Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Personal Development Plan

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Personal & professional development.........................................................................................3
Values of short term goals along with examples.........................................................................4
Value of medium term goals with example.................................................................................5
Value of long term goals with examples.....................................................................................5
Personal Development plan.........................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERNCES.................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is process wherein an individual is motivated & work towards
development of capabilities, skills, competencies for achieving growth & success in future period
of time. Personal development is crucial in terms of getting better employment opportunities for
earning livehood for enjoying a better life style. It is a continuous process under which a person
put constant efforts to become employable & different from others. In current competitive
market place, personal development is vital for embarking learning as well as growth
opportunities in personal as well as corporate career (Dunlop, Bannon and McAdams, 2017).
Personal development helps in getting better opportunities by which one can build enriching
career. For this purpose, it is required to set goals which provide direction for performing tasks &
alien efforts of individual in right direction. The present report is about personal as well as
professional development. It will also highlight goals within different time frame & objectives. It
covers short, medium as well as long term goals by using appropriate examples. Further, a
detailed PDP plan is also included in report which will help in order to identify different
resources, equipments for personal development.
Main Body
Personal & professional development
Personal development is concern with own development & growth by upskilling current level of
potential to achieve milestones in future period of time. It is related wit enhancement of overall
personality by gaining appropriate set of skills & competencies. Personal development aims to
improve overall personality of a person rather focusing on certain aspects of personality. It is a
continuous process wherein an individual is required to put constant efforts for improvement &
betterment (Thomas, 2016). Learning & development is crucial aspect of personal development
which helps in enhancing overall personality for getting better outputs in future period of time.
By looking at current level of competition, it is really imperative to develop necessary skills,
qualities as well as potential for getting a good employment opportunity. Knowledge makes a
person enable to bring creativity & uniqueness in personality which eventually helps in
enrichment of overall personality. Hence, one needs to constantly engage in personality

development approaches for bringing quality in life. Personality development not only increases
current level of proficiency but also allows an individual to embark standard & quality in life. It
allows to develop competencies & necessary skills so that one can attain future goals within set
time duration.
Professional development: In current time, professional development is important to
make a distinct image at work place. Professional development is related with development of
soft & hard skills which are required to work efficiently within organization. Here, main focus is
on such skills which impart business acumen & enable an individual to perform assigned work in
best possible way. Skills which are developed throughout professional development are helpful
in making a profound career in corporate world. Generally, training sessions are organized by
organizations for developing professional skills of employees. For this purpose, they identify the
areas in which employees are lacking & then organize suitable training sessions for further
development (Mastenbroek, 2017). With personal development, individuals also get
opportunities to work in an impressive way at work place which is crucial to formulate positive
image among managers, seniors, peers & subordinates. Hence, suitable steps are taken out by
companies for development of work force so that they become able to bring value within
company.
Values of short term goals along with examples
Goals are defined as the objects which are prepared with an aim to provide direction so that
an individual can alien efforts in rightful manner. For getting success in career, it is imperative to
have necessary goods. In this regard, goals related to different time frame are constructed so that
one can get success in an efficient manner. Here, short term goals are the objectives which are of
short duration and prepare for a day, week as well as month. These goals are formulated for short
period of time thus helps in keeping an individual highly motivated as well as inspired
(Pendergrass and et. al., 2019). Short term goals boost the confidence level of individuals and
allow them to push self for attaining success in longer period of time. Without having short term
goals, it is not possible to embark a successful long term journey in personal as well as
professional life. These goals are considered imperative in terms of inspiring and stimulating
individuals so that they work with utmost proficiency and enthusiasm for getting better results in
future. For this purpose, it is required to prepare short term goals with proper consideration so