.
 There are different segments that will be creating strategic vision that help in achieving
goals and objectives for using vision in the company.
Factors that affect vision of communication to external stakeholders
There are several factors that will have greater impact on communication as external
factors that are including suppliers, society, government, creditors, customers etc. All these are
having a negative impact on business operations that creating various aspects for the future. As if
in market if the prices of supplier will increase then competition will be increased in the market
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that will help in improving different segments that will create different perspective for the future.
Government is also important factor that will affect different segments for the future course of
action (Sparrow, Hird and Cooper, 2015). As there are different segments that create different
stakeholder that will be beneficial for success in the future. As these will have greater impact on
communication vision that provides under different system for the future.
Elements that will need for gaining internal stakeholders' commitment
Internal stakeholders provides various concept that will lead to decrease various impact
for doing perspective as it is beneficial for the company in the future. As communication vision
will be achieved by providing different aspects that will be creating a segment for the future. As
there are various internal stakeholders such as employees, manager that will be providing
different perspective to company in achieving various goals that will be defining in different
segments of the company in the future.
TASK 4
Benefits of review and tools that will be used in achievement of personal and organizational
strategy
It is important to gain skills and knowledge that provide in the future course of action.
As through communication skill it will help in interacting with more employees will provide
various concepts to the company. There are several skills that will help in gaining growth and
development in Charles & Reith company. Improvement in skills will help in enhancing
knowledge for the future. As there will be different perspective that will affect different
operations. Problem solving skill will help in building trust between leader and its followers that
will create different segments for the future. All these skills will help in gaining more knowledge
that will be improving different techniques for the future in the company. Skills that will be
emphasizing different skills that will bring efficiency and effectiveness in Charles & Keith.
Decision making skills that will help in bringing various aspects for the future. As decision
making skill in taking decision for the future. This skill will help in developing different
perspective for company. As there are different strategies that will be creating various
perspective in company as through this growth and development of company will occur and that
will lead to increase profitability and productivity.
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Progress will be evaluated that help in achieving personal development plan
As decision making skill will be analysed by mentor, and tutor that will provide
knowledge regarding decision making skills. There are various factors that will be evaluating
personal development plan in the company. Communication skill is also improved gain by taking
into account different perspective will provide various classes that will help in gaining different
sources that needed for future purpose in the company (Renko and et. al., 2015). As I have
developed difficult perspective that will be providing different segments for the future course of
action. Different segments that will be providing different sources that will be provided aspects
in the company. There are different segments that will be creating various aspects for providing
personal skill development in the company.
TASK 5
Reflection of personal development plan
From the personal development plan it can be said that my decision making skills is
improving as I have used different strategies to get a better result for the future. In future also I
am trying to improve various perspective in gaining different aspects. As I am trying to interact
with people help in providing different ideas that I can use in my decision making skills for the
future. There are different perspective that will help in growing business for the future course of
action. As my adaptability skill will also improve as I am able to adapt changes that will be
occurred in the company in the future. My strategic thinking will also improve as I am able to
take strategic decision for the company. In future it will be beneficial for the company a strategic
thinking will help in achieving goal for the future in the company. There are various features that
will have greater impact on decision making as there are various factors that helpful for the
future. Skills will help in providing different aspect that will be creating for the future as it is
important to develop skills for the future.
CONCLUSION
As per the study it can be said that skills and knowledge is essential help in gaining
various aspect in the company for the future. Different aspects that will be help in evaluating
various segments for the future course of action. As it is important in achieving organizational
goals and objectives for growth in company. There are different segments that will be help in
gaining more skills improvement and task that will be included for the future course of action. It
is important in achieving organizational goals that will be facilitating as different aspect will be
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fulfilled by making strategic vision for the company. There are different theories of leadership
and management that will be required for the future. Various concepts help in evaluating
different segments that will be providing knowledge and skill to employees.
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