PDP

Personal Development Plan Skills Review
Strengths	Action	Review Dates	Progress Diary
1  Good team worker	Target/Goal: I intend to improve in my team working skills. Action points: ·         Assemble more meetings in front of groups to build up your confidence. ·         Do a practice presentation with a group of people to improve.	Short term goal 18/10/12	18/10/2012 My progress is slowly but surely becoming better for my team working skills. 13/02/2013 My team working skills have become stronger as I have worked as a team a number of times over the year. For example presenting work to the class with a team etc. 03/06/13 The progress over the whole year has become outstanding as I have become a lot better when I am working with a team.
2  Confident	Target/Goal: To build up my confidence. Action points: ·       Don’t let any put you down. ·       Talk out more in front of people you don’t know too well to get more confident.	Short Term Goal 18/11/12	18/11/12 My confidence hasn't really improved much but I can feel that I have become a very little more confident. 21/03/13 My confidence has built stronger as I have been presenting presentations in front of an audience which built my confidence up. 03/06/2013 I am quite proud of my progress over this year as I have become quite a good bit more confident than what I used to be as I have made new friends and have carried out tasks in front of an audience.  I watched this video and it helped.
3  Athletic	Target/Goal: To become more athletic. Action points: ·       Increase doing regular exercise. ·       Train myself also playing Gaelic football for my club.	Short Term Goal 18/10/12	18/10/12 I have not become more athletic yet. 03/04/13 I have become more athletic by being a member of a gym and also play Gaelic football. I have also watched this video on increasing lung capacity for running: This video also gives tips on controlling breathing. This book was also recommended to me to help my running. 03/06/2013 I am now very athletic as I have been doing my own training at the house, going to a gym and also playing Gaelic football for Newry Shamrocks.
Weakness	Strengths	Review Dates	Progress Diary
1  Easily distracted	Target/Goal: To become more focused on my work and not as easily distracted. Action points: ·         Turn phone off while working. ·         Do not talk while you are being told what to do.	Medium Term Goal 18/12/12	18/10/12 No progress. 22/04/13 I have become a little less distracted as I haven’t been using my phone as much while I am concentrating. 03/06/2013 There has been progress over the past year as I have become less distracted and getting on with my work when there is a conversation going on behind me.  I have watched this video and it helped me.
2  Says words without thinking	Target/Goal: To learn not to say silly things without thinking before I speak. Action points: ·       Think about what your about to say before you speak.	Short Term Goal 18/11/12	18/10/12 I have improved a little as I do not say inappropriate words as much as I used to. 01/05/13 I haven’t improved much on this as I still say silly things without thinking. 03/06/2013 Over the year I have slowly progressed on this as I now think before I say something to make sure what I’m saying is appropriate.
3  Easily annoyed	Target/Goal: To keep my temper and not to let other things annoy me as easily. Action points: ·       Don’t let people or things get to you and annoy you		18/10/12 No progress. 11/03/13 I haven’t improved on this at all as I still get annoyed very easily for example when someone is distracting me when I am trying to do my work. 03/06/2013 There has been little progress on this but not much as I don’t react as much when someone is distracting or irritating me. This video was recommended to me recently: