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Personal Development Plans
4. Developing
4.1 Many PDP objectives can be achieved through learning in the workplace.
- Assign a suitably skilled manager or colleague to provide guidance to the employee, as requested.
- Delegate additional tasks (and authority) to the employee, expressly to develop new skills. Or second the employee to a different department.
4.2 More formal training can help to develop specific knowledge and skills.
4.3 Self-directed development can be the most powerful way of ensuring employee 'buy-in'.
For example:
- An employee with an 'attitude problem' may resolve it independently if you bring it to his or her attention. The issue can then be monitored as part of the PDP reviews.
- More senior or expert employees may be highly motivated by achieving development objectives independently.
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