Personal and Professional Development Plan: Travelodge Hotel

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1: (LO1, AC1.1, 1.2, 1.3 M1, M2, M3)..................................................................................3
Approaches to self managed learning, and approach suitable for Travelodge hotel...................3
Ways lifelong learning in professional and personal context that could be encouraged.............4
Benefits of self managed learning to organisation and individual..............................................5
Task 2 (LO2, AC2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, M1, M2, M3)...........................................................................6
2.1. Own skills and competencies against organisational objectives and professional standards
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2.2. Own development activities and needs required to meet.....................................................7
2.3. Development opportunities to meet future and current defined needs.................................7
2.4. Personal and professional development plan on identified needs........................................8
Task 3 (LO3, AC3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, M1, M2, M3).........................................................................10
3.1. Activities and processes needed to implement development plan from 2.4.......................10
3.2. Document development activities being planned...............................................................11
3.3. Reflect on own learning against objectives and aims in development plan.......................12
3.4. Development plan prepared from 2.4.................................................................................13
Task 4 (LO4, AC4.1, 4.2, 4.3 M1, M2, M3).................................................................................14
Solutions to work-based problems and Communicate styles appropriate at varied levels (4.1 &
4.2).............................................................................................................................................14
4.3. Use of effective time management strategies.....................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
The personal and the professional development should be enhanced within the individual in
order to analyse the role of the professional growth as well as a personal development for an
individual in the context of an organisation. The capabilities of the individual can be enhanced
through the skills and knowledge is obtained by him. It can also be stated that some advantages
can be obtained by the individual if he can obtain the personal and professional development
perspectives. The study has been focused on the personal and professional goals of an individual
in the context of a company and way these goals can be enhanced through the self-managed
learning of the employees. The gaps can also be identified in the research that can be
successfully mitigated with the assist of personal development and qualities.
Task 1: (LO1, AC1.1, 1.2, 1.3 M1, M2, M3)
Article published in Travelodge for their in-house Staff Magazine
Approaches to self managed learning, and approach suitable for Travelodge hotel
Self-managed learning can be referred to as the process where the individual can learn something
with the help of his or her own efforts. A number of approaches can be identified by which the
self-managed learning process can be influenced. An individual can learn from different
resources such as books, articles, online portals, journals and websites (Ibatova et al. 2016).
According to the data collected from the respondents that obtained knowledge through the self-
managed learning, it has been evident that it is the online sources such as web portals and online
libraries can be identified as the resources of self-managed learning in the context of the
Travelodge hotel. Apart from that, the development of self-learning can also be enhanced with
the help of social media sites. Certain factors have been identified as responsible behind the
development of self-managed learning and the successful outcome of the process (Smither et al.
2016). It can be understood that functions such as seminars and conferences along with the
internet resources such as website, online libraries and portals as well as the social websites has

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been the major resources of developing the self-managed learning among the individuals in the
context of the Travelodge hotel.
A number of ways can be taken into consideration in order to manage self-learning of the
individual in the context of the Travelodge hotel. Those ways has been explained below:
Conferences and seminars: It can be understood that a number of conferences and seminars are
being held regularly where an individual can understand the way of self-learning and
management of the subject as well (Ruddy et al. 2017). The data and information regarding the
various aspects can be obtained by the individual and he or she can be able to gather knowledge
regarding the subject.
Internet and websites: For obtaining the latest information and data regarding the subject,
website and Internet is the most used and reliable source. It is evident that the use of internet and
website is popular for a number of reasons such as they are unlimited. The individual can obtain
huge information and data related to the subject and in most of the countries, the internet usage is
unlimited, which help the individual to obtain the resource (Sangster, 2017). Apart from that, the
Search Engine Optimisation has been enabled for most of the subjects and it helped the
individual even the elder people who are not that accustomed to be the technology.
Social networking site: Interactive sessions can be developed in the social networking sites such
as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook and the individual can obtained Useful information related to
the topic he is aiming to learn from the sessions. The practical approach regarding the problems
can also be obtained from YouTube that can help the individual as well (Taylor, 2015).
Ways lifelong learning in professional and personal context that could be encouraged
The lifelong learning process can be referred to as a process where the individual have to learn
consistently throughout his or her life. In the personal and the professional aspect, the lifelong
learning can be obtained by the individual and the use of SWOT analysis as well as the personal
reflection can help the individual to learn and obtain data and information regarding the specific
subject. The person needs to understand his deficiencies by exhibiting the SWOT analysis where
the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats can be identified and can be rectified as well
(Webb et al. 2017). The individual would understand the areas where the development can be

