Personal and Professional Development Plan: Goals and Strategies

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, emphasizing the creation and implementation of a personal development plan (PDP). It begins by defining the core concepts of professional and personal growth, highlighting the benefits of continuous development and skill enhancement. The essay then guides the reader through the process of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing personal examples for each. A detailed PDP is presented, outlining specific goals related to communication, research, and computer skills, as well as career aspirations. The assignment also includes an analysis of sources, evaluating their author, purpose, relevance, and reliability. The conclusion reiterates the importance of the PDP as a tool for measuring progress and achieving desired outcomes in both personal and professional life. The essay is supported by a list of cited references.

ESSAY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Concept of professional and personal development...............................................................3
Value of short-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.......................................4
Value of medium-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples..................................4
Value of long-term goals by identifying at least 3 personal examples...................................4
Personal development plan.....................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
Author, Purpose, Relevance and Reliability...........................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
This report is based on importance of personal and professional development by
formulating personal development plan. Personal development plan is explained as plan
proposed by individual which is based on setting of goals, reflection and planning to achieve
those goals. Personal and professional development is helps individual in preparing for
employability opportunities in current scenario. Personal development plan is one of effective
tool for enhancing skills and personality as it help in setting the path to achieve those skills and
knowledge. Personal development plan also helps in preparing time period to achieve proposed
goals.
TASK 1
Concept of professional and personal development
Personal and professional development is explained as process of developing skills and
knowledge for development of own and to achieve growth in organisation. Professional
development helps in engaging with employability opportunities in current scenario and
individual focuses on developing skills and knowledge which can help in achieving goals and
objectives set for professional growth and personal growth. There are various positive factors of
personal and professional development which are mentioned below:
 Continuous process
 Help in enhancing job performance
 Help in getting recognition in organisation
Professional and personal development is possible by proposing personal development plan
which can be used by individual. Personal and professional development is considered as
continuous process as it help in focuses on enhancing skills such as communication, research,
analytical skills etc. Personal and professional development have very wide scope as individual
understand the need of skill and knowledge which needed to be enhanced and developed by
individual (Coombe, 2020).
Value of short-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Short term goals are explained as the goals which is proposed by the individual in order
to achieve those goals in near future. Short-term goals should be achieved within 1 month to 3
months. It helps individual in achieving goals and objectives within proposed timeline.

There are short-term goals which are proposed by me and which I am looking to achieve in near
future which are mentioned below:
 My short-term goal is to enhance my communication skills.
 My another short-term goal is to improve my research skills.
 My short-term goal is to improve my computer skills.
Value of medium-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Medium-term goals are explained as goals which takes more time in comparison to short-
term goals. Medium-term goals time duration is between 3 to 6 months. I have mentioned my
medium-term goals below;
 My medium-term goal is to get job in an organisation.
 My medium-term goal is to improve my analytical skills.
 My medium-term goal is to improve my learnings.
Value of long-term goals by identifying at least 3 personal examples
Long-term goals take more time than short-term and medium-term goals. I have
mentioned below my long-term goals:
 My long-term goal is to achieve reputed position in an organisation.
 My long-term goals is to develop my leadership skills.
 My long-term goal is to develop my decision-making skills.
Personal development plan
Personal development plan is explained as process in which individual focuses on
developing skills which are mentioned in this plan. This plan is based on the reflection of the
individual and focuses on achieving goals and objectives by including short-term, medium-term
and long-term goals in it (Fodorová, 2017). This plan help in measuring progress of individual in
achieving its goals and objectives. Personal development plan help in enhancing performance of
individual and help in determining future outcomes.
Goals Type of goal Time duration How to achieve
Communication skills Short-term goal 3 months I can improve my
communication skills
by reading newspaper
and improving my

vocabulary. I can
improve my
communication skill
by communicating
with my friends and
Research skills Short-term goal 2 months I can improve my
research skills my
doing research on
particular topic and
discussion.
Computer skills Short-term goal 2 months I can improve my
computer skills by
taking computer
classes.
Get job in organisation Medium-term goal 7 months I can get a good job by
developing appropriate
skills and knowledge
for employability
(Kivimäki and
Meriluoto, 2018).
Analytical skills Medium-term goal 7 months I can improve my
analytical skills by
analysing facts and
figures.
Learning skills Medium-term goal 9 months I can improve my
learning skills by
developing my
memorizing skills.
Reputed position in Long-term goal 60 months I can achieve reputed

organisation position in
organisation by
contributing in
organisation growth.
Leadership skills Long-term goal 12 months I can develop my
leadership skills by
leading group
members effectively to
achieve organisation
goals (Özer, Can and
Duran, 2020.
Decision-making skills Long-term goal 15 months Decision-making skills
of mine can be
improved by making
effective decision for
growth of
organisation.
TASK 2
Author, Purpose, Relevance and Reliability
 Author – Author is explained as the one who gives vivid description about the topic.
 Purpose – It is explained as nature of knowledge which is provide by topic.
 Relevance – Explained as knowledge which is related to topic.
 Reliability – Relevance of topic in context of knowledge (Shaheen and Hameed, 2020).
TASK 3
Sources Author Purpose Relevance Reliability
Shaheen, S. and Shaheen, S. and Help in proposing Relevant for Help in boosting

Hameed, M.,
2020. Personal
Development
Plan (PDP).
World Family
Medicine.
Hameed, M. personal
development plan
students. performance.
Kivimäki, V. and
Meriluoto, S.,
2018. Holistic
perspective to
individual study
plan: Personal
Development
Project Plan.
Transforming our
world through
design, diversity
and education,
pp.514-526.
Kivimaki, V. and
Meriluoto, S.
Help in
understanding
study on PDP.
Relevant for
organisation.
Help in gaining
knowledge about
PDP.
Özer, B., Can, T.
and Duran, V.,
2020.
Development of
an Individual
Professional
Development
Plan Proposal
That Is Based on
Continuing
Professional
Ozer, B., Can, T.
and Duran, V.
Help in
understanding
importance of
PDP for
individual.
Relevant for
individual.
Help in
maximizing by
using PDP.

Development
Needs of
Teachers.
European
Educational
Researcher.3(3).
pp.139-172.
CONCLUSION
This report help in understanding importance of personal and professional development.
This report also focuses on implementation of personal development plan in achieving desired
goals and objectives. Personal development plan is considered as tool to measure progress in
achieving desired goals and objectives.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Coombe, C., 2020. Developing a personal and professional strategic plan. In Professionalizing
Your English Language Teaching (pp. 115-127). Springer, Cham.
Fodorová, K., 2017. Fulfillment of the professional development plan of pre-primary school
teachers. Konteksty Pedagogiczne. 1(8).
Kivimäki, V. and Meriluoto, S., 2018. Holistic perspective to individual study plan: Personal
Development Project Plan. Transforming our world through design, diversity and
education, pp.514-526
Özer, B., Can, T. and Duran, V., 2020. Development of an Individual Professional Development
Plan Proposal That Is Based on Continuing Professional Development Needs of
Teachers. European Educational Researcher.3(3). pp.139-172.
Shaheen, S. and Hameed, M., 2020. Personal Development Plan (PDP). World Family Medicine.