Personal Leadership and Management Report

This report focuses on personal leadership and management skills essential for achieving organizational objectives at John Lewis. It discusses the impact of organizational culture, values, and objectives on leadership roles, outlines necessary skills for effective management, and presents a personal development plan aimed at enhancing leadership capabilities. The report evaluates the effectiveness of the development plan and identifies areas for further improvement, emphasizing the importance of continuous skill enhancement in leadership and management.

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Impact of organizational objectives, values and culture on the leadership and management role
......................................................................................................................................................3
Leadership and management skills required to support the achievement of organizational
objectives.....................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Personal leadership and management skills required to support in achieving the organizational
objectives.....................................................................................................................................5
Opportunities for the development of leadership and management skills...................................5
Personal development plan to develop my leadership and management skills...........................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
Management of personal development and leadership skills......................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
Reviewing personal development plan against of original objectives.........................................8
Evaluation of effectiveness of personal development plan of leadership and management skills
......................................................................................................................................................8
Areas for further development and updation of development plan.............................................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal leadership and management are related to make improvement in the personal
skills and abilities of individuals. Management plays an important role in developing different
attributes of employees so that they can give their best (Arnold, Fletcher nd Anderson, 2015).
The present report is based on personal leadership and management of John Lewis which is the
chain of up market departmental stores that is operating in United Kingdom. The company is
having annual income of around 4.060 billion (About us, 2016). The report explains the impact
of organizational objectives, values and culture on the leadership and management role of firm.
Other than this, personal assessment of skills are elaborated that help to implement the
development plan. Apart from this, management of personal development plan for improving
leadership and management skills are also described. In addition to this, evaluation of leadership
and management skills are done which are required to make support in the organizational
objectives.
TASK 1
Impact of organizational objectives, values and culture on the leadership and management role
Organizational objective plays an important role in achieving the goals of the company. It
is much important for John Lewis to develop management strategies according to their objectives
and goals. As organization has the objective of increasing market share, for this, it is much
important for company to use effective management and leadership styles (Byrn and et.al.,
2016). Other than that, firm is also having the objective of becoming number one departmental
store in UK. In this case, it will help the firm to make their employees more skilled and
experienced through which it is possible for them to get their goals more easily and early
(Rothaermel, F. T., 2015).
Apart from this, effective leadership styles such as use of participative style will help the
people to make contribution in taking relevant decision for the growth of organization. Other
than this, people will also be able to find effective ways that make contribution in the
organizational growth (Cheong and Tsui, 2016). Management also has an effective contribution
in forecasting the needs of organization regarding finance. In addition to this, firm follows the
power and person culture which is the reason behind their success. For maintaining this,

company has to work for adopting effective leadership style so that they will be able to manage
people within organization. The leaders should have to be more supportive with the employees in
making them skilled which will lead to organizational growth.
Apart from this, leadership style will also help the firm to make direction through which
it will be possible for them to get their goals effectively (Christensen and et.al., 2015). If the
culture of organization doesn't suit its leadership style then it will create a huge loss for the firm.
Leadership and management skills required to support the achievement of organizational
objectives
For achieving the objectives of company, John Lewis has to take care about learning
specific leadership techniques. There are some skills related to scientific, individual and
conceptual things. For this, firm needs to use some skills such as use of effective leadership
styles and use of management skills. Management skills are related to set the goals and also to
work on building interpersonal skills of individuals (Donate and de Pablo, 2015). Other than this,
they should also work on managing people in the organization so that it will be possible for them
to make to complete their duties effectively (Leadership Management: Principles, Models and
Theories, 2013).
In addition to this, they should also work on organizing training and development
programs for employees so that they will be able to learn new skills and techniques. This will not
only help to grow them in the organization but also it will also support in improving their
personal life. They should also appoint a problem solving manager which can help the people to
solve their work based problem (Fernandez and et.al., 2015). Other than this, it will help them to
do the work with more perfection so that they will be able to achieve the organizational
objectives more easily.
Furthermore, leadership skills are also required for the growth of organization. Certain
qualities are required in a good leader. Different leadership skills such as becoming honest and
creative are the most important skills that should be there in a leader (Hassan, 2015). Apart from
this, leaders should be intelligent, confident and courageous so that he will be able to handle the
queries of employees. Solving the queries of people will help company to make effective
strategies that will support the firm to grow in market. Becoming honest with the workforce and
organization will also make the firm to grow at a fast among the competitors. This will leads to