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done and the way that problematic areas can be converted into his strength areas. Sometimes an
individual cannot realise that he is capable of doing something new or adapting himself into a
new environment. The SWOT analysis and the personal reflection can help the individual in this
regard. Moreover, the process can be consistent and the process can be start at any age.
SWOT analysis: The development of SWOT analysis can be implemented for any individual
from any age group. Almost all people need to know their strength and their weaknesses in order
to develop their personal characteristics. At the same time, the SWOT analysis can help them to
identify their positive strengths and their weaknesses that can be rectified easily. If the individual
is aware of his problems and know the areas where he needs to update himself by obtaining new
data and information, he can be able to update himself according to that (Maher, 2018). The
SWOT analysis therefore should be contacted on the regular basis to understand the strength of
the individuals and identify their weaknesses for better development.
Personal reflection: The personal reflection comes from the inner motivation of the individual
and the individual can be able to reflect on himself when he finds that something good is
happening to him (Hubbard, 2018). Personal reflection also helps to identify the areas, where the
weaknesses are evident and the individual can improve himself by looking up on those areas.
Benefits of self managed learning to organisation and individual
In order to conduct the self-assessment of the individual as well as the analysis, self-managed
learning can be beneficial as it helps to know the areas where the individual have to experience
weakness and shortfall. In order to develop their learning process and to make sure that they
have able to know the importance of learning and gathering data and information regarding the
various subjects, it is needed that some skills should be developed. The skills have been
mentioned below:
Communication: It is the major reason behind conducting the self-learning as most of the
people lack communication while developing the self-learning. Through the personal counselling
and development and growth exercises, the effective communication skills of the individual can
be enhanced (Riggs, 2017).

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Teamwork: For integrating the personal development of an individual, it is needed to ensure that
the individual should be encouraged to work within a team. Not only his ability to interact with
others but also his understanding of the teamwork to acquire new skills and knowledge would be
enhanced through it.
Presentation: It is evident that the individual have to present himself in order to gather
knowledge and information regarding a specific topic (DiPaola and Wagner, 2018). It is also
evident that in the professional front, along with skills and knowledge, the presentation also
matters and the individual needs to know the skill for improving himself.
Task 2 (LO2, AC2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, M1, M2, M3)
2.1. Own skills and competencies against organisational objectives and professional
standards
Personal and professional skills that should be enhanced in the context of the organisation has
been mentioned below:
Time management: The individual must know the importance of time in to the organisation and
he should require being completed his activities it within the schedule of the task according to
the organisation.
Decision-making and problem solving: It has been seen that effective approaches has been
taken by the employees of Travelodge hotel for decision-making to solve the problems for the
proper execution of the activities. The professional and personal skills and needed for this
(Harris et al. 2018).
Motivating: The individual should have the skill to motivate the other employees, both his
subordinates and the co-workers to complete their tasks according to the schedule. For increasing
the performance of the employees, the motivation also helps.
Target setting: Both the personal and professional target should be set by the employees in
order to enhance the competencies as well as to improve performance and productivity (Mone
and London, 2018).

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Interpersonal and communication skill: For communicate effectively with thoughts and ideas
with the purpose and within the team, the communication skill will help. The interpersonal skill
will help the individual employees to share their thoughts and ideas with each other and therefore
their performance would be developed.
2.2. Own development activities and needs required to meet
To mitigate the gaps identify SWOT analysis, an individual have to obtain skills and knowledge
is regarding them. Management techniques and strategies should be known by the individual in
order to understand those gaps and mitigate them successfully. The skills such as managing time
and people communication, communication and interpersonal skills, leadership skills and
listening skills, anger management, customer orientation, decision making skill, and the capacity
to work within a team should be developed in the individual working in the context of the
mentioned organisation Travelodge hotel (Taylor, 2015). It can be stated that all the above
mentioned skills developed within the individual, would not only help to increase the efficiency
and effectiveness of the individual as a team worker, but also his efficiency to obtain knowledge
and skills can be enhanced through these.
A personal strategy is always recommended to mitigate the identified gaps and therefore the
effectiveness of the individual within the organisation would be developed and he will be able to
mitigate his job role properly. Apart from that in the context of the mentioned organisation, all
the aspects can be analysed through the SWOT analysis of the individual (Harris et al. 2018).
The analysis will help to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats present in
the characteristics of the individual according to his personal and professional objectives.
2.3. Development opportunities to meet future and current defined needs
For identifying the developing opportunities for the individuals working at the mentioned
organization, the personal SWOT analysis would be the most beneficial tool to be implemented.
For the current and future define needs, the personal SWOT analysis will help to recognize the
strength weakness opportunities and threats present in the character of the individual.

