Personal and Professional Development Plan for Dynamic Leadership

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to create a personal and professional development plan for dynamic leadership. It covers the importance of self-reflection, SWOT analysis, and goal setting. It also includes an action plan to achieve goals in three years. The article is relevant for students and professionals who want to achieve their goals in an organized way.

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Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
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Table of Contents
Reflexive Journal.............................................................................................................................2
Introduction:................................................................................................................................2
Situation Analysis........................................................................................................................2
SWOT Analysis:......................................................................................................................2
Personal Value Survey:............................................................................................................3
Goal Setting:................................................................................................................................5
Goal One:.................................................................................................................................5
Goal Two:................................................................................................................................5
Goal Three:..................................................................................................................................6
Action Plan:.................................................................................................................................7
Goal One:.................................................................................................................................7
Goal Two: Developing network..............................................................................................9
Goal Three: Get a clear career direction................................................................................10
Reflection on my PPDP:............................................................................................................13

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Reflexive Journal
Introduction:
A personal development plan is a necessary tool for the professionals and students who
want their goals to be achieved in a proper way and in the right time (Rothaermel 2015). The
plan uses the concept of self-reflection and helps one to keep the track of his progress and plan
accordingly his future actions (Avolio and Yammarino 2013). It also helps one understand the
changes required to make his skills better and also help him to be more successful. Sticking to
the plan also helps one to understand his weakness, work on them, and hone his skills. The
personal and professional development plan helps the individual to mark and note his own track
of progress and the speed with which he is progressing. Given the undeniable fact that success
demands proper planning and hard work, the personal and professional plan helps in that process
only (Bouhali et al. 2015). It makes the person achieve his professional and personal goals in an
organized way. in order to achieve my goal I have engaged in a goal setting process. For this
assessment I have set three goals and have made a plan accordingly so that I can achieve the
goals in a given time of three years.
Situation Analysis
SWOT Analysis:
During the time of my first assignment, I have discovered my strengths and weaknesses. I
have discovered that I have certain very strong aspects that will help me achieve my goals and I
have my weaknesses too on which I need to work. In order to analyze and explain my strengths
and weaknesses I have decided to make a SWOT analysis as it severs as a great tool to evaluate
one’s strength, weakness, opportunity and threats.

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Making the SWOT analysis is important as it gives a clear picture of the character flaws and
strengths. Following this table, I will be able to work on improving my weaknesses and sharpen
the strengths that I have. In addition, it has to be kept in mind that my weaknesses should not
hold me down from reaching my goals and lower my potential. Thus, I will follow this table to
work on my skills.
Personal Value Survey:
Another strategy that I have adapted to reach my goal is making a Personal Value Survey. It
helps in self-evaluating my values and thus helps me settle my goals basing on my values. The
positive side of creating goals based on one’s own values is that one will believe in the goals and
work hard towards achieving it.
Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats
 Easygoing
character.
 Strong human
skills.
 Good
communicatio
n skills.
 Leadership
qualities.
 Not good
with making
decisions in
time.
 Escapes
conflicting
situations.
 Not good
with dealing
stress.
 Proper usage
of PPDP to work
on both strengths
and weaknesses. NA

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Values Category Value Average Scale (1 to 5)
Humanity Kindness
Human Qualities
4.00
4.00
Humanity Average 4.00
Justice Team leading Quality
Social Responsibility
4.00
3.00
Justice Average 3.5
Knowledge and Wisdom Curiosity
Creativity
Eagerness to learn
Perspective
3.00
4.00
3.5
4.5
Knowledge and Wisdom
Average
3.75
Temperance Self-control
Modesty
Mercifulness
Persistence
4.00
3.5
4.5
4.5
Temperance
Average
4.13

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Goal Setting:
In order to set a goal I have used the S.M.A.R.T model, which stands for Specific, Measurable,
Attainable, Realistic and Timely. Using the PPDP model I will go from value to principle and
then to goal.
Goal One:
My Personal Value
 Perspective
Principle
 Stick to the routine that has been made even if it is difficult at time. Follow the routine in
spite of the hurdles.
Goal
 Finish MBA, Business Administration
Objectives
 To be able to work as a manager.
 To be able to lead a large number of people.
 To become a good ethical leader.
Goal Two:
My Personal Value
 Team leading quality

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Principle
 Develop a certain network of my own and leading people to follow that.
Goal
 Developing network
Objectives
 To develop a system of network.
 To lead employees and co-workers to follow that.
Goal Three:
My personal Value
 Perspective
Principle
 Get a clear direction about the in activities that needs to be done and in depth analysis of
situations.
Goal
 Get a clear career direction.
Objectives
 To analyze situations properly.
 To get a clear direction about my career path.
 To be able to join a job that satisfies me and makes me happy.

