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.
 How am I going
to get there?

Personal Development Plan – Key questions

SMART GOAL !
 What are the features of a
Personal Development Plan

Where am I now?
• Identifying existing skills/qualifications
• Identifying strengths
• Identifying weaknesses
 Where do I want to go?
• Identifying long term aims
• Identifying future required
skills/qualifications

What are the features of a Personal

Development Plan
 What are the features of a Personal
Development Plan

How am I going to get there?

• Setting timeline
• Setting short-term goals
Benefits
and
Risks

• What are the benefits of

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