Personal Development Report: Goals and Plans

Report on personal
development

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional Development......................................................................................3
Discussion of short-term goals and identification of three personal examples...........................4
Discussion of medium-term goals and identification of three personal examples......................5
Discussion of long-term goals.....................................................................................................6
Discussion of Personal Development plan and examples of personal development plan:..........7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional goals are defined as the lifelong leaning as well as development
process that consist various exercise enhances potentiality, skills and abilities that enables a
individual to attain the objectives of employability and improve quality of life. Academic skills
are defined as the talent, skills and habit of learning, research, presentation and report that helps
to attain determined career objectives in efficient manner. Formal and informal training and
exercise are used to enhance personal and professional capabilities. This report covers
description of personal and professional development, short-term, medium-term and long-term
goals. Apart from that PDP plan is discussed in this project report.
TASK
Personal and professional Development
Personal Development:
Personal development is defined as the process that includes various activities which helps an
individual to develop different capabilities, potentiality. It facilitates to build human capital,
provide employability, enhance quality of life and as well as realisation of dreams and aspiration.
It is considered as the life-long learning process that take place at different stage of life of an
individual. It facilitates a person by improving skills, competencies and qualities that enable
them to attain determined personal goals and objectives (Ajani, 2019). Personal development is
important for people in various manner that are mentioned below:
Enhance clarity of vision: Personal development facilitates an individual to enhance
clarity in visions of life that would be achieved in future. It enables them to provide clear idea
about where they will be in future. Proper understanding and knowledge of targets and
destination helps an individual to develop effective planning and strategies that allow to attain
determined goals and objectives on time in efficient manner.
Strengthening existing skills: Personal development shaping or strengthening existing skills
and competencies of an individual that enables them to focus of different improvement areas
through acknowledging weaknesses. There are different formal courses are that provides various
learning and career development opportunities (Blum, 2018). It makes an individual able to
reflect on their learning and past experiences efficiently and attain objectives on time.

Open up about talent: Personal development enables an individual to access their hidden
qualities and talent that strengthen their overall personality. It enhances confidence and
motivation level as well as it enables a person to perform in efficient manner and make
comfortable to attain defined goals. Personal development reduces regular supervision and make
an individual excellent in performing work.
Professional Development:
Professional Development is defined as the set if various tools, resources as well as learning and
training sessions from different educators that develop and improve their professional skills that
help to meet professional goals and objectives. It is the learning that enable an individual to earn
and maintain different professional credentials like informational learning opportunities,
academic degree to formal classroom and attending conferences in practice. In order to enhances
professional skills in personality various approaches are adopted by an individual like technical
assistance, lesson study, coaching and reflective supervision and various others (DiPaola, and
Wagner, 2018). Main objective of professional development is to update all current trends as
well as learn new skills that are required to attain defined professional goals. Some importance of
professional development for an individual are mentioned below:
Expand knowledge of an individual: Training sessions and continuous educational
learning are the mode of enhancing professional skills and capabilities that enables an individual
to enhance expertise and provide solid base of knowledge. It helps a person to expand their
knowledge and understanding and attain objectives in efficient manner.
Boost confidence: Professional development improves expertise in an individual and boost
their confidence level. Professional skills and capabilities are developed through taking different
online courses and training (Hobbs, 2017). It enhances credibility as well as confidence that help
to attain professional goals and objectives on efficient manner.
Enhance technical skills and abilities: Professional development helps an individual to
enhance some technical skills through taking professional courses that enhances their earning as
well as hiring ability in future. Professional development help them to attain career objectives
with effectiveness.
Discussion of short-term goals and identification of three personal examples
Short term goals: Short-term goals are defined as something that an individual want to
achieve in near future. New future can be considered as the today, this week, this month and this