Personal and Professional Development Plan: Travelodge Hotel

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Personal and Professional Development

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Task 1..........................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Approaches to self-managed learning................................................................................................4
1.2 Propose ways to encourage lifelong learning at Travelodge Hotel....................................................5
1.3 Advantages of self-managed learning................................................................................................8
Task 2........................................................................................................................................................10
2.1Own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organizational objectives of
Travelodge Hotel...................................................................................................................................10
2.2 Identity own development needs and activities needed to meet them..............................................13
2.3Identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs..................................13
2.4 Develop a personal and professional development plan..................................................................14
Task 3........................................................................................................................................................16
3.1 Process and activities needed to implement the development plan..................................................16
3.2. Document development activities...................................................................................................16
3.3 Reflect own learning against original objectives and aims set in the development plan..................17
3.4. Update the development plan based on evaluation and feedback....................................................17
Task 4........................................................................................................................................................19
4.1. Select solutions to work based problems........................................................................................19
4.2 Communicate in a variety of styles and suitable manner at various levels.......................................20
4.3 Evaluate and use effective time management strategies..................................................................23
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................24
References.................................................................................................................................................25

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Introduction
The aim of this report is to discuss the role and significance of personal development planning in
improving the professional skills. In this concern, the report determines self-managed learning
approaches and their significance in personal development. The report is also determining
personal and professional development plan for the development of skills and capabilities of the
individuals. In addition, the reports also discussing about different time management practices
that can be used by the individuals to use the time in valuable manner.

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Task 1
1.1 Approaches to self-
managed learning
The self-managed learning
refers to a process
identifying the different
and distinctive approach of
learning things. In the
modern era, technology is
playing an essential role in
self-learning of the
individuals.
Technology is considered
as an essential element of
improving knowledge
regarding the innovative
business strategies and
ways for self-managed
learning (Cunningham,
2017). The major self-
managed learning
approaches are seminar,
internet, conference and
social networks through
which the individuals or
the professionals of
Travelodge Hotel can
improve their knowledge
and understanding in a
specific field such as
hospitality services.
Seminars and
conference: It is the most
effective self-managed
learning approach, which
helps the individuals to
learn different personality
things in a group. This
approach enables the
individuals to make a
vocalization with entailing
their knowledge,
experience and opinions
among the public to
develop the potentials,
personality and skills. In
this concern, seminars and
conferences enable the
individuals to share their
experiences and
knowledge among a
specific group of people
(Pedler et al., 2013).

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Travelodge Hotel may
consider this approach in
improving and enhancing
the skills and knowledge of
the employees through
sharing their experience
and knowledge.
Internet: This approach is
playing an essential role in
self-managed learning. The
individuals can learn about
different things such as
management studies,
history of the company and
other specific information
by surfing different
websites in internet.
Internet provides wide
range of information
regarding a specific field
so that the users can learn
enough in less time and
less cost (McConnell,
2014). In this concern,
Travelodge Hotel can
consider this approach in
improving the knowledge
and skills of the employees
in better manner.
Social networks: At
present time, social
networks are used by most
of the individuals in
sharing their experience
and knowledge about
different fields.
The social networks such
as Facebook, Twitter and
MySpace entail enough
information in the form of
forums and bulletin boards
that can be used by the
individuals for their self
learning. The social
networks also attract the
individuals to be connected
with different experienced
and knowledgeable
persons (Hermans et al.,
2013). Therefore, the
approach of social
networks can be used by
employees of Travelodge
Hotel to boost their
technical knowledge and
skills through sharing and
chatting thoughts and
ideas.

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1.2 Propose ways to
encourage lifelong
learning at Travelodge
Hotel
Lifelong learning refers to
process of continuous
learning of the individuals
to improve their personal
and professional
capabilities at the
workplace. Lifelong
learning enables the
organizations to manage
the human resources in
effective manner towards
the attainment of
organizational objectives
in straightforward manner
(Arrigo et al., 2013).
The propose ways of
encouraging lifelong
learning in personal and
professional contexts are
discussed as below:
Self-evaluation: The
organizations can consider
self-evaluation by SWOT
analysis to measure the
strengths and weaknesses
of the individual at the
workplace. Self-evaluation
strategy is helpful in
judgment and analysis of
the skills and capabilities
of the employees at the
workplace (Finsterwald et
al., 2013). In order to
analyze the capabilities of
the individuals, Travelodge
Hotel may consider SWOT
analysis tool to analyze the
strengths of the individuals
and areas to be improved
for further improvements.
In other words, the
individuals can analyze
their strengths and
weaknesses through
personal SWOT analysis at
the workplace and can take
appropriate decision to
improve the personal and
professionals skills.
Effective leadership:
Effective leadership is also
an essential part of lifelong
learning in personal and
professional context.
Leadership is helpful for
the individuals in assessing

