Crafting a Personal Development Plan: Skills, Goals, and Evaluation

This document presents a personal development plan that includes self-assessment, goal setting, and evaluation. The plan begins with an overview of personal strengths, areas for development, opportunities, and potential challenges. It then outlines short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, focusing on improving decision-making, problem-solving, and analytical skills. The plan details the actions needed to achieve these goals, the resources available, and the metrics for success. Furthermore, it reflects on obstacles encountered during the plan's implementation and the strategies used to overcome them, providing insights into personal growth and learning. The plan also contains references to support claims made about personal development.

Personal
Development Plan

Table of Contents
STAGE 1: ABOUT ME..............................................................................................................................3
My Strengths....................................................................................................................................3
Areas I need to develop....................................................................................................................3
Opportunities I have.........................................................................................................................3
Challenges I might face.....................................................................................................................3
STAGE 2 – MY GOALS.............................................................................................................................3
What do I want to learn?..................................................................................................................3
What do I have to do?......................................................................................................................3
Who and what can help me?............................................................................................................4
How will I know if I am successful.....................................................................................................4
Target date.......................................................................................................................................4
STAGE 3 – My personal goals.................................................................................................................4
Short term........................................................................................................................................4
Medium term...................................................................................................................................4
Longer term......................................................................................................................................4
STAGE 4: Evaluation...............................................................................................................................4
Obstacles I encountered...................................................................................................................4
How I overcame these......................................................................................................................4
What I learnt about myself...............................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................6

STAGE 1: ABOUT ME
My Strengths
I have developed several strengths during my business academics, I learnt the skill of management
which is helpful for me in my academic as well as professional life. This skill helped in managing my
time and further this skill will be helpful in managing my work and the team in which I work
(Bukharina, 2018). Through out my academic life my major skills was creativity and leadership
qualities which helped me in giving my best. Leadership is one of the most essential skill for a
business student as it is helpful for us in our in professional life. Creativity is another aspect that is
my strength which I will use in my work so that I can deliver the best piece of work in the
organisation.
Areas I need to develop
There are several areas in which I lack and I need to develop in order to become an excellent
student and employee. The analytical and decision making skills are the areas in which I lack and I
am required to develop and enhance these areas so that I can be effective at my work. Further I am
using several techniques and real life situations so that I can master these areas.
Opportunities I have
If I am able to develop the above skills and maintain my current set of skills then I have good
opportunity in the managerial area and I can secure a good job at a reputed company in the country.
I just need to develop the areas in which I lack and further grab these opportunities so that I can
make most out of it.
Challenges I might face
The challenges that I may face in future is regarding the analytical skills that I lack in . Further
these skills are important for securing a managerial job and if I lack at it I may face challenge in
securing a good job (Haqaf and Koyuncu, 2018). Further the decision making skills are also
important in the job as there are several crucial times when the whole situation is based on effective
decision making.
STAGE 2 – MY GOALS
What do I want to learn?
I want to learn the ways in which I can improve the decision making, problem solving and analytical
skills. I further need to learn the ways in which I can crack the job interviews so that I can secure a
job at a good organisation.
What do I have to do?
I need to work on the case studies so that I can learn how to solve the real life problems that
the managers and the employees face while working in an organisation.

Who and what can help me?
Tutor can help me by making me understand the different case studies in which the
approach of decision making and problem solving is used along with the analytical skills.
How will I know if I am successful
If I am able to secure a good position job in a reputed firm then I will know that I have learnt
the skills and I am successful in implementing the personal development plan.
Target date
1 April 2022
STAGE 3 – My personal goals
Short term
I am looking for establishing a time table in my day to day life so that I can well manage all
the activities that I am required to do in my life. Establishing a time table in life will also bring a sense
of discipline (Shay,2019).
Medium term
The medium term goal is to secure a good percentage in the semester exam so that it can be
helpful for me in my career.
Longer term
I aim to have a good financial stability by the time I am 30 years old. This goal can only be
fulfilled if I am able to secure a good job.
STAGE 4: Evaluation
Obstacles I encountered
In the whole process I encountered several challenges and obstacles such as dedicating my
time to learn the required skills (Rimmer, 2018). I was required to focus on the skills development
along with my studies which was a little bit difficult for me. Though the case studies gave me a real
context but still I was getting my command over the theoretical knowledge instead of dealing with
the real life situation.
How I overcame these
I overcame the challenges and obstacles by using my time management skills where I
prepared a time table so that I can well manage my studies along with learning the required skills.
What I learnt about myself
I learnt that I can deal with challenges and I have good grasp over learning new skills. I am
quick learner which can be beneficial for me as I can easily learn the areas in which I am required to
work and fulfil my roles.

References
Bukharina, A.Y., 2018. Personal development plan (PDP) in practice and technology of
introducing mentoring in organizations. Social Psychology and Society, 9(1), pp.162-176.
Haqaf, H. and Koyuncu, M., 2018. Understanding key skills for information security
managers. International Journal of Information Management, 43, pp.165-172.
Rimmer, A., 2018. How do I prepare a personal development plan?. Bmj, 363.
Shay, A., 2019. Plan development, recommendations, and report writing. In Assistive
Technology Service Delivery (pp. 117-125). Academic Press.