Managing Priorities and Professional Development Personal Reflection
Project 1
1 Write a personal reflection that explains how you would go about managing your work priorities and professional development. In the personal reflection you should ask and answer these questions:
This project will attempt to highlight the actions I would undertake in specific areas of managing work priorities and professional development. 1. What makes a good role model and how would I ensure that I acted as a role model for employees I supervise?
A role model is a person others look up to and admire. They display certain qualities and behaviors to emulate, to learn from and to pass onto others. Qualities of a good role model in the workplace is respect of others, dedication to their job; illustrated by their hardwork and achievements, listening to people without judgement, providing credit to others where it is due, provides a positive and encouraging work environment, uses logical and rational thought when decision making and allows others to provide their viewpoint. To be a good role model in the workplace to the employees I manage I can firstly adopt the attitude of leading by example; by doing this I will gain respect I require from my employees. Secondly, I need to be aware of my behavior and its impact on others. I also need to project positive energy to the work environment and constantly provide encouragement to staff. To be a good role model means I have to be diplomatic and treat everyone the same; there can be no prejudices or preferences for people. It is important for me to respect people and their viewpoints, always listen to people and make people feel valued and lastly always act with integrity and professionalism. 2. What are the traits of an effective leader? Do I have these traits? How would I develop these traits?
To be an effective leader requires certain traits that are either inherent to a person or can be learnt. The traits that make an effective leader first begins with respect; a leader will treat all people with
1 Write a personal reflection that explains how you would go about managing your work priorities and professional development. In the personal reflection you should ask and answer these questions:
This project will attempt to highlight the actions I would undertake in specific areas of managing work priorities and professional development. 1. What makes a good role model and how would I ensure that I acted as a role model for employees I supervise?
A role model is a person others look up to and admire. They display certain qualities and behaviors to emulate, to learn from and to pass onto others. Qualities of a good role model in the workplace is respect of others, dedication to their job; illustrated by their hardwork and achievements, listening to people without judgement, providing credit to others where it is due, provides a positive and encouraging work environment, uses logical and rational thought when decision making and allows others to provide their viewpoint. To be a good role model in the workplace to the employees I manage I can firstly adopt the attitude of leading by example; by doing this I will gain respect I require from my employees. Secondly, I need to be aware of my behavior and its impact on others. I also need to project positive energy to the work environment and constantly provide encouragement to staff. To be a good role model means I have to be diplomatic and treat everyone the same; there can be no prejudices or preferences for people. It is important for me to respect people and their viewpoints, always listen to people and make people feel valued and lastly always act with integrity and professionalism. 2. What are the traits of an effective leader? Do I have these traits? How would I develop these traits?
To be an effective leader requires certain traits that are either inherent to a person or can be learnt. The traits that make an effective leader first begins with respect; a leader will treat all people with