Creating your professional development plan is a great way of ensuring you don't stagnate at work and get bored in your role. It can help you thrive at work and feel fulfilled no matter what stage you're at in your HR/People career.

In this episode of HR Coffee Time, host, Fay Wallis talks you through how to create your perfect professional development plan in 8 simple steps.

Key Points from This Episode

[04:14 ] Step one: Identify what you’re aiming for

[11:52 ] Step two: Record ideas you already have

[12:00 ] Step three: Look Back to Look Forward

[16:36 ] Step four: Capture your values

[20:13 ] Step five: Seek feedback

[21:26 ] Step six: Consider key HR areas of influence

[23:35 ] Step seven: Identify career-enhancing skills

[25:23 ] Step eight: Set your goals

Useful Links

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching
• The Essential HR Planner

Other Relevant HR Coffee Time Episodes

• Episode 5: How to progress your HR career (using the 3E model)
• Episode 17: How to set your career goals for 2022
• Episode 47: Discovering your values to help your HR career, with Zoe Hawkins
• Episode 66: Reflecting on 2022 – look back to look forward
• Episode 116: Look back to look forward – how reflecting on 2023 can help you set goals for 2024

Looking For the Transcript?

You can find the transcript on this page of the Bright Sky Career Coaching website.

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