Knowing and Developing Yourself for Professional Success

Running head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Knowing and Developing Yourself for Professional Success

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Knowing Yourself:
Conduct a values inventory and understand the influence of values on confidence, career
satisfaction
I have taken the values inventory test that has helped me in knowing the strengths and
weaknesses. This is one of the student-friendly tools that has helped me in identifying the
strengths that I can use in the near future.
My Top Four Core Values Are:
 1.
 ______accountability_________________________ .
 2.
 ________Being the best_______________________ .
 3.
 _________Honesty_____________________ .
 4. _____________solitude_______________
My Main Core Value Is:
__Empathy___
I have learnt that these are my core values and I must use them in all my future
endeavors. I have got this knowledge that as I am honest, I can use this in my professional career.
This will help me to be a good team player. I will always try to be honest in all the assignments
that come across my way. I will never think of my personal gains over the welfare of my team
mates. I will always abide by the correct rules and regulations.I am also having the tendency of

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being the best. In other words, I am a perfectionist and I do not believe in doing any work in a
half-hearted manner. This will help me in becoming a hard working person and I will be able to
develop a good team, working spirit.
I feel that being accountable is one of the greatest strengths that one can have to be a
good team leader. I always bear the accountability for my own work. In other words, I never shift
the workload or the blame over others. I always try my level best o take up the responsibility of
my work over myself. All these strengths show that I can be confident about my career to some
extent. This will help me in becoming a good teamwork in the near future.
Use the StrengthsFinderto examine their own and others preferences and view the
difference in a positive and constructive way
One of the strength is an attempt of being the best in the work that I am undertaking. As
per my understanding, this is one of the strengths of my personality. However, others might see
this as a weakness. Often at the workplace, I become violent and take unnecessary stress. This
can often appear as a very bad and negative thing for my team members. This difference is
mainly because of the fact that it is not possible for them to understand my approaches right in
the first instance.
Examine individual strengths and weaknesses and understand how to enhance and utilize
strengths
I have realized that one of my biggest strength is honesty. This will always help me in my
future career. I will never be carried away by any kinds of biases or greed. I will always stay

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neutral and unbiased in all my endeavors'. The other important strength is perfect. I always try to
stay perfect in all my assignments. This helps me in understanding that I must use this as one of
the biggest strength. I also consider empathy as one of my biggest strength. I will be able to be an
empathetic leader in the near future, I will be able to understand the perspective of my employees
and think about their welfare as well.
Developing Yourself:
Understand and apply goal setting principles
There are some principles or rules that are to be followed while setting any particular
goals. The first important principle is clarity. This helps in setting clear-cut goals without any
confusion. One of my goals is to develop a proper decision making skill within myself.
The next important principle is to set challenging roles. I think that this will be helpful for me as
I will be able to develop a courageous attitude and also start taking important challenges.
I will also develop a strong sense of commitment so that I can stay true to the goals that I want to
accomplish. Staying committed and loyal will surely be very helpful.
Explore the process of decision making
The first important step is identifying the alternatives. After finding the issue, the next
best thing is to find out the best possible solution to the problem. The next important step is to
find the pros and cons of the option that has to be chosen. As a responsible manager, it is
important to analyze the possible results of the selected solution. The last but not the least is
reviewing the option that has been selected.