date. In doing this I will highlight potential areas of development needed and will address these through Personal Development Planning. The rationale for doing this assignment is to enhance my professional development by undertaking an annotated reflective report.…
Leaders are individuals who carry a characteristic persona in them, they have a set of beliefs and paved pathway towards their destined success. Leadership qualities and traits differ with every Leader which is dependent on various factors. Analysing their Leadership qualities and traits gives us a coherent data about their manner of Leadership.…
* It is recognised that those organisations that embed personal professional development into their culture are best able to respond to day-to-day challenges and pressures and are more resilient and able to transform in response to changing situations and requirements (Schon, 1973, p.28; Harrison, 2009).…
Salimi and colleagues (2011) investigated personality traits with regard to management styles. They wanted to find out if personality traits had any affect on a leader’s management style and conflict resolution. Northouse (2010) in regards to personality traits gave perfect examples on how personality traits in fact can affect how leaders resolve issues and tribulations. Northouse (2010), stated how leaders are more tolerant for uncertainty, openness, and curiosity. When leaders are confident they are more inclined to be helpful in sudden situations that involve conflict.…
1.1 Professional development is a planned process of improving and increasing capabilities of staff. Within our setting it is the people who work within our organisation that determine its success. As a setting we are continually developing and enhancing our skills and knowledge to know that our clients are getting the best service and support available. Professional development enables us to keep up to date and make changes proactively to make sure the service is relevant and appropriate for service users.…
Being able to reflect on our actions and experiences at work, learn from them and change our behaviour accordingly are some of the most important personal development skills we can acquire. We need to consider – knowledge – what we know and do not know, Skills – how able we are at doing something or not, and practices – how we behave or perform a task.…
The concept of ‘manager’ for example, in recent years became applied to all individuals who had a responsibility for organising activities, planning, with decision making concerning staff and so on (Bush, 2003). According to McCaffery (2004) management is unjustly, and incorrectly, portrayed as a straightforward, pointless and bureaucratic process, leadership by contrast is perpetually viewed as a complex and fine art. Dimmock and Walker (2005) assert that a leader is an individual who rules, directs or motivate others. A significant difference between the two, is that leaders do the right thing and managers do things right (McCaffery, 2004).…
In order to become more informed about specific leadership styles that are commonly used in an organization, the Wiley Schermerhorn: Management Self-Assessment tool was utilized to assist in defining areas of strength. With the information provided and the assessment results obtained, there was an easy comprehensive interpretation of what the results meant. Table 1 provides the Profile of Personality Characteristics and Assessment Results. This information assists in determining how personality characteristics help shape how we lead in organizations.…
I need to continue my education, practice and set goals for myself. Gen involved with outsources to assist with the networking and presenting pieces. I also need to review policies, review figures and stastical tables and to use my cross functional skills when applicable.…
This assignment will discuss in depth my personal and professional skills, and will use the Kolb method to audit my learning style. In each section of my strategic planning on improving my skills I will include demonstrations and examples of how my goals can improve to a professional strategy.…
I am 24 years old and married to my husband Paul we live in Maybole in a two bedroom cottage. I left school at 16 with standard grade level English, maths, history, French and music. My first job was in a nursing home it was then I realised how much I enjoyed working in care and caring for people. I worked in the nursing home for 2 years then left to be an activity’s co-ordinator in a day care centre in Prestwick where I would plan daily activity’s and outings for clients who came for respite day-care the centre sadly closed down after 3 years. I found a part time job in a local pub but I didn’t enjoy it as much as caring I worked in the pub for 2 years until I found a job working for a homecare company I enjoyed but found the hours unsociable it was then I decided to apply for college. I applied for N.C social care and was placed on the reserved list due to the course being full then a week after the course started I got a phone call to start. I attended college from September to june working threw my course studying and passed all my exams. I also attended a work placement at Hansel village respite cabin which I enjoys working with the clients as id never worked with adults with learning difficulties. I was offered a permanent job with Hansel after I left but sadly couldn’t take the job offer up as I had applied to do HNC and Hansel could only offer me 30 hours per week. Whilst doing my NC I enjoyed the subject mental health and decided then that I would like to become a…
Personal development can be described as self-improvement, or development of skills and knowledge on a personal level not related to a specific job role but are personal goals. Adair and Allen categorise this as self-development and feel that these “Transferable skills are the key to improved prospects” (Adair and Allen 2003 p64). Improvement of these personal skills can be taken to any job and will be…
Lifelong learning and professional development are important to productive professionals. Strategic professional development requires careful definition of goals and performance criteria, followed by action plans to achieve desired performance. This material will guide you in developing a professional development plan that produces performance improvements that are documented and impressive.…
It is important to have a constant understanding of oneself as a person, beliefs, and values and how those factors may affect decisions made professionally, especially in leadership positions. The better understanding we have of ourselves and others the more capable we are of identifying opportunities for growth, individually and as a whole. This paper will discuss the current stage of moral and professional development, personal mental model, whether that mental model will hold true for what is envisioned for the future, weaknesses and if the model will need to be revised for the future, the value of a good mental model, how a good mental model assist in crafting a professional development strategy for growth, as well as any…
Oshagbemi T & Gill R (2004), Differences in leadership styles and behaviour across hierarchical levels in UK organisations, Emerald 25.…