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

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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

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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

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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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