Personal Development Plan

This document details a personal development plan aimed at improving teamwork skills, boosting confidence in fellow staff members, and facilitating a learning environment. It emphasizes the importance of communication, feedback, and utilizing resources effectively to achieve goals within a set timeframe. The plan highlights learning logs as an effective method for tracking progress and enhancing knowledge.

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT FOR
EMPLOYMENT

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Different types learning styles...........................................................................................................3
1.2 Simple technique for identify development needs.............................................................................4
1.3 Potential barrier.................................................................................................................................5
1.4 Learning can be overcome through barriers.......................................................................................6
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Development options to meet needs..................................................................................................6
2.2 Support mechanism for the development of needs.............................................................................6
2.3 Prepare development in order to meet learning objectives.................................................................6
2.4 Methods which can be use in the development of needs....................................................................7
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is effective tool through which individual person is able to
improve their performance and work quality as well. It is the activity which can improve identity
as well as awareness. It can able to enhance quality of improve and increase standard of living as
well. Through this activities individuals are able to contribute in their dreams as well as
motivation. Every company wants to recruit best person who have perfect skills and knowledge.
Through they can easily attain targets and enhance market image as well (Deakin and Morris,
2012). Every person have to opted different types of learning style which them to improve their
performance and work quality.
TASK 1
1.1 Different types learning styles.
Every person have to opted various types learning style which are able to improve their
performance an work quality as well. I use learning style which are support me to attain my
target and those are use in the long learning (Stephenson and Yorke, 2013). Various styles are as
follows:
Sensory- These type of learners are so much on sensing. In this people are concentrate on
one thing rather than innovation and observing new things.
Visual- These are believe in the graphical presentation rather then believing on written or
oral things (De Vos, De Hauw and Van der Heijden, 2011). They get information from graphical
presentation and try improve their skills and knowledge.

Verbal- These learners are able to improve their knowledge through diagrams and flow
of charts (Fossey and Harvey, 2010). Through this they can easily understand the things and able
to improve their knowledge as well.
Active- If person think before they act then they can maintain their potential.
Reflective- If learners too much think before act then risk can be more increase (Buehler
and O'brien, 2011). These are involve them self in the major decision making process and
possible to improve their skills.
As above mentioned styles, I m a reflective learner and try to participate in the major
decision making process. Through this I can able to improve skills and enhance level of
knowledge as well.
1.2 Simple technique for identify development needs.
Strength Weakness
 As an employees of the firm my biggest
strength is i m a reflective learner and
try to participate in the major decision
making process.
 My verbal communication is so strong
which is able to improve my
performance.
 I easily communicate with other staff
members.
 Usually, I like to work as team through
which I can able to improve my skills
and understanding.
 I easily motivate people in order to
boost up their confidence level and try
to improve their work quality as well.
 I m a good learner as well as good
listeners. Firstly, I find out the problem
then try to provide best possible
 My biggest weakness is my verbal
communication is good but written
communication is not so good through I
have to face some major consequences.
 I m not that much capable to manage
team in a well an efficient manner.
 Not able to directly interact with other
team members.
 In the organization written
communication is mostly used but this
my biggest weakness.
 Easily frustrated during work which is
not beneficial for the growth and
learning.
 Not able to convince people for any
type of work.

solution for that conflict.
Opportunities Threats
 If I work as team then I can improve
my skills and knowledge and try to
attain target in a well and efficient
manner.
 If I use to communicate with new
people then I get new opportunities to
learn different things and boost up
knowledge as well.
 With the help of working in I can able
to know new and different thing
because every body having their own
mind set and also having various types
of skills and knowledge as well.
 As an employee of the firm, biggest
threat for me is increasing employment
in company day by day.
 Continuous increasing competition is
also a threat for me. If it arise then there
is no scope to learn new thing and
improve skills as well.
 Use of advance technology in every
company is also comes in this category.
1.3 Potential barrier.
Potential barrier I having great impact on the performance of individual. Through this
person is have to face some problems which are able to reduce their performance and work
quality as well. As an employee of the form barriers for me are financial, work life balance and
much more. Social barriers including my family and try to improve their skills and knowledge as
well.
1.4 Learning can be overcome through barriers.
Learning is important for every person through they are able to improve performance and
work quality as well. Learning can be overcome with the help of barrier. This is so much helpful
for individual to improve their performance. Through this they can easily attain long term as well
as short term learning which is useful in their long life.

TASK 2
2.1 Development options to meet needs.
With the help of SWOT analysis persons are able to identify their own place of
development and try to improve their skills. Through SWOT analyses I can easily identify my
strength which I need to maintain for the learning time which can maintain my performance. If I
identify my weakness then I will try to manage my work quality and try to work on them in order
to enhance my capabilities and avoid risk which are arises due to weaknesses. Opportunities are
able to provide best way to enhance my skills and knowledge. If I accept them then can manage
my performance and to improve my qualification as well. Various types of threats are arises
during working time which are able to reduce my work quality. It is beneficial for as well as
other members.
2.2 Support mechanism for the development of needs.
Barriers are helpful to attain development needs and try to attain their set of target as
well. Goals can be easily attain with the help of this concept. Identify own development need is
important for every person to continuous growth (Beerkens, Mägi and Lill, 2011). Through this
can easily attain their set of target and their skills as well. Barriers are help to develop needs of
person
2.3 Prepare development in order to meet learning objectives.
Objectives Priority Success criteria Action
As an employee of the
company I want to
learn new things
through which I can
improve my skills and
knowledge.
Want working in a
team for gain new
knowledge and boost
up confidence as well.
Needs to more
communicate with
As an employee of the
organization team
working in so
important for me in
order to attain my
target.
I come to know when
I realize I not able to
attain corporate goals
and objectives and my
team is not working
well as per required
level of company.
I want to interact with
the other members
and also try to boost
up their confidence.
Try to motivate other
staff members for
working as team and
get an opportunity to
learn new things.

team members and try
to analyze their
problems as well.
Resources require Target date Actual date Implementation
In order to achieve
those goals and
objective I need time
and money. These are
the important
resources in order to
easily attain target.
I have to receive
feedback from other
members and then
make necessary
changes accordingly.
I want to meet my set
of target or objective
10 days and improve
my skills and
knowledge as well.
Actual days I take 15
for attain those goals.
Through this I can
able to improve my
communication skills
and team working
skills. Needs to
implement them for
meet set target.
Try to communicate
more with other
members and
motivate them to
working as a team.
2.4 Methods which can be use in the development of needs.
For the development of needs learning logs is the important method which is mostly used
for the same purpose (Rosenbloom, 2014). Learning logs is the personalized effective learning
resources for individual person and other people as well. It is the record of every person that how
much they can learn through the various types of activities. This is the effective tool through
which as an employee of the company I can easily attain my target and improve my skills and
knowledge as well.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above report it has been concluded that, personal development is an
concept through which person can easily attain their and able to improve their skill. They have to
opted various types of methods which can able to improve their performance and enhance level

of knowledge as well. The method which is mainly used for the same purpose is known as
leaning logs.

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