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Strengths: The effective communication and interpersonal skills should be developed within the
individual. The time management skills should be learned by the individual to achieve their
personal and professional goals. Both of these qualities present in the individual are his positive
factors (DiPaola and Wagner, 2018). Delegation, motivational technique and the manner of
presentation to enhance the team spirit are also the strength of the individual.
Weaknesses: The lack of effectiveness in the planning process as well as the lack of knowledge
regarding the training and development can be the weakness of the individual. The individual
can develop the inability to Identification of problem and mitigating them successfully as the
weakness.
Opportunities: The future aspects and growth as well as the knowledge regarding the effective
Planning can be considered as the opportunities in the context of the circumstances presented in
the context of the mentioned organisation (Riggs, 2017).. Developing leadership skills and
motivating the teammates can also be categorised as opportunities.
Threats: Lack of availability regarding the knowledge of leadership skills as well as the lack of
information can be considered as the threats developed within the individual.
2.4. Personal and professional development plan on identified needs
Personal and Professional Development Plan:
What do I
want/need to
learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources
or support will I
need?
What will my
success criteria
be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
Enhancing the
communication
and the
interpersonal
skills
The techniques
and approaches
related to the
management of the
self-learning
would be the most
Both the online
and the offline
resources can be
used here. The
offline resources
such as reading
The present skills
of the individual
should be
compared with that
of the
skills enhanced
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The decision
making skill is
also needed to be
developed in this
regard
effective here books, attending
seminars and
workshops as well
as online resources
such as YouTube
tutorial, website,
online portals and
libraries along
with the social
media can be
enhanced
with the
implementation of
the technique
Table 1: Personal Development Plan
(Source: Learner)

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Task 3 (LO3, AC3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, M1, M2, M3)
3.1. Activities and processes needed to implement development plan from 2.4.
Working as an assistant in Travelodge Hotel in Ilford, it finds a range of options for visitors that
intend to seek accommodation. As already a Personal development plan is identified in task 2, it
is vital now to discuss on the activities, which are required for implementation of the plan. At
first, there is a need to decide the aspects given in the table below.
Key Activities Description
Decide timeframe It is important to allocate and divide time for the chosen activity of the
effective implementation plan such that development can be finalised
within a specified timeframe at Travelodge hotel.
Assessing knowledge and skills This stage requires the knowledge and skills that needs to be identified
with activities to develop them for the assistant in Travelodge hotel.
Learning strategies It needs a purpose that has to be availed for proper implementation for
a development plan, so that adopting new line of strategies can be
done (Janssen et al. 2013).
Learning resources Some of the learning sources may be available, as it helps to develop
the skills, so that implementation of the plan could prove effective.
Getting the feedbacks A proper feedback method helps in working out the activities of the
stage of evaluation (Beausaert et al. 2013).
Table 2: Activities to be implemented in personal development plan
(Source: Learner)
Likewise, the use of a SWOT analysis could be effective, as it will identify the development in
terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It is that phase where development of a
professional strategy is required, as it lists down the points and areas of growth and expansion.

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The personal strategy will comprise of learning and reading through the articles, journals and
books, so that probable interaction could be made by attending seminars or other useful events
(Beausaert et al. 2011). On the stage of own expansion of the assistant manager of Travelodge, it
requires working on the long-term and short-term targets and objectives needed to be combined
upon.
3.2. Document development activities being planned
To document the development activities that are being planned with aims and objectives, it is
vital to work on the success level and attributes towards evaluation and feedback process for
assistant manager of Travelodge.
Objective Skills and Competencies Timeframe Self
Assessment
Feedback
Evaluation
Attain sales target for
the Travelodge hotel
It will be done by enhancing
negotiation skills, so that
developing communication skills
can be made (Beausaert et al.
2011).
2 months Average 7/10
Train other employees
in the hotel
This would be done by providing
effective training to major
employees, so that it can improve
employee presentation to work for
the execution for the process of
implementation
3 months Medium 8/10
Organise group and
manage their
performance
It will help to generate efforts for
the team among the key
employees, so that it could help in
execution of activities with the
development plans
2 months Average 6/10
Supervising and
guiding
This will decide by guiding
employees in Travelodge, which
2.5 months High 9/10