Managing Own Personal and Professional Development

In order to meet the demands of an ever-changing workplace, individuals need to ensure they continue to update and develop their knowledge and skills. Planning for personal and professional development ensures greater opportunities for success. The purpose of the course is to support the manager to identify the benefits of engaging in personal and professional development. By using the knowledge gained, a meaningful development plan will be created to support them to become an effective manager in the workplace. This course can be accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and can form part of a programme to help participants achieve the Level 3 Principles of Management and Leadership qualification.

Suitability

For first line managers, aspiring managers, or for anyone new to management, leading teams or supervising.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course participants will:
– Understand the benefits of personal and professional development
– Understand how personal and professional development is informed
– Know how to identify opportunities for personal and professional development
– Know how to create and monitor a personal and professional development plan

Course Content

The benefits of personal and professional development:
– The differences and similarities between personal and professional development
– The benefits of personal and professional development for the individual
– The benefits to an organisation of individuals undertaking personal and professional development

How personal and professional development is informed:
– How organisations support personal and professional development
– How professional bodies/associations support and stipulate requirements for personal and professional development
– The implications of legal requirements on personal and professional development

How to identify opportunities for personal and professional development:
– Different methods for undertaking personal and professional development
– The resource implications of different methods of personal and professional development
– How to choose the most appropriate method for personal and professional development

How to create and monitor a personal and professional development plan:
– Current skills and competencies against role requirements and organisational objectives using recognised tools and techniques
– Personal and professional development plan to meet agreed objectives
– How the personal and professional development plan will be monitored

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of our clients would recommend Alpha to a colleague or peer

90%

of a cohort was promoted within 2 years after participating in an Alpha course.

96%

of participants felt more confident in their role, following an Alpha commercial leadership course.

Why study with Alpha?

Innovation and creativity born from experience

We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

Knowledge Exchange Evangelists

We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

Generation Proof

Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..

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