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INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN: 10-WEEK PLAN
Career Development
A guided plan to grow with intention, one week at a time.
Section I: Defining Your Strengths
Identify your top 3 strengths.
Think about career successes, feedback from peers or managers, and your assessment results.
Reflection Point
How have these strengths helped you succeed already? Which ones will you leverage in this plan?
Section II: My Career Development Goal
My career goal (specific and achievable in 10 weeks)
Why this goal matters
Where do you want your career to go, and why does this goal matter now?
Where I am today (current reality)
What skills, experience, and visibility do I have today? What is missing?
Section III: Action Plan by Phase
Weeks 1-3: Foundation
Learn, reflect, and gather support
Weeks 4-7: Practice
Apply new skills and ask for feedback
Weeks 8-10: Sustain
Consolidate wins and plan what comes next
Support and resources I need
Courses, mentors, tools, budget, time, or people who can help.
Accountability
Who will help me stay accountable, and how will they check in?
Possible obstacles and how I will handle them
How I will know I succeeded (measure of success)
Section IV: 10-Week Progress Tracker
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Section V: Review
Week 5 check-in
What is working? What needs to change in the second half?
Week 10 final review
What did I achieve? What will I keep doing? What is my next 10-week focus?
Appendix: Example Action Steps
- Update your resume, LinkedIn profile, and personal brand
- Hold two informational interviews with people in the role you want
- Identify a mentor and adopt 2-3 of their behaviors
- Grow your network inside and outside your organization
- Join a professional association or attend an industry event
- Complete a course or certification tied to your target role
- Ask your manager what the next level really requires
- Ask a peer in your target role to review your resume and profile
- Hold a weekly check-in with an accountability partner
- Share your progress with your manager at weeks 5 and 10
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