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How to Write a Professional Development Plan

Eat Your Career

This is the second article in a two-part series on the topic of Professional Development Plans. In the first part of this series, you learned that a professional development plan (or PDP) is a written document used to focus, evaluate and prioritize professional development goals and activities.

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The Problem with Employer Created Professional Development Plans

Eat Your Career

Throughout the course of my work as a career coach and professional development trainer, I’ve helped hundreds (if not thousands) of people to create their own PDP (or professional development plan). I am a big believer in taking ownership of your career.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Pay For Professional Development

Harvard Professional Development

This is where professional development programs might help you. You may feel anxious by the prospect of talking to your boss about paying for a professional development program, but you shouldn’t. Make it clear that career growth is your priority, and good for your organization as well. Do Your Research.

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Do I Really Need a Professional Development Plan?

Eat Your Career

If you’ve been following my work for any period of time, you know that I’m a big fan of Professional Development Plans (also referred to as PDPs). I often create these plans in collaboration with my career coaching clients, and I frequently provide training workshops on this topic. appeared first on Eat Your Career.

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Quiz: Are You Committed to Your Own Professional Development?

Eat Your Career

s easy to get so absorbed in our day-to-day activities that we forget to focus on our own professional growth and development. But this is such an important part of creating a satisfying career! Professional development means advancement, learning new things and exploring new career paths. After all, there?s

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PIP vs. PDP: What’s the Difference?

Eat Your Career

The professional development world is full of abbreviations too, and they can be just as confusing. PDP stands for Professional Development Plan. A PDP is used to define career goals and map out activities to help you achieve them. It can be a useful step in career development and advancement.

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The Dive Model in Career Coaching

International Coach Academy

Also, in career coaching some goals may be defined with the option of sharing them with someone’s manager or internal sponsor, and some may be entirely private and confidential. The DIVE model can be used to emphasize the importance of learning goals.