As you progress in your career development journey, it’s important to continuously align and focus your education on the opportunities, core competencies, and experience that matter to you and your career. An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is an employee-driven tool to help you set clear, achievable goals and create a structured path to reach them.
The IDP form helps you communicate with your manager or supervisor about the specific opportunities and resources you need for your development. It blends the goals-setting framework of the IDP with the leader competencies.
Everyone is a leader in some capacity, no matter what their job title is. The leader competencies define the skills and experience that make impactful leaders in state government and equip you with knowledge and skills to develop your leadership abilities.
The form captures your key goals, the activities you will do to pursue your goals, the resources you need, and the target completion dates. It also helps you make a connection between your goals and specific leadership competencies.
All employees should develop an IDP every year. Supervisors are expected to use IDPs to engage in quarterly career goal conversations with employees and actively support their career journey.
