Training Package

Personal Development Plans

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Discover how to create and use a Personal Development Plan (PDP) as a practical, reflective tool for shaping your learning, performance, and future goals. You’ll develop the right mindset for growth by taking ownership of your development while balancing career progress, personal fulfilment, and well-being. Through self-assessment, you’ll identify your current skills, strengths, values, and motivations using tools such as a skills inventory and SWOT analysis, alongside gathering feedback (including 360-degree feedback). You’ll then set clear, realistic objectives using the SMART framework, prioritise what matters most, and turn your ambitions into achievable action plans with timelines, milestones, and support. Learn how to review progress regularly, adapt your PDP when priorities change, and overcome common barriers such as lack of time or confidence to make development a lasting habit. Optional insights cover personal branding, networking, and career transitions for continued long-term support.

£2.00 per learner

Learning outcomes

By completing this package, learners can:

Describe the purpose of a Personal Development Plan and distinguish it from a performance review, including common myths and why PDPs support career, educational, and personal progression.
Explain the core mindset shifts underpinning effective personal development, including growth mindset, personal ownership, lifelong learning, progress over perfection, and balance between career growth and well-being.
Identify and categorise current strengths, weaknesses, skills, values, interests, motivations, and development needs using self-assessment tools such as a skills inventory, SWOT analysis, and 360-degree feedback.
Analyse personal and external factors to determine current development priorities and opportunities.
Set SMART short-term and long-term goals, prioritising no more than five key objectives.
Develop actionable steps for each priority goal by selecting suitable learning methods, identifying required resources, anticipating obstacles, and assigning accountability support.
Construct a clear Personal Development Plan including milestones, timelines, evidence of achievement, and review points.
Evaluate the effectiveness of a Personal Development Plan through regular monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews and adjust goals and actions in response to progress, setbacks, or changing circumstances.

What’s included

A deployable SCORM package with practical learning content, ready for your LMS.

How it works

Add access, upload the package to your LMS, and pay per learner who uses it.

Who it’s for

Organisations deploying flexible workplace learning through an LMS.