Individual Strategic

Development Plan

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Executive Summary 3

Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment 4

Mission and Goals 5

Gap Analysis and Action Plan 6

Reflective Journals 7
Prompt 1 7
Prompt 2 8
Prompt 3 9
Prompt 4 10
Prompt 5 11

Industry Assessment 12

Progress Report 13

Future Goals and Development Plan 14

References 15

Appendix 16

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Executive Summary
This section should summarize the contents of the entire document. Consider the main
takeaway messages from each section and compile them here.

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Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment

Illustrate your personal SWOT analysis here, and provide an accompanying narrative.

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Mission and Goals

What are your personal goals? Why? What is your personal mission statement? Your
goals should be achievable over the course of the MBA program and should be
articulated using the SMART format. Include milestones/timelines, resources necessary
to achieve the goals, benefits of achieving the goals, and measures of success (metrics).

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Gap Analysis and Action Plan

What gaps do you identify between your strengths and your goals? Set out an action
plan to close the gap(s), and identify how the goals will be met. This action plan should
be focused on addressing skills in which you are deficient and should express the
resources and techniques that will be used to put the plan into action and to meet the
goals.

Goal Goal length Goal type Actions Deadline Priority

(rank)

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Reflective Journals
Place your responses to each of the five writing prompts here. Each response should be
½ to one page in length.

Prompt 1
You’ve completed your first concentration. What are some of the most interesting
discoveries you have made while working on this project? How will you use what you’ve
learned in the future?

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Prompt 2
You have been working on your goals for four months now. In what ways have you
made progress? What has contributed most to your achievements so far?

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Prompt 3
You are nearly halfway through your program. What are the biggest challenges you’ve
faced so far? What is getting in the way of progress? How can you address these
obstacles?

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Prompt 4
For many MBA students, developing leadership skills is a key objective. What did you
learn about your approach to leadership after completing the Leading Organizations
concentration? How will you apply your learning to your life and career?

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Prompt 5
Now that you are nearly at the end of the program, what have been some of your most
powerful learning moments? How have these experiences impacted your ability to
achieve your goals?

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Industry Assessment
Include your assessment of your target industry and role here.

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Progress Report
Discuss your progress over the course of your MBA. This should be one of the last parts
you write. Did you achieve your goals? Why or why not? What goals remain?

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Future Goals and Development Plan

Articulate your future goals. These can be medium- or long-term goals and should be
articulated using the SMART format. Include milestones/timelines, resources necessary
to achieve the goals, benefits of achieving the goals and measures of success (metrics).

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References
Place any references here. Please use Chicago author-date style for the in-text citations
and reference list (for more on Citation Guidelines, see this document).

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Appendix
Include here any evidence of any events attended or any activities undertaken to
support progress towards your goals.

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