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Personal development goals can help employees build their skills. New skills won’t be limited to
their personal lives; they have a spillover effect. The individual will become a better person and
help them become better employees in the workplace.
But which personal development goals provide the biggest benefits? And how can employees set
them and employers help them achieve them? These questions and more will be addressed in this
article.
First, let’s start by going over what personal development goals are.
Table of contents
What are personal development goals?

10 examples of personal development goals
The strength of personal development goals
What are personal development goals?
Personal development goals are objectives that individuals set for themselves. Once achieved,
these objectives can benefit an individual’s personal life, improving their health, well-being, and
happiness.
10 examples of personal development goals
There are hundreds of personal development goals that individuals can set for themselves. The
following ten will provide big rewards for those that achieve them.
Building better relationships
No person is an island. No matter how talented an individual is at what they do, they need positive
relationships to be happy. With that in mind, one of the first personal development goals an
employee should set is to build better relationships, both personal and professional.
The employee should focus on active listening in conversations and how to ask better questions.
These skills will help them create stronger and more trusting relationships with the people around
them.
Becoming confident
Confidence plays a massive role in various aspects of an individual’s life. It affects most things, from
building relationships with significant others to asking for a promotion or handling a job interview
positively.
So it’s no wonder that confidence should be a priority personal development goal for employees.
Building courage through defeating fear
Courage is the value that enables every other value. A courageous individual can stand up for what
they think is right: their values. Confronting your fears is a difficult task for anyone, but it’s the most
effective way to build courage.
For inspiration, employees can look at an initiative called “100 days of rejection.” Jia Jiang started
this project by asking people for favors, expecting to be rejected. He did so to become more
courageous and the results were surprising (he even flew a gyroplane).
Working on emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is vital both in an individual’s personal life and in the workplace, which
makes it a good personal development goal.
With higher emotional intelligence, individuals will be able to “read” emotions better, become
more empathetic, and learn how to communicate their emotions effectively. All of these skills are
immensely valuable in personal lives and will also help to create better employees.
Creating new habits
Motivation can only last so long, and that’s why individuals should invest that motivation into
building new habits.
A habit is automatic; we don’t necessarily think about doing it. There are healthy habits that
individuals can pick up that will help them become better people, such as reading, being generous
or grateful, or listening first before speaking out.
With habits, it’s about starting small and then ramping it up later. The results don’t come from
doing it once or twice, but by doing it regularly.
Improving productivity
Employees can set a personal development goal to increase their productivity, both in their
personal and professional settings. Improving productivity doesn’t mean increasing their working
hours, but instead aims to help the employee to handle their tasks and objectives more efficiently
and effectively.
On top of that, employees will learn how to manage their time better. They will know which
projects to take on and how much time they will need for them. And the best thing is that
becoming more productive will help individuals achieve all of their other personal development
goals.
Reading books
Garbage in, garbage out. If an individual doesn’t feed themselves with good information, they won’t
be able to produce things of quality. So it’s no wonder that reading books is a popular personal
development goal.
Reading new (and old) books will help the individual learn things they can use in their personal and
professional lives. Books help people become more creative, informed, and solution-oriented.
Employees should start slow and set a daily goal for their book readings and then ramp it up from
there. By reading just 20 pages a day, the individual can read 40-50 books a year.
Learning how to handle stress
There’s so much stress in the daily lives of every employee. That stress doesn’t stop when work
finishes; employees bring it home and it continues to eat them up. It’s impossible to simply switch
off at 5 pm, especially in a world where remote work blurs the line between work and life.
So individuals can set a personal development goal of learning how to handle stress better. Stress
management will help the employee avoid burnout and handle difficult tasks at work and tricky
situations in life.
Mindfulness and presence
With so many things happening at the same time, it’s increasingly difficult for individuals to remain
in the moment. We always look to the future, wondering what will happen next and running off to
do the next task.
Practicing mindfulness and presence can be a beneficial personal development goal. They help
individuals stay in the moment, which enables them to focus on their current tasks without getting
distracted. Not only that, but employees practicing mindfulness can find ways to be grateful for
small things that happen around them, lowering their stress levels.
Improved decision-making
Decision-making is a skill that every individual can learn. There are different levels of decision-
making:
Emotional
Logical
Value-based
An individual can set a personal development goal to move from more emotional decision-making
to greater value-based decision-making. Emotional decision-making is when employees allow their
emotions to dictate their choices, so they may simply do what they want. This can be destructive
for the individual.
Value-based decision-making, on the other hand, is a superior form because the individual bases
their decisions on their strongly held values. Consequently, the choices they make will reinforce the
core values in their lives.
The strength of personal development goals
Personal development goals generally have positive effects on every individual. To help your
employees attain their personal development goals, you can give them ideas for achievable
objectives, including a starting point and an end point.
Also give them a skills assessment when they start on their journey to assess their “base form.”
When they achieve their personal development goals, you can give them further skills tests to see
how much they evolved over the course of the journey.
You can take a look at our Test Library for inspiration; we have over 200 scientifically proven tests
that you can use to help your employees reach their personal development goals. Sign up for your
free plan with us today, and start creating skills assessments straight away.
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