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Designing a Professional Development Plan for Enhancing Skills in a Work Context

   

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Unit-3
Professional
Identity
and Practice
Lecturer-Soshanya Pike
Week 8
LO3. Design a professional
development plan, within a specific
work context
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P5. Construct a
development plan to
enhance chosen skills
and competencies within
a specific work context
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•Proactive learning and evaluation
• According to Mogill (2014), being proactive in your own becoming is a mix
of hustle and problem-solving. He list eight key points that he believes will
create a clear path to success.
• 1. It’s all about you- Take ownership of your problems, nobody else is
going to solve, it is up to you. Family and friends are a support system,
They cannot succeed for you. Only you can do that.
• 2. Be solution-focused-Good problem-solving skills is one of the greatest
traits of effective people. Everyone will run into problems, how you handle
them that makes you effective. The most effective way to handle a
problem is to focus on finding a solution. Focus on what you can control
with the final outcome. If you lead by example, your team will learn to
approach problems and solutions effectively.
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• 3. Be accountable for getting stuff done- Students should set goals that are
simple yet achievable. Work backwards from that goal to establish metrics to
track and evaluate it.
• Goals should be clearly defined so that its quantifiable and you can determine if
you actually reached it or not. For example , When are you “in shape”? A goal to
“run a mile in under 10 minutes” is something you can physically measure and
attain.
• 4. Use “SMART” goals-Specific (something particular instead of broad category)
• M: Measurable (Choose something you can quantify)
• A: Attainable (You should actually be able to reach this, and it may just require
the right steps)
• R: Realistic (Be honest – it is probably unrealistic to say you will go from making
$10,000 to being a billionaire in one year)
• T: Timely (Give each goal a timeframe to create a sense of urgency)
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• 5. Make your own luck.
• Being successful is not having the right kind of luck but the mere expectation
that you will succeed. It is about taking steps every day to be better than you
were the day before. Make a blueprint and set out milestones for yourself in
specific timeframes, you have to make them happen .Things do not come to
fruition just because you really, really want them to happen.
• 6. Be consistent.
• Ultimately, success is not about getting everything right. It is about being
consistent. Be consistent in what you do, and even though the steps may seem
small at the time, doing the right things day in and day out will move you
further down the path to success. Moving consistently and persistently will take
steps every day to steadily move toward your goal.
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• 7. Find the right people.
• Surrounding yourself with driven, effective people is a proven way to help
you succeed. You have to choose between driven people and people who
will drag you down. You cannot have both and except to succeed.
• 8. Honesty is the best policy.
• Be completely honest with yourself about what is not working instead of
making excuses. It is easy to stay busy and tell yourself you are taking the
right steps, but it is harder to be honest that you are not actually making
progress.
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