For employees to succeed, they need to both know what success looks like, and receive regular coaching and feedback on their progress. The Performance and Development Plan (PDP) is a tool for facilitating communication between a supervisor and an employee about:
- The linkage between the employee's expected results and the organization's goals and performance measures.
- The employee's standards and expectations.
- The organization's commitments for training and development.
- The employee's progress, accomplishments, and needs for growth.
The PDP is designed to facilitate both performance planning and feedback for a specific performance period. Each new employee should have a performance plan when he or she begins.
Tools and Resources