Personal Development Plan for Success

This assignment focuses on creating a personal development plan to enhance skills necessary for success in the workplace. The plan should address areas like communication, influence, public speaking, and emotional intelligence. It involves identifying specific goals, strategies, and timelines for achieving these objectives within a 3-month timeframe. The student is expected to demonstrate their understanding of personal development concepts and apply them to create a practical and achievable plan.

Understanding Self
and others

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Pro-forma of team-working skill............................................................................................2
Pro-forma of public speaking skill.........................................................................................4
Pro-forma of assertiveness / conflict resolution.....................................................................5
Pro- forma of giving and/or receiving feedback.....................................................................7
Summary and Action Plan......................................................................................................8
Personal Development Plan....................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Understanding of self is important for an individual as it assist them in enhancing their
overall personalities which makes easy to achieve growth and success in personal as well as
professional career. For this, an individual should first identify its strengths and weaknesses
through conducting personal skills audit and accordingly prepare an effective PDP plan. The
present report describes various aspects related to such aspects in brief manner. The project
report includes The present report discusses the core skills which are required to be developed,
reasons behind the acquisition of such skills, benefits of such skills in future and contradictions
which are identified from peers. The project also explains the relevancy of skills in building
future career. Personal development plan is also covered under this report which is essential to
prepare in order to develop weak areas and convent it into strengths. By self-understanding, the
individuals are able to increase their performance through developing their weak areas and
maximising its strengths. Therefore, it is essential requirements of every individuals working in
an organisation to enhance their own skills and knowledge which makes positive impact on other
employees as well.

INTRODUCTION
Understanding is an essential need of every individual in order to determine its own
actual capabilities and skills regarding making decisions to build personal as well as professional
career goals. Through this, an individual came to know which skills need to be improved so that
personalities can be improved and accordingly acquired either through possessing from others
traits or engaging in development programs. It builds confidence to deal with complex situations
arises in working environment. There are necessary skills which is required to be attained by an
individuals such as communication, problem solving, leadership etc. which can be developed
through application of an effective approaches. It increases the chances of achieving growth and
success in personal as well as professional career which in results enhancing their future.
Main Body
It is essential for an individual within an organisation to work in more effective and
efficient manner which can be possible only if sufficient amount of skills have been attained. For
this, it is required to first identify strengths and weaknesses so that further decisions can be made
regarding development of skills. It builds confidence and motivation to achieve growth and
success in personal as well as professional career through developing their own personalities by
application of effective approaches.
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Pro-forma of team-working skill
What is the core skill to develop?
Team working refers to collaborative efforts of individuals working in an organisation to
achieve common objectives. Members of an organisation come together and agreed to provide
mutual support in achieving specific target or project at workplace. This will build trust and
relations among individuals which brings profitable result to company. Along with this, team
working enhances the productivity and performance level of workers due to getting adequate
support from others in execution of allotted task. Here, leaders play a crucial role in guiding
and motivating them to work in unity with more dedication and enthusiasm.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
Team working skill is important to bring unity and enhancing relations among employees
which not only support an individual to achieve growth in their personal as well as professional
career but also brings profitable outcome to company as well. According to the Barrow (2015)
Working in a team provides an opportunities to workers to share their new and original ideas to
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one other which brings motivation among them to work hard and perform with full dedication.
In this context, team work brings workers together to achieve common goals and objectives.
While working in a team, I feel hesitation to share my views and ideas among others due to
which my team mates supports me a lot in building confidence and motivate me to perform in
better way. Due to this, I preferred to select such skills which facilitates me to improve my
skills and capabilities while execution of allotted work. With the adoption of such skills, I can
easily achieve growth and success in my personal and professional career.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
As per my analysis, I am quite good in communicating with others which allows me to
motivate others but sometimes I feel hesitated while dealing with team mates having different
cultures and background due to not having English as their first language. For me, better
coordination and more interaction with the team mates is essential in order to build my
confidence. Apart from this, I took feedback from my team mates on regular basis and ask
seniors the way of enhancing my weak areas. For this, tool kit support me to evaluate and
enhance my core skills and knowledge which directly support in developing my overall
personalities.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
Yes, I found some contradiction as I noticed that I sometimes failed to send information to the
team mates having different culture and backgrounds in an understandable manner due to
having lack of knowledge about multiple languages. It makes negative impact on the behaviour
of others as they doesn't clear about their roles and responsibilities. To enhance my such
weakness, I learnt different languages through attending language classes and increases my
interaction as well others. This will help me to deal with different types of individuals in better
manner.
