Travelodge Hotel: Personal and Professional Development Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, focusing on the context of a Travelodge hotel. It begins by evaluating self-managed learning approaches, emphasizing their importance in individual and career growth. The report explores ways to encourage lifelong learning within the Travelodge environment, highlighting the benefits of such learning. It then assesses the author's current skills and competencies against professional standards for hotel management, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Based on this assessment, the report outlines personal and professional development needs, culminating in a detailed development plan with short and long-term objectives, activities, and evaluation strategies. The report also includes self-reflection on the implementation of the plan and the effectiveness of the learning process, concluding with recommendations for future development based on feedback and evaluation.

Personal and professional
development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Evaluate approaches to self managed learning.................................................................3
1.2 Ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional context which could be
encouraged at Travel-lodge....................................................................................................4
1.3 Benefits of self managed learning....................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Evaluate own current skills and competencies against professional standards for hotel
management............................................................................................................................6
2.2 Identification of personal and professional development needs ......................................7
2.3 Identification of current needs and future needs..............................................................8
2.4 Personal and professional development plan on diverse need ........................................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Short and long term objectives for PDP as well as activities which is required to be
implemented.........................................................................................................................10
3.2 Implement plan...............................................................................................................11
3.3 Own learning against original aims and objectives set in development plan.................12
3.4 Development plan based on feedback evaluation..........................................................13
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................14
4.1.........................................................................................................................................14
4.2 and 4.3............................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................23
INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is a word which mainly describes growth of
individual, it is a process of developing individuals knowledge and skills which will help them in

their proper growth. This can be developed by following various methods that will aid in growth
of self learning. In this report all the questions are based on personal and professional
development as a manger and staff of Travelodge hotel, it is a hotel which focus on customer
satisfaction more then any other things (Beach, 2012). This report is based on personal and
professional development plan, the reader can get knowledge about what all things are required
for personal development. Benefits of learning style is also described under
TASK 1
1.1 Evaluate approaches to self managed learning.
Personal and professional development helps in driving progress to individuals personal
life and in career too. Self learning is also very essential for all who want to achieve knowledge
and to increase skills. It is a process which helps the individual to increase learning knowledge
and development for lifelong. This will also help in knowing about appropriate methods which
would help in increasing proper learning. This might also aid individual to have there work in
proper time. This can be helpful for a person as they can be able to know about his/her
weakness and all the other things which they have to improve. All these method should be
followed in Travel-lodge hotel.
Social networks- This is a method by which people can connect to each other by the help of
internet anywhere and anytime (Brody and Hadar, 2011). It can connect people of various
places together very easily. While connecting to different people it helps in getting different
ideas, many other knowledge.
Seminars and conferences: This is most imperative approach that has utilized by huge number
of associations with a specific end goal to create people abilities and information. It is a basic
stage for individual to demonstrate their aptitudes before experienced and accomplished
individuals, and gather some information from other assorted range. It helps in giving certainty
and quality to individuals for confronting dreary method of meeting
This self management helps in getting some data from various individuals at better
places and this would help in getting great information which will help them in accomplishing
individual and expert improvement in claim. This will help in intuition in more innovative way,
this would likewise enable them in taking great choices at the season of issues to emerge. There
are 7 sorts of learning styles which would help in learning in remedy way. This will likewise

helpful in expanding of considering level individuals.
 Visual: This is most prominent style of learning through which it is simple for
individuals to comprehend things through various pictures and hues. It is a simple type
of getting learning that are changed over by agents.
 Verbal: This is exceptionally regular approach of realizing which can be ordered into
two shape, for example, oral and composed. In oral frame, information and data is
conveyed as discourse or words. In composed frame information is passed on through
powerful introductions, letters and books.
 Physical: In this approach, the likelihood of result and out come can be emerges as feel.
It process is utilized for the individuals who are physically handicap.
 Aural: It is an another vital type of learning. In this an individual can learn intensive
listening things that are helpful. It frame is more compelling in giving suitable data than
visual or other type of learning approach (Calderhead, Denicolo and Day, 2011).
 Solitary: This procedure of learning depends on self examination in light of the fact that
a man know himself more than any other individual.
 Logical: This is most intriguing type of learning since it is specifically in view of
interest and enthusiasm of individual. It helps in giving appropriate and exact response
to giving issue.
 Social: It is as gatherings and social classes in which expansive number of individuals
who are having same arrangement of intrigue are met up to picking up thoughts and
learning.
1.2 Ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional context which could be
encouraged at Travel-lodge
The lifelong learning is very essential component which can be able to provide better
knowledge and aid individual to develop and have growth in personal and professional growth
(17 Essential time management skills. 2017). Lifelong learning helps individual in learning
many required things which will be helpful for them for their whole life and this will also make
individual live their life properly. This can be able to work in various areas some are described
below:

