724 Development as Strategic Manager

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Acknowledgment

I certify that this assignment is my own work, based on my study and/or research and that I have
acknowledged all material and sources used in the preparation of this assignment whether they be
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communication.

I also certify that the assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment in any other
course or at any additional time in this Course, unless by negotiation. I have not copied in part or
whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students and persons. I have read the policy on
plagiarism and understand its implications.

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Executive Summary

The research has been done for preparing my-self for applying at a new position

through the recruitment agency. The recruitment agency is specialized in senior management

positions.

The document comprises the five tasks that need to show how to be an effective

manager at a senior position. How to motivate the employees and increase their production

contributes to achieving the organizational goals and Vision.

I analyzed the skill, knowledge, and leadership skills in strategic management to

identify factors that play an essential role in the achievement of organizational mission and

goals. It is done through skill development in a planned way.

The report also analyzed the factors that profoundly influence the organization's

creation and communication with the external stakeholders. I also assess the information

sources required for reviewing the progress against the outcome of the succession plan.

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 Table of Contents

Acknowledgment.....................................................................................................................................3
Executive Summary.................................................................................................................................4
Introduction..............................................................................................................................................6
TASK 1....................................................................................................................................................8
1.1 The Knowledge and Skills in Leadership and Strategic Management Required to Support the
Creation and Achievement of Organisational Vision and Strategy.....................................................8
1.2 The Factors that Contribute to the Achievement of Organisational Vision and Strategy...........12
1.3 Theories of Leadership and Management and How You Apply Them in Your Leadership
Practices.............................................................................................................................................14
TASK 2..................................................................................................................................................17
2.1 Audit of Your Own Personal Leadership and Management Knowledge and Skills....................17
2.2 Objectives to Meet Your Personal Development Needs in the Context of Strategic
Organisational Needs.........................................................................................................................21
TASK 3..................................................................................................................................................25
3.1 Factors which Impact on the Creation of Organisational Vision.................................................25
3.2 Different Approaches to Developing Vision...............................................................................27
3.3 The Key Factors which Impact on the Communication of Vision to External Stakeholders......28
TASK 4..................................................................................................................................................29
4.1 The Benefits of Review and when this Tool can be Used in the Achievement of Personal and
Organizational Strategy.....................................................................................................................29
4.2 The Sources of Information Needed to Review Progress with Achieving Personal Development
Plans...................................................................................................................................................31
TASK 5..................................................................................................................................................32
How you will Review your Progress against the Outcomes Stated in your Personal Development
Plan....................................................................................................................................................32
Conclusion & Recommendations..........................................................................................................34
References..............................................................................................................................................36
List of Figures & Tables........................................................................................................................37
Appendix................................................................................................................................................38

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Introduction
The purpose of writing the report is to make self-assessment for personal strength and

weaknesses and making an honest self-reflection and appraisal. It enables me to evaluate the

leadership value and leadership training in the future development of leadership.

Background

The trigger behind writing this report is to quest the hidden truth of becoming a leader. It is

achieved through analysing leadership management knowledge and skills that are the

backbone behind achieving organizational Vision. The report also included my leadership

skill and knowledge management audit. In addition to it, different approaches for developing

Vision also had in the news for making a review of a strategic and personal plan. In the end,

the evaluation of the personal development plan also made against the outcome.

Aims & Objectives

The objectives of writing the report are

 To analyze leadership skill and knowledge management.

 To create a developmental leadership plan.

 To develop an awareness about personal strength and weaknesses.

Why has it written?

The objective for writing the report is set, for showing my competencies to organization where I am

aspiring to apply for the job. I want to get an insight into my inner potential to rule out strategic

Vision set for myself and group or team. That required for supporting the creation and achievement of

organizational Vision.

Scope

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 Leadership skills are essential for the facilitation of effective teamwork both in

academic and professional platforms. These are the skills that an individual can use to mentor

others. These skills are inevitable for working in a team and leading a team successfully. My

developmental plan is the most crucial goal that enables me to act decisively and practice

good judgment in my grey area based on my analytical and perspectives processes.

