Describe ways of identifying and meeting development needs

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Describe ways of identifying and meeting development needs

Development needs vary with each individual. Write a short report describing ways of identifying development needs of employees in an organisation and how these development needs can be met.

In order to discover personal development needs, an individual will need to perform a self-accessment. This can be achieved by looking at own strengths and weaknesses.

During a self-assessment, one needs to realise about everything that has happened over a period of time. Over that specific period, there is the chance to consider strengths and weaknesses about yourself and others. By doing this, a person will have an idea of what other people think about them. However sometimes this may not reflect a person's real personality because some people try to hide certain emotions and even qualities, that could be revealed later on during the relationship.

For example, it is very important to be self-motivated and determined to achieve success. Without this, even the most skilled employee will not be able to succeed. With self-motivation, an employee will always have the will and desire to work harder and go that step further. This is a very good