Personal Development Plan

What is a Personal

Development Plan?

• Organisations are increasingly using Personal Development Plans as a way to form the basis of training and career development of individuals.

• Learners hoping to continue studies into higher education are likely to be expected to complete a Personal Development Plan.

Personal Development Plan – Key questions

How am I going

to get there?

SMART GOAL !

What are the features of a

Personal Development Plan

Where am I now? • Identifying existing skills/qualifications • Identifying strengths • Identifying weaknesses

What are the features of a Personal

Development Plan

Where do I want to go? • Identifying long term aims

• Identifying future required

skills/qualifications

How am I going to get there? • Setting timeline

• Setting short-term goals

What are the features of a Personal

Development Plan

• What are the benefits of completing a Personal Development Plan?

• What are the risks of completing a Personal Development Plan?

Benefits

and

Risks

The benefits

There are both benefits for the individual and employer: • Individual: The plan can be a

motivating factor • Become focused on self-improvement

and understand the long-term implications of efforts

• Employer’s point of view: The plans encourage employees to be proactive about their career planning

The Risks

Businesses will be constantly assessing whether raising expectations of the opportunities that may be presented to employees could cause more damage than not offering a PDP programme at all.

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