 By reading books and magazine- Books and magazines can help people in getting more
knowledge about various things this may help in creating of new ideas in their mind.
Even they can be able to get high level knowledge by that. One should read books and
magazine this will help in knowing and understanding many things.
 If individual want knowledge then there is another ways also one them is SWOT which
would help in analysing what all strength an individual can have and weakness which
affects them and opportunities and threats which can have in their life (Cleary, et. al.,
2011).
 Now a days internet is a medium which people mainly uses in their day to day life. So
that can also be a good medium to get more knowledge and this might increase their
personal and professional skills.
 Seminars and get together in Travel-lodge can be also a best option to increase
individuals knowledge and skills, their will be many people come together and share
their ideas so that will help in getting more different ideas.
 Group discuss may also help in adding some valuable points in their ideas and that
might also help in adding value in their life and that can even provide experience to the
people.
 Keeping speech or conference of famous people will also help staffs of travel-lodge
hotel to get motivation and information which will aid them in developing personal and
professional skills (Von Haenisch, 2011).
By analysing all the above things, I had came to know about some of my strength and some
weakness which I have in me so I got a good opportunity to use my strength and let my
weakness become my strength too. I have to work over all these things so that I can be able to
develop my personal attitude and skills.
1.3 Benefits of self managed learning
There are many benefits of self managed learning, Travel-lodge hotel can also help all the
individual staff working over their so that they can be able to develop their personal skills (Van
Driel and Berry, 2012). If individual will try to make their personality better then it will help
them in performing work and responsibilities of their personal and professional life. Benefits of

self managed learning is being described below:
 It helps in learning more and don't have to wait for anyone to teach you.
 One can easily retain and can make use of the knowledge which they had learned
individually.
 It may help in increasing individuals confidence in their ability and helps in having a
good habit of reading things like- novels, books, journals, etc.
 This may also help in becoming interdependent.
 Self learning can make individual to have great awareness about all things and this will
help in knowing more about them (Cooke, 2012).
 This can give rise to the creativity in self.
 This might aid in awareness about their own weakness and strength.
TASK 2
2.1 Evaluate own current skills and competencies against professional standards for hotel
management
Name
Address
Mobile Number
Email
Carrier Objectives
To accomplish high transporter development through a non-stop learning procedure and keep
myself dynamic, visionary and aggressive with the changing situation of the world.
Academic Qualifications
 High school
 Graduation
 Masters in management
Experience
 Fresher
Personal skills
 Leadership skills

 Face any kinds of situation
 Honest
 Punctual
 Team spirit
Declaration
I solemnly declare that all the information which is provided above is true in my concern.
Date (Signature)
Place
2.2 Identification of personal and professional development needs
Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats
My quality is that I
Increase my insight
from external
condition which
remain for my interest
for knowing and
finding out about new
things.
My shortcoming is
that occasionally I use
to get worn out on
account of more work.
Adapting more by
getting more
instruction
Trust individuals
effortlessly without
thinking about them
appropriately.
I have a decent and
agreeable conduct with
all individuals and this
is simple for me to
impart my thoughts to
them and I can get
numerous things to
know and learn frame
them.
At some point I waver
to get some
information about any
issues, I like to
confront it instead of
getting some
information about it.
Working with different
individuals encourages
me to learn a wide
range of things
ordinary.
I get a kick out of the
chance to learn do
I get encouraged up by
everything in brief
I interface with
individuals effortlessly

creativities which
makes me now and
again more inventive
then others.
time traverse. and tries to pick up
part from them.
2.3 Identification of current needs and future needs
While dissecting of my quality and shortcoming I come to think about my present and
future prerequisites by distinguishing my development openings. It is exceptionally crucial to
decide requirements to design as needs be by considering all the central point which assumes an
extremely essential part while advancement process.
Current needs: There are some specialization criteria accessible in which I have high scope of
summon. These are happens for considering present errand into mind. Future needs are get ready
for considering certainties and standards of current needs. In the present situation, I can do as
such many manages for distinguishing my necessities. This offer help to achieving future and
additionally introduce objectives and targets (Desimone, 2011). A remarkable information can
encourages a man to picking up loads of thoughts from differing regions. Participative
administration, individual and calling improvement, driving individuals and successful business
arranging can give a correct course to creating aptitudes of a person. As indicated by above self
appraisal my present need is to expel delay nature of mine so I can without much of a stretch
blend with others. Aside from this one of an essential necessity is to expel irritable nature since it
influences general execution specifically and in a roundabout way.
Future needs: Some time my tiredness assume a noteworthy part as my shortcomings and for
that I have to take a shot at them to over come my negative marks. Future needs are considered
as circumstances that are made in past planning to accomplishing objectives and destinations in
an all around arranged way. Future needs are critical to advancing information and aptitudes of
an individual in light of the fact that these components are fundamental for achieving focuses on
that depend on future viewpoints (Ebert-May and et. al., 2010).
While assessing my quality and shortcoming I come to think about my different needs
which does not required in current conditions but rather future is questionable. It means might be

