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Individual Development Plan (IDP) template, with a filled-in example

A plan an employee agrees on with their manager, setting out what to develop over the year and how. Development activities are split into experience, relationships, and formal learning (70·20·10), with space for mid-year and year-end reviews.

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Fields in this template

  • Current role, strengths, and skills to develop
  • 1-year goals and development activities: experience, relationships, training
  • Needed support · Mid-year and year-end check-ins
  • Filled-in example — a sales assistant manager’s 1-year plan

How to fill it in

  1. Write your 1-year goal as 'what I will be able to do on my own' — e.g., handle price negotiations without my team lead present.
  2. For each development activity, start with the work you will take on (experience) and the people you will learn from (relationships). Add training last.
  3. Set a deliverable or a way to verify each activity, and the year-end check-in gets much easier.
  4. A manager signature line turns the plan into an 'agreement'. Write down the support you need together with your manager.

Sample entries — view as a table

This excerpt comes from an example filled in for a fictional company, Hanbit Precision Co., Ltd. (auto parts manufacturing, 280 employees). The file contains the blank template first, followed by the full example. All amounts and figures in the example are assumed, for illustration only.

Development activities (Experience 70 · Relationships 20 · Training 10)

CategoryActivitiesTimingDeliverable / how to verify
Experience (70)Lead 2 new-account proposals as the primary ownerMar · Sep2 proposals, 2 presentations
Experience (70)Handle Q4 price negotiations with 2 accounts independentlyOct–NovNegotiation results report
Relationships (20)Get a monthly proposal review from Manager Oh on Sales Team 1Monthly10 review records
Training (10)Completed B2B Sales Negotiation course (in-house training, September)SeptemberCompletion · Action plan

In 1 year: Write and present proposals to 2 new accounts on my own, and handle price negotiations with existing accounts without my team lead present

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FAQ

What does the 70·20·10 in an IDP mean?

It is a rule of thumb that 70% of skill development comes from work experience, 20% from relationships with others (coaching and feedback), and 10% from training. The template has you divide your development activities into these three categories.

Are an IDP and a career development plan the same thing?

Usage varies a little from company to company, but both serve the same purpose: a document in which you and your manager agree on the skills and activities to develop over a one-year period. It also works as-is for managing key talent.

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