Individual Development Plan (iDP) Example
Individual Development Plan (iDP)
Biographical Data
Name
Age
Qualification
Current Position
Business Unit
Gender
Race
Line Manager
MoR
Individual Development Plan (iDP)
Development Panel Details
Development Panel Date
Venue
Development Panel
Please Note: The developmental themes identified are derived from panel recommendation, psychometric assessments, MoR / Manager comments, individual assessment and comments following developmental discussions. It is not intended to rate the performance of the individual in any of these areas, but should be seen as proposed areas of development that will assist the individual to enhance their current capability and reach their full future potential.
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Stress Tolerance / Resilience
Self Starter & Take initiative
Display Integrity & Honesty
Champions Change
Develop Others
Communicates Effectively
Collaboration & Promote Teamwork
Inspire & Motivate
Others
Accountable
DecisivenessClear Vision, strategy & Direction
Problem Solving
Self
People
Work
Manage Self / Others Manage People Manage Work
1 Self Starter & Take initiative 5 Inspire & Motivate Others 9 Clear Vision, strategy & Direction
2 Stress Tolerance / Resilience 6 Collaboration & Promote Teamwork 10 Decisiveness
3 Display Integrity & Honesty 7 Develop Others 11 Problem Solving
4 Champions Change 8 Communicates Effectively 12 Accountable
Detailed Individual Development Plan (iDP)Development Activities
Competency Formal Development (10%) Learning from Others (20%) Learning at Work (70%)
Self AwarenessMLDP / ALDP / Corporate Athlete Programme
Mentorship:
Guidance from MoR
Self-Development:
TED Talk
Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self
And
Dan Ariely: What makes us feel good about our work? – see links below
Video Clip
Behaviour Change - Behavioural Dynamics Institute – see link below
Audio Book
Managing your Emotions: Critical steps to maintaining control in life (Audible.com – you can download your first book for free)
E-Book
Super Staying Power: What you need to become valuable and resilient at work
Coaching:
Guidance from MoR
Behavioural Actions:
On-going work exposure
Get feedback from others to increase the accuracy of your understanding of how people evaluate your overall effectiveness .
Seek feedback about your overall effectiveness from more than one source.
Learn to compensate for weaknesses by selecting a team with
complementary skills.
E-Learning:
Complete the following modules on Harvard ManageMentor:
Manage Yourself
Goal Setting
Career Management
Note that on completion you will get a certificate from Harvard
Business School.
Hard Copy
The Emotionally intelligent manager: How to develop and use the
four key emotional skills of leadership / Caruso; D; Salovey, P
And
Getting it Right: The manager’s guide to business communication / Adey, AD – Cape Town: Juta & Co, 1990 (Book) 658.45 ADE
Role Models:
Find role models who know their own personal strengths and weaknesses and seeks feedback about their own behaviour without
being defensive.
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Detailed Individual Development Plan (iDP)Development Activities
Competency Formal Development (10%) Learning from Others (20%) Learning at Work (70%)
Leadership Development &
Influence
ALDP / MLE Overview Mentorship:
Guidance from MoR
Self-Development:
TED Talk
Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning from leadership's missing manual
Video Clip
Ten Leadership Theories in Five Minutes
E-Book
The Inspiring Leader : Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary
Leaders Motivate.
Audio Book
Extraordinary Leadership (Free on Audible.com)
Hard Copy
The little black book: a guide to black professionals in South Africa
2007/2008 / Vundla, P -- Johannesburg: BDFM Publishers, 2007 (Book) 338.040923968 HAF
Coaching:
Feedback from Line Manager
Behavioural Actions:
Assess your own management practices i.e. have a look at
what you are doing well and what you not doing so well.
Use opportunities to manage diverse groups that must reach a common goal to practice and build your skills
Maintain two-way dialogue with others on work results.
Learn more about your personal leadership style – you can try
this on-line quiz for free (http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl-leadershipquiz.htm)
E-Learning:
Complete the following modules on Harvard ManageMentor:
Manage Others:
Leading & Motivating
Feedback Essentials
Team Leadership
System for People:
Familiarize yourself with the ten managerial leadership practices in terms of the System for People (see link below)
Role Models:
Connect with a leader that can cope in a constantly changing, hyper-competitive world, and also have what it takes to inspire,
develop, and guide others.
Note that on completion you will get a certificate from Harvard
Business School.
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Detailed Individual Development Plan (iDP)Specific Comments
Please contact Natasja Muller at ATDS for guidance on how to action any of the proposals above.
Audible.com is an on-line source of audio books that you can listen through your smart phone, PC etc. – your first book is for free.
All other resources such as hard copies, audio books and e-books are available from the AGA Corporate Library.
Note that all recommended video clips will soon be available on the ATDS SharePoint Site.
Please note that the Harvard ManageMentor E-Learning programme will go live shortly and ATDS will allow you access to the system in the recent future.
Links:
Please note that you can find TED Talk resources at http://afzamoss/sites/ATDS/Media%20Files/TED%20Talks.aspx
Link to Managerial Leadership and Engagement Practices http://moss/sites/ca/SystemForPeople/Materials/SP%20Pocket%20Companion%20-%20Managerial%20Leadership%20and%20Engagement.pdf
Link to Analyze and Improve in terms of the BPF System: http://moss/sites/bid/Analyse%20and%20Improve/AI%20Lite%20Problem%20Solving%20Pocketbook%20-%20v3.0%20-%2020121001.pdf
Audible. Com
Link to BPF System StoryBoards: http://moss/sites/bid/BPF%20Technical%20Training%20Material/Work%20Management/BPF%20Storyboards%20Consolidated%20Oct%202011%20No%20crops.pdf
Comments by Individual
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