Developing Direct Reports

Personal Development Plan (PDP): The personal development plan is a key part of any line manager’s tool kit. Here is a template you can download and use with your own team. There is a how-to part in the first worksheet to help you fill it in.

Situational leadership (Theory): This is a key part to understanding what stage of development your direct reports are currently in. Check out this blog post about it: Situational Leadership blog post

Situational leadership in action: A follow on from the article above, this post describes an example of where situational leadership was used in practice. Situational Leadership in action blog post

Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): The PIP process can be immensely effective in helping direct reports recover their performance back to meeting the expectations of their role. Check out this blog post about it: The PIP explained