Importance of Personal and Professional Development Plan

This report explains the importance of Personal and Professional Development Plan (PDP) in an individual's life. It consists of three goals, short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, and provides examples of each. The report also explains the value of PDP and how it helps in personal and professional growth. A personal development plan is also included in the report.

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development plan..............................................................................3
Short-term goals and its value with three examples....................................................................3
Medium-term goals and its value with three examples...............................................................4
Long term goals and its value with three examples....................................................................4
Value of a personal development plan........................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERNCES:..................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals:....................................................................................................................6
Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan........................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development Plan is an ongoing process of a person in which an action plan is
created based on values, planning, awareness, goal setting for personal development within the
context of self-improvement, education, career or relationship (Alarcon Jr, Ibabao and Loredo,
2018). The aim of this report is to understand the significance of personal development plan in
one's life which is consists with three goals that are short-term, medium term and long-term
goals. A PDP is also created which is based on three goals of a person.
MAIN BODY
TASK
Personal and professional development plan.
Personal and professional development plan is a framework in which an organization and
a person engage in a process of learning in order to meet the targeted goals and challenges. This
process aims to enhance and boost the capabilities of employees through access to learning and
training opportunities in the company, so that a person can achieve its three goals of life as well
as to improve the current performance. It can be also understood as a development of skills,
knowledge and learning of a person to grab more opportunities for career and better future. It is
a never ending process which lasts very long till its achieved. It is concerned with learning
anything in life which can be also beneficial in a professional life that means to boost the
productivity for the company and performance which helps to achieve goals and objectives.
Increase in duties and responsibilities, job activities and so on, are examples of professional
development.
Short-term goals and its value with three examples.
Short-term goals are the goals which can be achieved in the near future which means it
can be achieved today, within a week, month but within one year. It helps a person to think what
he can do right away. It helps to manage time, these seems small and short but they are the
foundation of big accomplishments in the life and career (Greene, 2018). The main purpose of
setting short-term goals is to further success and give a base to long term objectives. These goals
are easy to get and it is important for both company and an individual. It also provides a self-
motivation to improve the performance.

Examples of short-term goals:
 Learn to speak fluent French.
 Arrive on time for work.
 Improve a work related skills (communication and interacting skills)
Medium-term goals and its value with three examples.
A medium-term goals are designed by a person which takes a bit longer than short-term
goals, it takes few months up to three years to reach fulfilment. There are many goals of a person
which cannot be achieved within a shorter period of time. It requires patience to accomplishing
these goals. It is important for both person and an organisation in order to get long term goals
with the help of medium-term objectives (López, 2020). It is important for a person to establish
to SMART goals which provides satisfaction and motivation that they will get their long term
objectives within a definite time.
Examples of Medium-term goals:
 Pay off the loan.
 Graduate from college.
 Become a millionaire.
Long term goals and its value with three examples.
Long term goals the goals which adds true meaning to a person's life. These goals are set
to achieve in the future which takes more than three years. It requires proper planning, time
management, and patience. It requires many steps to complete long term objectives which might
represents the steps which is taken for short-term goals. It is important for a person's career and
its professional development. This will make to think what education or learning will be required
by a person. It also helps to think about jobs which a person want in this future or make his
career within that area. It is important to understand that a failure does not stop a person from
getting success but he has to be focused on his goals, work on his failures, accept challenges and
grab opportunities which creates a better future in a life.
Examples of long term goals:
 Take a trip across UK.
 Gain experience and get promote at job.
 Earn my GED.

Value of a personal development plan.
Personal development plan defines the activities which is perform by an individual to
improve the knowledge and skills. It includes the improvements in person's talent, potential,
skills, capabilities, employability, consciousness and so on. It is a statement which defines what
a person has to do to achieve their three goals of life in a effective way. This is an important
action plan which is based on skills to be improved in order to get goals accomplished. It is vital
as it provides a clarity on the things or desires what a person wants in his life (Motlogelwa,
2018). The habit in the self-development plan signifies the benefits and determination of future.
For the organization, it is also important to provide the growth opportunities so that a person can
make his plan accordingly. (continue in appendix 1)
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that PDP is important in an individual's life which reflects important skills
and knowledge which has to be developed. It is necessary to create three goals and make
personal and professional development plan in order to face competition and complexities in the
world. This provides many benefits for the future so that it vital to make an action plan.

REFERNCES:
Books and Journals:
Alarcon Jr, A. B., Ibabao, R. A. and Loredo, M. A., 2018, November. The (In) visibility Of
Gender-related Concerns in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan of a Coastal Town in the
Province of Capiz, Philippines. In 9th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER AND
FISHERIES (p. 59).
Greene, R. J., 2018. Rewarding performance: Guiding principles; custom strategies. Routledge.
López, O. S., 2020. Informal workplace learning (pp. 475-485). Springer International
Publishing.
Motlogelwa, I. P., 2018. Developing an implementation plan for a career development program
in small manufacturing businesses in Bloemfontein (Doctoral dissertation, North-West
University).
Todaro, M. P. and Smith, S. C., 2021. Economic development.
Van Zwanenberg, T. and Harrison, J., 2018. Clinical governance in primary care. CRC Press.
Vogt, D. and Et.al., 2018. The German National Action Plan on health literacy: Empirical base,
development and implementation. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_4),
pp.cky213-835.

Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
Developed
Development Plan Resources Target Date
Communication
skills
It is important to have a
strong communication
skills in order to
convince others that why
I decided to
communicate more with
my mentors, colleges
and try to interact more
with them so that I
understand their level
thinking as well.
Todaro and Smith,
2021
01/12/21
Leadership skills I decided to get
promoted in the
company and become a
leader of my team. In
order to get that I
decided to perform
several tasks and try to
make all people together
with a same goal to be
done.
Van Zwanenberg and
Harrison,
2018
01/07/24
Learn to speak
fluent French
I like to speak French
but to get fluency in that
I plan to watch blogs,
videos on online
platforms.
Vogt and Et.al., 2018 01/11/21
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