Fundamentals of Performance Improvement: A Guide to Improving People, Process, and Performance, 3rd Edition

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Personal Development Interventions

Ownership and accountability for personal professional development in the workplace are the responsibilities of the individual. The demand for new knowledge, new skills, tolerant attitudes, and new ways of doing things is constant. Moving beyond short-term fixes and solutions to long-term goals helps position people for future success.

One way to approach any personal development intervention is to help the employee develop an action plan as part of the intervention. Reasonable long- and short-term goals are set, guideposts for achieving them are determined, and measures of success are noted. An action plan should focus on long-term career plans, current position, effective strategies and tactics to achieve ...