Annual or Semester planning using Woolworths Development Plan

This Page in your PDP has been adapted with permission from the Development Plan used with staff at Woolworth. The original material can be viewed at http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/courses/other/performance/pdpindex.html The first pages are extracted from the Woolworths documentation, the Development Plan grid has been adapted for a student audience as an example. You may want to tailor it further for your needs.

What does a Development Plan Look Like?

Development targets will have a different focus depending on the individual. For example, a person who has aspirations to move into a more senior role may wish to include goals like:

· develop greater cross-functional awareness

· develop X area of technical skill

· expand skills in managing meetings where senior managers are present

· enhance political awareness and sensitivity

· develop team leading skills

For those who do not have active career aspirations or are in their optimum role, goals may focus on enhanced contribution in other ways. For example:

· develop coaching skills to share expertise on XXXXXX with the rest of the team

· develop greater expertise on XXXX to become a resource for the team

See the end of this section for a worked example.

DEVELOPMENT PLAN Example for a Woolworths Employee
Name:	Grade:
Position:	Date:
Agreed with Name:	Position:

Development Goals	Situation and context
Persuading and influencing in meetings	Particularly with senior managers, and when information is ambiguous

Deliverables/How will it look once target is achieved?	Actions required to achieve goals
- calm, assured, effective eye-contact - able to take on a variety of ‘roles’ in a meeting (such as advocate, supporter, challenger, enquirer) - sells benefits in ways that relate very strongly to the listeners - is positive and enthusiastic about proposals put forward, but also recognises and assesses risk or penalty of different courses of action (ie is realistic)	- arrange to attend more ‘high profile’ meetings - learn about different ‘roles’ in meetings (LRC or training programme) - find role model and discuss approaches - review with manager - get clarity around what you want to persuade others to do

Measure of success	Potential Barriers	Timescale
Positive feedback from other managers (collected by speaking to them informally after meetings?). Self -review of success and unsuccessful meetings.	Time/Self belief?	Review in 3 Months time and assess the level of change

Student DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Name:	Siobhan James	Year:	2004-5
Degree Scheme	Mechanical Engineering	Date:	Ist semester
Tutor :	Dr Peter Wales

Development Goals for Semester / Year	Situation and Context
Pass all the exams at 2.1 standard Finish project work on time Find some people to share a house next year Get fitter See some movies

Deliverables/How will it look once target is achieved?	Actions required to achieve goals
I will be a thinner, fitter person with some new friends a decent house to live in next year and be half way to a 2.1 degree	I need to be more disciplined about getting up and getting work done. I need to be more organised about reading and practicing the IT work. I must find time to write project work and then be able to redraft it and get rid of some of the basic errors, no more writing at the last minute Sign up for aerobics and film club. It’s mostly being a bit more organised.

Measure of success	Potential Barriers	Timescale
Positive review meetings with tutor Good marks for the lab classes	Not getting much done, time management I don’t leave time to get my head round some of the difficult stuff	Need to review progress half way through term Keep up weekly schedule

Student DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Name:	Year:
Degree Scheme	Date:
Tutor :

Development Goals for Semester / Year

Situation and Context

Deliverables/How will it look once target is achieved?

Actions required to achieve goals

Measure of success

Potential Barriers

Timescale