Nurture and improve your employees’ skills so that they attain desired goals within a time period. Enable individuals to reach to their full potential and improve performances.

 

How can you do this?

 

Create a personal development plan for your employees.

 

What is a personal development plan?

 

It is an outline which includes one’s aspirations, education, training, strengths and weaknesses. You can also write down goals, career positioning, lifestyle, alternative plan, and a CV.

 

Why do you need a personal development plan?

 

Personal development plan or an individual development plan will help you turn your dreams into a reality. You will know where and how to get there to achieve those goals.

 

Now this plan can be used at personal and professional level both. It is basically used to achieve targets.

 

Imagine, you are walking nonstop. You will just get tired and won’t be able to reach your destination. So, it is okay to take breaks to catch a breath in between. This breath is your personal development plan.

 

Similarly, you have got to motivate your employees and help them perform their tasks effectively.

 

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Create a plan to organize goals and achieve them shortly.

 

Presenting you 7 essential Personal Development Plan PowerPoint templates to build your own plan.

 

  • Establish your Purpose:

Establish your Purpose

 

 

Get a clarity of thoughts of what exactly your employees want. What do they want to accomplish? It could be at an individual level or professional. You can use the above template to write down the goals that they seek to achieve.

 

  • Identify Development Needs:

Identify Development Needs

 

 

Many of us don’t know or struggle to find out which area of our life troubles us the most. Where do we lack? Where do we need to work upon? This template will help your employees figure out the area where they should focus on. It covers topics such as psychological, job security, belonging, self-esteem, and personal growth. This template will help them write down their goals once they know which area tops the list. Of course, you can add your own area of development needs. Identify which area needs the most attention and work accordingly.

 

  • Identify Learning Opportunities:

Identify Learning Opportunities

 

 

Include the above template to list down their learning opportunities while outlining a development plan. This basically shows how they will learn, bridge the gap and grow as a person. Now there are various ways through which one can learn and hone skills. We have listed some of the ways which are observing trends, solving a problem, coaching, self-study, and more. Figure out which learning opportunity suits your employees the best.

 

  • Formulate an Action Plan:

Formulate an Action Plan

 

Once you are clear with a purpose in your mind, it becomes easier to create an action plan to achieve the same. Use the above template where they can list down their goals. This PPT slide will help you set SMART goals so that employees are clear with their goals and ideas, focused on their efforts, use their time productively and enhances their chances of accomplishing what they want in life.

 

  • Undertake the Development:

Undertake the Development

 

Take an initiative to accomplish the goals they have set for themselves. Use this template to set a timeline to the plan and work accordingly to achieve the goals within a time period.

 

  • Record the Outcomes:

Record the Outcomes

 

Analyze the results and record the outcomes to check if the employees are getting any closer to their desired goals. This can be achieved in various ways like feedback forms, performance appraisal reports, meeting them, and more.

 

  • Evaluate and Review:

Evaluate and Review

 

 

Evaluate whether your employees’ efforts are making any difference to them or not. Draw conclusions from the assessment and decide if they need to change their action plan or should continue with what they are doing. Make necessary changes, if needed.

 

Professional and personal goals are endless. But only few of them are accomplished. This is because a personal development plan is needed.

 

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