in future requests changes because of development of high hazard and difficulties (Trede,
Macklin and Bridges, 2011). Future needs of mine are-
1. I should be a solid individual to confront any most exceedingly terrible and chaotic conditions
in future.
2. Figure out how to deal with or manage basic leadership process by considering all the
fundamental components.
Aside from this, future and current needs are dissected on the premise of my shortcoming
and figure out how to beat these obstructions .
2.4 Personal and professional development plan on diverse need
Things to
develop
Expected goal Action to be
taken
Success criteria Time
Commutating
with people
Get over from
anxiety
Preparing at
classes
Can have the
capacity to talk or
present before
many individuals
20 days
Physical energy To expand the
working
execution
Have appropriate
yoga and exercise
Can deal with
work more than
some time
recently
Begin getting
change in 10 to
12 days, it ought
to be consistently
done to keep
stamina
dependably

Job position Senior
administrator
Endeavour to
enhance aptitudes
To get
advancement
15 days
Keeping mood
good every time
Attempt to do a
few exercises
which will keep
mind-set great
Think
constructive,
include with great
and constructive
individuals
Can have great
temperament at
unsurpassed and
ready to remain
positive
30 days
TASK 3
3.1 Short and long term objectives for PDP as well as activities which is required to be
implemented
As indicated by previously mentioned self-improvement design I come to think about my
long haul and here and now objectives and figure out how to accomplish it in a base span (Floyd,
2012).
Long term goals:- According to given arrangement of development it has been comprehended
that in future I need to expel my nostalgic emotions to wind up plainly a solid specialist. Since

while taking care of or managing a major association an individual should be an extremely
common-sense towards their business so to manage troublesome conditions I have to end up
plainly a straight forward individual.
Short term objectives:- After making an advancement arrangement I have found out about my
present objectives for instance I have to enhance my relational abilities and additionally timidity
nature. Rather than this other here and now target is to annihilate the issue of touchy nature
which is exceptionally destructive while managing clients or playing out any errand (Gallagher
and et. al., 2011).
To actualize an improvement design legitimate strides and system must be trailed by
association or me while execution process. Truth be told every one of the exercises and
undertaking and outlined in a legitimate way to accomplish its objectives and objectives by
considering all the basic terms and conditions. Aside from this improvement design covers
fundamental focuses which is key to conquer all the here and now and long term barriers.
3.2 Implement plan
In the wake of setting up an advancement design its opportunity to make a suitable report
for set exercises to accomplish my own particular target and objectives. Documentation of an
arranged errand are given beneath:-
 As indicated by given arrangement as a matter of first importance require is to figure out
how to settle on powerful choice since it will require least investment period (Gamrat and
et. al., 2014). I have to embrace different methodologies and helpful arrangements to
enhanced this issue.
 Subsequent to assessing general advancement design I have to focussed on relational
abilities since general business is relied on cooperation with clients and individuals get
pulled in with alluring nature of conveying. I need to take a shot at my modesty nature and figure out how to get blend with others by
imparting insights and perspectives. Employees training: In an association preparing is given just to enhancing aptitudes of
people to play out an assignment and obligation. Exceptionally taught and very much
gifted individuals are taking dynamic part in imperative basic leadership procedure of
firm (Glogowska and et. al., 2011).

 Supervising and controlling: The bureau of administration and higher specialists are
capable to checking representatives a correct way to finishing objectives and targets. Division of study groups: An industry is grouped into different offices, for example,
money related, useful, operational and administration. Firm separation their workers into
various classes according to their arrangement of learning.
 Consultation: It is the obligation of chiefs or higher experts to take a legitimate
estimation of finished work for recognizing clashes and issues (Hadar and Brody, 2013).
3.3 Own learning against original aims and objectives set in development plan
As per me I have a one of a kind qualities against points and target set in a development
get ready for instance I generally prepared to blend with others with no issues. Truth be told it is
difficult errand to deal with or manage a substantial association like check and Spencer which
required different business aptitudes. Aside from this I have distinctive qualities against points
and destinations set being developed arrangement are :-
 Capacity to determine troublesome circumstance by making proper strides.
 Produce enhancing thoughts by having an inventive personalities (López‐Pastor, Monjas
and Manrique, 2011).
 Great comical inclination.
 Capacity to fence business and life chance which may be emerge whenever.
 Capacity of managing alarm circumstance.
 Defeat the shrouded obstructions.
Rather than this, I have a nature of general identity improvement which may pull in
quantities of people and clients.
Meeting preparation: I for the most part keep up my work at work place to take in some new
procedures and instruments for speak to thoughts and musings before board individuals (Moon,
2013).
Motivation and anticipation: My past execution assume a compelling part in urging me to
perform assignment in a huge way to fulfilling focused on objectives and goals. An appropriate
arrangement of thoughts and information helps in achieving assignments.
3.4 Development plan based on feedback evaluation
After assessment of entire advancement design I get mindful about my shortcoming and
consequence of this system. It implies after input process its opportunity to alter existing plan of