Report on Personal and Professional Development: Skills and Planning

This report delves into the concepts of personal and professional development, emphasizing their crucial role in individual growth and success. It explores the value of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, highlighting the significance of communication, leadership, and teamwork skills. The report examines how a Personal Development Plan contributes to skill enhancement and knowledge acquisition, providing a framework for individuals to navigate their career paths. It also discusses the impact of personal and professional development on an individual's ability to adapt, achieve goals, and contribute to society. The report includes references to academic sources that support the concepts discussed.

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Concept of personal and professional development........................................................................4
The value of short-term goals..........................................................................................................4
The value of medium-term goals.....................................................................................................5
The value of long-term goals...........................................................................................................5
The value of a Personal Development Plan.....................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The personal and professional development is termed as very necessary equipment in the
development of a person. In the context with personal and professional development, it usually
formulate various learning skills with resilience habit which provide perception to think
innovative and provide a path to achieve their goals and objective. The personal and professional
development plan usually create new thinking skill and new pattern of attitude which formulate a
attribute for the future concern. As per this, there are various factors which affect the
development process and operation of an individual which is is associated with number of merits
and demerits. In this report the proper analysis of development which is based on individual
personality and professionalism. This report covers various attributes and knowledge of an
individual which use their specific knowledge and skill in appropriate manner to develop and
create the mode of survival in the society. Accordingly this report have a significant evidence
and values which usually determine the new skill which is accommodated by individual for their
future scopes for individual. The development of professional and personal growth is necessary
which contribute a better habit and their regular basis (Korthagen 2017).

MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development
The concept of personal and professional development is very vast. In this, the concept is
totally based on appropriate development of new skills among with different type of knowledge
which is based on practical and theoretical basis. The knowledge and skill which make a
individual effective and formulate an attribute help the individual for the longer period of time.
There are various learning attributes and approaches which is reliably help a person in their
future (Albrecht and et. al., 2021). The new core of development which is associated with
personal and professional provide various sets of knowledge such as communication skill,
teamwork, leadership and so on. This all approach is very effective in the development of self
confidence nature and provide the positive outcomes in the personal and professional growth.
These development plans help individual to grow their skill and also their knowledge. This type
of approaches is beneficial and the future references. There are various organization which need
a better candidate which is fully developed with their professionalism and personal attributes
which make success towards work or task. This help an organization to achieve their goal and
objective.
The value of short-term goals
Communication skill: This an approach which is usually help an individual to work as short
term goal. This is effective model that help an individual to grow in appropriate manner in
communication. The communication skill help to create proper interaction with number of
people and this influence the trait of individual (Noonan 2019).
Leadership skill: This approach is usually develop in short time but create their effect for the
longer period of time. As per this, they are help in effective manner to develop the skill to
manage the people. This is an trait of person which is responsible for the management of people.
Teamwork skill: This skill is help an individual to effective to manage the workforce and
manage the team in appropriate manner and create the outcome which help as a team leader to
influence their team for their work and motivate them for their task. This is comes under the
short term goal.

The value of medium-term goals
Preparing notes: This is useful and term as medium term goal because they act as the medium
term goal due because they have proper time limit for the task which is prepared and performed.
The preparing of notes is useful during the lecture and this help in examination and this goal
develop personality for work.
Attend regular lecture: This is also act as medium term goal. As per this, they are act as
attending of regular classes fro the limited period of time. This is an approach and this help to
develop the personal and professional development.
Plan a travel: This approach is also useful in order to know as the medium term goal. In this, the
goal is about how to make a trip or plan to travel somewhere. The plan and strategy which is
accompanied is called as medium term goals (Whitney 2017).
The value of long-term goals
Achieve goal: This is also comes under the part of long term where every individual have their
long term goal and objective of life. This is accomplish by working hard and smart. As per this,
during this phase, the person and professional develop is always going on. In context to this, they
provide strength for future (Tantawy 2020).
Be multitasking: A per this current scenario, the individual are now day are multitasking in
nature and they used to perform number of task at same time. As per this, they are doing various
work with single time zone of manner.
Care less for other perception: This is psychological long term goal for the development of
personal and professional.
The value of a Personal Development Plan
The personal and professional development plan provide the strength for those who is
improve their personal and professional development for their future concern. This create quality
of learning and quality of knowledge which help to develop skill and knowledge that is based
upon various circumstance. As per personal example, the communication is used to provide
various tool and process to interact someone for purpose of work in effective way (Osodlo and
et. al., 2020).

CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, this is well analyse that the personal and professional
development is required in order to develop and improve the knowledge and skill. This help
individual to learn effective attribute which is helpful in such a way to formulate short term goal,
medium term and long term goal for the development of personal and professional attitude.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Korthagen, F., 2017. Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: Towards professional
development 3.0. Teachers and teaching, 23(4), pp.387-405.
Noonan, J., 2019. An affinity for learning: Teacher identity and powerful professional
development. Journal of Teacher Education, 70(5), pp.526-537.
Whitney, A., 2017. Developing the teacher-writer in professional development. Writer identity
and the teaching and learning of writing, pp.67-79.
Osodlo and et. al., 2020. The Development of Professional Motivation of the Activity Subject
under Specific Conditions. Journal of Intellectual Disability-Diagnosis and
Treatment, 8(2), pp.196-204.
Tantawy, N., 2020. Investigating teachers’ perceptions of the influence of professional
development on teachers’ performance and career progression. Arab World English
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