PPD Plan: Personal Development Plan for Continuous Professional and Personal Development

PPD Plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
SWOT Analysis...........................................................................................................................3
Smart Goals.................................................................................................................................5
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................8
Issues and problems explored and their impact on planned CPPD activities..............................8
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................10
Reflection on your personal and professional development......................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan refers to an action plan that is based on awareness, reflection,
values, Goals-setting and planning for personal development of individual. Personal
development plan consist of educational and employment context in which one wants to develop
themselves. Personal development plan has several benefits for individuals as they become
aware of what they want to achieve in their career and what profession they want to join. This
help them in taking necessary actions to achieve their goals and their actions become productive.
This is a personal development plan that involves different elements of creating a personal
development plan. This will be based on SWOT analysis and Smart Goals and later on the basis
of these continuous personal professional development plan will be developed. This plan will
also involve identification and analysis of certain issues and problems and what impact they will
have on continuous professional and personal development and will also incorporate reflection
linked with planned personal and professional development.
Task 1
SWOT Analysis
Strength
Determination- This is one of the best behavioural strength on the basis of which individuals
remains determined for their objectives.
Hardworking- This is ability and strength to work hard on the determined and decided objectives
and going extra miles to achieve objectives.
Communication skills- Effective communication skills which is one of the very important skill
in every kind of profession and specially in marketing (Pandya, 2017)
Networking skills- This is the ability to identify and connect with people who can support in
achieving professional and personal objectives
Tech-savvy- This is ability and strength that individual has strong command over technology and
have effective knowledge regarding technology and its appropriate use in the field of marketing

Leadership- This is quality and ability to influence others and lead their way on how common
objectives can be effectively fulfilled
Quick-learning- This is ability and strength on the basis of which individual can learn quickly
and understand fast
Weaknesses
Time management- This is one of the weakness that I possess because I feel difficulty in
completing task on time and also in achieving goals in fixed time often because I could not
understand how much time will particular goals achievement will require
Problem solving- This is also one of weakness as I find it difficult to solve problem and
problems lead me to stressful situation (Madsen, 2016)
Data analysis- Marketing is one of the field that currently is based on analysis of data and I do
not possess this skill and this is why it becomes a weaknesses
Team working abilities- Inability in working within teams and perform as per standards of work
Opportunities
Networking- In current environment of business and employment networking has become very
important and can allow several benefits to individual and contact with right people can help in
realising goals, hence for an individual having strength of networking, it is also an opportunity
Career fairs and different channels for finding job opportunities- There are several career fairs
that organises and channels to contact with prospective employer and organisation has also
increased and this is an opportunity for finding best employer and organisation
Professional Degree- Along with right knowledge degrees can enhance ones as an employee and
candidate and this is why professional degree is an opportunity to achieving right objectives
(Maguire and Blaylock, 2017).
Marketing management- Skills and knowledge are very suitable for marketing profession and
this is why marketing is an opportunity