Personal Effectiveness Report: Evaluating Skills and Learning Methods

This report comprehensively examines personal effectiveness, focusing on leadership skills and behaviors. It begins with an introduction defining personal effectiveness and its importance in professional contexts, followed by a case study review discussing the impact of Sundar Pichai's skills and behaviors, using frameworks like Covey's 7 habits and the CEO Genome Project. The report then delves into a personal skills appraisal, summarizing the results of a self-assessment using the Big Five Personality Test and applying Gibb's reflective cycle. It identifies strengths, weaknesses, and their impact on employability. Finally, the report discusses learning methods, explaining strategies to improve weaknesses and outlining an action plan for personal development. The conclusion summarizes key findings and recommendations for enhancing personal effectiveness.

PERSONAL
EFFECTIVENESS

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................1
TASK – 1 (CASE STUDY REVIEW).............................................................................................1
Discussing the impact of Sundar Pichai’s skills and behaviours...........................................1
TASK – 2 (PERSONAL SKILLS APPRAISAL)...........................................................................4
Summarizing the result of the self-assessment utilizing self-assessment tool.......................4
Applying the Gibb’s reflective cycle framework of personal effectiveness..........................5
Deliberating the consequence of weaknesses on prospects of employability........................5
TASK – 3 (LEARNING METHODS DISCUSSION)...................................................................6
Explaining different strategies used to improve on weaknesses (500)...................................6
Action plan for improvement:................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Speaking in relation with the personal effectiveness, it is being referred as one of the
required or looked for skills that the employers want to have in their workers. The personal
effectiveness helps the person to develop and achieve the goals. It is quite generally being
possessed by people who are encouraged and establishes objectives and work in regards with
attaining the same. Personal effectiveness is very important for professional development. It
necessitates people to use their energy as well as abilities which allows them to attain their
objectives (Abrahams and et.al., 2019). Furthermore, it also supports in producing optimistic
outcomes and renders a supporting hand to people to decrease confusion and become more
prearranged. Other than this, it also supports in maintaining documents and emails organized
for the future purposes and helps people in planning as well as prioritise their tasks as per
their significance. As it is very important to have the personal effectiveness that makes the
person to have the proper communication with the people in the market. Considering this, the
main aim of the current research is to appraise the key skills ad behaviour needed to be
effective in professional context. It will also evaluate the influence of personal effectiveness
through taking the example of Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google. It will throw light on the
manners in which the skills of Sundar Pichai influence the employees of the company and
will also critically evaluate own personal effectiveness. From this report it will outline about
the personal effectiveness of the Sundar Pichai that helps him to know about the skills and
talent that must be improved in order to achieve goals. This report will also indicate the
different methods that helps and support them in order to develop the personal effectiveness.
By making the action plan it will help the leader to know about the areas where he is lacking
what action should he take in order to improve their skills. By making him know about the
activities, helps him to overcome from the weakness and skills gaps.
TASK – 1 (CASE STUDY REVIEW)
Discussing the impact of Sundar Pichai’s skills and behaviours
Sundar Pichai is the American business executive and the leader of the google. He is
very intelligent and talented person which makes him to become the one of the finest leader
in the market. He used to have best leadership quality that helps to become the leaders and
this makes him to provide the best guidance to the followers. In order to become the
successful leader, it must have the leadership qualities that includes humanity, understated,
relationships, deal maker, etc. The skills and behaviour of the Sundat Pichai and its impact is
determined by using the frameworks that is Covey’s 7 habits and CEO German project. By
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having the good leadership skills and behaviours help the leader to develop more and have
better working with the employees. The better skills ad behaviour of the employees used to
have good impact on the working of the employees and on the organization as well (Alcañiz
and et.al., 2018). The leader must guide the employees to work in the proper manner that will
increase the productivity of the company in order to provide the best services to the
customers. The models are as described below:
Covey’s 7 Habits: Covey used to present an approach that helps the person to be effective
while working in order to attain goals (7 Habits of Highly Effective People [Summary &
Takeaways], 2022). As the leader of Google it is very necessary for Sundar Pichai to have the
below habits in order to have enhancement in their skills and behaviours. The seven habits
are described below:
1. Be proactive: In order to be the successful leader the person must focus on the what
the person can control and motivates them to do work. As this helps the leaders to
develop their skills and behaviours. Sundar Pichai is one of the finest leader so he
must focus on the things that helps them to do work and motivate the employees to do
better. This helps them to increase in the analysing skills by having the proper
analyzation of the work in the company. This used to have positive impact on the
organization and employees as there is effective leader working for the growth of
company.