The report allows me to monitor my set objectives and take the right steps where I am wrong.

I need to work on it that will enable me to achieve my Vision and organizational Vision.

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 TASK 1

1.1 Knowledge and Skills in Leadership and Strategic Management

The analysis of knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management are
1- Delegation
As a team leader, the core thing is a vision that gives me a straight path for

achieving my goals. Delegation allows me to play a significant role in developing

other people working as my followers in my organization. It enables the organization

to make from much more from the human assets they have and not allow someone's

talent to go unused. The delegation also helps me in team motivation. Naturally,

everyone wants to be fulfilled and excel at their job and enjoy a challenge. Delegation

makes the employees understand that they are coming to work; they indeed need to

challenge them. The delegation also helps me in building a team. If as leaders, I give

all staff members equal importance to accomplish a vital task, it makes the team

members valuable.

Delegation is a dichotomous process and central part of the leadership and

strategic management skills. A wise and health delegation would prove to be a key to

success and motivation. For Delegating Responsibility, I will follow the SMARTER

delegation rule. That means a task should be Specific, Measureable, Agreed, Realistic,

Time-bound, Ethical and Recorded. High level of motivation, result-oriented

approach and identification task would also prove helpful for delegating

Responsibility. Defining and discussing the job before its actual execution is also

useful for Delegating Responsibility among the workers.

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 2- Inspire and motivate
To inspire and motivate other people, it is essential to build mutual trust, healthy

information transfer, encourage the heart and model ways to work effectively. We can also

inspire and motivate others to always urge the people to find out what they want from their

work and clarify my objective work significance, job autonomy and task characteristic to

make their interest in their work. Inspire employee through telling stories of successful

people, building a culture of trust and placing challenges in front of them would compel

them to inspire and use their creativity to complete the task.

3- Developing leadership power

Formal power that we usually experience at different organizations is

inadequate for influencing others during various tasks. It is sometimes evident that the

manager's life becomes miserable due to these powers compared to those who have no

power to control others. In the absence of formal authority, we can influence others

and increase the level of employee productivity. It is the ability to manage

interdependencies, trust, inspiring a shared vision, understanding the workplace's

politics, and mutual understanding about others' concerns would prove fruitful for

exercising developing power and creating a winning situation without any formal

authority.

4- Team building

Effective teams are characterized by people blessed with a high level of

creativity, commitment, energy and moral to exceed others through their effective and

efficient work. Effective teams can be built via practical training and management.

Effective communication, the flow of unguarded information, taking advantage of the

team members' conflict, and cross-functional collaboration with the other members

present at the business would be fruitful to build an effective team. I also

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 recommended that informal socialization with higher management, god appraisal,

giving financial and non-financial rewards and arrangement of the part after

completing the task would help build effective teams.

5- Conflict management skills

Conflict is the key to success due to a healthy contribution of a different idea

for completing given. Conflict can manage by developing an insight to understand

others' viewpoints, create an environment of trust, and make healthy mutual bonding.

A conflict can be managed effectively if we remain cool and calm and use our

emotion in constructive ways. Try to find the resolution rather than stick with the

feeling of being right is also an effective way to resolve a conflict before it occurs in

real life. Always try to develop forgiveness rather than take back would also prove a

useful approach for conflict management.

6- Motivation

Effective measure and appraise performance and appraisal are acted as the fuel

used to reignite the motivation engine that tends the employees to give their best. For

practical measure and appraise performance, I always make it certain that working

goals should be mutual, clear and expressive. I always set criteria for evaluating

performance after collaboration with all the members present at the organization.

Always try to collect relevant and information that relates the performance with the

organizational goals. Try to avoid the judgmental bias as anchoring and halo effect

before making an appraisal report. The appraisal report should be created so that any

worker can understand the information documented in the report.