the monopoly market situation which is very beneficial for the company in getting their
objectives easily (Hibbert and Cunliffe, 2015).
Through using this leadership and management skills, it will be easy for John Lewis to
attain their goals effectually in the market (Jeon and et.al., 2015). Other than this, it will also help
them to become creative in the market which will help to attract the customers towards its
products. Being creative with the applying different strategies will also help John Lewis to
implement their strategies much effectively for achieving the organizational objectives.
TASK 2
Personal leadership and management skills required to support in achieving the organizational
objectives
Personal leadership and management styles are very important for achieving the goals
and objectives of organization. It is assumed that I am working as a leader in John Lewis. As per
the being leader, it is my duty to use effective leadership and management styles through which I
will be able to make the employees trained. As I am a leader, I have to make other people
motivated towards work. As I am self motivated person, it will be easy for me to motivate other
people towards work. For this, it is required that I have to be self motivated. Other than this, I
have to be more confident so that I will be able to increase the confidence level of others. This
will help the company to get the best results from their employees (Leithwood, 2016.).
In addition to this, I am a creative person who can give new and better ideas to John
Lewis in developing their business and achieving their goals. Through this ability, I will be able
to make other people to become more creative towards their work so that they would also be able
to complete their work effectively (Peltzer and et.al., 2015). Apart from all these skills, I also
have the ability of developing relation with the people that are working within company.
Through this, I will be able to establish connection with different kinds of people. It will help the
firm to get new customers as well as new investors. This will help the company to get more
investment for expanding their business (Shin and et.al., 2015). Furthermore, I will be able to
manage people effectively through which I can assign duties to people according to their interest.
Opportunities for the development of leadership and management skills
For improving my leadership and management styles I have to work on attending various
seminar and conference through which it is possible for me to increase my communication skills

as well. This will not only help me to develop my communication skill but also it will help me to
increase my confidence level, so that I can achieve my duties with more comfort. As I leader I
should also have the ability of mange my work and also work of my team efficiently. This will
help me tho get the work done more effectively and I will be able to perform more duties for the
growth of the business. To make improvement in this skills I can read the professional books
through which it is possible for me to manage the work more effectively.
Apart from this, I also need to make improvement in my decision making capability
through which it is possible for me to take efficient decision regarding growth of the company.
For this, I am working on getting knowledge of my seniors so that I will become efficient in
taking effective decision for John Lewis. Other than this, I will also join various programs which
are taken buy various tutor on improvement of the decision making capability of the persons.
This will help me to get knowledge in more detail so that I will be able to take relevant decisions
for the growth and expansion of business.
This are the various opportunities that will help me to develop my skills and abilities that
can help me to play efficient role in development of the organization (Solomon, Costea and
Nita, 2016). Apart from myself I will be able to make other people to be more efficient so that
they can give their best to the company.
Personal development plan to develop my leadership and management skills
It is much important to develop personal develop plan for achieving the goals and
objectives of John Lewis. As personal development personal development plans is described
below that will help to develop management and leadership skills: Identifying development needs: It is very important for me to find about my major
weaknesses as it will help me to take relevant decision regarding development of the plan
(Arnold, Fletcher nd Anderson, 2015). For identifying my development needs I have to
work on getting feedback from my subordinates so that it will be easy for me to know
about my major weaknesses at the workplace. Apart from this, I can also work on self
evaluating my performance at John Lewis. Through this I will be able to analyze my own
weaknesses at the workplace. Success criteria: The next stage is of deciding the success criteria so hat I will able to
measure improvement in my performance. For every development need I have to make

success criteria. For example success criteria for making efficient decision is will be able
to handle the major organizational problems at the workplace and will be able to make
efficient decisions regarding goals of John Lewis (Christensen and et.al., 2015). Using relevant methods:The third stage of personal development plan is finding various
opportunities through which I will be able to make improvement in my personal skills. A
range of method are there that help me to develop my skills such as in can make
improvement in my skills by taking coaching classes that help me to learn about effective
communication skills. Other than this, I can also work on reading professional books
through which it will be possible for me to know about the experts knowledge that help
me to take effective decisions regarding improvement in the working practices.
 Review: This is the last step that help me to know what did I learn from the various
training program in my personal development plan I can take review of my development
program through implementing my knowledge in the actual working problems.
TASK 3
Management of personal development and leadership skills
It is necessary to manage the personal development and leadership skills through which I
a able to implement the plan more effectively. As there are major barriers are identified at the
time of implementing the plan such as non cooperation of people related with the plan, not using
time constraints and not making effective strategies for implementing the plan (Fernandez and
et.al., 2015). For this it is necessary to manage the personal development and management skills
so that the plan will be effectively managed. Other than this, lack of time punctuality will also be
a reason behind non succession of plan.
For this, it is necessary for me to use my leadership and management styles that will help
me to manage such king of barriers. For managing my personal development and leadership
skills I need to use the time constraint as the part of implementation of the plan. Other than this,
I will also make focus on development of my communication skills so that I can invite people to
support me in achieving my goals. More than this, I also need to use leadership styles so that my
managed effectively.

