Comprehensive Report on Developing Personal and Management Skills

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of personal and management skills crucial for workplace success. It emphasizes the importance of communication, problem-solving, supportive management, and various leadership styles, including the authoritarian approach. The report includes a personal development plan, incorporating SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. A skills audit further evaluates acquired skills. The report underscores the significance of adaptability, time management, and teamwork in achieving organizational goals and personal growth. It provides a practical framework for individuals to enhance their leadership capabilities and career prospects. The report also highlights the importance of a leader's ability to interact with people from different backgrounds, and the significance of teamwork within an organization. The report concludes by underscoring the importance of continual learning and professional development.

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DEVELOPING PERSONAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS
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Executive Summary
There are various skills required in the workplace so that a person may achieve the goals of the
organization. The skill of communication is very important in every organization. It is also
necessary for an individual to develop the skills of solving problems. Supportive management
and leadership skills are also essential for every organization. There are leadership styles that are
necessary for every organization such as authoritarian style of leadership. The leader is supported
by his followers so that he may attain the objectives of the organization. A person should have a
plan for his personal development so that he can manage his life. The SWOT analyses help a
person to discover her strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and the threats that affect him. It
helps a person to know where he needs to improve and where he is doing well. The skills audit
helps the individual to analyze the skills that he has acquired in the organization.

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One of the key transferable skills required in the workplace is the ability to communicate. An
individual should know how to communicate freely with the others. One should also manage to
work confidently within a group. The skill of solving problems is also important at the
workplace. The other skill is that of time management and also flexibility (Hannaway & Hunt,
2005). The individual should be able to adapt to changes that arise while at work within the
organization. The other important skill is the leadership skill. The above skills are applied in the
organization to ensure that a person meets the goals of the organization (Dale, 2008). In the
management context, the leadership skill is important as well as the others to ensure that the
organization is run in the right way.
Supportive management and leadership skills are important in the running of the organization to
ensure that it meets its objectives. The use of authoritarian leadership would require supportive
management and the necessary leadership skills to ensure that the people being led follow the
directions that they are required to follow (Parker & Stone, 2002). A leader should have the
support of his follows and have the right skills of leadership that he would use in his line of duty.
The leader needs to be supported by even the staff to ensure that he carries out his duties in the
right manner (Routledge et al, 2007). Leadership skills are required to direct the workforce to do
what is required of them. The employees need a leader who will give them instructions on what
they should do.
As an employee, I also have my own management and leadership skills that guide me into
performing my duties in the right manner. For instance, I can instruct others, I can solve any
problem that emerges within the organization, and am also authoritative. I have the skills of
working with people from various origins and gender and at the same time produce the desired
results. A good leader should be in a position to relate with people from different backgrounds

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and still work with them so that he may help them produce the best in them (Griffin & Van,
2014). The other members of the organization are also cooperative on the way I conduct myself
in the organization as a good leader and employee. We also work together as a team to ensure
that we meet the goals of the organization.
I am a 25 years old lady who works in an organization that helps me realize my personal goals
and achieve my purpose in life. I have worked in the organization for the last five years. I have
good leadership qualities and am also organized. My employer is very supportive and he
promises to ensure that I get a promotion in the coming days due to my hard work. My personal
development plan comprises of my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It shows
what strengths I have while in the workplace. It also shows my weaknesses as well as the threats
that hinder me from achieving my objectives as well as the opportunities that come my way as an
employee.
Personal Development Plan
Development
objectives
Activities to
help me
achieve my
objectives
Resources
needed to
achieve the
objectives
Target date Actual date
Learn more in
leading and
other activities
in the business
environment
Attend classes
in leading and
other activities
Finances and
the regional
training Centre
staff
20th Nov 2017 14th Nov 2017
To train in the To be close to Advice from 22nd Nov 2017 14th Nov 2017

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managerial
course to be a
manager in the
company
the manager
and be friendly
to him
the manager
and team
support
To learn more
about the area
of duty
assigned
Identify the
key
opportunities
in my area of
specification
Senior
colleagues in
that field
25th Nov 2017 14th Nov 2017
Improve my
personal
fitness
Spare time
during
weekends and
evenings for
the activity
Advice from
the specialists
in the fitness
centers
25th Nov 2017 14th Nov 2017
Study more
about
leadership
Be close to the
managers and
other senior
officials
Gaining the
trust of the
managers and
acquiring
advice from
them
27th Nov 2017 14 Nov 2017

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SWOT Analyses
Strengths:
What do you do well?
What unique resources can you draw on?
What do others see as your strengths?
Weaknesses:
What could you improve?
Where do you have fewer resources than
others?
What are others likely to see as weaknesses?
My personal administration and knowledge
within the company are good.
The resources that I can draw on are like the
available managers who train me on being a
good leader
Others see my leadership style as my strength
Another strength that they see is working as
a team
It’s difficult for me to maintain work/life
balance
I need to improve on that area
I have fewer resources in the area of
management
The other weakness that they see in me is that
am not used to keeping time for personal
issues.
Opportunities:
What good opportunities are open to you?
What trends could you take advantage of?
How can you turn strengths into
opportunities?
Threats:
What trends could harm you?
What is your competition doing?
What threats do your weaknesses expose you
to?
I have the opportunity to show my employer
that I have had a structured management and
leadership training to lead his team
I can take advantage of getting close to the
managers so that I can learn from him
I can turn strengths to opportunities by
asking for guidance for personal
development from the manager.
The trends of my followers failings to obey
My competition is doing fine
It is difficult for me to balance between my
personal commitments and work.
My weaknesses expose me to the failure of
my personal life goals that I have set

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Skills Audit
I have developed many skills within the organization. For instance, I have known to relate with
various people in various settings. I have also developed the leadership skills that have enabled
me to know how to deal with people of different personalities. I have improved my knowledge of
working with people as a team which has helped me improve my interpersonal relationships. I
have also learnt the communication skills that need to be applied within the organization. The
action has enabled me to communicate freely with individuals of different cultures. I have
developed the necessary skills that I would require to improve in my career and become a better
employee in the organization.
References
Dale, M. 2008, developing management skills: Techniques for improving learning &
performance, London: Kogan Page
Griffin, R. W., & Van, F. D. D. 2014,. Management skills: Assessment and development, Mason,
OH, USA: South-Western Cengage Learning
Hannaway, C., & Hunt, G. 2005, the management skills book, Aldershot, Hants, England:
Gower.
Parker, C., & Stone, B, 2002, developing management skills for leadership, Harlow, Essex, UK:
Pearson Education