Professional Development Plan Report - Career Development Planning

This report presents a comprehensive professional development plan, beginning with an executive summary and table of contents. It delves into self-awareness, examining personality traits using the Big 5 model, values, motivators, emotional intelligence, leadership abilities, and the dynamics of power and politics. The report then transitions to opportunity awareness, focusing on career aspirations and the analysis of industry sectors and locations. The core of the plan addresses decision-making processes and strategic planning, followed by the establishment of specific career goals, including career satisfaction, status, learning, spiritual growth, and material rewards. The report aims to provide a structured approach to career development, aligning personal strengths with professional opportunities for future growth and success. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and insights gained throughout the planning process.

Professional Development Plan
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Executive Summary
The career development plan is one of the most effective values within the field. This can be
effectively understood with the help of SODI model that is self-awareness then opportunity
awareness then decision-making and planning as well as the goals that are associated with the
career development. In this, all the parts are highly effective for dealing with the situation and
providing some of the valuable aspects of the career development process within the field.
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Table of Contents
Section 1 – Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
Section 2 – Self Awareness.........................................................................................................................3
2.1 – Personality......................................................................................................................................3
2.2 – Values and Motivators....................................................................................................................3
2.3 – Emotional Intelligence....................................................................................................................4
2.4 – Leadership......................................................................................................................................5
2.5 – Power and Politics..........................................................................................................................5
Section 3 – Opportunity Awareness............................................................................................................6
3.1 – My Career.......................................................................................................................................6
3.2 – Industry sector and Location...........................................................................................................6
Section 4 – Decision making and planning..................................................................................................7
Section 5 – Goals.........................................................................................................................................8
5.1 – Career Satisfaction..........................................................................................................................8
5.2 – Status and Respect..........................................................................................................................8
5.3 – Learning and education...................................................................................................................8
5.4 – Spiritual growth and religion..........................................................................................................9
5.5 – Material rewards and possessions...................................................................................................9
Section 6 – Conclusion................................................................................................................................9
Reference List...........................................................................................................................................10
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Section 1 – Introduction
The purpose of the paper is to discuss effectively regarding the career development plan for
future growth. The paper will discuss regarding the self-awareness with the facts of personality
than the value and motivators along with the leadership, power and politics and even emotional
intelligence among the individuals within the workplace. Furthermore, there will be a discussion
on the opportunity awareness along with the decision making and planning that took part within
the process of career development. Setting the career goal is also an essential part which will be
further discussed within the paper.
Section 2 – Self Awareness
2.1 – Personality
Personality is considered to be the combination of the characteristics of the individuals that form
their distinctive character (Nilforooshan, and Salimi, 2016). Individuals need to develop their
value and their characteristics. The personality of the people can be described effectively by
using the Big 5 Personality Model, which eventually identifies five types personality and it is the
fact that every individual falls within at least one of these types. The types of personality are;
Open, Extraverted, Conscientious, Stable and Agreeable. Open personality deal with the
openness of the people towards curiosity, creativity as well as novelty.
Conscientious is the state of being steady, self-disciplined as well as focused. Extraversion
personality shows confidence as well as a tendency for exploring various things. Agreeable is the
state of being compassionate as well as co-operative. Emotional stability is the state of being
sensitive as well as nervous nature (Thomas, Larson, Solberg, and Martin, 2017). I can consider
my personality as the state of conscientious because I like to be in self-discipline for performing
any work and also maintain a steady lifestyle. It is my strength, but my weakness is that I can
never give priority to planning for maintaining the situation. My personality trait is considered to
be part of conscientious about developing the self-awareness.
2.2 – Values and Motivators
The attitude, value and motivators are the most effective part in the program of self-awareness
that helps to make the effective foundation of being a good employee (Sortheix, Chow, and
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Salmela-Aro, 2015). The effective value and motivator that an individual needs to consider to
develop their self-awareness are; strong ethic work, possessing the positive attitude, honesty and
integrity, professionalism, adaptability, self-motivated, strong self-confidence as well as loyalty.
It is the fact that the internship is considered to be an excellent time for showing the employers
that the individual has developed the personality traits in their working function.
The strong work ethics, along with the positive attitude and honesty, is considered to be one of
the most effective values for being a good employee. I can consider my values as well as the
motivators to be the honesty then loyalty and also the strong work ethics. Possessing a positive
attitude within the workplace effectively help the individual to develop their self-awareness
within the workplace. The adaptability is also considered to be the effective value for the
employees for maintaining the flexibility regarding the completion of the task (Lapan et al.,
2016). Self-motivation is highly essential for supervision as well as a direction within the
workplace to get the work done effectively within the firm.
