Personal and Professional Development Plan Template
Your Personal and Professional Development Plan (PPDP) should be a living document. As you progress through the MBA program, you will document important moments in your journey and record important insights, accomplishments, and completed goals. In the final weeks of Managing the Organization, you will reflect on your values, principles, and goals; create an action plan to achieve these goals; and plan for your future as a leader—these are the goals of your Personal and Professional Development Plan.
At the same time, you should not feel bound by the constraints of only looking forward. Great benefits can be derived from reflecting on the past, as well as on the present and the future. Accordingly, you will return to your PPDP throughout this program, stopping in subsequent courses to reevaluate goals and action plans so that they accurately reflect your personal and professional development and so that you can create realistic timelines to set yourself up for success, rather than disappointment. If it takes you more or less time than you originally predicted in order to accomplish a goal or meet a milestone, that is simply a cause for an adjustment. The iterative process of revising, reflecting, and adjusting is precisely what makes your PPDP a living document.
In each course, there will be new knowledge and new perspectives that you were not aware of before. You will integrate that into your PPDP. You will address questions such as:
• What is it that I am learning in this course that is helping me shape what I already know and need to know?
• What other managerial and knowledge gaps has this course revealed?
• How has it helped me to create new goals?
• How will I integrate content from this course into the professional aspect of my PPDP?
You will work on your PPDP throughout this course and submit this document to your Instructor in Week 5. Each week will ask you to reflect on the concepts presented and how they influence you personally and professionally. You are encouraged to incorporate these weekly reflections into your PPDP.