Career Development Plan and Goal Audit Checklist - Assignment

This assignment presents a completed career development plan and goal audit checklist, addressing key aspects of professional growth and work management. The student reflects on qualities of a good role model and effective leadership, aligning personal goals with organizational objectives. The assignment explores strategies for meeting job responsibilities, prioritizing work, and utilizing technology for organization. It also covers maintaining work-life balance, assessing personal performance, and determining developmental needs. The student discusses their learning style, gathering feedback, using networks, and acquiring new skills to maintain a competitive edge. Additionally, the assignment includes a summative assessment evaluating the usefulness of the career development plan template and offers recommendations for colleagues. This assignment is a comprehensive exploration of career planning and professional development.

Students are required to fill up the attached templates (Career Development Plan and Goal
Audit Checklist) which explain how to manage work priorities and professional development.
The template should reflect upon the following:
 What makes a good role model and how can I ensure that I act as a role model for
employees I supervise?
I think that someone with a helpful and friendly attitude makes a good role model. I will always
try to help and support my employees in all possible areas.
 What are the traits of an effective leader? How can these traits be developed?
The traits of an effective leader are honesty, empathy, hard work and an open mind. These can be
developed by making sure that the leader is maintaining all his responsibilities and trying to
abide by the same.
 How can I ensure that my work goals and plan are aligned to the organization’s goals
and plans?
I will take a very close look over the mission, visions and all the business principles of the
organization. I will set my goals and plans at par with that.
 How can I ensure that I meet my job responsibilities?
I will always work hard and make sure that I am moving forward in a step by step and organized
manner.
 How can I measure and maintain my personal performance?
I can measure and maintain my personal performance by keeping a connection with the career
development plan.
 How can I prioritise work?

I will always strike a proper balance between my personal and professional life. I will make sure
that I am giving my full efforts to accomplish my work.
 How can I use technology to organise and manage my work?
I will be using my smart phone and laptop to maintain the career development plan. I will also
set a proper alarm to remind me about the activities that I need to undertake.
 How can I ensure that I maintain a work/ life balance?
I like to focus over the time management. I know that in order to strike a proper balance I have to
set the time slots properly.
 How can I ensure that my personal knowledge and skills meet required competency
standards?
I will keep a proper track record in order to make sure that I am being able to work in order to
meet the competency standards.
 How can I determine my developmental needs?
I will take feedbacks on my co workers in order to know what their views about me are. I will
also take a remark certificate of my supervisors and personal development coach.
 What is my personal learning style and how can I ensure that I take advantage of
learning opportunities?
My personal learning style is similar to the behavioral learning style. I tend to learn from
the operant condition learning style. I am very responsive to the stimulus taking place
around me.

 How can I gather feedback from others about my personal performance and how can I
use this feedback to improve my competence?
I will make it a point to keep a proper notice over the feedbacks and take the needful steps in
order to meet the,. I will move forward as per my career development plan.
 How can I use networks to increase my knowledge, gain new skills and develop
relationships?
I will use the networks in order to meet new people and get the exact tips from them in order to
work over my skills. I will use these tips in order to work over my loopholes.
 How can I ensure that I acquired new skills to maintain my competitive edge?
I will use the acquired skills in the proper path so that I can work over my drawbacks. I will
always keep a competitive bend of mind so that I can win in this tough competitive world.
 How can I contribute to the organization’s competitive edge?
I can contribute by making use of all the useful tips and channelizing them in the right way. I
will be doing an in depth research in order to stay updated with all the modern inventions taking
place in the industry. This will help me to give useful inputs and ideas towards my work.
Summative assessment 2:
How suitable to the workplace are ‘Career Development Plan’ template?

I think that it is really very useful as it helps to attain the career goals in a step by step manner.
This also helps in moving forward in a cost effective and time bound manner.
What might you change in the template or do differently?
I might change the time span and the resources based on my level of improvement.
What do you see as the main benefit of using such a template for Career Development
Plan?
The main benefits are getting a properly planned time bound and organized method of working
over the career goals.
What recommendation you will give to your colleagues to complete this type of activity in
the workplace?
I would recommend my colleagues to keep faith in their abilities and to never give up hope. I
will also suggest them to make a career development plan and move forwards along with it.