How to Produce Personal Development Plans
Underpinning this excellent resource is the belief that 'people who have been helped to take responsibility for their own development, learn more and put that learning into effect more frequently'. It contains masses of checklists and 63 participative exercises to help you work through the process of designing and implementing a Personal Development Plan/PDP system. Also included are timings and activities for a workshop and development centre.
Buyers Guide
What is the purpose of this manual?
To give trainers and developers everything they need to help managers and professionals take responsibility for their personal development.
Is it for me? What is the target population for this manual?
The manual is primarily written for trainers and developers who want a thorough understanding of all that is involved in establishing sound, robust PDP systems. However, the manual also contains numerous exercises that are directly aimed at helping managers and professionals with their personal development.
Who wrote the manual?
The manual is written by Dr Alan Mumford – an international ‘guru’ in all things to do with learning and personal development. He has advised countless organisations and written many books on the subject including Management Development – Strategies for Action, Effective Learning, and How Managers Develop Managers. No one is better qualified to write this comprehensive manual.
What difference will it make?
Quite simply, it will ensure that people embrace the idea of having relevant personal development plans and the determination to implement them successfully. People who continually invest in their personal development, outperform those who muddle along, merely reacting to events with no developmental ambitions. Specifically, the manual shows:
- The benefits of PDPs and how to integrate them into a management development policy
- How to design a PDP system
- How to create PDPs
- How to design assessment centres and development workshops
- How to make it all work and avoid mistakes
In how many ways could I use the manual?
You could:
- Select the parts that are most useful to you and use them as ready-made ‘how to do it’ guides
- Incorporate the materials and resources into your own workshops
- Photocopy the various exercises and use them as working documents to help promote PDPs
- Run the tried-and-tested development workshop and/or the development centre
So, why should I buy it?
Because it is the most comprehensive, authoritative manual on PDPs that you will ever find. The materials in this manual will help meaningful PDPs to become an accepted ‘way of life’ in your organisation.
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NB There is one exception to the above. The Learning Styles Questionnaire 80-item booklet, inserted in section 5 of the manual, must not be photocopied or reproduced in any way. Please refer to the copyright notice at the front of this booklet.
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