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Running Head: Personal SWOT Analysis

Personal SWOT Analysis

Personal SWOT Analysis

Personal SWOT Analysis

Strengths

· What do you currently do well within your role?

· What do others see as your strengths?

· What resources are available to you?

Weaknesses

· Where do you have fewer resources than others?

· What do others see as your weaknesses?

· What could you do better?

· I am creative and innovative and therefore do impress customers with perspectives that are new on their brands.

· I actually communicate really well to my customers and team.

· I normally have the capability of asking questions that are key in identifying the marketing angle that is right.

· I have full commitment in the success of the brand of my clients as the advertising manager.

· Have also competitive and outgoing skills in the area of advertising.

· I'm actually compulsive and have the strong need of doing things fast in order to remove them from the "to do" list which affects the quality of the results.

· Doing task fast causes stress in the event I have a lot to do.

· Am normally nervous in the event of presenting ideas to the clients and this fear to the public takes away the passion I actually have in my presentation.

· Lack skills in the management of stress.

· Sometimes I get bored with the routine work.

Opportunities

· What opportunities are available to you?

· How can your strengths become opportunities?

· What trends present an opportunity?

Threats

· What external forces could harm you?

· What threats do your weaknesses present?

· What is your competition doing?

· A number of our major competitors have developed a reputation of poor treatment to their smaller clients.

· Attending a major conference on marketing next month. This will provide the opportunity for strategic networking and training seminars.

· Will be covering the duties of the director while she is on maternity leave thus proving an opportunity of career development.

· The kind of weakness I have in managing stress serves as an opportunity to develop such kind of management skills.

· Working in the environments which are different actually serves with an opportunity of gaining experience in the job.

· I have a colleague who is a much better speaker in public than I am and offers a great competition for the director position.

· Shortage of staff in the organization which causes me to be overworked and this affects my creativity negatively.

· The current climate of the economy has led to a growth that is slow in the industry of marketing.

· Sometimes I'm forced to work in the environments that I'm not used to, as a result, affecting my competitiveness in the market.

The weaknesses that I actually need to work on in order to transform them into strengths include the following:

Dealing with the nervousness and fear regarding the presentation to the clients in public. In this situation I will have to exercise private presentations before the actual presentations in order to curb any kind of fear. With continuous practice I will be able to overcome this weakness.

Dealing with the need of doing things fast that compromises the quality of the results. In this situation I will try as much as possible to avoid rushing in the process of doing the activities in my "to do list" in order to ensure quality results to my clients. The above actions need to be started as soon as possible in one month's time be completed.

The threats that I need to work on in order to change them into opportunities include the following:

Developing excellent public speaking skills to compete with my colleagues.

Encouraging the organization to employ more staff to avoid overworking. This will involve researching on how to be a good speaker, and practicing continuously so that I become competitive in the market. For the employment of more staff I would talk to the director and management at large and show them how beneficial it is to have more staff. This action will begin as soon as possible in 5 weeks time be completed.

References

Anne Richter, (2009), Swot Analysis - Idea, Methodology and a Practical Approach, BoD – Books on Demand

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