Professional Development Flashcards
“Investing time to learn something in your professional make you RICH in your KNOWLEDGE, if you are not then it will make you POOR in your PERFORMANCE.”
-Sivaprakash Sidhu
refers to all the training, certification and education of an individual in regards to his or her career. The goal of professional development is to keep you up-to-date on current trends as well as help you develop new skills for the purpose of advancement in the field.
Professional development
Activities that contribute to professional growth and development
- Continuing education
2.Participation in professional organizations
3.Research
4.Improve job performance
5.Increased duties and responsibilities
is something to be valued, cherished and actively pursued. It is proven to enable career development and progression, allowing you to excel and shine within your current role and as you progress.
Professional development
The phrase, ‘knowledge is power’ rings true. The act of learning provides new perspective and increased expertise in your field.
Confidence and credibility
The goal of most staff development activities, if not all, is to teach how to do something better. By mastering new skills, efficiencies are recognized.
Efficiency
By using the knowledge learned with the confidence and credibility gained, the ability to influence and lead becomes less subjective and more about the facts and figures brought to the table. These opportunities provide a tool for more meaningful contributions to the team.
Ability to influence and lead
Professional development opportunities conducted in group settings provide an added benefit of building your network. They also provide an outlet for individuals to brainstorm and seek feedback.
Network
It is easy to become satisfied and simply maintain the status quo. Employee development opportunities can shed light on new approaches and how to navigate through them.
Keep current
For many individuals, professional development is just a part of moving up the career ladder. Whether necessary for advancement or not, encourage it as a motivator for your team.
Achieve career goals
Enlighten staff that development opportunities are about getting more out of the work experience. Being the best, they can be for the operation hopefully is reciprocated in things like better compensation, flexibility, perks, advancement and more!
Become a better employee
-this stage focuses on personal reflection. Includes a person’s likes, dislikes, hobbies, strengths, weaknesses, interests and skills.
Self analysis
this stage is having a vision or solid and achievable goals. Example of this is what do you want to be after your graduation?
Setting quality goals
-enhancing one’s competencies and personality. This is the stage that allows focusing on the strengths to be sustained and improve the weaknesses as means in achieving goals.
Self improvement
Be a Potential Employee- this stage is being ready to look for the opportunities that are offered by the industry thru job tools search and by engaging in job interviews.
Take action