Leadership and professional
development
Professor Robin Matthews
May 31 2017
A Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) circa 4,000 words based on the following:
1. a critical reflection on prior learning,
2. an individual CPD programme setting out the student’s’ learning journey across the
doctoral programme, and beyond
3. a critical discussion on how the doctoral programme of study will inform future
professional development and practice.
The PDP will incorporate a plan with a comprehensive reflective narrative which:
a. Summarises personal development to date (a Personal Development Position Statement)
including personal strengths and weaknesses;
b. States current and future career aspirations and personal development requirements to
progress towards these aspirations;
c. Considers personal development modes and methods to address requirements;
d. Formulates a detailed 5-year personal development planning to include development providers
and associated costs; and
e. Identifies ways in which the PDP can be evaluated.
Personal development portfolio; scheme
Past
Future
Alternative paths
Upside risks
intention
Chosen
Downside risks
alternative paths
now
Impact analysis
Probability x utility
Leadership: critical literature review
• A critical reflective evaluation (circa 4,000 words) of one of the main
leadership theories/frameworks. In so doing, students are expected
to demonstrate understanding of a substantial body of academic and
professional knowledge. In particular, critical engagement with the
key areas of research philosophy and methods which underpin the
leadership theory selected is required.
Considers personal development modes and methods to
address requirements;
Personality, learning, skills and leadership tests
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Learning Styles test: Kolb
www.businessballs.com/freepdfmaterials/vak_learning_styles_questionnaire.pdf
Leadership potential test 16 pf: my skills profile
https://www.psychometrictest.org.uk/leadership-test
Myers Briggs
https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Empathy Quotient
https://psychology-tools.com/empathy-quotient
The Enneagram: A Typology of Personality
similarminds.com/test.htm
http://www.uoregon.edu/~sanjay/bigfive.html#wher
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