2.3 – Emotional Intelligence
The emotional intelligence is considered to be the ability for understanding, using as well as
managing the emotion of the individual that also in the positive way to relieve stress and even
communicate effectively within the workplace (Jiang, 2016). It is also essential to overcome the
challenges that the individual face within the business and maintain the emotion for dealing with
the situation. It is the fact that people with higher emotional intelligence generally find it much
easier to form as well as maintain the interpersonal relationships so that they can fit within the
group.
The emotional intelligence is also associated with the self-management then self-awareness
along with the social awareness and relationship management. Individuals need to maintain their
emotional value and develop it as the strength of the people to dwell within the workplace (Li,
2016). I am quite strong for maintaining the emotion and dealing with the various situations
within the workplace positively and effectively. This is my strength to perform my ability within
the workplace and even maintain my physical health along with the mental health to develop the
emotional value within the workplace.
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2.4 – Leadership
Leadership is considered to be the action of leading the group or the people within the
organisation for achieving the organisational goal (Pandey, 2018). It is one of the essential
factors within the workplace to maintain the staff members and their working function for
achieving the organisational goal. Individual needs to maintain various qualities for being an
effective leader within the workplace. The qualities are; vision, courage, integrity, humility,
strategic planning, focus and co-operation. One more thing is essential for being a good leader is
to communicate effectively with the staff members and even have the decision-making
capabilities for dealing with the people and maintaining the organisational goal.
Being an effective leader within the workplace, I have developed numerous abilities to deal with
the staff members. My leadership skill is to communicate effectively with the staff members and
also have a clear vision regarding the development of organisation within the market. One of my
effective strength is courage that helps me to motivate other people and make a suitable decision
for the betterment of the organisation. The fact is that being a suitable and effective leader, one
has to be strong enough and maintain their self-confidence for dealing with the various situations
within the workplace (Cargill, 2019).
2.5 – Power and Politics
The power and politics are considered to be the two face of the single coin as they move
parallelly together to maintain the situation (Su, and Wang, 2017). The power is considered to be
the possession of the authority as well as the influence over the others within the workplace. The
politics within the workplace is considered to be the use of power as well as social networking in
the organisation for achieving the changes which effectively benefits the organisation or the
individual who are present within it. The power and politics within the organisation have a direct
impact on the activities of the staff members to perform their duty and their business value
within the field.
It is the fact that power has some positive effects as well as the negative effects within the
employees. The leadership responsibility then the inspiring commitment along with creativity is
considered to be the positive effect of power (Karim, and Razak, 2018). The negative effect of
the power is associated with the bully bosses then the manipulator and even harassment within
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the workplace. I can positively use my power within the organisation like maintaining the staff
members and their activity and also did not effectively use politics to run the organisation.
Section 3 – Opportunity Awareness
3.1 – My Career
Career planning effectively helps to decide regarding the development of career and workplace
activity within the market. My internship is generally based on leadership activity, and this
effectively helped me to develop my future and maintain the value of the firm. It is the fact that
career management is considered to be the life-long process for investing the resources for the
accomplishment of future career goals (Jackson, and Wilton, 2017). This is considered to be the
continuous process which effectively allows the individuals effectively adapt to changing the
demanding of the dynamic economy. This concept effectively helps to embrace the numerous
concepts like the self-awareness as well as career development.
My career goal is to be one of the best leaders within the workplace and develop my strength by
achieving the knowledge as well as skills for maintaining the activity. The individuals need to
maintain their career value and provide them with the most effective working function within the
field. During the internship, the entire process helped me to develop my values and skills for
creating some of the most valuable activity within the field. It is the fact that to get success in my
career, one has to select the occupation as well as the career wisely, and this was the primary
activity of my internship program.
3.2 – Industry sector and Location
The world is filled with various industry sectors that helped the individuals to maintain their
activity and enhance their career development path. There are various sectors like the agricultural
sector, then science and construction sector, medical sector, finance sector and much more
(Yitshaki, and Kropp, 2016). My career choice has always been in the business and sales and
marketing sector. It helps me to maintain creativity in the workplace and grab the attention of the
people within the market. The advertisement, along with the marketing in the business and sales
industry sector is highly effective for me as this will help me to enhance my creativity level as
well as the innovative thinking level.