2. Begin with the end in mind: This habit includes the clear measure of success and
proper plan in order to achieve them. The cited leader of the google must make the
proper plans and measure the success that helps them to have the growth of the
company. This helps them to increase the critical thinking skills. By making the
proper plan and measuring the success it will have the good impact on the working
employees and on organization as well.
3. Put things first: The leader of the Google must focus on the important goals rather
than just focusing on the urgencies (Promsri, 2019). This will help him to have the
good focus on the objectives made by the company. By this it helps him to have the
improvement in the understanding skills. The organization will have positive impact y
having the understanding leaders who used to focus on the goals.
4. Think win- win: In order to become the successful leaders, the person must think
about the wining situation. Sundar Pichai must have the collaborative skills that helps
him to develop the proper working in the company. By having the proper team work it
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helps the employees and organization to have the proper management of the work
(Floris, Wiblen, and Anichenko, 2020). This will have the positive impact of working
in the company and on the employees as well as they are guided in order to give their
best.
5. Make first understand and then be understood: The leader must have this habit, as by
influencing the employees and other staff helps them to have the deep and better
understanding about the work. This makes him to work and have the improvement in
the leadership skills and behaviours. By having the proper understanding of work with
the employees of Google it helps them to have positive impact by working in the
company.
6. Synergize: Sundar Pichai is the great leaders so he must do the innovation in the
company that helps him to increase the innovate skills (Hackworth and et.al., 2018).
By having the innovation and solutions for innovation it develops the working and
have good impact on the goodwill of the organization. The leader of the company
must develop the innovative solutions to the organization and to the employees as
well that helps them to have better growth in the market.
7. Sharpen the Saw: This is one of the great habit that Sundar Pichai has, as in this it
helps to motivate the employees that helps them to have better work. By having the
motivation skills, it helps him to motivate the staff and other employees of the
organization. This will use to have great impact on the employees and by this there
will be improvement in the working of Google.
The CEO Genome Project
In this framework it helps the person to identify about the specific characteristics that
helps them to have better working in the role. Sundar Pichai must identify the skills and
characteristic that helps him to provide the high performance in his role. The main
characteristics of him is that he has the good educational background that helps him to
develop his working. By having the good knowledge, it helps the person to do the better work
and have enhancement in the skills and behaviour. As the thinking skills of the leader is good
that helps him to have new and innovative ideas in order to work in the worldwide company
(Karagianni and Jude Montgomery, 2018). As it is not easy to become the leader of such
great company as this used to have great impact on the working. By focusing on this
framework it is seen that he is very dedicated towards its team which helps him to grow and
have positive impact on the working of the projects of company.
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It is very important for him to know about the skills and behaviours that helps him to
become the one of the finest leader in the market. He used to avoid making the enemies that
helps them to have no internal politics in the company. This helps the employees to work
with great patience and have dedication towards the work (Zenger and Folkman, 2019). By
making the employees to guide properly and making them understand the difficult things
helps to have the good impact on the employees and on organization as well.
TASK – 2 (PERSONAL SKILLS APPRAISAL)
Summarizing the result of the self-assessment utilizing self-assessment tool
Articulating in relation with the personal assessment tool, they are quite beneficial in
evaluating personal skills as well as behaviour and it is quite supportive for the individuals
for determining along with disabling weaknesses. For the personal skills appraisal, Big Five
Personality Test was being taken into consideration. Further, this personal test helped me in
evaluating and analysing my personal choices and the outcomes being received from this test
are very advantageous for choosing the right job roles and career opportunities. As per
Kwantes and Boglarsky (2017), the Big Five personality test involves five assessment criteria
that is Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Agreeableness. The test
has shown high level of scores in openness, average score on conscientiousness and
agreeableness and very lower scores on extraversion and neuroticism at the same time.