7- Selection and hiring of staff

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 It is the ability to select those people that will increase the profitability and

goodwill of the organization. When I encounter such a situation, I will elaborate on

the right person's criteria and attributes to require fulfilling the post. I will treat the

candidate as a customer and try to find out the exact behaviour that will need the job

when I find that I will select to hire him/her at the potential position before allowing

other organization organizations to snatch that asset from my company.

8- Hold people accountable

For an organization to be successful, a leader needs to make them answerable

at their performance. Otherwise, they remain they blame each other for the task's

failure and consequently deter the customers due to the organization's unsatisfactory

performance. For making people accountable always set opportunities, obligation,

appraisals, on the spot feedback, and value the effectiveness of a particular employee

in a task.

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 TASK 1

1.2 The Factors that Contribute to the Achievement of Organizational Vision

and Strategy
The five main components contribute to making organizational leadership. The detail view of
these components has been provided in the following paragraphs
1- Leadership

A workplace where effective leadership and support the employees, effectively

fulfilled their needs, the employee will efficiently contribute to the organization. A good
leader always develops a good relationship with others that also help to consolidate people
with him/her. Leaders work beyond the fear, take the initiative and risk to ensure their
exemplary contributions. Leaders has a significant contribution to his/her initiatives in
increasing organizational value. A fair and committed leader also reduce the sickness leave,
early retirements and disability pensions within an organization through their transformational
leadership skills. When it comes to achieving the business's success, it is a conventional
approach that the strategy contributes to making it successful. The strategy is a part of an
entire range of reason but also make the corporate culture successful. In addition to the
strategic change management, several things require for the administration of the amount of
success of the business.

2- Ethics
It is a system of accepted morals, beliefs, and values that can profoundly
influence human behaviour. It has become a vital part of personal and professional
life through time immemorial through sacred texts and theorists, e.g. Socrates and
Aristotle way of ethical behaviours. Leaders utilized the ethics for closely viewing the
organization problem. Ethics also help discover the hidden issues and agendas that
could be proven problematic shortly.
3- Communication

Communication with the followers or employees about their authority that they have

a delegated task. As an in charge of the team, the team leader's responsibility is to define the

degree of authority and scope regarding the task under the review to all the followers. It is

also essential to present information efficiently to effortlessly understand it and insight into

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 the speaker's thinking and views. Communication allows the leaders to share effectively what

needs to be done and what should be the final desired output. The message could be spread

through email; phones calls texting, and in-person or via meeting. In addition to it, open

communication and the free circulation of notes among all the individual present at the

workplace require free dissemination of information. Use of effective media for

communication also plays a significant role free and comprehensive distribution of messages.

4- Strengths
The organization's leadership management utilized the workers' strengths for the
achievement of the organizational Vision and organizational strategy. Leaders work
on the workers' weaknesses and then turn these weaknesses into strengths that align
perfectly with the organizational Vision.
5- Worldview
The primary factor that contributes to the achievement of organizational Vision and
strategy is the leader's ability to view the organization in the third person's eyes. It
helps the leaders analyze organizational strengths, weakness, culture, processes and
system that influence the business's success. Identify key national and international
trends that can affect my future goals through reviewing political, economic and
social changes.

TASK 1
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 1.3 Theories of Leadership and Management and How You Apply Them in
Your Leadership Practices

Leadership and management theories

Leadership theories:
Leadership is an integral part of the organization that has to follow to achieve

the organization's goals and objectives. However, it is the personal style of the leadership that

influences followers. Leaders are characterized by intelligence, personality, and abilities. Key

elements of leadership are people, influence, change and objectives of the organization. Leadership

can analyze on three levels that are a substitute, individual and organizational.

