Personal Development Plan Report: Self-Evaluation and Reflection

This report presents a comprehensive personal and professional development plan (PDP). It begins with an introduction to PDPs, emphasizing their role in goal setting and self-improvement. The main body includes a self-evaluation section, utilizing SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. A detailed PDP is then produced, outlining specific learning targets, desired proficiency levels, development opportunities, and timelines for skill enhancement in areas such as interaction, presentation, and leadership. The report incorporates reflective theory, using a personal experience at an international company to illustrate the application of learning and adaptation in a professional setting, including both positive and negative experiences. The conclusion reiterates the value of a PDP in achieving personal and professional objectives, supported by a list of cited references.

Personal Development
Plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................2
TASK..........................................................................................................................................................2
1. Self-evaluation.................................................................................................................................2
2. Produce a Personal and Professional Development plan..................................................................3
3. Reflective Theory............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:.................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan is also known as individual development plan or personal
enterprise plan and it includes a statement of one's goals, education and training, strength or
competencies, stages to indicate how the plan is to be realized (Ghanchi, A., 2020). It may also
include a statement of an individual’s lifestyle and career priorities analysis of opportunities
career positioning risk alternative plants curriculum vitae and many more. It takes time and
planning to create personal development plan. This report is going to prepare on self-evaluation
of an individual and discuss the value of personal development plan in order to get more success
and accomplish the objectives and goals which are decided by them.
MAIN BODY
TASK
1. Self-evaluation
It is crucial to review individual’s performance as it is the part of self-evaluation because it
reflects self-awareness. When an individual is self-aware about himself he is conscious about his
strengths and weaknesses (Jachova, Z., Kovačević, J. and Hasanbegović, H., 2018). Self-
evaluation can be defined as a procedure or a process to observe, analyze and value of your own
professional action in order to enhance stability. The main objective of self-evaluation is to offer
honest understandings of how you observe performance and reflect on how others notice your
performance. It is significant to pursue regular performance feedback to better understand what
other people think about.
SWOT analysis is a most common tool that has been used in the professional world to
evaluate performance of past, present and future of an individual in pursuit of their career goals.
A personal SWOT analysis provides vision best on the personality strength and weaknesses and
what challenges a person may find and what opportunities are present around him in present or in
near future. SWOT analysis can help people to develop their personality and become the best
version of themselves.
Personal SWOT analysis:
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
 I have done
double
masters and a
professional
certification
course in
strategic
management.
An additional
course of
psychometry
 I am still
working on
bias for action
skills. If a
work is
allotted to me
I do a deep
dive in all
aspects but
sometimes
one needs to
 There has
been a new
technological
set up in
which
employees
can learn or
brush up their
skills in
multiple tools
within the
 Technology
changes or
advancement
in technology
occurs day to
day. The new
today will be
old tomorrow.
Hence the
threat of being
not updated to

that enables
me to study
human
psychology
according to
the situations
that a human
is facing or is
going to face.
 I have done a
certification
course in MS
project that
can create or
help me to
strategically
manage a new
project or
bring up a
new project
which can be
beneficial for
both
organization
and
employees.
overlook
some
situations and
go ahead to
take actions
based on the
analyzed
results.
 Being
introvert,
most of the
people have
given
feedback
about my
introvert
nature that it
will be
difficult for
me to get
along in an
organization
if I have an
introvert
nature. I
consider it a
quality that
being
introvert is
not a negative
trait which
might turn out
to be a hurdle
for my growth
system. I
found it
beneficial for
my
professional
growth since
it gives me
new learnings
about
advancement
in technology.
 Analytics has
been booming
from past half
decade. With
my academic
qualifications
in Analytics, I
see a good
noticeable
growth in the
said field
which has
already
become a new
trend in
market.
the new
technological
advancements
are always
alive.
 Being
adaptable to
the change.
Some people
enjoy the
change and
some of them
likes to keep
it as it was set
up and
continue to
follow the
same pattern.
I belong to the
second
category and
hence I find
myself
uncomfortable
with the
change.
Mostly the
personal life
changes does
effect more
than that of
professional.
2. Produce a Personal and Professional Development plan.
A personal development plan or PDP is a documented plan that focuses on individual’s
goals, strengths which he already have and what are the changes that he require to achieve those
objectives, also what are the needs to overcome weaknesses (Mubarak, A. R., 2018).
Learnin
g target
Present
proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Development
opportunities
Criteria for
judging
attainment
Time
period
Interaction 6 10 Being In order to 3 months