Speaking about openness, it is being defined as the capability of an individual to think in an
abstract as well as complex manners. It has been originated from the test that as I have a high
level of openness which signifies that I am very intellectual and love more adventure and
creative things. Conscientiousness on the other hand, is referred as the ability of an individual
to rehearse self-discipline and this is their path for attaining objectives. As I got average score
on this, it signifies that I am not organized that much and also does not keep a good eye on
their long-term objectives for the purpose of attaining the anticipated level of success. Other
than this, I scored quite low in extraversion which is being referred as the capability of an
individual to remain social as well as outgoing. Less than the above average clearly suggest
that this is one of my weaknesses and reflected my introvert nature. There is one more type of
factor that is agreeableness which involves putting the requirements of others ahead of the
personal requirements of the individual (Covey and Covey, 2020). I scored average score on
this parameter which signifies that I have some level of competition and need to learn
cooperation. The final one is neuroticism, which is the main trait which influences the
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capability of the people to sense a feeling of negative emotions like anxiety, fear, shame and
sadness.
Applying the Gibb’s reflective cycle framework of personal effectiveness
From the analysis of the case of Mr. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, it has been
noticed by me that personally I have achieved growth and development in an effective way.
Overall, it has supported me in my determining my strong areas along with the weak points
effectively in relation with the personality. Furthermore, it has been evaluated that talent
along with innovation can help in meeting out the success of everything in life and other than
this, a suitable personal and professional development can make sure probable success in the
near future. I am now feeling very good that I have some strengths which will help me in
excelling in my future career opportunities and job roles. I have identified that I am quite
patient and listen to other effectively which is one of my greatest strengths. Other than this, I
am also quite good at prioritizing tasks which helps me in completing my large volume of
work and assignments effectively (Fitriani, 2021). However, I have also found with the help
of my knowledge as well as ideas that there are some gaps in initiating as well as ending
points of an effective project. I have also learned from the personal effectiveness that there
are some weaknesses which needs to be improved and worked upon such as introvert,
communication skills, team working skills and lower level of conscience. Thus, overall, it can
be said that seeking help from the self-development as well as effective actualization,
different issues along with challenges can be analysed significantly. According to my point of
view, there is a requirement of creation of some action plan which will help in development
of these personal skills where I am lacking. I can make improvement in my skills though
effectively participating in challenging assignments, working in team and sharing materials
and resources. Further, I also need to attend different seminars and classes for making
improvement in my communication. Undertaking leadership in group work will help in
eradicating my introvert nature (Gibbs, 1988). In addition to this, I can also manage myself as
a good leader that will help in protecting the company and its work culture in an effective
manner. Thus, I can analyse appropriate plans for the personal growth as well as professional
development in relation with the management of the organization. By having the patience in
order to do the hard work makes me to become the great leaders and this helps me to have the
proper working of the company. By having the good educational knowledge and ideas that
there were some lacking areas that affects me to work with the greater efficiency in order to
complete the project.
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Deliberating the consequence of weaknesses on prospects of employability
The personality score has revealed a high level of openness and it reflects that I have
some interest in arts and cultural related topics. The higher score also dictates that I have
some problems being practical and emphasize on learning activities and cultures. Seeking
help from the personality tests, I have been able to find out certain weaknesses which I need
to improve. However, weaknesses such as communication skills, team working skills,
introvert and conscience will have a significant influence in the prospects of my
employability. Without these skills, I will be easily distracted from the work and will not be
able to balance the long term as well as short term goals in my job role (Claessens, 2014).
This will impact my yearly appraisal, performance appraisals, growth and work commitments
at the workplace. In addition to this, as I am not good at managing my time, I will face
problems in selecting as well as prioritizing significant tasks at work. Further I have also
evaluated that my problem solving skills were also not good that used to affect my leadership.
I need to improve on this weakness as this will helps me to know more about the
management of the problems in the company. This used to have effect on the prospects of
employability and this used to have impact on the leadership skills and behaviours. .
TASK – 3 (LEARNING METHODS DISCUSSION)
Explaining different strategies used to improve on weaknesses (500)
There are various strategies that might be used so that all the weakness are improved
systematically over the period. Furthermore, these strategies might be implemented in regular
way so that maximum results are achieved in the end. Moreover, for all the weakness that
have been stated above the following strategies might be used:
For communication skill:
 I will focus more on the listening the other person opinions clearly and properly so that later I
am able to establishes the best communication with that person (10 Ways to Improve Your
Communication Skills , 2022). Also, through active listening I would be able to acquire new
knowledge about the topic and also it will help in understanding the small details about the
same.
 Another strategy that would be used to improve this skill is to write the important things
down in form of key points so that I do not have to rely on the memory. Thus, the
communication would be established better and effective as things are very well-known in
advance in the future.
