Personal and Professional Development: The Role of Goal Setting

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of goal setting and personal development plans. It defines personal and professional development, highlighting how personality development programs aid career decisions and how professional development supports career growth. The essay discusses the values of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing personal examples for each. It further elaborates on the value of a personal development plan in identifying strengths and weaknesses and creating action strategies for improvement. The essay concludes that effective planning, communication skills, and leadership qualities are crucial for achieving personal and professional success, and that continuous review and adaptation are necessary for ongoing growth.

Personality
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Q. Explain the concept of personal as well as professional development?.................................3
Q Description and discussion of the values of short term goals identify minimum three
personal examples.......................................................................................................................4
Q. Description and describe medium term goal values with the help of three personal
examples......................................................................................................................................5
Q.Explain and discuss value of long term goals with three examples?......................................5
Q. Description and discussion of the value of personal development plan?...............................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development is related to the activities which tends to develop capabilities of
individual and also build human capital as well as their potential. It also helps in improving
quality of life. By making development in personality, dreams and aspiration can achieved
easily. It is such type of process that continues life time of the person. The activities which are
perform under it, helps in developing talent as it leads to facilitate employability. To make
development in personality there is need to do planning first on the basis of reflection, values,
awareness, planning etc. with in the context of self employment, education, career. It is a
spiritual, mental, psychological, and social development with the ability to behave maturely in all
different situations that are exist in life. Various classes are start with smart trainers in different
location to serve the purpose of personality development because every one wants to look best ,
communicate well so that they can attract people with their personality. In professional life also
it plays a very significant role as every employer want that their employees must be smart and
have excellent communication skills. As these features helps in achieving the targets in life.
MAIN BODY
Q. Explain the concept of personal as well as professional development?
Personal development: It is the pattern of various features like behaviour, feelings,
thoughts etc. which distinguish person from one another. Personality development program plays
crucial role in taking decisions regarding career of individual. The requirement for identifying &
improving personality of an individual has been observe as vital element by everyone who
aspires for good personality to shape good scope for students in their future. The term personality
development is created by joining two terms first one is personality and other is development.
Word personality includes characteristics & qualities of an individuals. It is related to the way of
of interaction when we comes in contact of other person. Personality is the only thing that makes
us unique and supports to stand apart from group of people. To make development in personality
there is need to do planning first on the basis of reflection, values, awareness, planning etc. with
in the context of self employment, education, career. It is a spiritual, mental, psychological, and
social development with the ability to behave maturely in all different situations that are exist in
life. Various classes are start with smart trainers in different location to serve the purpose of

personality development because every one wants to look best , communicate well so that they
can attract people with their personality.
Professional development: It is the concept of learning that supports to earn and to
maintain credentials which are related to professional for example attending meetings &
conference, academic qualification and degrees related to formal course work. The process is
collaborative and intensive, as it develop ideally in the stage of evaluation. For this training of
candidate is to be continued and it also helps in keeping up to date as per current trend for that
there is requirement to develop advanced new skill. To renew certification, many professional
actually need personality development. As change in personality can be done by taking support
of programmes which are offered by corporates, employers, educational institutions etc. Topic of
professional development are specialized according to profession whether it relates to
healthcare, education, law, hospitality industry, journalism, media, etc. As there are so many
approaches relates to professional development like mentoring, technical assistance,
coaching,consultation, reflective supervision, lesson study. For career growth both skills and
knowledge plays significant role in the place of working. In professional life also it plays a very
significant role as every employer want that their employees must be smart and have excellent
communication skills. As these features helps in achieving the targets in life.
Q Description and discussion of the values of short term goals identify minimum three
personal examples.
Short term Goals: As these are such type of goals which are achieved in short duration of
time. It is such types of objectives which an individual is looking forward regarding in upcoming
near future. Short term goals are set for single day, month , for one week or for 1 year. As these
are those goals which persons wants to fulfil as early as possible. Mostly it it is done to perform
day to day activity. Additionally it is observe that with short term course, procrastination can
easily lower down by us effectively. As if we plan for short terms it become easy to achieve the
objectives in short period of time. Short term goals consume less period of times as it can be
achieve by using various modes or methods. If smart strategies and policies are prepare than it
becomes easy to achieve the targets. In the below mentioned paragraph it can be explain in
details by giving examples of goal that are made for short period of time. as these are as follows.
 Improve communication skills as soon as possible
 Complete almost 80 % course of tax laws

