Community Engagement CPD Plan: Skills and Time Management

This document presents a Community Engagement Continuous Professional Development (CPD) plan, detailing the author's goals for self-improvement and professional growth over a specific period. The plan outlines strategies for enhancing assertiveness, communication, leadership, and time management skills. For each area, the author identifies desired outcomes, learning methods (e.g., courses, books, online resources), support needed, success criteria, and target completion dates. The plan includes steps such as assertiveness training, communication skills courses, leadership training, and time management techniques. It emphasizes the importance of support from managers and colleagues, along with self-assessment through tests and feedback. The author aims to develop confidence, improve team leadership, and effectively manage workload, ultimately enhancing their ability to communicate, lead, and manage time efficiently. The plan is designed to measure progress and ensure continuous improvement in various professional competencies.

Community Engagement
CPD Plan
Name: Covering the period from:
To:
Where do I want to be by the end of this period? What do I want to be doing? (This may be evolutionary or “more of the same”.)
What do I
want/need to
learn?
What will I do to achieve
this?
What resources or support
will I need?
What will my success
criteria be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
I want to be more
assertive with people
so that I feel more
confident about my
behaviour and skills,
especially in
situations where I
I will investigate assertiveness
training courses in my area and
attend one that suits my need;
I’ll also buy and read “How to
be Assertive in Any Situation”
by Sue Hadfield and Gill
Hasson. This process also help
I need also financial and time
of from my manager. In
addition, I also require help of
my subordinates as well as
colleagues in the firm.
I will be able to successfully
negotiate competitive rates
with supplier, e.g.
recruitment agencies and
training providers. I will
evaluate my performance
by my self as comparison of
In order to achieve this
goal, I would take almost
three months. The reason
for taking three months
is that, for developing
skills it need time and
developing confidence

need to negotiate with
my senior executives
to take any type of
decision on my ideas
and concepts.
to become assertive. With help
of these things, I can face
adverse situations in effective
manner. In addition, I can take
effective decisions in these
conditions. I can solve my
problem in short time.
before in the organisation.
In addition, I can also
conduct my test with help of
my manager in the firm.
This way, I can measure my
success
regarding my behaviour
would require time and
within three months time
I will be able to improve
my skills.
I want to improve my
communication skills
to presenting my own
view in front of the
other in effective
manner. There are
many situations in
which I get new
ideas, but I have to
keep quite as I fail to
express myself. This
is because by
communication skills
are very poor. I fail to
express myself and
prefer to be quite in
front of others. In
order to give
presentations,
communication skills
are very important. I
got to know that I
have a fear of facing
people because of
which stammer and
because of this I do
I will investigate the various
courses related to improve
communication skills in my
nearby areas and join one of
them. In this context, there are
many firms which provide
spoken classes which would
help me in improving my skills.
Along with this, I will buy
some books which subjects
related to methods to improve
communication skills. Reading
books would help in increasing
my knowledge and in learning
new vocabulary. In addition to
this, there are many online tests
available in the internet which
would help me in knowing the
improvement level. Further,
these tests will also help me in
knowing the specific areas in
which I need improvement.
Moreover, videos will be
helpful in improving
communication skills. There are
many videos available on the
Support from my manager
(Financial and time). Managers
will be helpful in providing
support regarding improving my
communication skills. They
would be helpful in providing
me financial support so that I
would be able to attend classes
which would help me in
improving by communication
skills. Moreover, internet would
be my the best source through
which I will be able to identify
area in which I lack and it
would help me to over come
them. In addition to this, I
would identify individuals form
my group who have effective
communication skills. They
would help me by giving their
time and helping me out to
improve my communication
skills. Further, I would need
help form my friends who
would be helpful in letting me
know the problems which I have
I will be able to
successfully and effectively
communicate my ideas in
front of the management
during meetings. I will get
feedback from my friends
or superiors and I would get
to know whether I am
improving my
communication skills or
not. The test would help me
to know the improvement
level as in the internet, it
provides details of marks
obtained after each test. It
would be helpful for me to
know the improvement
level. Earlier I had problem
in expressing my ideas, I
will measure myself as it
would help me know where
I exactly lack. When
improvement is there in my
skills, then it would be
automatically noticed by
my friends, superiors, etc.
For improving my
communication skills. As
it was discussed in the
second table, I would
require take help form
classes, read books,
online test, etc. fort this
purpose it would require
four months time. In
order to cover all the
sources will take four
months time. Further,
each of the ways that is
books, online test,
classes. In order to cover
all, I would plan the
schedule in such a way
that in one day I will be
able to attend classes,
read books and attend
online tests. If this
process continuous, then
I will be able to improve
my communication skill
in four months.

