Setting PDP Objectives
Produce your own Personal Development Plan (PDP) and agree it with your supervisor/manager.
This should include the objectives you want to achieve during your placement, both short and long term, and detail how you aim to achieve them. Discuss this with your supervisor/manager and remember these can be specific to your job role, as well as objectives for personal learning.
I confirm I have agreed the students Personal Development Plan.
Supervisor/Manager Name:
Job Title: Date:
Please note:
• This should be completed within the first four weeks of your placement
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This may include presentations and events, face-to-face networking events, telephone calls, conference calls, video calls, meetings etc. By fully explaining all elements of ideas and using examples, as well as making a good judgment on whether it is valid.
Style and manner of communications are appropriate - communicators need to know how to do more than speak and write clearly. In addition, they must also know how to choose the right communication method: phone calls, face-to-face meetings, text messages, emails and letters are all different communication channels.
Active listening - Giving out information is only one half of communication, though it is the half that people tend to think about the most. The ability to focus entirely on what someone else is saying, confirm an understanding of both the content and emotion of their message back to them and ensuring an accurate understanding.
Approach to others is tactful and polite - Tactful communication requires you to understand your message before attempting to express it to others. Avoid veering into side conversations and adding non-essential information. In addition, be able to communicate in a variety of different situations — to give good news the excitement it deserves and reassure customers when bad things
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Tip: Read the business pages of newspapers such as The Guardian, The Independent or The Times. You could also look for internal company publications, magazines websites (you can use screens shots as your evidence)
Customer Needs
Knowing and understanding your customer or stakeholders is at the centre of every successful business
• who they are - including individuals in other businesses who are responsible for the decision to buy or work with you
• are you aware of your major competitors?
• every business needs a reason for their customers to buy or work with them and not their competitors. This is called a Unique Sales Proposition (USP). What is yours? (this could be from your dept or organisation)
Please note:
• These activities can be undertaken anytime during your placement year therefore try and keep a regular diary of events for your
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