Why needs Personal Development Plan ?
Why
Needs Personal Development Plan?
Every employee
should have a personal development plan (PDP). Managers can use PDPs to help employees reflect on
their abilities and find opportunities to improve
What is a personal development plan?
It's an official record of the skills your employee has and the skills they need to develop. It's a framework to help them reflect on what they want to accomplish and how to go about it.
For employees, it's a source of discovery, inspiration and motivation.
For managers, PDPs can become the basis of performance appraisals. They inform overall goals and objectives, but they can also become a guide rope that keeps them focused on development.
The PDP gives them purpose and something to work towards, whether it's a qualification, new skill or a promotion.
How an employer benefits from personal development plan
It’s important
for employers to recognize that they also stand to benefit from developing their
employees, not just the employees themselves.
An employer
benefits in the following ways:
- Staff are happier and more
motivated
- Enhances staff performance
- Improves staff retention
- Helps to align staff with business
aims
- Provides an opportunity to accelerate
business growth
Aims of a personal development plan
There are
several aims of personal development plans that relate to the employee’s
development, and that of the overall business. It’s good practice to consider
both personal and work objectives in a personal development plan.
01-Set clearly defined career goals
PDPs should
clearly establish the overall goal that the employee is trying to achieve.
Without clearly defined goals, employees lose their sense of purpose, leading
to a drop in motivation and productivity levels.
02-Nurture
existing talent
Not only do PDPs
boost employee motivation, but they also help businesses to retain staff by
offering development opportunities. ‘career
development’ to be the most common reason why people switch jobs, so it’s
essential that companies take the time to nurture their talent to keep that
sense of job satisfaction among its employees.
03-Highlight
key development areas
A structured PDP
allows employers to identify any skill gaps that need overcoming in order for
the employee to progress. This helps the employee to avoid aimlessly wandering
towards their goal and, instead, to identify what actionable, concrete steps
they can start taking.
04-Improve self-awareness and capability
Developing a
personal development plan is a two-way street. It isn’t about the employer telling
the employee what they need to work on, but rather it’s an exchange of ideas
and a collaborative effort to agree upon development areas together.
05-Aid career progression
Employers must
remember that the aim of a personal development plan is to further an
employee’s career. Its milestones should therefore always be able to explain
how the employee is contributing towards achieving the long-term career goal.
Conclusion
The PDP needs to
identify the employee’s key strengths and should use the input of both employee
and employer or manager, since both are likely to have different perspectives.
This will help to assess their suitability to the long-term career aim, and
will also ensure that both parties understand the need to nurture these skills.
References
https://www.tsw.co.uk/blog/leadership-and-management/personal-development-plan
https://www.totaljobs.com/recruiter-advice/creating-a-personal-development-plan-with-your-staff
https://www.yoh.com/blog/5-reasons-every-organization-needs-a-recruitment-and-selection-policy
https://www.google.com/search?q=pic+of+personal+development+plan+for+an+organization&tbm=isch&ved
Well written. I like to add more to this article. The personal development plans help address future business needs and succession planning. This reduces the costs of recruiting, onboarding and training external candidates. Just as it’s important to identify key strengths, it’s equally as important to identify areas of development or any skill gaps preventing the employee from achieving their aims.
ReplyDeleteThe simplest way to describe a personal development plan is to think about the workplace. At your job, you probably have a professional growth plan. It often includes things like upgrading your abilities or meeting specific business-related targets.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if you're a salesperson, your professional plan might include a sales target that you hope to meet that year while it might also suggest that you attend a networking seminar to learn some new skills.
The author has elaborated his idea of the PDP here. But in my personal opinion, this is the document that can go beyond a person's official life and turn the whole personal life into a goal, through a vision in the near future, moderated by himself. This is a really important document for a person, who is really acceptable challenges and development.
ReplyDeletemore importantly there should be a dream for all, to reach it a pdp is required.
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