Leadership theories classified into four distinct categories viz. trait theory,
behavioural theory, contingency theory and contingency theory of leadership.
Leadership theories: the Basic
1- Trait theory
Trait theory explains leadership's distinctive character to identify those traits that
the successful leaders should possess.
2- Behavioral Theories
Behavioral theories described and explain the distinctive leadership style used by
influential leaders based on the situation. The three styles of leaders are
Autocratic leaders:
It is a leadership style in which leaders do not feel the need of
concerning with the subordinates. They decide on their own. Such leadership style
is beneficial in making quick decisions.
Democratic leaders:
These are leaders who positively support the team leadership
approach. They always look for the subordinate input before making important
decisions at the organization.
Laissez-faire leaders:
In this leadership style, the leaders head-off and allow the
group members to make crucial decisions. It is considered that Laissez-faire
leader’s style led to the lowest productivity among group members.
3- Contingency leadership theories
Contingency leadership theories are all about explaining the specific styles of
leadership based on followers, situation, and leaders. The behavioural approach
that determines the effectiveness of leadership and its outcrop is situational
leadership.
4- Great man approach
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 Great man approach is describing the inborn leadership characteristics. According to this

approach, leaders cannot be made they are leaders by birth. That means God bestows

leadership qualities, and it's a natural phenomenon.

The children of the leaders automatically have leadership skills that are transferred from

their parents with genes. Great man approach believes people are born with the leadership

traits and great person possess them. That seems weird to some extent that a wise king

has children with same abilities, characteristics, and Vision. It will not be possible until or

unless children of a king become part of the process under their father's supervision.

Simultaneously, no surety of getting or absorbing the same level of leadership skills

among all children.

5-

Application of theories
strong leadership characters and selfless devotion of an individual also have a significant role

in making a great leader. It is described in the lecture as consciousness under the big five model of a

personality trait. Responsibility, awareness, and knowledge about the surroundings contribute to

making good leaders for the organization. Leadership theories also attempt to present to make a

distinction between the characteristics of leaders from the non-leaders. However, in the current

dynamic and uncertain business environment, leadership theories focus more on the situation rather

than personality or traditional traits. These theories dictate that it is a situation upon which leadership

is exercised use to determine the characteristics and skills of a leader.

Leaders are different from the manager; the manager is rational, analytical, deliberate,

problem-solving and authoritarian. The source of managerial control is head and manager exercise

positive power to make work done. However, leaders are visionary, creative, risk-taker, passionate,

inspiring and flexible. The source of leadership is the heart, and they use personal power to

accomplish the task with the people. These leadership theories are useful.

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For example

 For developing insight about leadership process, especially while being the part of a

negative circle.

 Leadership theories also suit when it focuses on getting insight into the capabilities of

the subordinates. Otherwise, dealing with people is not enough to make a leader and

successfully play a leader's role.

 To combat the dynamic business environment's challenges and remain influential

leaders; I should be emotionally stable. I should know how to control the emotions

and how to be tactful while taking work from others. As a leader, I must develop

empathy for a situation and utilize all possible means to make the workers clam and

go along with the situation.

 I can adopt the autocratic management style in case team members dislike work and

are reluctant to change. In another case, if I assume that team members take pride in

doing a good job, then the democratic style should be participative. It is successfully

applied when employees are given opportunities to contribute to the well-being of the

organization.

In the contemporary and uncertain business environment, I must be empowered to gain a win-win

situation. Allow the workers to get involved in the decisions to increase their commitment and

association with the organization. A leader's success lies in the understanding of goals and identifying

directions for making a work done by followers. If leaders create an inclusive culture in which

employees treated as valuable assets. Employees are offered equal opportunities to succeed in their

careers and fulfil their proposals without any physical ability, gender, creed, race, sexual orientation

and valued as an individual. There will be more chances for leaders to peruse their duties and generate

more profitability.

TASK 2

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 2.1 Audit of Your Own Personal Leadership and Management Knowledge
and Skills.

Skill audit is a process that has been utilized for the identification of skill gaps and

required training that has been used to fill these gaps. It is a process by which skills and

capabilities have been recorded. The trigger behind conducting a skill audit is evaluating

effectiveness in achieving professional and personal targets. Skills audit has reflected the

current skills and abilities to achieve success in future.

