Professional Development Plan: A Comprehensive Guide to Employee Growth

Professional Practice

Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................4
Part 1:.........................................................................................................................................5
LO1: Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a target
audience......................................................................................................................................5
P1: Demonstrate, using different communication styles and formats, that you can effectively
design and deliver a training event for a given target audience.................................................5
P2: Demonstrate that you have used effective time management skills in planning an event...9
Part 2:.......................................................................................................................................10
LO2: Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem-solving scenarios............10
P3: Demonstrate the use of different problem-solving techniques in the design and delivery of
an event....................................................................................................................................10
P4: Demonstrate that critical reasoning has been applied to a given solution.........................12
Part 3:.......................................................................................................................................13
LO3: Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team
working in different environments...........................................................................................13
P5: Discuss the importance of team dynamics in the success and/or failure of group work.. .13
M4: team dynamics..................................................................................................................18
Part 4:.......................................................................................................................................20
LO4: Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within
the workplace and for higher level learning.............................................................................20
P7: Discuss the importance of CPD and contribution to own learning....................................20

P8: Produce a development plan that outlines responsibilities, performance and objectives
and required skills, knowledge and learning for own future goals..........................................22
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................24
References................................................................................................................................25

Introduction:
Professional development is the framework which enables people to incorporate professional
credentials through various sessions of training, conferences and seminars. Therefore
professional development in constituted of professional analyses and precise understanding of
future needs which could contribute to the personal and professional growth. There are series
of intensive sessions of seminars and training which have been planned properly for
successful completion of the event. The main objective of the professional development is to
incorporate reflective supervision, coaching and consultation which attributed to the
professional growth of an individual. The Continuous Professional Development or CPD
could be defined as the continuous learning process which is significant for effective skill
building in context with professional and personal growth. In the contextual discussion, the
primary focus is to design professional development plan and training event for the
employees in association with the training and development manager of the organisation. The
organisation has 40 employees who would be taking part in the event for two-day long
training and development session. The main focus of the contextual discussion is to develop a
vivid knowledge of professional development planning through the incorporation of proper
workshop and seminars. The following sections elaborate precise methodology for
professional development planning through effective communication and scheduling. The
significance of project management software in context with developing proper professional
development plan would be analysed and importance of team dynamics also would be
analysed for the development of effective knowledge for designing and managing
professional development.

Part 1:
LO1: Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a
target audience.
P1: Demonstrate, using different communication styles and formats, that you can
effectively design and deliver a training event for a given target audience
There are five effective formats that could be incorporated for designing the training and
scheduling process of the professional development event. These styles and formats
effectively contribute to building a framework for the training and workshop session in
context with the professional development program for the employees in an organisation. In
the contextual discussion, the organisation has been planning to incorporate professional
development program through series of workshops and training sessions for the employees.
The main objective of the professional development manager is to design the framework for
the event which would be running through two days long scheduling. Therefore effective
communication has been playing an important role in the scheduling process while designing
the whole professional development program. The five effective communication techniques
are letters and memos, emails, meetings, online chat and social media. In the current
discussion emails and letters would be adapted for the mode of communication within and
outside the organisation. There are two internal and external communication formats have
been elaborated for the effective understanding of the importance of communication while
designing personal development planning (Harris et. al., 2015).
a. External communication: Official letter to the Auditorium management

To
The manager,
The Residential auditorium,
Sir/ Madam,
I am obliged to inform you that my organisation has been planning to arrange a professional
development session for the employees in your prestigious and spacious auditorium which
significantly fits our event specification. As per our previous conversation, as a professional
development manager of the organisation, sending the first official intimation to book the
auditorium facility for two days. The number of employees would be present during the event
per day would be forty along with guest speakers and counsellors and trainers. The precise
time schedule has been mentioned below for your convenience.
10.05.2018-
- coaching session from 10 am 12 afternoon
- Lunch session from 12 pm to 1:00 pm
- Coaching session continued 1:00 pm to 4 pm
- Motivational speech 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Tea session 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
- The motivational speech continued 5:30 pm to 6-30 pm
- End of the 1st day of the event