How might this skill help me in the future?
Acquiring such skill help me to build healthy relationship with others and bring unity which
makes easy for me to complete allotted work with the help of taking support from them. This
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will support me in bringing confidence level as well while interacting or dealing with others. It
will help me in getting adequate support from others due to which I can perform better and
achieve growth and success in future professional career.
Pro-forma of public speaking skill
What is the core skill to develop?
The core skill which an individual need to concentrate and focus is to develop public speaking
in public. Attaining such skill in necessary for an individual which allows them to share their
ideas and views with others more freely without any hesitations. The main advantage that can
be received by using such skill is to provide relevant information to personnel at the time
whenever required. It ensures that the listener received the same meaning as sender desired to
communicate. Therefore, such skill need to be considered which helps an individual to achieve
growth and success in professional career.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
Public speaking skill is essential to be present in an individual which is further understood
from the points and aspects mentioned here-forth. If I have attained manager post in an
organisation then I am responsible to allot roles and responsibilities after analysing their actual
skills and capabilities. Thus, it can be possible for me only if such skill can be attained as it
help me to retain such position in an organisation for longer duration. It allows me to share my
ideas and methods to others in more understanding way. It will support me to build my
professional career through grabbing lots of competitive opportunities within an organisation.
Enhancing such skill will help me to develop verbal and negotiation skills as well which brings
extra edge to my personality. The main purpose of choosing such skill is to build confidence
level which makes easy for me to deal with large number of people at a time in more effective
and efficient manner.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
According to my analysis, I have observed that I have already attained public speaking skill as
I am able to listen others more patiently without getting any kind of diversion. The same
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response has been collected from my team mates as according to them I have successfully
communicate my opinions and views to others. Apart from this, I also have written skills
which allows me to make easy for others to understand my thoughts in same manner as I
desired to communicate.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
The main contradictions I have found during analysis of my skills, I have quite low confidence
level due to which I feel nervous while dealing with large number of people at a time. This will
bring negative impact on my personality as I failed to grab attention of people towards my
ideas and thoughts. Therefore, to achieve growth and success in my personal as well as
professional career I need to develop such skill which help me to get adequate support to my
ideas from large number of people. The same feedback has been also collected from my team
mates which drives me to develop such confidence skill as quickly as possible.
How might this skill help me in the future?
Developing public speaking skill help me to get adequate support to my ideas from large
amount of people due to which it is necessary to develop to get competitive edge to my
professional career. Such skill help me to motivate others by influencing their behaviour
towards my ideas and concepts which raises my position in an organisation and support in
achieving growth to my personal and professional career.
Pro-forma of assertiveness / conflict resolution
What is the core skill to develop?
The another core skill which I need to develop is conflict resolving as this may hinder my
growth and success in professional career. Such skill may be defined as an ability to identify
the issues arises at workplace and accordingly resolve them through giving an appropriate
solutions that will not affect the interest and working behaviour of conflicted parties. Conflict
affects the performance level of both involved individuals which directly makes negative
impacts on the overall growth and success in professional career. This is the only reason which
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an individual desired to attained such skill to eliminate such hindrances.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
Lack of such skill restrict me to create a better relations with others and support me for my
ideas and thoughts. Thus, it will bring negative impact on my overall performance level. As
execution of allotted work may require support from others which can be possible only if I
have better relations with them. Conflicts damages the working environment which reduces the
interest and working behaviour of individuals performing in an organisation. Therefore, it must
required to acquire such skill in order to establish a healthy work environment which makes
positive impact on the performance level of individuals as well. For example, if work on HR
position in an organisation then it is my responsibility to maintain healthy relations with the
employees by resolving their issues in an effective manner and create a healthy environment at
workplace. To perform this, I need to develop such skill which provides me an opportunity to
achieve growth within an organisation and retain job position for longer period of time. The
main purpose of choosing such skill to develop is to create better relations with others and
creates healthy environment at workplace.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
According to my colleagues, I am quite good in resolving conflicts among the employees as I
have an ability to listen the aspects of both conflicted party and accordingly provide optimum
solution after ensuring that it cannot be harm their interest and working behaviour. After
collecting feedbacks from others, I came to know that I am good in analysing the situations of
conflicts and on the basis of which bring out optimum solutions. It assist me to create better
relations and healthy work environment within an organisation.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
Yes, I have found some contradiction as sometimes I resolve conflicts quickly on the basis of
trust and experiences I have on conflicted parties at the time of lack of evidence. It took less
time which allows me to focus on other important work. This will sometimes affect the interest
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and working behaviour of conflicted parties. Therefore, I need to worked on through giving
more time to find out the evidences to resolve conflicts.