Skill

For my dream job skills that I need is a skill to communicate orally.

Writing, listening, and analysis skills are demanding for getting a complete picture of the industry. To

become an ideal candidate for this job, I also need a presentation, verbal and non-verbal

communication skills.

Knowledge

Knowledge of the techniques uses for face to face, print, electronic or social media platforms.

Cultural awareness, customers, operational issues, rules, practices, and principles of the organization

and industry are required for performing a job of communicator advisor.

Attributes

Attributes that need the job are Responsibility, work ethics, honesty, technical competency,

communication skills and ability to work in the harmony of co-workers or as a part of the team.

Evaluation of my knowledge, skills, and attributes

Strengths Weaknesses
 Communication skills  Working speed
 Working in a team  Poor listening skills
 Innovative and problem-solving ideas  Less concentration during multi-tasking

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  Multi-tasking  Supervisory skills
 Self-awareness  Time management skills
 Poor communication skills
Opportunities Threats
 Planning abilities  Documentation
 Improve knowledge through courses  Time management
 Communication network with colleagues  Dynamic and uncertainty of business
 Training  Employee diversity
 Learning theories  Changing the scope of work

Communication skills

 For effective communication and to make the communication more efficient, it

has to be

 Attract the attention of the audience

 Should be linked to their source of interest

 It builds a desire to listen to a message. It can be done by sharing problem-solving

skills associated with the new message.

 After building interest, fanned desire and attracting attention, the listener can take

action that fulfils personal and business goals.

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 Attention
surprise
attractive message

Interest
raising myustery
announcing reward

Desire
communuicating unique benefits
special offer

Action
sending contacts
interview call
Job offfer

Figure 1: effective communication skills

Personal development plan

How have/will you use this?

What did you learn from
Key dates What did you do? Why?
this? Any further action?

To support HRM and its Now portable learning I have learned that website
modules develop a website. material is more in demand development is technically a
as compared to class-based demanding thing. As it adheres
lecture. Due to easy to policies and procedures
accessibility to material, controlled by the Information If not the website, I intend to
creativity in delivery method Service department develop a cheap and easy
reflects current thinking and resource of learning like sharing
teaching methods via a notes, adding library material or
August computer in education. making social media groups of
HR passed out alimonies.

Rewrote and review In the dynamic and In the strategic project, the As a student, I am consistently
leadership modules. unprecedented business skills required are the liaison involved with the educational
market conditions, the with the key stakeholders and courses. With each class
diploma's contents and planning schedules with the redesigning and reviewing
September studies material is not detailed action plan. It is also material, I am getting more
according to the current necessary to highlight the proficient and efficient. The
challenges. regular review. essence is the continuous value
development in business
leadership.

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 Examination script As a professional leader, I The Experience was both I learn about writing, reference
Marketing and writing am also involve marketing rewarding and hurtful. I read styles, formatting and developing
and preparing academic how to read and responded to contents to meet the assignment's
material for future leaders. the questions from different goals. All learning will be of
October
facets. I have also learnt the continuous value and will help
value of untainted pair of eye me improve in my further studies.
and seeking assessment
objectives.

Become a staff member To increase skills, empathy Open and trust development in It is enjoyable to support and talk
mentor. and awareness to become a communication. with the staff and be continuously
mentor. developing communication with
November both the staff and students.

Importance of distance My view about learning from Government is efficiently I learn about distance learning,
learning for the staff will computers has been cleared, involved making the education interactive websites for accessing
be done via attending the and I know about the use of accessible to all unprivileged education material quickly and
December conference, computer in learning has students. It is possible via the without any difficulty.
strategic importance. extensive use of computer in
education.

2.2 Objectives to Meet Your Personal Development Needs in the Context of

Strategic Organisational Needs

Personal SMART short and long term objectives

 Make money and arrange a world tour trip till 2025

 Rearrange my life and search for the better paying job or changing job position

 To learn extensive knowledge about engagement, communication strategies, and

techniques.

Professional SMART short and long term objectives

 To become the best information disseminator.

