Personal and Professional Development: Goal Setting and Planning

This report examines the concepts of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of goal setting and planning for individual growth. It defines both personal and professional development, highlighting how they contribute to skill enhancement and career advancement. The report delves into the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing examples of each and discussing their role in achieving overall objectives. It also explores the significance of a personal development plan, outlining its benefits in terms of self-improvement, identifying weaknesses, and efficient utilization of strengths. The report emphasizes the importance of planning, monitoring, integrity, respect, leadership, responsibility, determination, and courage in achieving both short and long-term goals. It concludes by summarizing the key takeaways and reinforcing the value of a personal development plan in fostering individual growth and success.

Personal Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Define the concept of personal and professional development...................................................3
Describe and discuss the value of short-term goals with examples............................................3
Describe and discuss the value of medium-term with examples................................................4
Describe and discuss the value of long-term goals with examples.............................................5
Describe and discuss the value of personal development plan with examples by using your
identified goals............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is the process of assessing the skills and qualities of an individual
with the consideration of their aims and goals and professional development refers to the training
and development of an individual with the help of eduction and certificate(Geraci and Thigpen,
2017). An individual is required specific skills for the specific task or may need some additional
skills for future actions. This report will cover the concept of personal and professional
development and also analyse the values of short-term, medium-term and long term goals.
Furthermore, It will analyse the value of personal development plan by using identified goals.
MAIN BODY
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
Personal development is the process of enhancing the skills and qualities of an individual
so that they can work with a right approach. An individual can get the high career opportunities
by having good command on their skills and capabilities. It will make unique personality of an
individual in the society. Professional development is the process of putting the person in
learning and eduction with the help of various certification in a specific field. Each job require
different skills and may be need some specific skills in future. These personal and professional
development will help in overall enhancement of an individual that will help in achieving their
goals and achieve more success.
Describe and discuss the value of short-term goals with examples.
A short term goals is some thing that an individual wants to achieve in the near future. It
means today or may be this year. These are the gaols which an individual want to achieve soon
so that it will give the pathway to complete the particular task(Cetin and et. al., 2018). It is the
aspect which take me to the long term goal. It will me in managing my time in various task and
accomplishment of task will be done in an appropriate manner. It seems small and can be easily
achieve but it is take dedication and determination in accomplishment of short-term goals. I have
planed a short-term goals that give me the direction of accomplishing of long-term goals. There
are various factors which explain the values of short-term goals:
 Achievable- These are the goals which can be easily achieve, if the individual give their
best in doing a specific task so that they will list out all the activities and do it according
on measuring their time limit to complete the specific task.

 Measurable- It is aspect which explain the reachability for an action or accomplishment.
Short-term goals can be measured with the help of analysing their progress that at what
graph, I am able to achieve that specific goal.
 Maintain efficiency- It is the initial stage in which an individual will start their work with
the consideration of achieving it so it will retain the efficiency of mine and I will work
properly and achieve in an appropriate manner.
 Well planned and structure- Short term goals are well planned as an individual will make
a proper plan with the consideration of achieving their goal. It will help in maintaining
the authenticity of the work and individual will do with the right approach.
My short-term goals are describe below:
 To understand the better concept of management that will give me the direction of
managing things.
 To find a teacher who can taught me kathak form of dance.
 To get up early in the morning at 5 am.
Describe and discuss the value of medium-term with examples.
A medium term goal that takes next 2 weeks, a month or perhaps 6 months. It can be
achieve by giving some dedication and extra effort. It is important to make a proper work plan
for achieving the medium term goal and also help in personal development of an individual. It is
the basic steps of achieving long term plan. There are various factors which explain the
importance of medium term goals as as follows:
 Effective planing- Planning is the process of thinking before hand, it includes making of
different strategies for the future action of plan and introduction of new idea so that goal
can be achieve in a effective manner. All the further process is depend on planning so it is
important to do the effective plan for achieving the medium term goals.
 Efficient monitoring- It is the process of evaluating the various business activities in
order to achieve the task in an appropriate manner. It is the process of analysing the
various business activities and then complete in an appropriate manner. This will help me
for future course of action.
 Preparation for long term- When the individual has successfully achieve the medium term
goals. It will help in making the further plan for achieving long-term goals. I will make
the list of task-to-do and analyse the various aspect that hurdle in achieving the desired

