Free

Plan your Professional Development to Enhance your Career

Course Description: 
When planning for personal and organizational professional development, it is important to have a fundamental understanding of what the professional development plan is intended to achieve and of the key PD focus areas. Effectively developing staff skills and their core competencies is essential to success in today’s challenging municipal environment.

Learn about the five stages of career development, the professional development focus areas, the balanced approach of subject matter expertise versus soft skills, and a brief overview of our established Finance program and upcoming Leadership/Management and Soft Skills programs.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn about key definitions and intentions related to professional development.
  • Learn how to plan strategically for your team’s overall development.
  • How to utilize the five stages of career development to support the planning of your short- and long-term professional development.
  • Learn about the top ten professional development focus areas to help prioritize your personal and organization’s PD plan.
  • How to adequately plan for both subject matter expertise and soft skills such as emotional intelligence, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
  • Learn about Bloom’s proven professional development program and how to Bloom your career through Bloom PD.

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal professional.

Currently available ON DEMAND

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