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  To develop capabilities that help to engage both the employees and management at

the same platform.

 To embrace empathy for comprehending various goals of the organization

 To learn about active listening and counselling skills within the first six months at the

job.

SMART long time goals (5-7 years)

My dream job is to become a communicator advisor.

My short, long terms goals are as follows.

 I will attend the counselling sessions, seminars, and workshops and provide

counselling or innovative solutions to at least six persons within the first year of my

professional life. I continue to follow-up with the same professional network to

update myself about the new development in the same file.

 For the first six months, I will learn about driving business contents to envision the

employees. Learn about the development of communication channels between

employees and management. I will work on developing better campaigns and

programs within the organization that supports the employees and management in

better decision making. I will do it by arranging a meeting, conveying contents

through emails, blog posts, or sharing internet stories.

 I focus during the first year of my professional life and on the development of non-

verbal communication. It will help me to connect myself with the proposed audiences

correctly. It also helps me for the efficient convey my message, confidence,

assertiveness, and perseverance.

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Current strengths that will help me achieve each goal.

Goal 1: my graduate degree and current diploma with distinction

Goal 2: my work experience as a volunteer at the telephone company

Goal 3: my communication, problem-solving and strategic awareness skills

The main areas for development with my goals in mind

1. Talent require for the converting management issue into a form of engaging employee

contents

2. Relevant work experience that helps me to fulfil job-related duties

3. Charismatic leadership qualities

Skills/knowledge/qualifications I need to gain

Goal 1: Level 3 Mentoring and communication diploma

Goal 2: Improve knowledge about the role of communicator advisor or manager at an

organization

Goal 3: Gain work-related Experience through working in the industry

What I need to do

Objectives Action 1 Action 2 Action 3

Goal 1: keep myself update Allow me to get an Practice what I Develop self-
with the help of new courses insight into the learn through motivating
offered at the different purpose and different courses capabilities to
institutes to become more benefits of doing a determine what is
competent job of offered in the study
communicator
advisor or manager

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 at an organization
Goal 2: To improve Practice the skills Conduct research at Keenly go through
knowledge about that I learn from the my own time the exercises and
communication skills and institute at home related to my field purchase books that
knowledge are outside to my
curriculum to
improve my
knowledge
Goal 3: to gain Experience Develop multiple Develop man Prove myself to be
about the job responsibilities contacts within the insight about the capable of gaining
to become a good earner at insurance industry different areas of the required
my position to gain Experience industry for moving Experience
on

Date I'll achieve each goal.

Goal 1: on-going along with the studies 2020 to 2021

Goal 2: going on with the professional entry in the field 2021 to 2022

Goal 3: going on throughout my professional and academic life

Progression

Objectives My achievements Hurdles Need Improvements

Goal 1 Ensure the excellent Multiple tasks, Needs to work on

standards in my financial issues and concentration and
assignment work less time designing a concrete
development plan
Goal 2 High grades and Less support from technical skills like
knowledge colleagues and work software, presentations

Goal 3 Understanding the Less engagement with Interpersonal skills

industry and career the management and
path workplace

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 TASK 3

3.1 Factors which Impact on the Creation of Organizational Vision

When creating organizational Vision, the following factors are considered.

 Specificity:

Creating images of multiple Vision could prove to be blurry at the end. What exactly

should be the end product? Is it gaining wealth or affiliation? What kinds of perks,

compensation or rewards could help to shape my emotions? What opportunity, the

colour of the house, car, or associated facilities will shape my feelings?

 Honesty:

What would be a trigger or stimulus behind the desire for need or want something?

How does it perfectly fit in my life? Why I attracted towards it? Is my new attraction

has any role in improving my life? Is there any benefit associated with the sacrifice

of my resources and precious time? How would I feel when I get what I desire?

 Personality:

Is the organization vision my core desire, or does some external pressure draw my

visionary details? Do I want it for myself or I am doing it in compulsion? Is that have

nay worth in my life or I am enjoying it for someone else? Is that a reflection of my

core values? Is that present that exact image that I want to portray?