goals. I will analyse all the variables and then implement in my process for completing
an task.
My medium-term goals are given below:
 To acquired a good knowledge so that It will help doing experiment.
 To be a good manager so that I will distribute the responsibility that help me in achieving
the desired goal.
 To develop the communication skills so that I can give the direction in an appropriate
manner that will help in giving the clear instruction for an specific task.
Describe and discuss the value of long-term goals with examples.
Long Term Goals
Long term goal consider as a accomplishment that can take more time , efforts, and also
proper planning. There are many goals which I can consider long term goal for me such as higher
education, social status, entrepreneurship and good health. I can set appropriate goal which I
need to accomplish at least 3 to 5 year. In this time. To obtain the long term goal there is need to
follow some values which can help to make possible all the goals. The description of these
values are given below- Integrity – To obtain a specific goal for the loge time period need more integrity and
concerned. This is consider the most important value for long term goal that mainly help
to keep some patience so that I can easily stick with my long term goal. Respect - This is also a effective value to set the goal for the longer period of time. I
need to show some respect that will help me to give importance to my goal so that I will
feel more motivated and inspired. Leadership- To accomplish a long term goal, it is very necessary to have good
leadership quality. With the help of this leadership I can easily balance all aspects related
to my long term goal. Through good leadership quality I will remove all the roadblocks
which affect my decision about the goal. Responsibility – This is also a effective core value to achieve the long term goal. I need
to take responsibility by my own so that I can easily follow all the rules and regulations
which are necessary to obtain the long term goal because to obtain the long term goal is a
big achievement so it is necessary to feel responsible toward my goals.

 Determination – Full determination is required for any types of goal whether it can short
term or long term. Without determination it is impossible to achieve long term goal. I
need to be very deterministic about my goal so that I can make my goal happen within
specific time deadline.
 Courage – This is also comes under the core value to achieve the long term goal. I
should be very courageous so that the dream to accomplish the goal will come true.
My Long Term Goal
There are some goal which I am considering as my long term goal which are discussed
below- Higher Education - I have a plan to take high education because I am very much
intersected in education. I will take higher education in hospitality industry and open a
big restaurant which will serve health food for the people. So this is comes under my long
term goal. To take good education will help me to provide proper knowledge about the
hotel sector.
 Become a Motivational Leader - I want to become a effective motivational leader so that
I can motivate myself and also my family members and friends. I consider it as my long
term goal and I will try to fulfil this goal and I will give my best efforts to accomplish
this goal.
Describe and discuss the value of personal development plan with examples by using your
identified goals.
Personal development plan is the process of creation values, goals, objective and
planning for personal development with the consideration of eduction, relationship, career or self
improvement (Baitsch, 2016). It help the individual to make a future plan in order to complete
the specific task. This makes individual independent and realistic in terms of achieving desired
goal. There are various means in which develop the skills and knowledge of an individual for
heir future growth. I will able to formulate my strategies that will help me in conducting right
approach for completing of particular task. Values of personal development are as follows:
 Self improvement- Personality development plan will help me in identifying my area in
which I need improvement and correct such aspects of mine which can leads to easily
achievable of goals. It is the improvement of one's knowledge, character that influence

other and status. This is the process of conducting the things in the right approach so that
each task can be achieved easily.
 Analysing weakness and overcoming- With the help of personality development plan,
this will help me in analysing the weakness and take corrective action in order to rectify
them, So that I will able to overcome from my weakness and this will leads to
development of mine.
 Efficient use of strength- When an individual is making personality development plan it
will help me in identifying the areas where I can give my best and in which task, I have
related skills in order to perform a task in an appropriate manner.
 Realistic- When the individual is working on personal development , It will help the
individual to complete their task in such a manner that they analyse each aspect in a
practical thinking.
In context of achieving short-term, medium goal and long term goal, personal
development plan will me in identifying my goals and their respective actions and their desired
result. I will learning various things that will make me efficient in order to perform any task that
will leads to achieving a specific goal.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that personality development plan is an important
tool that will help the individual to complete a particular task in an appropriate manner. It will
help me in achieving the desired goal and influence me to improve myself for my career. This
report have explained the importance of short-term goal and long term goal and also make me
understand how to achieve these goals.

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