Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth

Executive Summary

The content of organizational culture and leadership and the managerial assignments really helped me in being able to understand managerial skills. I was therefore able to understand how a leader can be able to encourage the employees in an organization to be able to work very hard in order to be able to reach the organizational goals. In addition, I was also able to understand how a leader can be able to improve the employee turnover rates in the company, hence enabling the company to be able to get the best services from its employees. This content will therefore help me in being able to spearhead the organization in being able to reach its future goals. Moreover, I will also be able to encourage the employees to work very hard, through enabling them to participate in decision making within the company.

The content and the assignment has helped me in being able to understand what managerial role is really about. I have also been able to learn how a manager can be able to easily motivate the employees in being able to work hard hence allowing the company to reach its desired goals. In addition, I was not familiar with the managerial skills, and so I believed that to be a manager, one needed to be very harsh towards the employees. I now understand how one can be able to manage a company without necessarily having to be very harsh towards the employees. This will therefore enable me to be able to work freely with the employees, and as a manager, I will also be able to motivate the employee and to also allow them to support me in setting the goals of the organization.

The content in this course has therefore helped me in being able to understand how simple managing an organization can be, particularly through collaborating with the employees. In addition, I have also been able to know how a manager can be able to rely on the techniques of the employees in order to improve the performance of the company. Moreover, since the employees better understand the challenges that they face each and every day, they are best people who can set the goals of the company. The manager can therefore ask for their opinion after which he can be able to evaluate and choose the best goals for the company.

Personal Strategy

            In order to be successful in my career, I will first and foremost conduct a lot of managerial practice, thus being able to fully understand how I can be able to manage an organization. I will also work very hard and make sure that I understand my employees, thus being able to understand the types of techniques and strategies that I would use in order to be able to manage the company (O'Toole, 2012). In addition, I will also make sure that I understand the skills which each and every employee possesses within the organization, hence being able to understand how I can group them as a team. Secondly, I will also work within my principles, whereby I will not allow anyone to drag me behind, particularly if I have decided to work hard in order to enable the company to reach a certain level. I will not rest until I have reached the goals that I want the company to achieve (Levin, 2010).

            In order to ensure that I enjoy my role as a manager even when working under a very challenging environment, I will maintain a close relationship with my employees. This will consequently allow me to be able to encourage them to provide the best services for the company, a move which will definitely make me to enjoy working as a manager in the organization (Shadle, Meyer, 2010). In addition, I will also work closely with the human resource department, in order to make sure that the hard working employees are rewarded. In so doing I will be able to easily encourage and foster hard work and accountability within the organization. This will therefore allow me to be able to work at ease and to also enjoy working at the organization.

Thirdly, I will incorporate my motto, which is never give up into my work. I will therefore work very hard without giving up even though someone within the organization might be trying to limit me from working hard (O'Toole, 2012). On the other hand, I will connect my work with my family, whereby I will allow my family to advice on the ways through which I should manage the company, in order to be able to avoid any obstacles which might come way. Moreover, I will motivate myself particularly if I achieve my goals. This will therefore allow me to work very hard and to also avoid giving up. Finally, I will respect my work, and the employees, and in so doing, I will also enable them to be able to respect me hence maintaining good relationship with all the staff members in the organization.

Action Plan

            My personal and professional goals will be improving interpersonal skills. This is because, improving interpersonal skills will enable me to be able to maintain a good relationship with all the staff members in the organization. In addition I will also be able to foster proper communication between the management of the company and the employees. This move will therefore help me in being able to easily encourage the employees to work hard (Shadle, Meyer, 2010). In addition, I will also be able to provide solutions to their problems, a move which will enable the employees in being able to feel free while working in the company. Moreover, through improving interpersonal skills, I will be able to reduce employee turnover rates, thus allowing the company to be able to easily achieve its goals.

            I will also be able to understand my skills, thus being able to incorporate them in my work. Furthermore, I will also be able to understand the skills of the employees, hence I will be able to easily form employee groups within the organization (O'Toole, 2012). Forming employee groups will consequently enable me to be able to assign each and every group the tasks which I know they may be able to accomplish. After accomplishing the tasks, I will be able to easily come up with the results on why the company has not been able to achieve certain goals. Moreover, I will also be able to point out the challenges which the organization is likely to face, hence coming up with solutions in order to avoid making very huge mistakes.

            This goal will also enable me to be able to understand the ways through which I can be able to beat other companies (Shadle, Meyer, 2010). This will therefore be done through communicating with different employee groups, whereby I will be able to ask the group members to provide me with the ways through which I can be able to foster developments within the organization. In addition, I will be able to develop new skills, these skills may include listening, and learning. I will also be able to learn from my mistakes and the things which I may do, which are likely to hinder the performance of the company. As a leader, I will also be able to work hard, in order to act as an example, since the employees will be looking up to me in case of any problems, or any challenges which they are likely to face while working for the organization.

            The main objectives of this goal will therefore be to foster developments within the organization, and to also maintain a good working relationship between the employees and the management of the organization (Shadle, Meyer, 2010). Fostering developments will enable me to communicate freely with the employees thus encouraging them to work hard in order to be able to improve the performance of the company. This will also see me being able to improve the interpersonal skills of the employee within the organization. Maintaining a good working relationship between the employees and the management of the company will therefore allow me to be able to allow the employee to easily work hard, and in so doing enabling the company to be able to reach its goals. This objective therefore easily allow me to be able to support my goal.

Reference

Shadle, C. C., Meyer, J. L., & American Animal Hospital Association. (2010). Communication case studies: Building interpersonal skills in the veterinary practice. Lakewood, Colo: AAHA Press.

O'Toole, G. (2012). Communication: Core interpersonal skills for health professionals. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

Levin, G. (2010). Interpersonal skills for portfolio, program, and project managers. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts.