PRIORITIES AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

The report discusses various strategies for personal development, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a work-life balance. It outlines steps to assess personal knowledge, methods for receiving feedback, and ways to develop competencies. Additionally, it highlights the significance of networking and developing new skills to stay competitive in the industry. The report concludes with recommendations for achieving a healthy work-life balance and effective participation in professional networks.

PRIORITIES AND
PERSONAL
DDEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
1 Steps to maintain work life balance and minimise interest ....................................................1
2 Assessment of personal knowledge about performance .........................................................1
3 Methods to take feedback about work form associates ..........................................................2
4 Methods to be used for developing competency in work.......................................................2
5 Three ways to improve my networks ......................................................................................3
6 Methods to develop new skills ................................................................................................3
7 a.)Areas for development an criteria to attain..........................................................................4
7 b )Areas for improvement and training ...................................................................................4
7 c) Four training style and proposal for each training...............................................................5
7 d )Recommendations for achieving healthy work life and participating in networks ...........5

INTRODUCTION
Personal developments help for improving skills and capabilities required to do work in
effective manners. Maintaining balance in work life and personal life is necessary for healthy
lifestyle. Present report describes about methods which can be used to achieve work life
balance .
1 Steps to maintain work life balance and minimise interest
It is essential to maintain balance in work life . . Stable life helps us getting healthy and
happy life (Dicke and et.al , 2015). The steps that should be taken by me to maintain work life
balance are as follows:
 I will start setting objectives in life and I will try my best to achieve that goal.
 I will try to manange my work effectively , reviews, feedbacks and learn factors for
success would be taken by me . I will make proper schedule that should be followed by
me.
 Boundaries to balance my personal and professional life will be made by me . I can try
that my work should not affect my personal life.
 I will carry positive attitude so that it will help me to achieve my goals.
 My vacation time will be used properly so that it will give me rest from routine life and
will help me in removing mental stress.
 I will make time for my family so that I can enjoy with them and my life will be
balanced.
 I will try to avoid stress and will make efforts to manage my work without taking any
stress.
 Healthy lifestyle would be made by my be . . proper eating proper sleeping and
exercise should be done by me .
2 Assessment of personal knowledge about performance
Personal knowledge and
skills
Competency standards Development Needs
Communication skills Effective interaction skills and I need to make improvements
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capability for making
interaction with others.
in my communication skills
Problem solving skills Ability to solve critical and
complex problems
I have to enhance may logical
ability to solve problem
efficiently
Learning skills Curiosity and capability for
acquiring something new.
It is required that I should
improve my learning to get
more knowledge.
Time management skills Effective time management is
needed to manage work
properly (Kurtz, Silverman
and Draper, 2016)
I have to enhance may time
management skills so that I
can complete my work in set
deadline.
3 Methods to take feedback about work form associates
Feedbacks are necessary for everyone because from this one can make improvements in
his/her weak performing areas (Peach, Ruinard and Webb, 2014). There are various methods to
take feedbacks from associates:
Oral feedback: Oral feedback is effective method to find out the mistakes and weak areas of a
person in work. I can ask my associates to tell me about my work and weak performing areas of
me. I can l take interviews of my associates to tell me about my working methods and what
improvement they want in my working style. I will tell them to give reviews on my work so that
I would able to find out my weak points. In oral feedback, I can ask my subordinates to give
ratings on my work. I can l ask them to give reviews on my performance. I will make
questionnaire for my colleagues so that they can tell me the point where I am, lacking in my
work.
Written feedbacks: Written feedback is method in which forms are used to take feedbacks. I
can tell my employees to write reviews in form so that I can analyse these reviews. I will send
them an online survey from in which I can make sections to be evaluated. Section would be like
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behaviours analysis , performance reviews, leadership reviews. Question can be mentioned in the
feedback form regarding my skills.
4 Methods to be used for developing competency in work
Weak areas Method to improve
Communication skills I have moderate communication skills so I
can start reading books on communication
skills. I will join some training program to
enhance these competencies. . Videos on
internet to improve my competency skills
could be watched by me .
Problem solving skills My logical ability is not good as it needs to
be.. So, I can join some seminar which will
support me to improve my problem-solving
skills. I will try to solve typical problem on
my own.
5 Three ways to improve my networks
 Using social networking sites will help me to connect with people. I can make my
profile on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram to get in touch with people.
