Personal and Professional Development: Importance of Short, Medium and Long Term Goals

ACADEMIC SKILLS
AND PDP

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development.................................................................................3
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.....3
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples 4
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples......4
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development is used to achieve job satisfaction, an employee must improve their and
own appropriate performance abilities and expertise. Individual development can be defined as
improving one's own competences and abilities in order to achieve a certain professional goal.
This entails the development of academic abilities, both written and oral communication, in
effort to expand employment. Through particular examples and a management approach, this
study discusses the notion of career advancement, the importance of short-term, medium-term,
and long-term personal development objectives.
MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development
Personal Development is defined by a process in which an individual plans specific activities and
procedures throughout order to achieve career ambitions. Career advancement planning
encourages the learning and expansion of one's present talents by establishing attainable goals
for such a specific period of time. Throughout the journey of personal capacity building,
reflective practice is critical because it allows the person to evaluate the blind spots that would
need to be addressed. In a professional development cycle, perspective enhances learning and
fosters a long-term habit of evaluating one's own advantages and flaws. Management, leadership,
and other personal qualities are examples. Personal development encompasses all actions and
processes through which a person improves his as well as her own prospects. Career
advancement aids in the growth of employment, wellbeing, and the achievement of future goals.
Personal and professional growth may therefore be defined as a method and a procedure by
which a person assesses and develops his or her skills while taking into consideration the
ultimate goal and professional experiences, and then sets goals to achieve them to just the best of
one's ability.
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Short-term objectives are those who have been intended to be completed in a short span of time,
including a few month. Short-term objectives aid in the development of innovative approaches
and ways of doing things for tackling and achieving minor demands and ambitions. Such