Personal Development Planning

Course Structure

Instructor: Eng. Ibrahim Khleifat

Course Structure (weekly)

3-hour lecture per week /

Wednesday
Thursday

13:00 - 14:50 a.m. C-1F 6 / 5 (L)

10:00 - 10:50 a.m. C-1F 6 (L)

Weekly 10-minute quiz

Quizzes based on previous lectures.

Professionalism
3rd Edition

Lydia E. Anderson
Sandra B. Bolt

Chapter 1

Attitude, Goal Setting, and

Life Management

The future belongs to those who

believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt (18841962)

OBJECTIVES
Define professionalism

Define and describe personality and attitude and their

influence in the workplace
Identify individual personality traits and values

Identify the influences of self-efficacy

Identify and develop a strategy to deal with past negative
experiences
Define locus of control
Identify your primary and secondary learning styles

OBJECTIVES
Describe the importance of goal setting

Identify the impact setting goals and objectives will have

on your life plan
Set realistic goals

Define goal-setting techniques

Create short-term and long-term goals
Describe the importance of setting priorities

ALL ABOUT YOU

Mirror words describe the foundation of
how you view yourself and others, and how you will
most likely perform at work

Personality and attitude dictate how one responds to conflict,

crisis, and other typical workplace situations.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Professionalism: workplace behaviors
that result in positive business
relationships.
Human Relations: interactions with and
through people
Get along with your colleagues
Positive workplace interactions will result in
workplace productivity

ALL ABOUT YOU

Personality-a result of influences

Experiences and influences outside of
work affect ones professional behavior
Family, friends, religion, society

In order to understand workplace

relationships, you must first understand
yourself

PERSONALITY AND VALUES

Personality: stable traits that assist in
explaining and predicting behavior
Behavior is a reflection of personality
Positive: caring, considerate, organized
Negative: rude, unfocused, lazy

PERSONALITY AND VALUES

Values: things that are important to you as
an individual
Values are only good or bad based upon your
personal experiences and influences
Values may include: achievement, family,
money, or security
Experiences shape your values

TALK IT OUT

What cartoon character best reflects

you?

ATTITUDES
Attitude: a strong belief toward people,
things, and situations
An individuals performance influences a
groups performance, which then impacts the
organizations performance

Since you cannot avoid others, be aware of

the impact other individuals have on your
life

SELF-EFFICACY AND ITS INFLUENCES

Self-concept: how you view yourself

Self-image: your belief of how others view
you

Self-efficacy: your belief in your ability to

perform a task
Projection: the way you feel about yourself
and your environment is reflected in how you
treat others

DEALING WITH NEGATIVE BAGGAGE

Past experiences impact your personality

Baggage will affect your performance
Confront your past

Practice forgiveness
Move forward
Keep in mind that it is sometimes a painful process
to reach your goal of becoming the best individual
you can be

LOCUS OF CONTROL
Locus of control: identifies who you believe
controls your future
Internal locus of control believes the he or she
controls his or her own future
External locus of control believes that others
control his or her future
Extremes on either end are not healthy

LEARNING STYLES
Learning Style: the method of how you best take in
information and/or learn new ideas
Visual learnerlearns best by seeing
Auditory learnerlearns best by hearing
Tactile/kinesthetic learnerlearns best by feeling,
touching, and holding

YOUR PERSONAL HANDBOOK

Personality and attitude affect your
performance both personally and
professionally
Use this text as a handbook to guide you in
both personal and career plans
Begin developing a positive attitude and
believe in yourself and your abilities

THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL GOAL SETTING

Goal: a target

Think of it as a reward at the top of a ladder;

you must climb the ladder before reaching the
reward
Goals provide focus; increase self-concept; and
help overcome procrastination, fear, and failure
Setting goals will help you become more
successful in your career

INFLUENCES OF GOALS
Goals help to make career plans more clear
and meaningful
As a goal is reached, you will experience
motivation and self-confidence
Set goals in the major areas of your life
including personal, career, financial,
educational, and physical

TALK IT OUT

Discuss one goal that can be set for

this class?

HOW TO SET GOALS

Achieving short-term and long-term
goals is like climbing a ladder
Goals need to be put into writing

HOW TO SET GOALS

Long-Term Goals
Long-term goals: reached within a time frame of
five to ten years
Setting long-term goals starts with thinking of what you
want to accomplish in your life
From your list of accomplishments, choose items you
most value
Keep goals realistic, attainable, measurable, and
important (have a reason for the goal)

HOW TO SET GOALS

Short-Term Goals

Short-term goals: goals that can be

reached within a years time
Referred to as objectives in businesses
Set to help reach long-term goals
Keep them realistic, achievable,
measurable, and important to you

HOW TO SET GOALS

SMART Method

Specific
Identify what you want to accomplish-quantify

Measurable
Identify how you know when you have achieved
it

Achievable
Challenging, yet attainable and realistic

Relevant
Make it meaningful to you

Time-based
Attach a specific time to reach the goal

HOW TO SET GOALS

Goal Aspects

Own the goal

Each goal must belong to you
YOU need to decide what your goals will
be

Control the goal

Know what resources and constraints are
involved
Be flexible and maintain realistic control

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

A life-plan includes:
Education and career

Social and spiritual

Financial

Activities

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

Education and career

Degrees/certificates
Time frame
Financial resources
Support network

Education is the key to achieving your life

plan

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN
Career

Why is your selected career important?

How will you know if you achieve success?

What resources are needed?

Choosing the right career is important

Different reasons include

earning power,
status,
intellect, and
self-satisfaction

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

Social and spiritual

Marriage
Family
Friends
Religion

What types of people do you want to be a

part of your life in the future?

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

Financial
Home
Car
Ownership

Where do you want to be financially?

What amount of money will you be
comfortable with?

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

Activities
Hobbies
Travel
Life experiences

What do you want to be able to do in the

future?

CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

Intrinsic (self-satisfaction)
Rewards that come from within you

Extrinsic (money, praise)

Rewards that come from external sources

TALK IT OUT

Share common rewards that are

important to you and identify those
rewards as intrinsic or extrinsic

PRIORITIES
Priorities: determine what needs to be done
and in what order
You may need to adjust your priorities to reach
your goals

Trade-off: giving up one thing to do

something else
Be prepared to be flexible in all areas of your
life-plan

TALK IT OUT

Identify priorities and trade-offs for

successfully completing this course