Career Development Plan (CDP)

Most career development plans are written for the organisation.

They track what the company needs from you, measure whether you are delivering it, and sit in a folder that gets opened twice a year at your probation review and your annual one-to-one.

This one is different. Not because the structure is different the six sections are standard. But because it starts from a different question.

Not: what does the organisation need from you. But: where are you actually going, and does the role you are in right now fit that direction.

The most useful thing you can do before filling in any section is sit with that question honestly. If the answer surprises you, that is information.

Write it down anyway.