Personal Development Matrix

Current abilityPotential ApplicationsCore Concepts
Self-management Competencies
1. Values
According to me, values are psychological objects that are intangible but real as any other object. In my daily life, I will be required to dedicate most of my life in pursuit of values. This can be demonstrated by showing loyalty and patriotism in the fight for freedom, equality and human rights during my lifetime Tito 2007)
Values will be able to act as a guide to me. I will be required to make use of my current values for the benefit of my friends and families. For instance, if I have the value of truthfulness, I will be required to use this value in my relation with others. These include loyalty, reliability, honesty, generosity, trustworthy and sense of belonging to our families, friends and coworkers. Some of the physical values that a person may have include cleanliness, punctuality, orderliness and accuracy and physical perfection in whatever we do. If I have these abilities, I will be required to stick to them while if I lack them, I will be required to develop them (Marshall 1999).
In my view, the areas of application of values are wide. If I have a value of punctuality, for instance I can use this value to be able to reach place of work in time. If I have the value of patriotism, I can use this value in safeguarding the welfare of my country and community. If I have the value of generosity I can use it for the benefit of my neighbors. Generally, values form the basic moral fabric of the society that in turn helps mould the societal setting and the basic unit: family.
I can be able to achieve values by observing one’s environment and looking for what I can do best to solve problems in the environment. I will be expected to behave in a manner that encourages the development of values. This can be achieved by adapting the correct values (Marshall 1999).
Interpersonal Competencies
Influence and Persuasion
According to me, influence and persuasion is a quality that a person may have to convince other people to believe what they are saying, explaining or complaining about. This is a quality which is very important in our daily lives. It involves the ability to give and give. It also involves being confident with the few options that are available when a problem arises.
Potential applications involve offering few choices in companies whenever problems arise. This reduces confusion and frustrations thus allowing decisions to be arrived at.
Personally, I can apply it by building social proofs. I will be expected to create value for others. These involve writing guest posts, sharing of information, and concentrating on running my own arena (Adizes 1975).
These are concepts that allow a person to be persuasive whenever he/ she is faced with a challenge where a group of people have to be convinced.
This involves telling my audience what they are likely to lose if they do not believe what I am telling them.
Self-Development Competencies
Goal setting
This is the ability to identify certain objectives that a particular group of people to achieve their purposes. On personal level, it involves specifying my work towards my objectives-mainly financial and career-based goals. If I am able to set my goals, I will be capable of meeting my objectives because I will focus my attention towards the achievement of those goals.
Goal setting can be applied in a situation where an organization is faced with several tasks to accomplish within a particular time. I can apply it in employee motivation and making a hard task simpler to accomplish. It involves application of necessary skills and competences to that I have to accomplish a difficult task. In organizations, it is necessary for utilization of resources which are scarce to meet the objectives (Adizes 1975).
There are various levels of setting goals. This begins with creating a bigger picture of wh...