not get words to
communicate
effectively. People
who attend by
presentations mostly
do not understand
what I actually want
to present.
internet with the help of which
communication can be
improved. In communication,
most important thing is body
gesture. In order to express
more effectively, these types of
videos will be helpful in
communicating and in learning
body gestures with the help of
which effective communication
will be possible.
to keep in mind. It would be
helpful the areas in which I have
to work more hard. One of the
advantage of taking help from
friends is that I will not have
fear of making mistakes and this
way I will be able to develop
confidence in me. This would be
helpful in improving my
communication skills easily.
In this context, I would be
able to present my ideas
and my feeling in front of
others easily.
I want to be improve
my leadership skills,
especially in
situations where I
need to lead my team
in effective manner. I
fail in giving orders
to individuals who
work under me. I am
not able to provide
them proper guidance
so that they could
perform the given
task effectively. As I
am not able to
provide them proper
support so their trust
on has also reduced. I
have to improve my
leadership skills so
that I could provide
them proper guidance
and also to develop
I will investigate the various
courses related to the leadership
skills and attained one of them.
In addition to this, I will take
help of supervisor or manager
to learn from their experience.
Moreover, I will identify the
skills which are required for
leadership and then I would
focus on achieving them. Skills
involved in leadership, the most
important qualities a leader
should possess are confidence,
positive attitude, commitment,
creativity, inspiring, etc. These
are the qualities which a leader
should possess. In this context,
I would take help from my
superiors. I would observe them
and take suggestions with the
help of which I would improve
my leadership skills.
Support from my manager (in
terms of time). Managers are
trained in such a way that they
have skills which are required
for leading people. In this
context, they would be helpful
in providing me proper
guidance and support because of
which I would be able to learn
from them. Moreover, they will
be helpful in identifying the
areas in which I need more
improvement. In addition to
this, I would read life history of
people who have in born
leadership qualities. It would be
helpful in know the way they
used to support and direct their
followers. I can also make use
of internet in which I would get
videos which would be helpful
in motivating. When I will be
motivated only then, I will be
I will be able to
successfully lead my team
during complete the
projects within the given
time and resolving the
various conflicts between
the team members.
Resolving conflicts is one
of the qualities which a
leader should possess.
When I will be able to
resolve problems, then I
would be able to develop
confidence and trust among
the team members.
Moreover, when member of
the team will be able to
perform their given tasks
effectively, then I will get to
know that I am improving
my leadership skills.
In three months time I
will be able to improve
my leadership skills. All
the important qualities
which a leader should
possess like, decision
making, problem
solving, creativity,
commitment, etc. these
all qualities are very
important for developing
my leadership skills. In
this context, I will be
able to improve it within
three months time.

