From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpersonal developmentpersonal developmentPROGRESSimprovements in your character and skills → personal
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personal development• Such opportunities and experiences offer great scope for professional and personal development. 11.• A new trust fund has been launched to help social workers and other professionals train in psychodynamic learning and personal development.• Individuals frequently work in a number of different company environments and experience a steady stream of training and personal development.• All these contributed much to a sense of fellowship and corporate social identity as well as providing opportunities for personal development and individual enrichment.• Barber argues that these traits can be traced back to three components of personal development and socialization.• Of most importance to teachers were affective aims relating to the personal development of children.• Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance.• Is caring for the child's personal development to be relegated to overtime? 