TASK 4
Reviewing personal development plan against of original objectives
As the original objectives are development of communication skills, decision making
skills and skills regarding improvement of managing my work effectively (Hibbert and Cunliffe,
2015). I am able to achieve the goals such improvement I the communication skills and
improvement in decision making capability for the benefit of the company. On contrary to this,
there are some another objective such as managing work and becoming self motivated is not
achieved by me. As I am able to take effective decision for solving the problem within John
Lewis, that will shows that I am getting success in achieving my goals.
Apart from this, I am also able to make my communication skills more effective as I am
able to make proper communication with the employees. This will help me to share my point
with the people more effectively so that they will be able to understand about the organizational
objectives. Other than this, I am also having the objective of learning about managing my work
effectively but I am not able to make that properly as it is not sufficient to read only professional
books on management.
In addition to this, become self motivated is not achieved by me as imam not able to do
my work with more efficiency (Peltzer and et.al., 2015). As my aim is to become self motivated
so that I will perform my duties more effectively.
Evaluation of effectiveness of personal development plan of leadership and management skills
The personal development plan which is finalized by me is much effective as I am able to
get the objectives. The objectives which are achieved by me are improvement in the
communication skills and improvement in the decision making skills. As I am able to take
effective decision for the growth of John Lewis, so that I can say that I have achieved my
objective of increasing decision making capability. More than this I am also able to manage the
different difficult situation of the business which states that I can efficient decision for John
Lewis.
Other than this, I am also able to get the objective on improving communication skills so
that I will be able to make effective communication with the employee. I have achieved the
target through taking presentation of subordinates and getting feedback from the other people.
This will help to improvement tn the communication skills (Shin and et.al., 2015).

On contrary to this, there are some objectives are there which are not achieved by me
such as managing work on time as it is not possible to learn management of work buy just
reading the management books and attending seminars of professional people (Solomon, Costea
and Nita, 2016). Other than this, I also not able to make myself self motivated at the workplace
because it is not sufficient for me become motivated by just reading books and getting
professional work experience I need to do more than this, to make improvement in my
motivational skills. For developing those remaining skills I need to rearrange my development
plan so that I will be able to achieve my objectives. The another main reason of not achieving the
development needs is not finalizing deadline for them. For this reason it takes a huge time to be
improved.
Areas for further development and updation of development plan
As the major areas for development are identified previously but apart from that there are
also some areas are there through which it will be easy to get the organizational objectives easily.
The major area which are found to develop the personal development needs are use of effective
management techniques for taking relevant decision for John Lewis (Dubrin, A., 2015). Other
than this, it also required to update the development plan so that I will be able to archive those
remaining objectives.
For updating the plan the most necessary thing is to set deadline for all the objectives that
will help to achieve them more perfectly. For making myself motivated at the workplace I will
work on watching motivational videos. That will help me find the expects knowledge on how to
become motivated at the workplace. Apart from this, I will also work on make contribution in the
organizational activity through which I will be able to make myself active and motivated at the
workplace. I need to set deadline for this which is 1 month. It states that I have to complete the
objective in 1 month.
Other than this, my next objective is to managing work on time which is not achieved by
me. For this, I need to finalize time of a least 2 month and also I have to work on organizing
work according to its priority. That will help me to manage the work on time ads other than this
also I will be able to make distribution of work according to the interest of people. This will
make them able to complete more effectively. Apart from this, I can also work on getting

reviews from the various people so that it will be possible for me get new idea on managing
work at John Lewis.
CONCLUSION
According to the aforementioned report, it can be concluded that, Personal Leadership
and Management plays an important role in development of the organizational growth. As it will
also help the company to make improvement in the skills of their employees so that they can
give their best to the organization. Apart from this, organizational objectives, values and culture
has an major impact on the leadership and management role. As all the strategies regarding
growth of the company are depend upon the objectives and goals of the company. Other than
this, leadership and management skills required to support the achievement of organizational
objectives as it will help to manage the work of the company.

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