Developing tomorrows leaders in

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Developing tomorrows leaders in health and
social care education Personal and
professional development planning Judy McKimm
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• Leadership is about being, not doing. This means
  thinking about how you are as an individual in
  your life and work.if you want to succeed, you
  must be clear about your aims, you must be
  committed to success and you must be ready to
  learn the new attitudes, skills and knowledge you
  need
• Sir Christopher Ball, Chair of The Talent
  Foundation, 2004

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Personal and professional development planning

• assessing your current performance, identifying
  and prioritising your development needs, planning
  and taking action to meet them
• Updating your plans in the light of your improved
  performance and new circumstances
• Agreeing and prioritising your objectives,
  planning your time, delegating responsibilities,
  taking decisions and reviewing and rescheduling
  activities as appropriate
• NVQ/SVQ in operational and strategic management
  level 5, Unit C3, Enhance your own performance

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Personal and professional development planning

• Should be approached in a structured way
• Utilises and develops the skills of self
  reflection
• Includes a consideration of career planning
• Enables and supports participants in setting and
  meeting realistic and achievable targets
• Acknowledges a whole life approach to work
  issues

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Goal and target setting

• Looking forward and visualising yourself and your
  achievements
• Identifying and clarifying goals (must be SMART)
• What do you need to do to achieve your goals?
• What is the first step?
• Who can help you?

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Motivators

• Intrinsic personal achievement, job
  satisfaction, interesting job, good relationships
  with colleagues, knowing where you fit in,
  support from managers/ supervisors
• Extrinsic promotion, recognition, status,
  reward/ perks, responsibility

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Motivation losers

• Poor working conditions (mess, discomfort, silly
  rules)
• Lack of support from colleagues and managers
• Poor working relationships
• Feeling undervalued in terms of pay or feedback
  on performance
• Feeling isolated

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Action planning

• What is my goal?
• Why do I want to do this? motivators
  (extrinsic, intrinsic)
• What does not doing it do for me?
• What are my worst fears face the fear
• What are the next steps I must take to achieve
  the goal

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Activity

• In pairs, working with someone you know if
  possible, discuss and complete the goal setting
  and action planning handout