Erica olsen swot

Personal SWOT Analysis To begin, this self-assessment will provide the starting point to guide your next steps in developing a career map. In the quadrants below, please list what you perceive to be your internal Strengths and Weaknesses in your current role, as well as the external Opportunities and Threats that may impact your daily operations. Starter questions have been provided to influence critical thinking; do not limit your responses to the questions provided. Be sure to provide at least 4 to 5 examples in each quadrant.

Part of being a keen strategist is to be prepared to sell yourself in the competitive industry or field of interest. Remember, you are the product to the one who is interviewing you for the next step in your career. One way to sell the product (you) is to reflect upon where you currently are in your career through a Personal SWOT analysis. The Personal SWOT analysis template has some ideas for you to drawn from to get you started. You might want to strive to have at least five (5) items to list in each of the four quadrants. After completing the SWOT analysis, create an Outcome List in how you plan to transform at least two Weaknesses into Strengths, and at least two to transform from Threats into Opportunities. You will also need to include benchmarks (timelines) as to when you will start and complete each task. Learning Activity Checklist:

• Review the Unit 2 videos from the Webliography section on SWOT analysis where Dr. David Furse discusses “What is a SWOT analysis?” and Erica Olsen shows you “How to do a SWOT analysis.”

• View the Learning Activity presentation. • Perform a Personal SWOT analysis using the Personal SWOT analysis template. • Transform your weaknesses into strengths and provide at least two items to work from for your

Outcome List. Include the benchmark timelines as to when you will start and complete the task.

Transform your threats into opportunities and provide at least two items to work from for your Outcome List. Include the benchmark timelines as to when you will start and complete the task Video link 1(Dr. David Furse) - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pSCa2kTMAo8&feature=player_embedded Video link 2 (Erica Olsen) - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GNXYI10Po6A&feature=player_embedded

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Turning the weakness to strength

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?

1. I have the ability to come up with creative and innovative ways of dealing with and impressing clients

2. I have a passion for the career path that I have chosen.

3. I am very committed to my work and will face every day and every challenge with enthusiasm.

4. I have good interpersonal skills. 5. I have the best education which is my main

resource 6. I have good communication and public

speaking skills. 7. I have learnt to have an open mind when

handling all situations and avoiding being biased of resistance to change.

1. I am a perfectionist and I usually find myself expecting only perfection otherwise I am disappointed

2. Stress arising from too much work which I have to do

3. I fear rejection of my ideas 4. I get over-committed which make me pursue

things that may hit a dead end 5. I like doing things fast which at times

compromises the quality of work done. 6. I lack enough experience 7. I have a poor conflict handling ability

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?

1. My education 2. I have the chance to further my education

in the field. 3. I am getting my career started in the best

place 4. Being new in the field, I have the

opportunity to learn so much

1. The competition that I am facing is from people just like me

2. There are younger people than me who are in a better position than me

3. Unsatisfied clients 4. Having to deal with diverse clients and

people in general 5. The position might be too demanding and

overwhelming

Strengths refer to the internal characteristics which may be deemed favorable for the organization. (Personal SWOT Analysis. (n.d.). Retrieved January 7, 2016, from http://www.ukessays.com/essays/ business-strategy/personal-swot-analysis.php)

They are the attributes that are helpful to achieving the objectives.

It is therefore essential that I turn my weaknesses to strengths in the following ways;

1. I fear rejection of my ideas this has helped me have the ability to come up with creative and innovative ways of dealing with and impressing clients

2. I get over-committed which make me pursue things that may hit a dead end this has enabled me be very committed to my work and will face every day and every challenge with enthusiasm.

3. I get Stress arising from too much work which I have to this has taught me to have a passion for the carrier path I have chosen

4. I lack enough experience thus have learned to have an open mind when handling all situations and avoid being biased of resistance to change.

Therefore, I can take advantage of my strengths which include being creative, innovative and open-minded and the resources such as my education to maintain the strengths. I also need to minimize if not eliminate some of my main weaknesses such as being a perfectionist and over- commitment which may have a negative effect on my career. By avoiding any chances of confrontational encounters I will have avoided any conflicts.

Turning the threats into opportunities

Opportunities are “situations that present possibilities for exceeding existing goals” (Kinicki & Williams, 2009 p.206). Opportunities can present themselves in many different ways. Sometimes it can be by losing one resource you gain an opportunity to replace that resource with an even better resource. The other main most common type of opportunity is one that you yourself create. (Personal SWOT Analysis. (n.d.). Retrieved January 7, 2016, from http://www.ukessays.com/essays/business-strategy/personal-swot-analysis.php)

In order to turn my threats to opportunities; 


1. The competition that am facing has pushed me to attend workshops, seminars which have enabled me learn better ways of management and production.

2. Given that there are chances of having clients who are unhappy and unsatisfied, this will be an opportunity for me to extend more service them more and in a better way by pitching out more ideas and services to them to ensure that their needs are met

3. Having to deal with diverse clients is a chance to develop my relation skills as well as reach a diverse market for the company. It is therefore a chance to have diverse clientele for the company

Some of the treats that I face are people in the same field as mine with the same qualifications as well as inadequate experience in the field. However, the same education is also my main opportunity in which I have a solid platform to pursue my set goals and gain more knowledge on my line of work as well as gain experience.