Professional Development Plan (PDP) for Personal Development

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Professional Development Plan (PDP), also known as an Employee Development Plan or
an Individual Development Plan, is used to document career goals and set out a strategy on how
to meet them. This report highlights the PDP on the basis of the need generated by the way of
Diagnostic method. After that the report goes on to explain my own experience of developing the
PDP. In the end the report highlights the Long term PDP.
TASK 1
SMART OBJECTIVE
SMART is an objective which describes what an individual, team or organization is
hoping to achieve in the Future.
 Specific: I am very specific that I am looking to improve my Time management and
Analysis skill as this skill will provide very crucial hand in future growth. At the same
time also looking to improve Communication, corporation, Negotiation and note making
skill.
 Measurable: I Will be measuring all the objective with the help of the benchmark
technique.
 Achievable: This objective is achievable with the help of the different practices and
efforts.
 Realistic: This objective is realistic as in the past also many individual has achieved the
same objective with the help of the different resources.
 Time Bound: I will try to achieve all my goal in 2 year time spam.
SWOT
 Strength: The biggest strength of mine which was found that I am having very good
communication skill as I always found it easy to communicate with other which
eventually help me in clarifying my thoughts very easily. Another strength which was
found that I am very good at Problem solving as I always found I easy to solve the
problem which was faced by me (Rubens and et.al., 2018).
 Weakness: Weakness which was found was that I am not good at interpreting the thing
and linking it with reality. It was also found that I find it difficult to trust other in the
institute irrespective of good communication skill. It was also found that I ma not that
good decision maker irrespective of my problem solving skill.
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 Opportunity: Their is good opportunity in front of me to improve my presentation skill
as I will be taking part in different seminar and conference in coming future.
 Threat: Analysis skill is the biggest threat for e as it is one of the most demanding skill
in today's world but I am not able to cope up with the changes which is require by this
skill.
Skills Action to be taken Resources Time line
Self: Written Communication For improving the written
communication will try to
communicate more formally
with my colleague. Also will
take the help of the tutor to
understand the different way
through which written
communication can be
improves.
 Tuition
 Books
6-10 months
Self: Time management For improving the time
management skill I will be
using the different sticky
notes and alarm to get a
notification about the work
which I need to complete.
Also I will try to sort out all
the working of the day at the
starting of the day itself
(McConnell, Delate, and
Newlon, 2015). It will help
me in clarifying the different
work at the starting of the day
itself.
 Sticky
note
 Alarm
6-9 months
Group working: corporation For improving the  Collea 2-4 months
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