One of the most popular topics on my blog over the past year has been creating a development plan. So, I want to share with you a new approach to development planning that I have created. I have realized that there are several reasons why development plans are so vexing for people: 1) “Development needs” [...]
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One of the things that I hear regularly from people in the learning and development community is, “our people don’t know how to write good development plans. ” In the next breath, often comes a request such as, “Can you show me some examples of well-written plans that I can use to help educate my people?” [...]
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FIVE: The more you work at it, the more you’ll improve. Okay, this last of my Five Things to Consider may seem like a throw-away item, but I am including it for a reason. One of the things that I have noticed throughout my career is that some people invest themselves in their development plans, and [...]
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Fourth Thing: Experience is the best teacher. The only way to learn how to ice skate is to strap on a pair of skates and get out on the ice. You could spend a lot of time reading up on skating and the importance of balance, but it would be difficult to apply any of [...]
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Third Thing: Structured activity drives out unstructured activity. Someone once suggested that the defining feature of a totalitarian state is that anything that is not required by the state is prohibited by the state. In other words, all activity is structured, and there is no room whatsoever for individual discretion. When you talk to some people [...]
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SECOND THING If you don’t know where you’re going you won’t know when you get there If you don’t know where you’re going you won’t know when you get there. It is important to take some time to put your development activities into a larger perspective. What are you trying to develop, [...]
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Think for a moment about what your life would be like if you were completely satisfied with yourself: you were always at your ideal weight; you were in your dream job; you were able to speak freely and comfortably before large crowds; and, you experienced a sense of contentment and inner peace every day. A [...]
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