RESPONSIBILITY FOR OWN

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Self appraisal
Development Plan
Portfolio building
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SELF APPRAISAL
Self-appraisal requires identifies , review and assess your
own performance of current management skills.
Skills Audit
A skills audit is a review of your existing skills against
the skills you need both now and in the future.
It can help you to identify your existing skills, identify
what skills you may need to carry out your existing work
and role more effectively and to plan,
Develop and improve the skills and knowledge needed
for your future career.

Skills audit evaluates your:
self-management
leadership and
personal and interpersonal skills
Five stages of skills audit
Carrying out a skills audit is a five stage process:
Stage 1 - Existing skills and knowledge identification
Stage 2 - Future skills and knowledge identification
Stage 3 - Rating your ability
Stage 4 - Review your ability ratings
Stage 5 - Your future development
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Career and personal development
Current performance
Future needs
Aims, objectives and targets
Review dates
Achievement dates
Learning program/activities
Action plans
Benefits of development
Plan
It identifies routes for personal progression
It revitalizes technical skills
It identifies existing skills that need updating or new skills that need to be
acquired
It builds on and reinforces transferable skills
It promotes continuous learning
It helps you to make the most of opportunities at work
It increases levels of motivation and job satisfaction
It provides individuals with a mechanism for reflecting and monitoring own
performance.
Objectives of PDP should be
smarter
Specific: What exactly do you hope to achieve, and in what
contexts? Can it be broken down into smaller, more specific steps?
Measurable: How will you recognize success in pursuing the
objective? How will you measure your progress along the way?
Agreed. Whose support or authority do you need to pursue the
objective?
Realistic. Are you able to achieve the objective within the constraints
of your
current abilities and commitments, your available time and
resources?
Time-bounded. By what date do you want to achieve the objective?
Evaluated. Is the objective worth pursuing, given the investment in
time or effort it will require?
Reviewed. When and how will you review your progress?
Activity
Draw up an action plan sheet, using the
columns shown in our example. Select one
immediate training need for yourself and
formulate an action plan?