Professional Growth: A Personal Development Learning Portfolio

This personal development portfolio outlines the competencies and skills required for career growth, emphasizing the importance of acquiring new skills to contribute effectively to an organization's performance. It includes a self-reflection on personal learning and development, identifying transferable professional and academic skills developed through a module, and highlighting skills to be developed further in academic studies, personal life, and the workplace. The portfolio features a personal development learning log documenting experiences and lessons learned, an action plan with specific goals and strategies for improvement, and a CV summarizing qualifications and experience. Key areas for development include time management, communication, and research skills, with a focus on utilizing online resources and workshops to enhance these competencies and achieve career objectives.

Personal Development
Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the transferable skills...................1
1.1Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and development......1
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this module
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1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the workplace
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2.0 Personal development learning log............................................................................................3
3.0 Action plan.................................................................................................................................6
4.0 CV..............................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal development basically involves the competencies and skills which are required for
the purpose to achieve growth in the market place. In order to make successfully career it is
very important to acquire and learn new skills that helps in contributing towards the
organisation’s performance in a effective and efficient way. In this context, a personal
development plan is prepared in a way which helps in ensuring future growth. The present
study involves opportunities and growth for the personal career development. It also
involves the professional skills and academic skills in order to achieve growth in the field of
management. Furthermore, it involves the various measures and personal development skills
which help in order to implement change in future scenario. In addition to that, it include
various through which i transfer my skills in the workplace.
MAIN BODY
1.0 Self-reflection on the transferable skills and personal learning and
development.
1.1 Recognition and expression on my approach to development and personal learning.
The personal learning and development involves the process of self-improvement that helps
in building up skills, awareness and knowledge as well as the overall sense of identity.
Personal development helps in developing competencies and skills for persuading growth in
the current job market area. For me to make a successful career, it is very important to learn
new skills that can help in contributing towards enhancing my performance. When it comes
to personal development, it is a lifelong process and it involves the qualities and skills in
order to achieve a certain objective or goal in order to maximise their potential. With the
help of personal development and learning it becomes easy to motivate and improve and
also helps in getting a clear idea of the vision and career growth (Little and Balsari‐Palsule,
2020).
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this module
Professional Skills: It basically involves those skills that help an individual to grow in a
particular job or career. It involves the competencies and habits that majorly affect the
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overall performance of an individual. Through proper professional skills it helps in making a
person more capable to grab more and more opportunities in the workplace( Hannover and
Zander, 2019). For me the professional skills are something which i have already developed
through attending this module. As the professional skills all together involves the time
management, communication and presentation and also help in making my own unique
individual identity in the organisation. Through these skills i can easily compete with the my
peers and also help me in performance appraisal. Through professional skills i will be able to
enhance my overall competencies as a professional (Chan, 2020).
Academic skills: These involves the skills that helped me to become a good student. These
academic skills basically involved the learning, project making, time management,
assignment, preparation etc. In order to attain a better grade, academic skills plays a very
important role. In order to score well in assignments and exams, it is very important to have
the necessary academic skills.
Through academic skills, it helped me in gaining learning opportunities that further helped
in doing well in my assignments and completing my course with good grades. With
academic skills i was able to become a good learner that helped in preparing well structured
assignments and systematic report. These academic skills helped in boosting my confidence
and also in getting prepare for my future career in an efficient manner. Through delivery of
presentations it will help me in dealing with the stage fear and creation of more and more
opportunities for future growth (Spaten, 2018).
1.3 Skills i need to develop during my workplace, my academic studies and the personal life.
I realised that I was lacking in various skills such as management, research, communication
etc. Here, in order to improve my skills various approach have be looked by me to get better
in the area I am deficient. Now, I have changes my approach through combination few
online sessions rather than real time learning. It also guides me in put away time of rootless.
Here, I can also give attention to my academics and while functioning on improving other
essential skill. In addition, it has been understand that I am extra liable in the direction of the
visuals. Hence, I consider to learn videos, graphics and visuals rather acquirement from
premise. It will save my overall efforts and time and will help me to better recognize the
idea in a better manner.(Numonjonov, 2020).
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Time management : Time management skill is something i would like to build up during
my workplace, personal life and academic studies. (Olwig,2018). Through developing time
management skills i would easily able to prepare a suitable schedule that will help me to
complete my assignments on time in a effective and efficient manner. In addition to that
instance organization skill will also assist me to create a positive impact on my peers and
seniors at place of work. In order to develop these skill i will obtain online sessions and will
also join work shops related to time management which will involve guidance and
suggestions from well known people.
Communication skills : It involves the ability to communicate with other people in a
effective and efficient manner. These skills will help me to have a better interaction with
seniors, peers and other people. These skills will help in putting up a positive influence on
other through remarkable communication skills( Tawfik, 2019). In order to develop
communication skills, i will take the help of workshops and online sessions. In order to
communicate effectively, i will take the help of relevant content and videos which are
available on the online platforms.
Research skills: These skills will help me during preparation of my projects. Through
developing research skills, i will be able to prepare my assignments and well researched
projects in order to grow in my academics. In addition to that, in order to improve my
research skills i will obtain required reference from articles, journal and more. Furthermore,
i will connect online course where i will work upon my research skills (Manstetten, 2018).
2.0 Personal development learning log
Date of event What was the
development
activity?
What was I
expecting to
learn?
What have I
learned?
How will I
apply this
learning?
