Which of the following BEST describes an Individual development plan or IDP ?

• A tool used by employers to monitor and track the employee's sales goals

• A tool used by employees to identify & track professional & personal career goals

• A tool used by employees to help them understand their job performance

• A tool to help employers keep track of what their employees do each day

Who is the owner of IDP ?

• Manager

• Employee

• HR

• Organisation

Individual Development Planning is a partnership - Yes or no?

• Yes - Its a joint effort, led by the employee and supported by the manager.

• No -The employee needs to track it independently

What are the ingredients of IDP?

• Competence

• Passion

• Organisation Needs

• All of Above

What is the 1st Step of an IDP?

• Identify Professional Growth & Career Aspirations

• Identify Strengths

• My manager will tell me the 1st step

• Identify Weakness

How do you understand "where are you right now" ?

• HR will tell me

• My Manager will tell me

• Identifying my Strengths and development opportunities

• Identifying my Strengths and weakness

IDP meeting in regular intervals are required - Yes or No?

• Yes - Its required to track progress & make adjustments as necessary.

• No - Once in a year meeting should be fine

Action plan/Steps for IDP needs to be SMART. What does SMART Stand for ?

• Small,Medium,Attractive,Reachable,Tangible

• Simple,Measurable,Attractive,Realistic and Timely

• Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely

• Sophisiticated,Memerizing,Acceptable, Reliable and Thoughful

Why IDP need to be written down or recorded?

• Goals that are not written down are just wishes

• Writing down makes them more tangible

• Goals become real when you write it down.

• All of the above

Is Development plan really necessary ?

• Yes - If I am failing to plan may be I am planning to fail.

• No - I will just go with the flow