Individual Development Plan | 6-Page Career & Research Planning Tool
Are you and your mentor working from the same definition of progress?
Trainees and mentors can sometimes have very different assumptions about:
What the trainee is working toward
Which skills matter most right now
What “good progress” actually looks like
How research goals connect to long-term career plans
The Individual Development Plan is a 6-page guided planning tool designed to help graduate students, postdocs, researchers, and their mentors connect day-to-day development with a bigger sense of direction.
Unlike a traditional IDP that focuses mainly on skills and career goals, this tool incorporates elements of the Ikigai framework to help you think more broadly about the kind of work and career you are building.
What's Inside — 6 Pages
1. Where Am I Now?
2. Explore Your Ikigai
3. Build Your 3–5-Year Vision
4. Turn the Vision Into SMART Goals
5. Define Your Progress Measures
6. Review, Discuss & Adjust
Your Development Plan Should Be More Than a Checklist
A useful IDP should not simply ask:
“What skills do I need?”
It should also help you ask:
“What am I building toward?”
Use it for annual IDP discussions, mentor meetings, career exploration, graduate program development planning, postdoctoral training, academic-to-industry preparation, or whenever your goals need a reset.
Digital download only. No physical item will be shipped.
You will receive a 6-page printable PDF available for download after purchase. Colors and print quality may vary depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded, reproduced for resale, or claimed as your own. Use is limited to the license stated on this product page and within the downloaded materials. Due to the digital nature of this product, purchases are generally nonrefundable after download. For technical download issues, contact gradlab.compass@gmail.com. For educational and instructional purposes only.
Individual Development Plan | 6-Page Career & Research Planning Tool
Are you and your mentor working from the same definition of progress?
Trainees and mentors can sometimes have very different assumptions about:
What the trainee is working toward
Which skills matter most right now
What “good progress” actually looks like
How research goals connect to long-term career plans
The Individual Development Plan is a 6-page guided planning tool designed to help graduate students, postdocs, researchers, and their mentors connect day-to-day development with a bigger sense of direction.
Unlike a traditional IDP that focuses mainly on skills and career goals, this tool incorporates elements of the Ikigai framework to help you think more broadly about the kind of work and career you are building.
What's Inside — 6 Pages
1. Where Am I Now?
2. Explore Your Ikigai
3. Build Your 3–5-Year Vision
4. Turn the Vision Into SMART Goals
5. Define Your Progress Measures
6. Review, Discuss & Adjust
Your Development Plan Should Be More Than a Checklist
A useful IDP should not simply ask:
“What skills do I need?”
It should also help you ask:
“What am I building toward?”
Use it for annual IDP discussions, mentor meetings, career exploration, graduate program development planning, postdoctoral training, academic-to-industry preparation, or whenever your goals need a reset.
Digital download only. No physical item will be shipped.
You will receive a 6-page printable PDF available for download after purchase. Colors and print quality may vary depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded, reproduced for resale, or claimed as your own. Use is limited to the license stated on this product page and within the downloaded materials. Due to the digital nature of this product, purchases are generally nonrefundable after download. For technical download issues, contact gradlab.compass@gmail.com. For educational and instructional purposes only.
