Support Personal Development

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Task 3
To be able to identify vital parts of learning and development actions which will support and enable me to improve my skills or gain new ones, a personal development plan is essential. Below is a table of my personal development plan:
Personal Development Plan
Skills needed to be developed Goal Expected Actions which will be undertaken Achievement Criteria/ Application Target
Self-learning Increase study skill and be a skilled self-learner Using free time to gather appropriate books, files or other documents to improve skill and also try to learn through observing others Being able to boost confidence, motivation, understand and do things properly with expertise and knowledge obtained through self-learning By August 2018
Problem-solving/ …show more content…

The personal development plan is an essential technique to improve professionally. It enables me to know my skills and capabilities in order to attain personal objectives. It also enables me to know what steps are needed to improve in areas which demand such developments. Below are some techniques which can be applied to access the results obtained from the personal development plan against personal work objectives.
Review and Monitor
It is essential to monitor and review the plan after it has been done. This is needed in order to identify the areas which need to be improved. In my case, one way to monitor it is by comments and feedbacks and it could be from anyone, colleagues, senior managers, family or friends. This would help me to know whether the plan has actually developed my communication, presentation, self-learning and multi-tasking skills to name a few or not. Self-reviewing is also an essential tool in order to assess the proposed plan. For example, if after reviewing there are still issues or weaknesses, a new plan which can be attained could be made. Also, if ever the proposed skills listed in the “PDP” which has to be developed cannot be successful for some reasons, then another way to make it work again could be to extend the time period and through frequently recording actions/activities which are done would help to be effective in attaining particular goals and developing those skills. This method has helped me in identifying things which was acting as a “hazard” to me to improve skills and also help me in identifying ways of better developing my skills. Nicholls (2014) believes that reviewing the plan enables someone to know and recognise the difficulties in developing the

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