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The industry has a vital aspect of the location, and for that, it effectively helps the people to get
understand regarding the activity of the local people (Adhikari et al., 2018). In my case, I wanted
to deal within the industry of business and sales and work in the field of marketing and
advertisement for which understanding the area and the local people are highly essential. For
dealing with the marketing sector one has to develop their understanding and their valuable
process for dealing with the situation and maintaining the activity of the firm. It can be
effectively done with the help of proper understanding and knowledge regarding the process and
the delivery system within the market.
Section 4 – Decision making and planning
Decision making, as well as a problem-solving process within the career development planning,
is the most effective part for growth in future. This is also considered to be the vital skill for the
business as well as life to maintain the activity. Moreover, it can be seen that problem solving is
generally associated with the decision-making while the decision-making is vital for the
management as well as the leadership (Uleanya, Naidoo, Rugbeer, and Rugbeer, 2019). It is the
fact that there are numerous processes as well as techniques that help to enhance the quality of
decision making within the market. The process of decision-making is associated with the
definition as well as clarifying the issue for business development.
The decision-making, along with the planning, is effectively performed by gathering the facts as
well as by understanding the entire causes of the business process. It is highly essential for
selecting the best option regarding business process effectively helps me to decide to effectively
plan for dealing with the situation (Camp, 2019). From Snyder's Theory of Decision making it
can be effectively seen that studying and gathering the information regarding the situation is
highly essential for the development of effective problem-solving process within the field.
For me, it was quite difficult to make the decision regarding the internship program as well as the
training and development program that I need to take part in improving my marketing skills. In
the market, there are numerous opportunities for the ongoing employment to make an effective
decision regarding the career improvement within the market. The decision-making process
effectively maintains the value and the worth of the process to deal with in the business process
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(Fouad et al., 2016). The ongoing process of employment to develop their understanding of value
and skill effectively helps the business person to work for the betterment of the company.
Section 5 – Goals
5.1 – Career Satisfaction
Career satisfaction is highly essential for maintaining the working functions and developing
personal value within the workplace (Hirschi, Herrmann, and Keller, 2015). This is highly
essential to work effectively within the organisation and also gain a suitable value to get future
growth within the market. The goals regarding career satisfaction are as follows;
 To work effectively within the organisation
 To gain the top position within the workplace in the coming two years
 To maintain the activity according to the work culture and develop the value
5.2 – Status and Respect
Status and respect allow individuals to maintain their worth in the workplace (Guan et al., 2016).
It is also essential for gaining the self-respect within the society as this deal with the income
level and business growth. The goal regarding the status and respect are as follows;
 To develop the position within the workplace that help to maintain the activity effectively
within the workplace
 To gain the respect of the staff members in the organisation despite the highest position
in the upcoming years
5.3 – Learning and education
It is the fact that learning, as well as education, is the part of the career development for the
individuals within the workplace (Guan et al., 2016). It effectively shows that education, along
with the learning have the most effective value to maintain their activity and deal with the
various situation that might take place within the business. The goal regarding the learning and
the education are as follows;
 To effectively learn from the senior as well as the junior within the workplace
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 To gather information regarding the process developed within the business for dealing
with the various situation
5.4 – Spiritual growth and religion
Spiritual growth, along with the religion, is considered to be the most effective part of the career
development process (Lent et al., 2016). This is due to the fact that people need to work ethically
for maintaining their ethics for developing the value of the business. The goal regarding the
spiritual growth and the religion are as follows;
 To understand the ethical value within the workplace
 To develop a positive spiritual activity for dealing with the situation
 To effectively deal with the people with various religion within the workplace
5.5 – Material rewards and possessions
The material rewards, along with the possessions, are the most effective value while developing
the career value within the workplace (Spurk, Kauffeld, Barthauer, and Heinemann, 2015). The
reward and the possession help the individuals to work effectively within the workplace with
enthusiasm and effective value. The goal regarding the material rewards and possessions are as
follows;
 To develop the material rewards process within the workplace
 To effectively understand the need for the rewards system within the business for
developing their value
Section 6 – Conclusion
The paper eventually concludes the fact that the career development plan is one of the most
effective processes within the field that help to maintain the value and the worth of the individual
within the workplace. The paper also concludes the fact that the decision-making, along with the
planning, is effectively performed by gathering the facts as well as by understanding the entire
causes of the business process. The career development plan effectively helps the individuals to
deal with the situation and develop their career for a better future.
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