Communication
skills
With
communication
skills, i
determination be
able to
In order to build
up
communication
skills i will take
the help of
On the basis of
evaluating my
performance, it
could be
determined that
Through
learning
communication
skill i can use
and apply these
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communicate in
a effective and
efficient manner
with the other
person. The
communication
skills will helps
me to become a
quick learner
and and also will
help in creating
a positive impact
on the peer and
superiors in the
organisation.
workshops and
online sessions
and in addition
to that will take
the help of
relevant online
content and
videos.
i learned various
methods and
techniques in
order to make
my
communication
skills efficient
and effective. In
addition to that
accepting
feedback and
reviews from
other
individuals will
help me in order
to achieve my
objectives in an
organisation.
skills in my
future job roles
that will help in
creating a
positive impact
on my superiors
and peers and
will help in
creating a good
communication
process across
the organisation.
Research Skills These skills will
help me during
preparation of
the projects
through
developing
research skills i
can easily
prepare my
assignments and
also can grow in
academics.
In order to
improve my
research skils, i
will take
required
references from
the articles,
journals and
more and also
will take teh
help of online
classes.
Here, i will
measure and
evaluate the
performance
based on my
assignments and
reports. In
addition to that
taking proper
feedback from
my teachers and
tutors will help
in improving my
Through
efficient and
effective
learning skills, i
would be able to
conduct my
operations and
working in an
organisation in a
effective and
efficient manner
and can apply
these reaserch
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performance. skills in my job
roles.
Time management Time
management
skill is
something i
would like to
develop during
my personal life,
academic studies
and workplace.
Through
developing time
management
skills i would
easily able to
prepare a
suitable
schedule that
will help me to
complete my
assignments on
time in a
effective and
efficient manner.
In addition
to that time
management
skills will
also help me
to create a
positive
influence on
my peers
and seniors
at
workplace.
In order to
develop
these skills i
will take
online
sessions and
will also
join
workshops
related to
time
management
which will
involve
guidance
and
suggestions
Through time
management i
could easy
organise my
daily working
schedules and
could
effectively work
on them in a
efficient and
effective manner
for achieving
growth in the
organisation and
perform my
tasks in a
effective and
efficient
manner.
Time
management
skills will help
me in achieving
my objectives in
a timely
manner. I can
apply these
learning during
my tasks in my
job profile.
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from well
known
people.
3.0 Action plan
What do I want
to learn?
What
resources
and support i
need?
What do I have
to do?
How will I
calculate
accomplishment?
Target day for
review?
Time management
skills
These skill is a
little i would
similar to to
build up in the
process of my
personal life,
workplace and
academicskills.
With
development of
time
management
skills i can
easily able to get
ready for a
schedule that
will guide me
These skills
will also guide
me to make a
positive
impact on my
peers and
seniors at
workplace. In
order to
enhance these
skills i will
join
workshops
related to time
management
that basically
will involve
Time involved in
order to complete a
task is the final
measure of
judgement of my
time management
skills. It will also
measure my
presentation based
on the moment in
time take by me in
order to complete a
assigned tasks.
I have resolute
the period of 9
months for
developing these
skills during my
learning.
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to complete my
homework on
time in a timely
manner.
guidance and
suggestions
from well
known people.
Communication
skills
These skills will
help me to
interact with
other superiors
and peers in a
effective and
efficient manner
that will
eventually help
me to turn out to
be a quick
learner and help
in better
interaction with
other and also
will help in
creating a
positive impact
on other people.
For developing
communication
skill i could take
the help of online
classes and online
videos and content
available on
internet.
I will calculate my
performance based
on my competencies
of communicating
with others.
Furthermore, taking
reaction and review
from other person
will help me in
getting better my
respective skills.
I have strong-
minded that a
period of 6
months will be
required to
increase my
communication
skills.
4.0 CV
Career Objectives
In order to make my career better in the field of marketing, there are various opportunities
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and growth aspects i am looking for.
Scholarly testimonials
Qualifications 60% Score in graduation
Graduate in marketing
Experience:
 A year experience in marketing manager
 2 years experience as executive manager.
Area of expertise:
 Interactive Skills
 Skills of marketing software
 Effective skills of presentation
 Strong communication skills
CONCLUSION
From the above report it had been determined that development of an individual is critical
to enhance the competencies for career enhancement. I realise that step up in academic and
professional skills will guide me in acquisition of better growth opportunity in future period
of time. Furthermore, I change the move towards personal learning by shifting on virtual and
visual education. I also used my competencies for betterment of the society.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chan, T. N., 2020. Design and Development of a Personal Task Management App.
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Hannover, B. and Zander, L., 2019. How personal and social selves influence the development of
children and adolescents at school. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie.
Little, B. and Balsari‐Palsule, S., 2020. Personal projects. The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality
and Individual Differences: Models and Theories. pp.305-310.
Manstetten, R., 2018. Sustainability, culture and personal virtues. In Personal Sustainability (pp.
18-32). Routledge.
Numonjonov, S. D., 2020. Innovative methods of professional training. ISJ Theoretical &
Applied Science, 1(81). pp.747-750.
Olwig, K. R., 2018. In search of the Nordic landscape: a personal view. In Voices from the
North (pp. 211-232). Routledge.
Spaten, O. M., 2018. Personal and life-coaching psychology. In Handbook of Coaching
Psychology (pp. 347-357). Routledge.
Tawfik, D. S., 2019. A Personal Reflection on the Chemistry‐Biology Interface. Israel Journal of
Chemistry, 59(1-2). pp.23-28.
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