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and understanding the
ways of employee
engagement in a diverse
culture. Effective
leadership enables the
individuals to be engaged
with the coworkers and
develop a learning
environment for personal
and professional
development at the
workplace (Nicolaides and
McCallum, 2013).
Effective leadership can be
considered by Travelodge
Hotel as an appropriate
way to support the
individuals to perform
their job in productive
manner as well as
encourage the lifelong
learning for personal and
professional development
of the employees.
Continuous learning: It is
a dynamic way of learning
through which the
individuals can learn from
past experience and events
of life. The past experience
and incident encourage the
individuals to change their
behaviors towards further
lifelong achievements. It is
applied on both individuals
and organizations. At
individual level, it is
related to growth and
development of behavior,
capabilities, knowledge
and talent whereas it is
associated to the
enrichment of values,
culture and policies at
organizational level (Laal
et al., 2014).

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In this concern, continuous
learning from past
experience and incidents is
helpful in personal and
professional development
of the individuals at
Travelodge Hotel.
Motivation and
achievement: It is an
essential element of
enduring lifelong learning
in personal and
professional context.
Motivation encourages the
individuals to learn more
for further achievement
(Baeten et al., 2013).
In this concern, Travelodge
Hotel can motivate the
employees for better
achievements to develop
lifelong learning for
personal and professional
development.
As a manager at
Travelodge Hotel, I will
consider the above
elements to manage and
handle the individuals with
lifelong learning. Effective
learning and motivations
will be helpful in making
better relation with the
employees and
encouraging them for
continuous learning for
further achievements. Self-
evaluation will be helpful
for me in implementing
appropriate training and
development programs for
the employees to
increasing their learning
about the organizational
procedures and perform
their responsibilities in
improved manner. In this
concern, self-evaluation,
effective leadership,
continuous learning and
motivation will be helpful
for me in encouraging
lifelong learning at
Travelodge Hotel.
1.3 Advantages of self-
managed learning
There are several
advantages of self-
managed learning for me
in improving the
operational efficiencies of
Travel Lodge Hotel. Self-
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helpful for me in taking
effective business
decisions. Self-managed
learning is associated to
the past experience and life
events that can be
considered by an
individual in the
operational activities to
attain the organizational
goals and objectives in
straightforward manner
(Cunningham, 2017). The
major advantages of self-
managed learning are
discussed as below:
Communication skills:
Self-managed learning is
helpful in improving the
communication skills in
the individuals. For
example, self-managed
learning improves self-
confidence and moral in
the employees with
maintaining the direct and
open relationship with the
employees at Travelodge
Hotel. The independent
employees at the
workplace can present
their views and opinions
confidently in front of
other employees and share
their experience followed
during the organizational
procedures (Dolmans et
al., 2015).
Enhance and improve
skills: Self-managed
learning is helpful in
improving and augmenting
the presentation skills of
the individuals
(Cunningham, 2017). For
instance, the employees
with self-managed learning
can communicate their
thoughts and ideas in
effective manner with the
managers at Travelodge
Hotel.
Team working: Self-
managed learning is
helpful in developing team
working at the workplace
to establish an attractive
environment and perform
the business operations in
productive manner
(Dolmans et al., 2015).
For instance, self-managed
learning has improved the
communication,
coordination and
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employees and enhanced
their skills and capabilities
in practical manner to attain the organizational
objectives.

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Task 2
2.1Own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organizational
objectives of Travelodge Hotel
The individuals with appropriate skills and competencies are preferred by Travelodge Hotel to
attain the organizational objectives in desired manner. The analysis of my own skills and
competencies as a manager at Travelodge Hotel is presented in the below table:
Skills and
competencies
Activities incorporated to
excel the skills
Personal remarks Rating out of
10.
Problem solving Different circumstances are
analyzed to assess what is
accurate and right for me
and organization. After that
an effective solution is
found to resolve the
problem.
As a warehouse manager at
Travelodge hotel, I found
different initiatives and
exercises that supported me
in improving my learning
and skills of resolving the
problems with help of my
senior employees.
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Decision making
and strategic
formulation
There are different factors
such as rivalries, economic
and political factors that
can influence the company
Continuous management of
strategic formulation and
decision making is not
possible for the management.
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in any mean. Therefore, it
is essential for the
managers to analyze these
factors carefully and make
effective decision to
resolve the generating
issues.
For this, it is essential to
analyze the frequently
studies, case and problem
solving assessments.
Motivation The company involves
different initiatives and
activities to surpass quality
of products and services.
These initiatives and
activities improved my
motivational skills to
motivate others at the
workplace.
Motivation is essential to
motivate the employees to
perform their job towards the
organizational objectives. In
an organization, an energetic
and devoted manager may be
a motivator to motivate the
subordinates.
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Leadership skills In order to surpass the
skills, analysis of senior
managers and successful
leaders regarding the
leadership decisions is
helpful in organizational
achievements.
In an organization, the
leaders play an essential role
in accomplishment the duties
in proper manner. In this
concern, the managers must
have appropriate leadership
skills to manage the human
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