The document discusses the link between professional development and personal growth. It notes that individuals from all levels and industries need to continually learn and adapt to today's changing workplace. Employers also need to recognize the value of this link and optimizing human capital investments. The link between professional development and personal growth will only become stronger as technological changes, globalization, and a complex market require constant learning, creativity, innovation, and self-awareness for individuals and organizations to thrive.

1. The Link Between Professional
Development and Personal Growth

2. Need Exists For All Professionals
Individuals
from all levels,
positions and
industries
need to learn
how to adapt
to today’s
dynamic
marketplace
in order to live
with intention
and work with
purpose.

3. Human Capital & Organizational Value
Employers need to recognize the value of this link
since obtaining human capital and optimizing human
capital investments are two of the most critical issues
facing organizations in the future.

4. Technological Impact – Social Networks
According to the 2011
SHRM Workplace
Forecast "in 2009 one out
of four HR professionals
said their organizations
used social networking
sites to look up
candidates before inviting
them for an interview.

5. Technological Impact – Always On
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6. Technological Impact - Telework
In its 2011 report The
State of Telework in the
U.S. Telework Research
Network concluded
that regular
telecommuting in the
U.S. grew by 61%
between 2005 and
2009 with 45% of the
workforce employed in
a position compatible
with at least part-time
telework.

7. Lack of Organizational Training
Organizations have reduced their training and
development budget, yet continue to demand
more from leaner workforces.

8. Today’s Complex Marketplace
The September 10,
2011 edition of The
Economist noted that
“Globalisation and
technological
innovation are bringing
about long-term
changes in the world
economy that are
altering the structure
of the labour market.”

9. Complexity Will Continue To Grow
According to IBM's 2010 Global CEO Survey, eight in ten
CEOs expect their environment to grow significantly
more complex and fewer than half believe they know
how to deal with it successfully. To succeed in today's
hyper-competitive market "it will be counterproductive
to simply to carry on with the current stimuli policies,
management strategies and curricular approaches."

10. Individuals Under Tremendous Pressure
Geoff Colvin wrote about the
value and significance of this
link in Talent is Overrated
and proclaimed that
"individuals are under
unprecedented pressure to
develop their own abilities
more highly than ever before,
quote apart anything their
employers may or may not
do to develop them."

11. The Need to Think Differently
"To deal with
today, therefore
we need not only
new knowledge
but new ways to
think about it."

12. The Need To Be Creative
“To be successful today
professionals need to
improve their creativity as
it relates to design,
storytelling, empathy, and
meaning. Individuals,
families and organizations
need to understand that
professional success and
personal fulfillment now
require a whole new
mind."

13. The Need To Innovate
In its 2011 report:
Learning to Innovate, The
American Society for
Training & Development
noted that to remain
successful in today's
hyper-competitive
environment, "companies
need to have systems and
strategies in place to
encourage, develop, and
sustain innovation in every
role in the organization."

14. The Need To Increase Self-Awareness
Since habits shape 45%
of the choices people
make each day, there is
a tremendous need for
people to increase the
few formal moments of
self-appraisal that they
have and make a life-
long commitment
to self-awareness and
learning.

15. The Link Will Only Grow Stronger