Personal Development Review and Plan
Personal Development Stage 1
Review and Development Plan
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Introduction My Personal Development Review My Personal Development Plan
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Introduction
At the Introduction to PD workshop I identified two broad reasons why I decided to pursue my MBA. The first was to develop my competence as a manager. The second and more important reason was to advance my career by making myself more marketable. The job market today is undoubtedly very competitive and I realised that a first degree was not sufficient if I wanted to 'climb the corporate ladder'. It is hoped that this MBA would help me to take advantage of any future opportunities when they become available. My personal development journey thus far has quite frankly been an eye opening experience. I am gaining much more from doing this MBA than I had originally expected. The exercises on Personal Development have enabled me to be more aware of myself. I have been able to seriously examine where I wanted my life and career to go in general and examine what type of skills and knowledge I needed to get there. The Competency Star was useful in helping me to become aware of the type of behavior that I need to develop as a professional. The development goals that I have identified for myself are therefore based this examination of myself. Overall I have a greater appreciation for the importance of planning my development and career. I have accepted that writing down sound goals would help me to cross over from dreams to reality. That said, the three outcomes which I hope to achieve as part of my MBA are: 1. Advancement of my career by making myself more marketable 2. Improvement of my confidence as a manager and as an individual 3. Improvement of my overall analytical, communicative and interpersonal skills
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My Personal Development Review
I have always had a mental block when it came to solving a problem about me. If given any other project to complete I am great, I have no problem.
Review and Development Plan
Table of Contents Page
Introduction My Personal Development Review My Personal Development Plan
3 4-5 6-7
2
Introduction
At the Introduction to PD workshop I identified two broad reasons why I decided to pursue my MBA. The first was to develop my competence as a manager. The second and more important reason was to advance my career by making myself more marketable. The job market today is undoubtedly very competitive and I realised that a first degree was not sufficient if I wanted to 'climb the corporate ladder'. It is hoped that this MBA would help me to take advantage of any future opportunities when they become available. My personal development journey thus far has quite frankly been an eye opening experience. I am gaining much more from doing this MBA than I had originally expected. The exercises on Personal Development have enabled me to be more aware of myself. I have been able to seriously examine where I wanted my life and career to go in general and examine what type of skills and knowledge I needed to get there. The Competency Star was useful in helping me to become aware of the type of behavior that I need to develop as a professional. The development goals that I have identified for myself are therefore based this examination of myself. Overall I have a greater appreciation for the importance of planning my development and career. I have accepted that writing down sound goals would help me to cross over from dreams to reality. That said, the three outcomes which I hope to achieve as part of my MBA are: 1. Advancement of my career by making myself more marketable 2. Improvement of my confidence as a manager and as an individual 3. Improvement of my overall analytical, communicative and interpersonal skills
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My Personal Development Review
I have always had a mental block when it came to solving a problem about me. If given any other project to complete I am great, I have no problem.