Personal Development Plan

TEAMING

Areas to Consider

Reflections

What are some strategies for effective teamwork?

What have you learnt about yourself in relationship to the role you play in a team?

What is your Belbin role type and is it an accurate description how you contribute in a team?

Is it always appropriate to take a leadership role? What other roles can team members play?

If your team is struggling what tools could you deploy to ensure your team works effectively? (Consider Belbin, Patrick Lencione, Tuckman’s models of team theory)

Chose a recent group activity in which you have participated. What are your top three takeaways from this challenge?

VALUES

Think back to the Video – Values Define Us (Link Below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tA8wtLaui4

Questions

Reflections

What are your top three core values and how did you come to this conclusion?

How will knowing your values help you during your studies and in your future career/business?

Can your values change? What do you think?

What is the evidence?

Thinking back to the work of Simon Sinek and the Golden Circle, what is your WHY?

STRENGTHSFINDER PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

Questions

Responses

Name your top 5 from your strengths profile?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

What surprised you when reading the report?

Identify any specific words or phrases that you agreed with and why?

What can you do to invest in these talents to become strengths?

Identify some specific actions – list at least 3

How can others see these strengths as perceived weaknesses?

What have you learned from your strengths profile?

Consider what you discovered about yourself and how this might relate to you as a person and your career interests.

SETTING FUTURE GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS

Strengths

Areas for Development

Opportunities

Threats

Smart (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Sensitive)

Create At Least 3 Specific Goals related to your professional development – These can be a mixture of goals e.g. achieving a distinction in your postgradaute qualification or career goals e.g. starting your own business or setting goals for your future career e.g. becoming an M&A analyst, a consultant within FMCG, or working within non-profit etc.

Initial Goal

· Write the goal you have in mind

S

Specific

· What do you want to accomplish?

· Who needs to be included?

· When do you want to do this?

M

Measurable

· How can you measure your progress?

· How will you know you have been successful?

A

Achievable

· Do you have the skills to achieve this, if not can you obtain them?

· What motivates you to achieve this goal

R

Relevant

· Why are you setting this goal now?

· How does it connect to your short and long term objectives?

T

Timebound

· What is the deadline?

· Is it realistic?

SMART GOAL

· Review what you have written and craft a goal statement based on what your answers to the questions above have revealed

SMART GOALS

Smart (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Sensitive)

Create At Least 3 Specific Goals related to your professional development – These can be a mixture of goals e.g. achieving a distinction in your postgradaute qualification or career goals e.g. starting your own business or setting goals for your future career e.g. becoming an M&A analyst, a consultant within FMCG, or working within non-profit etc.

Initial Goal

· Write the goal you have in mind

S

Specific

· What do you want to accomplish?

· Who needs to be included?

· When do you want to do this?

M

Measurable

· How can you measure your progress?

· How will you know you have been successful?

A

Achievable

· Do you have the skills to achieve this, if not can you obtain them?

· What motivates you to achieve this goal

R

Relevant

· Why are you setting this goal now?

· How does it connect to your short and long term objectives?

T

Timebound

· What is the deadline?

· Is it realistic?

SMART GOAL

· Review what you have written and craft a goal statement based on what your answers to the questions above have revealed

SMART GOALS - 3

Smart (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Sensitive)

Create At Least 3 Specific Goals related to your professional development – These can be a mixture of goals e.g. achieving a distinction in your postgradaute qualification or career goals e.g. starting your own business or setting goals for your future career e.g. becoming an M&A analyst, a consultant within FMCG, or working within non-profit etc.

Initial Goal

· Write the goal you have in mind

S

Specific

· What do you want to accomplish?

· Who needs to be included?

· When do you want to do this?

M

Measurable

· How can you measure your progress?

· How will you know you have been successful?

A

Achievable

· Do you have the skills to achieve this, if not can you obtain them?

· What motivates you to achieve this goal

R

Relevant

· Why are you setting this goal now?

· How does it connect to your short and long term objectives?

T

Timebound

· What is the deadline?

· Is it realistic?

SMART GOAL

· Review what you have written and craft a goal statement based on what your answers to the questions above have revealed

COMPETENCY MATRIX

Reflect on your past experiences. Where have you developed some of the key skills or competencies which are required to be successful within the workplace or in your own business. Think about your smart goals, which of the competencies below do you need to demonstrate in order to achieve your goals.

(COMPETENCY DEFINITION: A combination of skills, knowledge and experience)

Experience/

Competency

Teamwork

Leadership

Problem solving

Resilience

Negotiation

Commercial awareness

Planning and Organisation

Working under pressure

Managing Ambiguity

Analytical Thinking

Example

REMEMBER THE BAR ACRONYM

Undergraduate Degree

Postgraduate Degree

Work/Professional Experience

Extra Curricula Activity

Personal/Family Activity

PERSONAL BRANDING CANVAS

PERSONAL BRANDING

Reflect on the classroom led activities e.g. personal branding canvas etc.

Questions

Reflections

Where are there synergies between branding in a commercial organisation and personal branding?

Who/What are you targeting? (Which Industry Sector, Function, Role or Self Employed)

Which resources can help you?

What does your target audience need from you?

What or who is your competition?

What can you offer an employer or an investor (if you are interested in starting your own business) that no one else can? What is your USP?

Draft your elevator pitch? You will be required to say this out loud during your video Interview

Name one or more of your role models, Who do you admire most and why? Write down some words that describe that person.

Write down three words you would like someone to use when describing you, and why?

Compare this to your 360 feedback responses – were there any surprises?

VIDEO INTERVIEW

Over 60% of employers are now using video interviews to assess candidates (Source ISE 2019)

If you decide to undertake the Executive Company Project you will be asked to submit a video Interview

This module allows you to experience and practice a video interview in a safe and constructive format.

Click on the link below which will take you to the LCBS Video Interview site.

https://launchpadrecruitsapp.com/apply/4c31e7536013010bcf3d2697

Answer the following questions during the video Interview

· Tell me about yourself?

· Give me an example of a time when you worked as part of a team to achieve a goal?

· What are you most proud of?

· What are your greatest strengths?

· Where do you see yourself in 3 years?

· Share your elevator pitch

· How did you feel about taking the Video Interview?

· What did you do particularly well?

· What could you do better next time?

· How will you prepare for a future interview?

· Where can you find help?

COVER STORY YOU!

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