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Individual Development Plan Template

A two-page planning template for career aspirations, strengths, development opportunities, 70:20:10 activities, dates, support and measures of success.

Scope: Individual development planning; distribution and completion not established

This page was written by Inside MECCA. It is not an official MECCA document, a copy, an extract or a downloadable substitute for the source.

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Independent editorial reconstruction

The template provides a concrete record for translating career aspirations and development priorities into activities, dates, support and measures of success.

The wording below is a research paraphrase created by Inside MECCA. It should not be read as MECCA's wording or as proof of an official, current or universally applied process.

Purpose

To document an employee's career goals, strengths, development opportunities and an actionable individual development plan.

Who it applies to

  • Employees preparing an individual development plan
  • Managers providing coaching and support
  • People using the development-planning process

Manager responsibilities

  • Discuss career aspirations
  • Provide regular coaching
  • Help identify resources and support
  • Support development activities
  • Review success measures and target dates

Employee expectations

  • Identify two or three strengths
  • Identify two or three development opportunities
  • Define a specific learning goal
  • Select 70:20:10 activities
  • Set target dates and measures of success

Systems referenced

  • 70:20:10 development model
  • Development Planning Guidebook
  • Manager coaching
  • Individual Development Plan

Review frequency

The template includes target dates but does not state a fixed review interval.

Stated expectations

  • Documented career goals
  • Two or three development priorities
  • Manager and peer support
  • Measurable development outcomes
  • On-the-job, social and formal learning

Research paraphrase

Research theme

Career horizon

Employees are prompted to consider their career aspirations over the next two years.

Research theme

Action record

Each development goal can be linked to activities, a target date, support and a success measure.

Research theme

70:20:10

The guide describes learning through on-the-job experience, other people and formal learning.

Questions to compare with employee experience

  • Were employees offered this template or an equivalent record?
  • Were plans completed and retained?
  • Did managers provide the support recorded in the plan?
  • Were outcomes reviewed against target dates?

Document timeline

01Aspire

Define a two-year career direction

02Reflect

Identify strengths and opportunities

03Plan

Choose 70:20:10 activities

04Support

Name people and resources

05Measure

Set dates and success measures

Related documents

What could strengthen this record

More evidence can be linked as it becomes available

That may include an authenticated version, implementation records, meeting notes, training material or an organisational response.

Employee accounts

Experience is assessed separately from policy

Contributor accounts are not merged into the organisational source. They are coded, assessed and linked only where consent, relevance and source safety allow.

Where the evidence stops

This reconstruction does not authenticate a source or establish workplace practice.

It does not establish that any underlying material was official, current, mandatory, complete, distributed to employees or consistently followed. The original source is not available through this site.