skills individual and
student I have
to be very
confident and
much capable
to interact with
someone
without any
hesitation. I
have a very
good
personality and
good
communication
skills in order
to get
acknowledge
in my
classroom. It
will also
support me to
perform the
activities and
responsibility
and job roles in
a very
appropriate
manner and it
also create
opportunity for
me to get more
make
enhancement
and
improvement
in me I will
going to take
feedback
from my
teachers and
from my
colleagues
and from my
friends so that
I can make
improvements
in order to get
more success
in the future.

chances to
become
effective.
Presentation
skills
6 10 It will help me
to present my
point of view
and thoughts
among other
person in an
effective
manner. In
addition, I will
be able to
deliver
effective
presentation
during class
activities.
I will take
initiatives to
deliver
presentation
in front of
peers and
seniors and
also take their
feedbacks for
further
enhancement
(Plan, J. V).
6 months
Leadership
skills
7 10 It is very
required for me
to take
different
activities and
the functions in
business in a
very
appropriate
manner
(O'Neill, R.,
2018). It will
also support
I will going to
guide and
judge myself
on the
achievement
of the team
objectives for
maintaining
the
coordination
and
collaboration
between the
1 year

me too to assist
and lead the
team while
operating in a
company
(Ngimbwa, J.
and Et.al.,
2020). Because
leadership
skills provide
several
opportunities
and help the
individual to
build
teamwork in
the
organization
and get more
success
employees
and my team
members
throughout
the whole
project.
3. Reflective Theory
I was working with an International Company named Zozo, it is a company which is
established in London, United Kingdom where I hired as a Project Executive in which I have to
submit projects to my clients within a specific time period. The company is internet based where
employee asked to work online and make projects accordingly. When I joined I was little hesitate
and feels conscious over there because everyone was new to me and it was my first working
experience in that particular company. I have experienced both feelings good and sometimes bad
in working with my colleagues and that organization. When I joined, everyone was approachable
and make contribution to me and get me familiar with the working environment. I learned too
many things over there also my mentors are good to me and trained me very well in various areas
such as they brush me up with my software skills, communication skills and many more. The

organizational culture was good, it was professional to get work on time and deal with challenges
also they plan several activities, games, brainstorming sessions and much more. When I feel to
talk and feeling lonely one of my friend always motivate me with his motivational experiences
and from that I learned too many things. But sometimes I feel dissatisfied over there as manager
was not understanding the concern of employees of taking leaves and nor he polite with his
employees. He always get frustrated to their employees and even when I asked to approve my
leave he never understand the concern of my health issues, also he puts a lot of work on my
shoulders even my colleagues are not happy with him and later I had no other option to leave the
organization because my doctor advises me to not take over load of work as I am getting into
depression. But it is life where you learn new things and experiences whether it is bad or good.
Overall I learned many new things, make bonds over there with my office colleagues, I learned
how to deal with challenging situation where you have to stay strong and make it into an
opportunity to grow career and personality.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized from the above experience that personal development plan
provides a clear vision as what and where an individual want to see in the coming future. By
creating personal development plan it helps in self-evaluation where an individual analysis his
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities as well as threat to his professional life or personal life. By
drawing a Personal Development Plan, it helps an individual to achieve his desired goals and
objectives in personal and professional life.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Ghanchi, A., 2020. Adaptation of the National Plan for the Prevention and Fight Against
Pandemic Influenza to the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic in France. Disaster medicine and public
health preparedness, pp.1-3.
Jachova, Z., Kovačević, J. and Hasanbegović, H., 2018. INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN
(IEP) FOUNDATION OF A QUALITY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. Human: Journal for
Interdisciplinary Studies, 8(2).
Mubarak, A. R., 2018. Development and implementation of an emergency response plan at
Company XYZ specifically for impaired employees (Doctoral dissertation, University of
Wisconsin--Stout).
Ngimbwa, J. and Et.al., 2020. Evaluation of the School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National
Strategic Implementation Plan (2012-2017) in Ukerewe District, North-Western Tanzania.
O'Neill, R., 2018. Seduction: Men, masculinity and mediated intimacy. John Wiley & Sons.
Plan, J. V., Continuing ed can put your expertise to use.