Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Personal Development Plan

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
1. Evaluation of Professional and Personal Development Concept............................................1
2. Short Term Goals.....................................................................................................................2
3. Medium Term Goals................................................................................................................3
4. Long Term Goals.....................................................................................................................3
5. Evaluation of a Personal Development Plan...........................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Appendix: I......................................................................................................................................8
Personal Development Plan...............................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional Developments add value to life as they helps individual to achieve
growth and success for long term. Personal development is an ongoing process in life. It is a way
to acquire new knowledge and skills & qualities in order to realise and maximise ones potential.
Further it helps an individual to identify their skills needed to set and achieve life goals which
can enhance their performance. Whereas Professional Development is to learn and maintain
professional credentials such as academic skills, employability skills in order to lead more
fulfilling and higher quality of life. Thus, helps an individual in achieving life goals effectively
and efficiently for a long term (Dowson, 2020).
An elaborated discussion is done on various types of goals such as short- term, medium-
term and long- term goals along with their examples. Apart from it, the report portrays the
Personal Development Plan (PDP) to make relevant and effective choices in life. A PDP is
formulated effectively after doing detailed research work and study on the factors which
influence the working.
MAIN BODY
1. Evaluation of Professional and Personal Development Concept
The Personal Development means that activities which develops an individual capabilities
and potential in order to enhance higher quality of life. It adds value and leads to realization of
dreams and aspirations. It is a lifelong process i.e. ongoing course in individual’s entire lifespan.
It is not limited to self-development but also includes other activities helping to develop others
through roles of teacher, by providing self-service, guiding, counselling and others. The process
of personal development possess a high value in the current changing environment which is
highly competitive as well as dynamic in nature. Mentoring is considered as an effective tool to
support the personal development process. Further there are many theories related to motivation
and leadership skills which are crucial such as Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory, Herzberg’s
Two- Factor Theory, etc.
On the other hand, Professional Development helps to maintain professional credentials in
life in order to lead a more fulfilling and quality life. The main aim is to acquire a sense of moral
obligation and improve professional competence so as to enhance career progression. There are
variety of approaches leading to professional development such as coaching, mentoring,