PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction Professional Development Cycle Tools for Networking

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Personal and professional development means to become more effective at work and in

personal life.

Personal development enables constructive approach to

acquiring knowledge and skills throughout working life.

INTRODUCTION

Executive can no longer rely on their initial training or

qualification to carry them throughout employment or on

their employer to provide everything they need to develop

skills and experience.

INTRODUCTION…

An executive has to take responsibility

for his own lifelong, continuing

development.

Job security depends on one’s

own skills and potential.

INTRODUCTION…

Professional development is a lifelong  process of

nurturing, shaping and improving an individual’s

skills, knowledge and interests to ensure  their

maximum effectiveness and adaptability.

INTRODUCTION…

1.Understand yourself

2.Establish the direction

3.Identify development

needs

4.Formulate Action plan

5.Undertake development

6.Record outcomes

7.Review and

evaluate

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING CYCLE

1. UNDERSTAND YOURSELF

Who I am?

What do I want?

What options do I have?

1. UNDERSTAND YOURSELF

The foundation of development is based on your understanding !

• Who you are? • What is important to you?• Your dreams and plans for the future• What are your values?

Who I Am?

Focus on the future- what do you want?

Where do you see yourself in the short, medium and

long term?

What Do I Want?

Make a personal development plan

What Options Do I have?

The purpose of any development plan needs to be identified. It involves

Gaining an awareness of your potential within your

chosen sector

Taking account of

organizational realities and linking your

plans to organizational

needs

Thinking about your own values, involving private life and family,

work and money, constraints and

obstacles to mobility, now and

in the future.

Choosing the work that fit

into your value system.

  2. ESTABLISH THE DIRECTION

The identification of development needs may emerge from• New tasks or responsibilities • Discussions with your manager

Development needs will differ depending on your career goals.

3. IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS

Draw up a list of the skills or knowledge you will

need to acquire, update or improve

Compare this list to your current skills and

knowledge and identify the gap.

3. IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS…

CONSIDER

Resources available

Your organization

Government and private

agenciesLiterature Professional

institutes

Your learning

style

3. IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS…

For each of the gaps you have identified, set development objectives. These objectives must be

specific and realistic and challenging. These objectives must be attainable in realistic time frame.

4. FORMULATE ACTION PLAN

5. Undertake Development

Put your plan into action- your development is up to you.

• You have an image. Think of yourself as a brand name. As you go through a

working day, remember that everything you do, say or write adds

value to or takes value from your own brand name.

IMPROVE IMAGE

Recognize the way you interact people, what leaves you and them satisfied or dissatisfied, confused or

focused.

Remember both too much depreciation and self-

importance can be negative.

IMPROVE IMAGE…

Remember – more than half the image you create is in the way you

look.

Your voice is as important as your look, its tone and accent can

inspire confidence or the opposite.

Review Packaging

Before you leave for work tomorrow take a look in the mirror and ask yourself what your clothes tell other people about you. Your clothes convey

some kind of image.

Review Packaging…

Watch your body language

• How you walk • Whether you fidget you hands • Whether you frown a lot

Review Packaging…

Extending your contacts

Getting involved Writing articles 

Doing committee work

Speaking up at meeting

Give new ideas

Promote Yourself

Keeping records serves to remind you and others such as your employer of what

you have done.

This will help you to focus on what you have got out

of the development activity.

6. RECORD OUTCOME

• Date, the development need identified

• The chosen method of development• The date development was undertaken

• The outcome

Record

7. REVIEW AND EVALUATE

Evaluation will provide a key lead to next activity.

• Can I do better than before

• Has this activity thrown up further development needs

• How well did this development method work

• Could I have gained more from this activity

• Would I follow this approach again

Evaluating development

activities involve

7. REVIEW AND EVALUATE

Find the best person to become your mentor. Mentoring can be formally organized or left to occur naturally.

MENTOR

A good mentor is someone

Who has the competencies you wish to develop

Has wide experience and knowledge of the organization

Working in an area you wish to move

Has excellent coaching and development skills

MENTOR…

• Help you face reality • Tell you your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

• Build your confidence• Help you to learn new skills

• Give guidance in career development• Give specific advice to tackle things in your organization

• Lead you to accept change and over come resistance• Share experience

Mentor

BUILD YOUR NETWORK

Meet people during conference, social functions, train and airport

lounge

Join professional

bodies Keep in touch with former colleagues,

friends

Take initiative and

introduce yourself

Always carry business card and exchange

these with others

Send message,

cards and e-mail to your

contact special

occasions

Invite contacts to

social events

Tools for Networking

Use every opportunity to meet people during conference, social functions, train and airport lounge

Join professional bodies Keep in touch with former colleagues, friends and neighbors Take initiative and introduce yourself Always carry business card and exchange these with others Send message, cards and e-mail to your contact special

occasions Invite contacts to social events

Tools