What are principles underpinning personal and professional development and reflective practice?

Answer 1

Personal and professional development allows individuals to achieve critical changes to personality, identity, attitude, values and beliefs. They also allow people to increase personal and professional satisfaction and allow people to assess their own capabilities and realistically understand and achieve their personal potential. Reflection, personal and professional development allow individuals to settle issues from the past, assessing the current achievements and abilities and ultimately developing an action plan for future potential It is critical that every person contemplates development in order to fully achieve goals and be contented, therefore reducing stress, creating balance and allowing personal control of life. H 17/04/2009

Answer 2

There are 5 very important principles that underpin personal and professional development of someone - these are: 1) Producing better work performance, 2) Improving personal communication with colleagues, 3) Improving self-awareness, 4) Resolving and reducing the amount of stress and conflict situations and 5) Improving personal relationship with others.