Report on Personal Development

Report on Personal Development
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................2
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development....................................2
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples.................................................................................................................................3
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3
personal examples..................................................................................................................4
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples.................................................................................................................................5
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan............................6
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Personal development can be defined as a process or way by which people assess their
qualities, skills in order to realize their potential (Howard, 2019). This present study is going
to discuss value and importance of personal and professional development. Further, it will
discuss reasons of developing all three types of goals such as short term, medium term and
long term. There are several advantages of establishing goals as it helps people in staying
them focused and confident. It will also discuss value of personal development plan and ways
as how effective resources can help in increasing skills in people.
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development refers a process via which individual and
companies engage in learning process for meeting their pre determined goals. Personal
development is all related to accomplishing personal goals such as: increasing
communication, reducing errors, increasing sales and others. Professional development is
being developed for accomplishing goals related to profession such as developing career,
taking promotional opportunities, etc. In regards to importance of personal and professional
development it can be said that it helps people in managing their own growth and learning
(de Snoo-Trimp, Molewijk and De Vet, 2018). It also helps in making people aware about
information, market trends and accomplishing goals for which they work. It also makes
people able in taking competitive advantages and also being in this changing environment in
an effective manner and improving overall quality of life.
There are several benefits of personal as well as professional development or
increasing knowledge as it boosts employees’ job satisfaction at workplace and keep them
happy as well as confident. Employees can make their company more appealing and can
prove their potential by developing profession plan and increasing skills and knowledge.
People can make their succession planning strategy in an effective manner and with the help
of personal development, they can get desired and effective employment opportunity that
can boost their confidence and increase their morale. For living a satisfied life there is
requirement of having skills as these skills makes able to people in accomplishing their all
pre determined shirt, term, medium term and long term goals (Fabriz, Hansen and et.al.,
2020).
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