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Introduction Areas that need development Your strengths Your action plan Key contacts Resources Related guidance on businesslink.gov.uk
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My Personal Development Plan
To help ensure success for your business, a company owner needs to have a broad range of skills relating to management and leadership. Based on your current role and situation, this tool has prioritised the most important areas that you need to concentrate on and will point you in the right direction for further advice and training Don 't forget that as long as you have saved your plan online, you can visit the Business Link site at any time, update your plan and see how much your skills have improved This tool has been based on the National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership. View the full standards at http://www.management-standards.org.uk
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Areas that need development
Skills that need some development
• Communicating • Decision-making • Leadership
• Prioritising • Valuing and Supporting Others • Motivating
You have lower scores for the skills needed in each of the following areas. This doesn 't mean that you cannot do these tasks or haven 't done them well in the past. It simply means that in order to be truly successful in these areas, you may need to brush up on some skills and get some advice on how to go about the following actions. 1. Encourage innovation in my business
Excellent performance in this area results in being able to: • ensure that there is a well-communicated innovation strategy that fits with the overall vision of the business • motivate