For team working skills:
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 One of the strategy that would be used by me is developing trust on other people
while working in the diverse team so that other people opinions are respected. Also, I
have known that productivity in work cannot be shown if trust is lacking. Hence, I
would focus on enjoying the wok through being responsible and showing trust on
other people in any group during work (Walsh, Tartakovsky and Shifter‐David, 2019).
 I would also assure that all the roles of team members are been clarified every time by
me so that there is no confusion in the end. Also, this would also give me insight on
the work that is done by each member and would also allow me in report righting
person while carrying out any complex task within the group
For being Introvert:
 The best strategy that have been identified by me to overcome such type of weakness
is that building the confidence and taking small steps of trying being socialized so that
I am able to open up easily to new people easily.
 Also, I would use the strategy of identifying the negative traits in myself so that I
would be able to change them in systematic manner in due course of time.
For lower level of conscience:
 The one strategy that I would use is focusing less on what others people are thinking
about me and being more focused on the activities that I need to carry out in day so
that best results are obtained (Staples, Cameron and de Wet, 2020)
 Another strategy that I believe would work in this situation is that I am not focusing
on the negative thoughts in mind that only destroys my level of thinking.
Action plan for improvement:
This is personal development plan that would allow in improving the certain
weakness and would clarify me with proper requirement of resources and steps that need to
be undertaken so that certain gaols are achieved in well-defined manner.
Skills for
improvement
Steps needed to
be taken
Resource
required
Success criteria Timescale
Communication
skills
 Participatin
g in group
discussions
 Developing
the habit of
 Books
 Journals
 articles
 Newspap
er
 Able to
follow all
the
instruction
s in
6 months
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listening
 Attending
more of
seminars.
 Finding
and
learning
new words
each day
(Ochidi and
et.al., 2019)
correct
and proper
manner
 Able to
write best
sentences
 Developin
g great
bond with
others
Teamwork skills  Being
proactive
and taking
into
account
other
thoughts or
opinions
 Trying not
to become
leader in all
situations
 Learning
from others
in group
 Increasing
the number
of team
work rather
than
individual
activities
 None as
such
 Able to
handle
various
group task
in best
manner
 Better in
providing
expertise
to group
members
 Working
in weakest
of team
and
achieving
the
highest
level of
corporatio
n
5 months
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Introvert  Stepping
out of the
comfort
zone and
trying new
things
 Being
around the
positive
people
 Practising
social
interaction
regularly
 Phone
 Compute
rs
 Internet
 Interacting
and
understan
ding
various
people in
positive
manner.
 Achieving
focus
through
setting
short term
goals
carrying
out certain
work
 Positive
attitude
and being
always
open up to
learn new
things in
life
3-4 months
Lower level of
conscience
 Not giving
much
attention to
things that
are not of
much use
 Not
 Watchin
g you
tube
videos
 Reading
books
 Developin
g self-
confidenc
e to face
things in
positive
manner
7 months
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creating
any kind of
self-doubt
CONCLUSION
From the above it is concluded that Personal Effectiveness helps in getting the best
version of the individual and is good for own learning and skill development. Also,, the
report evaluate how people learnt different skills for the professional development. Further
this report had analysed in detail Sundar Pichai’s leadership qualities that have allowed him
to the carry out the best work in the organization and helped him to reach greater height of
success through efficient delegation of variety of work. Moreover, significance of personal
Effectiveness had been explained through applying the two frameworks such as Covey’s 7
Habits, CEO Genome Project so that better understanding is developed in the future.
Furthermore, through applying such models in the report it had helped in identifying certain
skills and behaviour that need to be present while managing the large organization and its
diverse workforce. Also, the study had laid the importance that if right attitude is adopted by
the firm than it would result in greater productivity and ensure optimum utilization of
resources. Furthermore, the study had critically evaluated certain strengths such as patient
listening, prioritizing tasks etc. that would help in achieving best short and long term goals in
the future. Also, it had analysed various weakness such as lack in communication skills,
introvert, lower level of conscience etc. that are lacking and requires proper corrective
measures on time for its improvement in the future. Also, through such framework best of
strategies had also been discussed that would be used so that weakness might be improved in
most efficient manner. Furthermore, for overcoming such weakness a detailed action plan had
also been presented so that weakness are improved in best of manner. Lastly, Gibbs reflective
cycle had also been used so that best of reflection might be presented on personal analysis
and learning.
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