Individual Development Plan: Time Management & Networking Skills

This Individual Development Plan (IDP) outlines strategies for enhancing professional skills, specifically focusing on time management and networking. The plan includes developmental goals such as improving time management to meet deadlines and developing networking skills to expand professional connections. Action plans involve prioritizing tasks, organizing work, and utilizing resources like books and seminars. The IDP sets timelines, such as August and September 2019, and defines success criteria, including increased productivity, client acquisition, and business generation. Time management strategies involve prioritizing tasks, while networking strategies involve attending conferences and building relationships with stakeholders. The plan aims to improve efficiency, build a strong network, and drive business growth through effective skill development and resource utilization.

Running head: INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOMENT PLAN
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Individual Development Plan (IDP)
Development Goals Action Plans-
Developmental
Activities &
Resources
(What, Who & How)
Time Line
(Target
Dates)
Criteria for Success
(What will successful
outcomes be?)
Developing Time
Management Skills- To
improve on managing time
and deadlines of work
allocated. To identify between
the urgent and important task.
To ensure timely delivery of
tasks to keep clients
delightful. To meet the tight
deadlines and ensure quality
work. To keep discipline for
the work assigned. Prioritizing
urgent tasks of the day and
completion to be done before
reaching to final deadliness to
keep seamless work
Organizing tasks by
keeping the track
record of per day
receiving basis.
The database to be
stored in multiple
places within and out
of system to be easily
attainable.
Identifying slots for
every task.
Asking the supervisor
to give tasks on
urgent basis in the
first hour of day.
Organizing and
Ongoing
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Ongoing
By of
August
High Proficiency in
tasks allocation.
If tasks are completed
on or before time, I
would be able to take
up more tasks in short
span of time.
More tasks lead to
increased production.
Time management
will manage multiple
things simultaneously
and will nurture my
habit of multi- tasking.
Time management in
meeting deadlines will

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experience. segregating tasks that
are fresh and pending
in separate record
files.
After segregating the
tasks, urgent tasks
arriving deadlines
shortly to be started
first and secondly to
begin with those
which are important.
Practice working in
strict deadlines to get
habitual of speeding
up with tasks.
Referring the book
“How to get things
done” by David Allen
for effective time
management skills.
Fast identification of
problems and
searching for
2019
By third
week of
July 2019
Ongoing
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have positive results in
goodwill of the
company.
The quality assurance
will be higher.
Timely delivery of
tasks will keep
customers delighted
and bring other clients
along with the existing
cliental base.
Time management
brings in success to
overcome with
excessive stress levels.
It will increase my self
confidence in order to
deliver tasks on time.
It is that one step
towards effectiveness
of achieving the self
and company desired
goals and objectives.

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requirements to meet
them in the assigned
deadlines.
Complete focus
required at the time of
doing tasks to manage
time for the current
and other succeeding
tasks.
Time management
allows to get done
with the assigned
works, achieve set
targets and leaves
times for recreation
and think over other
opportunities for
company.
Develop Networking Skills-
To develop skills of expanding
networks within and out of
organization. Develop
relations with clients to
receive referrals. Develop
networks of different
stakeholders, active suppliers
and built up strong networking
in the distribution channels for
identifying new geographical
locations and customers.
Effective
communication with
the employees of
organization.
Relationship building
with the existing
clients through superb
communication and
service quality.
Attending company
meetings, conferences
inside and outside of
Ongoing
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Complete
by
September
2019
Ongoing
Increased number of
new clients.
Opportunity to get
entry in new business
environment.
New business
generation ideas.
Ideas on expansion
and innovation.
Meeting quality
assurance panels to get
suggestion on Big

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domestic location.
Taking up brochures
and exchanging
contact details with
new delegates in
conferences.
Utilizing those
contacts for
organizational help
and offering them
lucrative deals to sign
contracts.
Connect to various
seminars for attending
experience in building
relationships with
stakeholders.
Approach other
company managers to
invite them on
workshops and talk
sessions to get a good
exposure.
Ongoing
By end of
August
2019
By end of
September
2019
Ongoing
Data Analytics for
storing and
implementing huge
data sources.
Various connections
of famous delegates
coming from various
locations are high on
their advices for
renovating business
ideas.
Extensive market
research based on
competitors’ analysis.
Generating strong
leads and referrals to
the existing business
for elevating
productivity and
profit.
Networking helps in
creating good

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Sending or accepting
trainees and interns
from big institutes and
companies creates
good awareness and
high networking
channels.
company profiles,
gives good exposure
to the brand.
Create effective
relationships with the
suppliers and buyers
to get attractive
discounts and margins.
Opportunities like
joint ventures,
partnerships and
improving company
vision and mission
statements gets opened
up.