 Flexibility:

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 I am struggling to make a vision due to dynamics and uncertainty exists in the

organization. Is it bound to follow a straight path because I have only that path? Am

I creating a vision to decide a path to follow when I reached the fork? Is it facilitate

my opponents or me? Is that my Vision is flexible enough to allow me for the

change?

 Ingenuity:

Tangible items like house, car, financial benefits, and other perks have value, but

they also become meaningless after some time. I am lazy enough in choosing what I

desire? Am I expended my mind enough to make a clear vision, or it is still vague in

front of my core desire? Am I know what I desire or compelling myself under tight

circumstances to choose?

 Boldness:

The precursor behind the creative thoughts is to push past the daily ties that bind. Am

I worth my potential? Am I challenging myself with the objectives that I have set in

my life? Is that place any long-lasting effect on what I achieved in my life?

 Compatibility:

The preferred feature of young people is not live life in isolation. Their preference is

to share their experiences, life journey, success factor, and emotion; they experience

during their quest phase. They told about the mentors, people who support during the

life journey and help achieve the milestones. How will I guide other people in their

life journey?

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 3.2 Different Approaches to Developing Vision
To attain a successful business transformation, it is essential to involve the shareholder's in

the creative process.

Following the example of making a visionary process that the company utilized to make

Vision.

 Conduct a large group brainstorming meeting to work to form the organizational

Vision from multiple perspectives collectively.

 Hosting a challenge for making the best Vision and welcome the participation from

all the management levels.

 To promote the collective engagement of people in making Vision always encourage

the arrangement of large meeting format.

 Taskforce for the vision development selected from all the level of organization.

 Always reassure the participation and consideration of the grassroots generated

visionary ideas.

 For questing the best Vision, conducting organizational survey

 Internet website should be created to make an iteration of visionary ideas between all

the organization levels.

Depending upon the visioning process's approach, the following techniques can be used for

vision clarification.

1. Imagination

2. Book learning and visualizing

3. Brainstorming

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 4. Out of the box thinking

5. Use of music

6. Order precedence

7. Blank picture drawing

8. Use of movements

9. Story-telling

The key to making the best Vision is letting the team be original and think out of the box.

3.3 The Key Factors which Impact on the Communication of Vision to External
Stakeholders.

External stakeholders are the individuals or group of individuals that are not the part

of business or project but directly or indirectly affected the business or business

undertaking. These commonly included end-user or customers. Other external

stakeholders included government, media, business partners, shareholders or

investors.

Following are the factors that influence the communication of Vision to external

stakeholders.

 An act of transmitting information

 Techniques for expressing ideas

 Written or verbal messages

 Process of exchanging messages

Effective exchange of information is the key to effective communication management and,

consequently managing best relationships with stakeholders. It ensures the progression of

work in the best possible way and manages stakeholders' expectations (Rajhans, 2018).
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 TASK 4

4.1 The Benefits of Review and when this Tool can be Used in the Achievement of
Personal and Organizational Strategy.
Advantages or reviewing organizational and personal developmental strategy

 Personal SWOT analysis and insight into the internal and external strengths and

weaknesses would prove to be a tool of continuous improvement and gaining positive

outcome.

 The review would help the staff to get an insight about the self-realization, self-

productivity and internal strengths. It supports increasing inter-staff collaboration. It

also contributes to increasing the chances of organizational development.

 The review helps the leaders, upper management and authorized people in the

business to get an insight about the Vision, mission and objectives of the organization

from the eye of employees. It promotes the self-evaluation and self-development

desire among the staff members.

 The review helps the staff to know what their actual role is in the organization. How

they contribute to increasing the productivity of the organization.

 The review helps the staff analyze the program's unique features and how they

positioned themselves in the organization. For instance, in recruitment or dealing with

the customers.

 With time, an individual can master these skills. Communication is more

than sending or preparing a message; it is an effort that ensures the

message is heard, and the target audience also understood.

