INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Complete the self-quiz below. Develop a baseline IDP by selecting your top three development areas (your lowest scoring items) . .

Self Quiz: What are your Career Prospects?

Directions: Rate the extent to which you perform the following behaviors based on prior work or personal experiences, using the following scale:

5= to a very great extent, 4=to a great extent, 3=so some extent,

2= to a little extent, 1= not at all

1. Process paperwork efficiently                 _____________

2. Negotiate persuasively                            _____________

3. Give compelling reasons for ideas         _____________

4. Win support from others                           _____________

5. Influence and shape the decisions

of management                                 _____________

6. Adapt approach to motivate others       _____________

7.   Value the contributions of team

      members                                                  _____________

8.   Treat people fairly                                   _____________

9.   Develop effective working

      relationships with peers             _____________

10. Develop effective relationships

      with higher management                        _____________

11. Take people’s feelings and

      preferences into account when

      making decisions                                    _____________

12. Know whom to involve and when          _____________

13. Address and work to resolve conflict _____________

14. Speak effectively in front of a group     _____________

15. Demonstrate poise in front of a group_____________

16. Show consistency between words and

      actions                                                      _____________

17. Practice flexibility                                    _____________

18. Work constructively under stress

       and pressure                                          _____________

19. Initiate activities without being

       asked to do so                                       _____________

20. Make timely decisions                           ____________

21. Present business data in a useful manner

      for planning or decision making            ______________

22. Aggressively pursue ways to increase

      revenues                                                  ______________

23. Accomplish a great deal                        ______________