trust so that they
could perform
effectively.
able to motivate others. I will
look for situation and problem
which took place in real life and
what all solutions were taken to
solve them. This way I will be
able to understand the problems
which takes place in the team
and this would also help me to
solve them.
I want to be improve
my time management
skills because of
managing my work
during workload.
There are times where
I find difficulty in
completing by
assigned tasks on
given time and as a
result I feel stressed.
Time management is
very important as it
would help me in
completing my task
on time and in getting
spare time for myself
so that I could relax
and reduce by stress.
This would help me
to focus more
efficiently on my job.
I will use different kinds of
time management methods and
tools for allocating my time to
the various activities in the
proper manner. There are many
tools with the help of which I
will be able to improving my
time management skills. Tools
which can be used are
delegation of work, setting up
goals, prioritizing, etc. this tolls
would be helpful in improving
my time management skills.
Support from my manager (in
terms of time). As managers
have to experience in managing
their tasks easily and effectively.
They would be helpful letting
me know the ways through
which they are able to manage
their time easily. In addition to
this I will take help of note book
which would help me in noting
down important tasks with their
dead line. It will be helpful for
me to remember and in
completing the tasks on time. In
addition to this, I will set up
goals, it would be helpful in
developing path through which I
would able to achieve the
desired goal.
I will be able to manage my
time during the workload
and complete the allotted
work within the give time
duration. In order to know
the improvement, I would
keep a note on my diary
which would let me know
the time in which I
completed the task. By this
way I will focus on
improving my task more
early or in completing it
before the time which I
would have taken last time.
In order to improve my
time management skills I
would take 25 days. As I
just need to make up a
diary which would help
me to make me
remember the important
task which I need to
complete.
I want to improve my I will use experience of my Support from my manager (in I will take the correct For improving my

decision making
skills so that I feel
more confident about
my decisions skills
especially in
situations where I
need to negotiate.
There are situation in
which I get confused
in taking appropriate
decision. Whenever,
two or more than two
solution comes, I get
confused to select the
best one which would
help me to solve the
problem. In such
situation lot of time is
consumed and if the
decision gets wrong
then there are times
where it also cost me.
seniors, use different tools and
collect the various information
regarding decision makings
skill during negotiation of the
products. As seniors have vast
experience related to situation
which they face. The tolls
which are required in making
decision are analysing, finding
the core reason, etc. This way I
would be able to solve the
problems easily and quickly. I
would analyse all the situations
or the solutions which come
into my mind and analyse the
outcome from each solution and
then select the best one which
would be helpful in solving the
problem.
terms of time). Managers would
helpful in improving by
decision taking skills. They
would be helpful in letting me
know the way or the steps
which they take in solving
problems and in decision
making.
decisions by purchasing the
goods from the suppliers
and make effective
negotiation. The work I do
would help me know the
efficiency or the
improvement in making
decisions
decision making skills it
will take me about one
month. As I have to lean
who the superiors or
managers take effective
decisions and solve the
problem.
I want to learn the
ways to solve
conflicts and to
resolve the issues
between my team
members. Conflicts
are very common
which takes place in
the team. In this
context, I fail in
understanding the
issue and in solving
For this, I will collect some
case studies which will related
to my learning and join some
courses to understand what are
the reasons of conflicts between
the team members. Relating
case would help me in know the
areas in which I need to focus
on. This would help me to get
and in learning new ides to
resolve problems.
Support from my manager (in
terms of time) and friends
would be helpful as managers
have experience and friends
would help in suggesting me the
ways through which I could
easily solve conflicts.
I will able to resolve the
various conflicts between
me and my team members.
When I will be able to
resolve problems with in no
time, then I will get to
know that I have learned to
solve conflicts easily.
Within two months I will
be able to improve this
skill with the help of
managers and my
friends.

the conflict
effectively.
Learning style: there
are many ways
through which I could
improve by skills.
The best way is by
reading and writing.
This style would help
me in improving my
skills and in learning
quickly.
In order to achieve this, I will
read books which would helpful
in improving my knowledge
and understanding.
I would take support form my
superiors, managers, friends and
internet which would help in
suggesting me books which
would improve my skills and
knowledge.
Through this I will be able
to improve my
communication, problem
solving, confidence, etc.
Learning is a life long
process but in this
context according to the
job which I perform it
would take 3 months to
improve my learning and
understanding skills.
.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Shernoff, D. J., 2013. Optimal learning environments to promote student engagement. New York, NY: Springer.
SpearIt, 2011. Gender Violence in Prison & Hyper-Masculinities in the Hood: Cycles of Destructive Masculinity. Wash. UJL & Pol'y. 37. pp.89.
Kolb's Learning styles and experiential Learning models. 2011. [Online]. Available through:
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