 To wake up at 5 a.m and to go for jogging and practice yoga.
Q. Description and describe medium term goal values with the help of three personal
examples
Medium term goal: As these are those targets that consume few time more as compared to short
term goals. In this objectives can accomplish in nearly two or three years. Such medium goals
are not more time consuming as long term aim. In this time period person can gain noticeable
improvement in their knowledge, performance, skills. Additionally it also underlined that
medium duration objectives facilitate an individual to remain committed effectively with those
objectives which are made for long term. As these also give assurance for development and
growth in their career and personality. Few examples of objectives which are set for mid terms
are explain in below points.
 Doing payment of education loan
 Completing the degree of Company Secretary
 Doing preparation and taking a degree in law.
Q.Explain and discuss value of long term goals with three examples?
Long term goals are the plans which is fulfil after spending long time like five years or
more. It involves time consuming activity. As these are important in life to give security in
future. As these goals provides benefits but after expiry of long period of time. After deep study
and analysis people plan for long term goals. To reach towards long term goal various small
steps are also taken during process. Few personal examples that are based on long term goals are:
 To gain recognition in law field
 Open an own office and perform practice of secretarial work.
 Make investment in real estate sectors
Q. Description and discussion of the value of personal development plan?
Professional development plan is a process by using this an individual can create action
strategy to analyse and observe weakness, opportunities, self strength and weakness. The
respective plan supports to overcome with these weakness in systematic and effective manner. In
this way it assures growth in personality and in their professional career also. After analysis it is
observe that an individual can capable to achieve short, medium and long term goals easily with

productivity and effective if people have good skill of communication, leadership, management
and have effective personality. Thus on the basis of discussion that were mentioned above it is
notice that planning relates to personality development aid people to do evaluation of their own
weakness and faults in effective and in appropriate well define manner. It is also necessary to
take initiative stems and formulate policies in such a manner so that to overcome weakness, this
results as development & growth in future. Personal as well as professional development plan
helps to overcome with weakness in particular period of time. The plan is prepare in smart
manner to achieve the goals.
Personal STRENGTH and WEAKNESS Analysis
In identifying areas to work on , it is very necessary to recognise your strong points
where we have good skills only or having expertise in some particular things. As these strength
helps in eliminating criticism and complex behaviour. It also helps in identifying where you
might be able to draw on previous experience to create and develop new skills. Sometimes long
list is recommended by experts that you are good at and much shorter list of any four or five
areas for development which supports you to be positive every time.
It may be difficult for people to give you feedback about strength and weakness, face to
face, especially at short notice. It may feel that they are over praising you and people don't like to
do either of those things.
Identifying the level of problems and need for change.
Once you have identified the broad area of weakness and challenges you want to work on
, it can be helpful to dig a bit deeper. There are so many levels in which problems can be
expressed and these will need to be addressed in different ways.
The key is to address the problems at the level at which you have framed it: If you have
framed it as being about their identity, it is no good good trying to address it by going some
where quiet to help you concentrate. Instead you need to think about why you have those views
about people like you and try to unpack that a little.
It is important to remember that you cannot do every thing at once. So it is necessary to
identify the area where it is need to do improvement.
Remember that as you grow & development the list of strength and weakness will
change. So first you must become better at some thing but secondly identification of other areas

can be done . So it is important to keep your personal and professional development under the
review to ensure that you must focus on those areas which is most important.
Plan
Skills Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of action Time period
Time utilisation
and management
skills
6.5 12 Benefit of regular
guidance by
experienced
seniors and
support and
corporation of
peers tends to
raise current
capabilities and
level of expertise.
29 days
Oral
communication
5.8 13 Take the help of
online classes
based on
communication
lectures daily
25 days
Writing skills 8 16 Reads more and
more and try to
express their view
by regularly
writing a page.
24 days
Team Working 8.9 18 Plays a role in
team with the
help of proper
28 days

guidance of
captains as well
as from team
leaders and also
take follow ups
and feedbacks
regarding their
performance.
CONCLUSION
After deep analysis it is conclude that person and professional development plays a very
crucial role in achieving the goals in their life. As the success of person depends on it. To serve
the purpose it is very necessary to set short term goals, medium term objectives and at last long
term goals. For this we have to do proper planning so that the aim can be achieved on time.
Personality Development planning effectiveness is also depend on tools which are use. Having

excellent skills in communication is important for career development and growth. There is
requirement to pay deep interest on record evidence, thoughts, achievement of activities and
there is need to do conversation time to time with mentors along with action plan. Encouraging
members of team to achieve goals of individuals and also attain potential which can assist and
became a good leader. Involving each and every individual person in planning team goals for
future make the feeling that he/ she is member of valued group and assist in getting them excited
for the project which are upcoming.

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