Personal and Professional Development

Personal and Professional
Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
1.1: Self-Managed Learning Approaches....................................................................................1
1.2: Ways of Learning..................................................................................................................2
1.3: Benefits of Self-Managed Learning......................................................................................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................3
2.1: Skills and Competencies.......................................................................................................3
2.2: Development Needs..............................................................................................................4
2.3: Development Opportunities..................................................................................................4
2.4: Development Plan.................................................................................................................5
LO3..................................................................................................................................................8
3.1: Processes and Activities........................................................................................................8
3.2: Documentation of Development Activities..........................................................................8
3.3: Reflection..............................................................................................................................9
3.4: Updated Development Plan..................................................................................................9
LO4................................................................................................................................................12
4.1: Problem Solving Techniques..............................................................................................12
4.2: Bullying and Harassment....................................................................................................12
4.3: Time Management Strategies.............................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is very necessary for a person for achieve its
long-term goals. In the personal development process, a person take some actions towards self-
improvement. In this process that person firstly address their weak points which necessarily need
to be developed. Then it takes specific training and guidance for develop or improve their
weaknesses, On other hand, the professional development is something different from the
personal development, because professional development is only necessary in those places where
the person involved in some professional jobs, like; Business, Bank, Finance firm, Corporate,
Organization, etc. In these all professional areas the personal always need to be a highly
professional for put effective impression on the other parties, like; Boss, Clients, Customers,
Colleague, etc. This is mainly focuses on the aspects like; self-managed learnings and lifelong
learning. This report is discusses the personal and professional development of a new appointed
manager in the National Trust (a registered charity, set up in 1985).
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1.1: Self-Managed Learning Approaches
Self-managed learning is a learning practice where a learner prepares and implements a
plan for gain high knowledge on selected topics. There are some approaches of the self-managed
learning are discusses below;
 Conferences and Seminars: Conferences and seminars are major ways for the people
for learning new things. In these many professionals giving and sharing their knowledge
to other. They transfer their important information to the others by these conferences and
seminars (Bates, Phalen and Moran, 2016). In which it is great option for the person
which appointed as a member and visitor welcome manager in the national trust for learn
new and important things. With these the manager is able to develop their
professionalism. A person gains high knowledge with the help of conferences and
seminars. This is big advantage of this approach. In other hand the main disadvantage of
this approach is, a person is not able to gain high knowledge by this because sometimes
these conferences and seminars covert into boring lecture.
 Internet: Internet also very effective approach to self-managed learning, because it
provides various and different way to the manager for learn things which help them in
professional development. Currently on the internet thousands of blogs, videos, coaching
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classes, and online training portals are available related to the self-managed learning. So,
the manager able to learn things through internet for personal and professional
development. The main advantages of these approach are, it is providing lots of
information through videos and blogs which are very helpful for this job role. The
disadvantage of this approach is, it is very time-consuming.
Internet is very appropriate approach for me as a membership and visitor welcome
manager. In other hand it is appropriate for my team also in visitor services within the National
Trust, because it provides almost all knowledge which highly required the trust's operations.
1.2: Ways of Learning
Lifelong learning is the 'self-motivated' goal of people which they use for gain specific
knowledge to develop their personal and professional life. There are various ways are available
for lifelong learning in both terms; personal and professional. In which some ways of lifelong
learning are discusses below;
CPD (Continuing Professional Development): For perfect personal and professional
development the manager need to set CPD aspect in their daily life for measure own
development related to the personal and professional life. In this the manager need to analyse
changes in self-behaviour. In case when manager realize their behaviour is something change
and improved from the pastime (Mark, 2016). Then the manager is completely on the
progressive path of self-development.
Short Courses: These are also highly productive lifelong learning tool to the people. With these
courses people are getting inspire and motivate for self-improvement. In this case the manager
also needs to take these short courses which will effectively develop the personality and
professionalism of the manager.
Development Activities: For self-development the manager always need to conduct some
development activities. It is really first term for the lifelong learning. Many times people not
accept their weaknesses, they think they are completely perfect and no need for improvement.
So, they can't develop themselves in whole life. In this situation the manager is able to remove
their weaknesses through these development activities, because these are too productive in
lifelong learning.
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