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  Improving communication within the program will help to improve the morale of the

employees. That consequently turns out in the form of efficient and effective

achievement of organizational mission and Vision.

 It also proves to be best for enhancing the company reputation, employee

performance, and learning experience.

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 4.2 The Sources of Information Needed to Review Progress with Achieving Personal
Development Plans.
reflection on outcome, skills and strengths and
progress and weaknesses assesment
achievment evaluation.

reflect
and Identify
review

Recorded
and Plan
action
development of developmental needs
personal skills like priotise and
conferance monitoring, development of action
workshops, self-study plan with supervise
and online courses consultation

Figure 2: Personal development planning

We have to get an insight into the importance of assessing goals and skills and its role in the
development of peculiar skill. After identifying skill, there is a need to develop a plan that
requires to meet the deficiencies in the aspired skill. After that evaluation and review of the
skill will be done.

It fulfilled two main tenacities.

 To track the developmental plan.

 Ensure the planned development is straighten our path towards the achievement of
our goals.

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How you will Review your Progress against the Outcomes Stated in your
Personal Development Plan.

The time doesn't matter, whether it will take months or year. The review helps evaluate

our current state in our career and our next step in our profession.

Process of Review of the personal development plan

1. Define a time limit for reviewing and ensuring not going in rush

2. For each activity that is the part of the plan, the need is to review how far we have

done the training in line with our plan.

3. We are finding an original plan to track the progress on our planned personal

development plan.

4. The golden rule to support these process is, to be honest to yourself. That is

. Was is it real outcome that we are expecting?

. How much progress did we have made?

. Have we did something compelling, and that has never done before?

Consideration made about our development in the way of achieving our goals.

Has considerable progress been made in the achievement of our goals?

Have to make consideration of the originality and realistic nature of our goals?

Was it is what we were expecting from our developmental plan?

The decision for achieving the next

Is it need an investment of time for learning or require moral support?

Are we questing for getting something different or is it same that has done in the past?

Techniques for supporting personal development are

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  Demonstration of active listening

 Critical identification of resources required for effective communication and engaging

people.

 Ensure the efficient sharing of skills and knowledge

Learning style

Creating your Self Leadership Model and Talent Development Plan via Kolb's model

Concrete Experience: work at the XYZ organization and get some training about

communication and employee engagement according to organizational goals.

Reflective Observation: Using SWOT analysis skills that help me communicate and listen

well is to focus on listening skills via counselling.

Abstract conceptualization: Make a different question and at least make such a single issue

that justifies my emotional decisions and professional capabilities that accelerate the pace and

contribute more to the project's success.

Talent Development Plan: (Active learning) I learn through different learning. My creative

ability and high-level awareness about training program support's effectiveness make a new

plan for the future.

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Conclusion & Recommendations

The stimulus that triggers the development of the personal developmental plan is the

self-analysis, honest appraisal of my strengths and weaknesses and self-reflection. I will

support evaluating my received leadership training and its influence upon the development of

my leadership practices in the future.

The main point's summary of what I have found from this assignment is. I have found

that the source of improvement of happiness, self-efficiency, and self-well-being is hidden in

achieving personal goals. The requirement is the perfect alignment of my goals with my inner

motives and needs. It can be used as general guidance even when we try to achieve our

emotional improvement. We try to achieve the goals that has been intrinsically driving rather

than the plans that others expect from us. Above all, I believe having strong stamina

contribute to making a great leader. A leader thrills for the adventure that made him keep

headed on without taking into account any danger and harsh weather conditions. He not only

recharged the morale of subordinates but also ensure their safety at any cost.

It is also found that when goals are autonomous that are set by us not forced by others.
We feel more motivated to achieve these goals like a challenge.
Lastly, the exciting fact that I have found out from the personal goals research is clear
and contrast differentiation between the avoidance and growth goals. Here growth goals are
future goals and avoidance goals are those that avoid the change.

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