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Action Plan:
The tin plan for the PPDP has the time of three years. The reason that I have taken three years of
time is because I believe the time will be sufficient to achieve goals that I have chosen. It is
medium term plan that suits the types of my goals.
Goal One:
Finish MBA, Business Administration
First objective to achieve Goal One
To be able to work as a manager.
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Research companies
that hire managers
who are not that
experienced.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2
Join the company as
a manager.
07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3
Survive in the
company for three
years with the help
of hard work.
07/01/2017 05/01/2020
Second objective to achieve Goal One

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To be able to lead a large number of people
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Research for
companies that
allow the managers
to lead a large group
of people.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2 Join the company. 07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3
Complete three
years in the
company.
07/01/2017 05/01/2020
Third objective to achieve Goal One
To become a good ethical leader
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Research for
companies that want
managers who have
ethical qualities.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2 Join the company. 07/01/2017 08/30/2017

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Achievement # 3
Complete three
years at the
company while
sharpening the
ethical skills.
07/01/2017 05/01/2020
Goal Two: Developing network
First objective to achieve Goal Two
To develop a system of network
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Research for an
experienced
developer of
networks as a guide.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2
Take coaching from
the selected guide.
07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3
Follow up on the
progress made.
07/01/2017 05/01/2020

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Second objective to achieve Goal Two
To lead employees and co-workers to follow that
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Take help from my
guide about leading
people to follow my
network.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2
Start doing as he
says.
07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3
Start implementing
my lessons on my
co-workers.
07/01/2017 05/01/2020
Goal Three: Get a clear career direction
First objective to achieve Goal Three
To analyze situations properly
Start date End date
Achievement # 1 Do an in depth
analysis of a
situation that comes
04/20/2017 06/25/2017

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up.
Achievement # 2
Work on solving the
situation and
bringing out a
positive result.
07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3
Sharpen the skills of
analysis over a time
of almost three
years.
07/01/2017 05/01/2020
Second objective to achieve Goal Three
To get a clear direction about my career path
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Make a list of the
jobs that interest me.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2
Shortlist the jobs in
order of interest and
join the one that
interests me most.
07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3 Continue doing the 07/01/2017 05/01/2020

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job for at least three
years.
Third objective to achieve Goal Three
To be able to join a job that satisfies me and makes me happy
Start date End date
Achievement # 1
Look for a job the
meets all my
requirements from
my career.
04/20/2017 06/25/2017
Achievement # 2 Join the job. 07/01/2017 08/30/2017
Achievement # 3
Complete three
years in the job and
decide if I have
chosen the right job.
07/01/2017r 05/01/2020
Reflection on my PPDP:
In the process of making my Personal and Professional Development Plan I have been
able to work on my self assessment skills and realize my current situation in association with my
aim of becoming a transformational ethical leader. In this process, I have also been able to work
in a state of self-awareness. However, understanding one’s own strengths and developments is

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just the first step of succeeding in a project. It is just the first step towards becoming a successful
professional in whatever field one chooses to be. Doing my Personal Value Survey has helped
me gain insight about my own values and priorities. I have now understood what kind of jobs
will go in accordance with my system of values. It has given me the proper vision about my
career goals and what I want to become. In the process of making the plan, I have understood
that selecting and determining goals is a very tough and time taking process. It demands a lot of
attention and in depth analysis of one’s skills as well as of the sector of the profession that he
wants to go in. It needs a lot of reflective thinking about the job and the requirements of the job.
However, the hard work that has to be put in that process is worth it as it brings a clear picture
about one’s own-self and what he really wants. In the process of setting my goals I have come to
know certain traits and demands of my own character which were previously not known to me. I
have come to know about the things I am passionate about in the course of making the pan and
setting my goals.
I have chosen my career goals basing on what I want from my professional life. Most of
my goals are associated with managerial qualities and leading people. I have also set a goal for
finding a job that really suits me and makes me happy. Professional satisfaction happens to be
one of my major requirements and I have set my goals in accordance to that only. I believe that
the goals I have set will help me achieve my maximum potential.
I had faced certain obvious obstacles in the process of preparing my PPDP. Time
management happened to be one of the most severe issues that I had to deal with. Even the
process of following the Personal and Professional Development Plan is quite ambitious because
the achievement of the goals in selected in a span of three years is a demanding task. However,

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with proper management of time, concentration and determination I believe I will be able to
achieve my goals in the stipulated time.

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