 try to Interacting with my all subordinates will help me to make my networks large.
 Social clubs and groups can be joined by me to make my networks strong.
6 Methods to develop new skills
New compoentencies are required to maintain competitive edge in the industry we
work. I need to develop new skill in order to deal with increasing competition in industry. I will
join some seminar in which I would learn to enhance my skills. I will get opportunities in
seminar to learn from lecturers. Lecturers will give me assistance to enhance my skills. Joining
training programs to know about various new skills will support me to deal with competition in
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market. I will watch videos on You tube to enhance my skills. Videos will give me practical
examples to gain new competencies . I will start reading books on developing new skills. I can
ask my seniors to give me guidance to improve my ability. Reading newspapers and articles will
help me to survive in increasing competition in industry. Schedule would be set by me to learn
new skills. . Time bound will make me disciplined to achieve my target. Monitoring would also
be required for me to find out my weak areas. I would take reviews to monitor my progress.
7 a.) Areas for development an criteria to attain
Areas for development Criteria
Organisation management and time
management
Criteria to attain these skills- prioritising,
proper plan, effective management skills.
Problem solving and decision-making area It criteria involve schoosing solution which
are suitable for resolving the issue ,
improvement in decision making capability
and proper analysation of work.
Development of delegation In this section it is required to give guidance
to staff member, providing suggestions,
motivation and encouragement,
Motivational skill Criteria to develop motivational skills
involves understanding of person’s motives,
providing challenging tasks to individual ,
encouragement by giving rewards to
individual. ti
Planning skills It includes team leading ability,
communication with team members, goal
setting ability and proper allocation of task to
each member.
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7 b )Areas for improvement and training
Time management skills can be improved by providing training to the employees and
outline of the training is as follows:
 Training will be given on how to prepare a to do list. Dierctory should include important
task and activities which needs to be completed in set deadline. Time limit should be
attainable.
 Training will be given on delegating responsibilities. Employee will be given guidance
on how to delegate tasks. It will also involve instruction about how to do work without
taking stress.
 It will also include habit of making deadline to complete the work efficiently. . Setting
limit i will help individual to get stick to achieve goals.
 Training will be provided on avoiding stress while doing job. One should not take work
which is he/she can accomplish in set deadline.
 Employee will be provided training on stopping multitasking. Focusing on one thing at
time is a best way to achieve your target.
 Meetings will be conducted with the employees and they will be told about negative
outcomes which are associated with late comings. They will also get guidance on doing
work with efficiency.
7 c) Four training style and proposal for each training
There are four types of learnings styles which are mentioned below:
Visual learners: These learners learn by watching things. In the training session of visual
learners will be provided with charts, videos and various tools available for learning by watching
things. Handout and colourful diagrams can be used by trainer to provide training on visual
learning.
Aural learners: This type of learners learns by hearing information given to them (Payne and
et.al , 2015). Aural trainees are good learners and remember everything. Training proposal for
these pupil will include lectures, record listening and loud reading.
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Reading and writing learners: These learners acquire using displayed information. They use to
take knowledge from reading and writing things. Training proposal for these would involve text
based information, reading textbooks, presentation and hand notes from teacher.
Kinesthetic learners: These learners learn by feeling or touching something. The cannot acquire
something without touching it. They require hand on test to learn anything. In the training
session of these learners will include material, objects and any other physical thing.
7 d) Recommendations for achieving healthy work life and participating in networks
Healthy work life is required for any individual to maintain balance in life. It is
recommended that employees should manage their work according to their capacity. Individual
can achieve healthy work life by setting objectives. They should balance their personal and
professional life. Employee needs to take some holidays to burnout the stress they get form their
work. It is required that one should have positive attitude towards all the subordinates.
Employee should possess time management skills to maintain healthy work life. Individual
should make accounts on social sites to have large networks.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Dicke, T. and et.al , 2015. Reducing reality shock: The effects of classroom management skills
training on beginning teachers.Teaching and Teacher Education. 48. pp.1-12.
Kurtz, S., Silverman, J. and Draper, J., 2016.Teaching and learning communication skills in
medicine. CRC press.
Payne, E.M. and et.al , 2015. Dogmanship on the farm: Analysis of personality dimensions and
training styles of stock dog handlers in Australia.Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical
Applications and Research. 10(6). pp.471-478.
Peach, D., Ruinard, D. and Webb, F., 2014. Feedback on Student Performance in the
Workplace: The Role of Workplace Supervisors. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative
Education. 15(3). pp.241-252.
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