Your Personal Guidebook

In each course within the program, you will add one assignment or activity to your personal guidebook, which is a personalized career plan to help you grow and develop throughout your business journey. These assignments will feature leadership and career skills you can use to guide you in your career. Your personal guidebook evolves with you, transforming as you grow to help you keep track of where you are on the path to success.

Overview

This week, you're learning about the importance of management skills and how they support successful management. You have learned about the three management skills that are necessary for effective management. For this activity, you will apply what you have learned about these management skills to your own life.

Instructions

In one paragraph per bulleted item, address the following:

Discuss your current level of management experience and evaluate your overall management abilities. Provide specific examples. $[$Note: Some questions you might consider answering in this section are: Have you managed people before? Were you successful? Why or why not? Are you comfortable managing people? Would you like to manage people? Do you consider yourself a strong manager?$]$

Identify one management skill that you consider a strength and explain why you have chosen that skill. Then, discuss how you use that skill in your personal and professional life. Provide specific examples.

Identify one management skill that you would like to improve upon and explain why you have chosen that skill. Then, discuss what you will do to improve this skill. Provide specific examples.

Note: Please complete the assignment using Microsoft Word.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards $($SWS$).$ The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.