How might this skill help me in the future?
Conflict resolving skill help me to maintain better relations with others and gain trust and
loyalty from them at workplace. This drives my professional career to achieve growth and
success for longer period of time.
Pro- forma of giving and/or receiving feedback
What is the core skill to develop?
Collecting or providing feedback is another skill which I need to develop to build my personal
as well as professional career. It refers to such skill which creates mutual understanding
among two people by exchanging their ideas and suggestions on particular topic. Providing an
opportunity to others to present their actual opinion maximizes their satisfaction level and
working behaviour which in results developing performance level of both individuals and
organisations. For example, working as a manager of company, I need to take feedbacks from
the staff regarding the policies and plans I made for their betterment along with superior
members and accordingly make changes that will help in gaining loyalty of employees.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
It is an important skill for an individual to maintain healthy relationship with others and gain
trust as well as loyalty through providing them an opportunity to express their actual opinions
and suggestions on certain topic. As a manager, I need to collect information both from
employees as well as customers regarding company's products and services which make easy
for me to identify the weak areas and accordingly put my efforts in developing the same. This
will help me in achieving competitive edge to my professional career. The main purpose of
choosing such skill is to identify the actual perception and behavior of others which makes
easy for me to deal with them accordingly.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
According to the feedback collected from my peers, I came to know that I am quite good
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enough in maintaining better relations with others due to having friendly in nature. As per this
opinion, I am able to control my anger while dealing with issues and handling team which
motivates others to share their views and suggestions with me more freely.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
I have found some contradiction as well as I sometimes doesn't consider the views and
suggestions of others due to shortage of time. As a manager, I always focuses on achieving
competitive advantage for an organization which can be possible through dealing with risk
factors and grabbing competitive opportunities. This will requires less time to take decisions
and plan due to which it is not possible for me to consider the views and suggestions of every
individuals.
How might this skill help me in the future?
Such skill help me to take better actions and decisions through getting proper guidance and
directions from others in terms of collecting feedback. It increases the effectiveness of my
decisions and chances of receiving positive outcomes that will help in building my
professional career.
Summary and Action Plan
There are various situations that may arise in future which affects my performance level
due to which it is important for me to identify my strengths and weaknesses so that future
opportunities can be grabbed which supports me in building my professional career. For this, I
need to conduct personal skills audit which help to guide which areas I need to worked on so that
I can easily achieve strong personality and improves performance level which help me to build
good professional career. It can be further understood as under:
Strengths: From the analysis of information which is gathered reflect that I am quite
good enough in developing an effective teams along with good communication. Apart from this,
I am good in receiving feedback due to supportive in nature which brings motivation and self-
confidence among others. Such skill assist me in getting adequate knol3dge about the thoughts
and perceptions of others which makes easy for me to deal with them accordingly in an effective
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and efficient manner. It will help me to maintain good relations with them and get adequate
support in achieving personal as well as professional career goals.
Weaknesses: From the above analysis, I have identified that I am average in public
speaking due to hesitation and nervousness. This will bring difficulties for me to gain support for
my new ideas and concepts from huge number of people. Along with this, team working is
another weakness which I need to worked on. It is compulsorily required for me to enhance such
weaknesses in order to increase my performance level and sustain in an organisation for longer
period of time. Having an adequate support from others is always beneficial while executing
allotted task therefore it is important for me to develop team working skills through engaging in
various learning and development programs.
Personal Development Plan
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Development
Area
Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time
Team working I have targeted
develop such
skill for
becoming a
leader and to
provide the
required
support and
coordination
to my team
members for
achieving the
goals easily.
By comparing
the actual
performance
with the
expected
performance.
It is practical
in nature and
also helpful
for effective
coordination
with the team.
It will help in
effective
communicatio
n and
coordination
with my team
members.
2 months
Public
speaking
I have clear
targeted to
develop such
skill for
influencing
the thinking of
other people.
By
determining
the views and
opinions of
co-workers
and peers
Through
engaging in
seminars I can
build the
necessary
confidence.
It will help me
for building
the required
confidence.
3 months
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