An individual development plan (IDP) highlights and identifies an employee's development goal to the extent of his or hers organization's strategic plan. The plan contains training, education, and development activities to acquire or enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to maximize job performance. This will help to ensure that staff is prepared to carry out their responsibilities and contribute to the organization's mission by helping them learn new skills, refresh old skills, and make use of emerging technologies.

The IDP gives the manager/supervisor and the employee an opportunity to:

1. Establish objectives that support both the unit's and employee's needs and goals;

2. Give the employee a clear guide for working toward career goals and the supervisor a chance to channel the employee's efforts in ways that help the unit achieve its goals and mission; and

3. Organize and set priorities for development experiences, that will help an employee: (1) learn new skills to improve current job performance (2) increase interest, satisfaction, and challenge in their current position (3) obtain knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to reach career goals that are aligned with organizational strategic goals (4) prepare for increased responsibility.

Prepare and complete your own IDP, you may use the following example (see below) or create your own. Once complete, post to this thread.

Requirements:

Respond to the initial post by Thursday and two students by Sunday.

IDP Worksheet Example

Employee: ___Elvis Preseley_____________________________ Date: ______________

Manager/Supervisor: ____ ____________________ Date: ______________

Goal	Developmental Action	Measure of Success	Resources Required	Manager/ Supervisor's Role	Dates	Strategic Goal
Vehicle Manager	Attend specific training with vehicle specialist	Become intimately familiar with vehicle process	Travel to Albuquerque? Develop SOP	Allow hands on training allow travel if/when necessary	Start: 2019 -Complete: 2020	All fleet vehicles housed and maintained by single POC
Leadership training	Attend leadership courses/complete assignments	Successful completion of the program - ability to apply what was taught/gained from courses	Attend travel and classes	Allow/approve additional resources for mentorship.	March 2019 - Sep 2019	Successfully complete the program
FMBS specialist able to perform at expert level	Refresher training/course Attend available classes	Able to navigate through FBMS assist in budget, reallocation	Additional training	Task employee with SOP development	Start: 2019 - Complete: 2020	Serve as back to current SME
Concur / travel coordinator	Hands on travel go to for all things travel. Training on cost comparison	Able to assist and complete travel for employees, able to voucher unassisted	Extra training in Concur maybe additional hours designated to understand travel	Allow additional training, assign as the FATA	Start: 2019 - complete: 2020	Serves as a back-up to current travel specialist