{"id":4796,"date":"2017-03-16T14:15:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T04:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2017-03-16T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T04:15:37","slug":"top-10-personal-development-skills-for-leaders-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/professional-development-training\/top-10-personal-development-skills-for-leaders-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Personal Development Skills for Leaders & Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Einstein stressed that lifelong learning should be a focus because personal growth stops where there\u2019s no learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuous personal development is a necessity for top professionals, but failure rates are alarmingly high, Harvard Business Review states.[i]<\/sup> When a survey was conducted of over 1,000 people who worked on personal development, as many as 96% of them failed to achieve any results.[ii]<\/sup> Research concludes that the reason for it is that personal development should be a group activity, not something to be learnt in isolation.[i]<\/sup><\/p>\n

August Turak, author of Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO\u2019s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity<\/em>, points out that life-work balance, punctuality, and the integration of personal development in life are key factors for successful personal development.[iii]<\/sup><\/p>\n

Here are top 10 personal development skills that leaders and professionals can integrate in their life and work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Work-Life Balance<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\nMaintain a healthy balance between work and life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Management<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\nPrioritise, delegate and use resources to manage time better<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active Listening<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\nListen to understand and respond appropriately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self-Confidence<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\nManage your emotions and fears, and deal with others\u2019 negative behaviours positively<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication Skills<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\nUse the right tone and voice for communicating clearly and confidently<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emotional Intelligence<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\nStay aware of your and others\u2019 emotions to build healthy work relationships<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leadership<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\nHave the vision, communication ability, and management skills to influence and direct others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Problem-Solving Ability<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\nRecognise problems, consider options, and make the best possible decision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organising<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\nUse ways to organise tasks, time and materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Body Language<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\nUse correct body language to communicate suitably<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0Sources<\/h4>\n

[i] https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/02\/why-self-improvement-should-be-a-group-activity<\/a><\/p>\n

[ii]https:\/\/medium.com\/@skooloflife\/why-96-percent-of-personal-development-efforts-fail-63a0990b7c1d#.4nn9cytyp<\/a><\/p>\n

[iii]https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/augustturak\/2014\/01\/10\/what-every-leader-must-know-about-personal-development\/#7049bdeb4ee2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Einstein stressed that lifelong learning should be a focus because personal growth stops where there\u2019s no learning. Continuous personal development is a necessity for top professionals, but failure rates are alarmingly high, Harvard Business Review states.[i] When a survey was conducted of over 1,000 people who worked on personal development, as many as 96% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1740,9],"tags":[110,1741,1742,1743],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4814,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions\/4814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}