What vision I have for myself in career wice in three years?
I have worked for same company for 15 years. My tasks have changed through these years, from trainee, to assistant, to consult and then to Area Manager, and now working as Area Director. From 2009-2011 I worked for government , in employment office. I enjoy working in personnel service industry and in HR tasks.
In future I am open for working abroad. It would be also interesting to work for company that is not related to providing personnell services to other companies. I wouldn´t mind continuing working in my current position eather, I have plenty of freedom to make changes and this industry is changing all the time.
Management competencies are needed, in order to succeed in goals. Due to continous changes, like globalization and technological changes, we most keep developing our management skills, competences and capabilities.
Competency ~refers to the sum of experiences and knowledge, skills, traits, aspects of self-image or social role, values and attitudes a manager has acquired during his/her lifetime.
According to Riitta Viitala´s article “Perceived development needs of managers compared to an integrated management competency model” there is six clusters of managerial competency.
If I start from the top of this pyramide. Technical competencies, that are looked as easiest to acheve. This could also be something that person could learn in specific work experience. Knowing tools , procedures etc from industry that you work for. In my case I have long experience and alsomy former studies support this too.
Business competencies make a manager capable to manage things. These include, for example, strategic preception and decision making. Confidence and knowledge how to lead systems, meaning, direction and giving vision, as well as planning, monitoring budgets, forecasting costs and revenues, cutting costs, mapping strategies, evaluating performance and organizing necessary reports.
Knowledge management competencies includes, for example, information search, concept formation and conceptual flexibility, analytical understanding , complex problem solving skills and solution construction skills , an understanding of learning, development and improvement as well as facilitating and tutoring the learning of others.
Leadership and supervisory competencies are generic and transferable. Manager´s capability to direct-, support- and participate people, manage diversity, support creativity and creating community. Focus is more on people issue.
Last two in the bottom of pyramid Social competencies & interpesonal competencies are more of personal traits and growth as a human being. These competencies are more difficult to gain. These refer in the manager´s social relations, like ability to build and maintaine relationships.
What kind of expert ot managerial competencies my future plans require from me?
I am sure that leadership comeptencies are very important for my future. Strong leadership skills to guide teams in future changes, in good and bad. Ability to inspire and motivate employees, show direction and create positive surronding, so that people work towards same goals.
I am now working on my MBA papers, hope it will increase my competencies in management-related work, meaning business competencies are on my top three competencies.
Last but not leaast knowledge management competencies are important. I have learned that people have so many ways to learn, accept, adapr, get motivated that etc. Managers shuld be proficien in informational handling on a personal level, but also capable in the management of informational processing, learning and development at the group and organizational level.
With these competencies I believe I could succeed with the evolving demands of the Personnel service industry in the future.
My three year plan to develop my competencies
In competence development it is important to be networked with different knowledge sources. Individual based development activities, on-the-job learning or possible fully outside the workplace. There is two different methods to identify training needs; task analysis and performance analysis.
Leadership competencies and other competencies in the lower layers of this pyramide require usually more like life-long journey, then those on top, that can be achived in shorter time. In my case, I think small projects with clear goals help me to keep focus. Sometimes it is good to make goals SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound). Feedback is also important from my suppordinates in office who work close to me, my boss CEO of our company, and suppordinates working in client companies. By being open to take criticism, new ideas and perspectives gives me opportunity to grow.
If I start working for some other company I could have a mentor, unfortunately I don´t believe this could happen in my current work place at the moment. Mentor could provide guidence and valuable advice, possible point out or help me identify areas for improvement. I would gladly work in collabration. Ofcourse I can always observe other successful leaders and understand their leadership approach in decision-making, communication, and team management to emulate. In our organization we don´t have strong work enviroment that supports knowledge development for managers.
My plan is to graduate year 2024, there is still few courses to do and my final work for next year. After this I am open to shorter studies and I know that I have motivation for that too. This is formal and standardized knowledge development.
