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Randal Tame
Personal Development Plan Workbook
Aspiration This is what you would like to be different at the end of your development program.
It should be expressed in terms of a high level goal you would like to achieve.
Priority How important is this Aspiration to the achievement of your overall career,
performance or business goals? Very important, Important or Less important? Consider business,
work performance and career factors.
Assess
Current Situation What is your current situation re your Aspirations or the level of
performance on your L&D outcomes? What evidence do you have to support this? Do you need
to gather more substantial or detailed evidence? How will you do this? Learning &
Development Outcomes
This involves breaking your Aspiration down into more specific and tangible targets. They may
be skills, knowledge, behaviours or performance standards. Ideally your outcomes would involve
all of these that put together will lead to the achievement of your Aspiration.
What level of performance or expertise on these targets in terms of your skills, knowledge or
confidence do you want to achieve? How will these show in the workplace? Please be specific as
these will be the criteria you will use to guide your L&D actions and evaluate the success of your
development program.
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Workplace Challenges
What projects and activities will you undertake in the workplace to help achieve your L&D
outcomes?
How will your Learning Project contribute to your development? What will you need to do in
your Learning Project to gain and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence required to
demonstrate the targeted behavioural indicators?
Alliances
Who will be working with you to help you achieve your outcomes? Your manager/mentor, coach,
peers and colleagues, staff, customers? Anyone else?
Aspire
Assess
Current Situation
My current leadership style is too directive. I feel like I should always know all the answers. I
talk too much and dont listen enough. I still feel more comfortable with being the expert than
being a manager.
Be an active listener; give room for others and ask clarifying questions
I will ask more questions than I will provide answers. I will take up no more air time than
anyone else.
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Workplace Challenges
Develop a business plan for the introduction of a Performance Management system for my
business unit in consultation with all stakeholders.
Work with each of my team members to create an individual L&D plan
Ensure that my Learning Team sets up clear guidelines for team process that encourages
openness, collaboration and inclusion. Make sure I follow these in my dealings with colleagues
and team members. Share my development plan and seek feedback on my behaviours.
Aspiration
Current Situation
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Workplace Challenges
Alliances
Resources
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