AI Personal Development Plans ( PDP )

Creating Personal Development Plans (PDPs) post a review cycle can be time-consuming for managers and HR teams. AI-powered PDPs simplify this process by helping you create personalized development plans based on an employee’s goals, performance, and development areas.

This article explains how AI-powered PDPs work and how you can use them to create effective, actionable development plans.

What's Enhanced in AI PDP

AI Personal development plan ( PDP ) just got smarter, and more scalable. Here’s what’s new:

1. Build PDP Frameworks
   Create your own development frameworks to bring more structure and consistency to PDPs.
   
2. A Better PDP Generation Experience
   A new, intuitive interface makes creating and reviewing PDPs easier than before.
   
3. Generate PDPs in Bulk
   Create PDPs for multiple employees at once—need not have to through the process one employee at a time.
   
4. Automated PDP Generations
   With automatic generation, PDPs can be created based on your configured setup, reducing manual effort and helping managers focus on what matters most—employee development.

Why AI-based PDPs?

• Managers often find themselves investing time and effort in coaching employees on creating structured PDPs to foster growth and performance.
  
• Another challenge lies in analyzing diverse aspects such as career aspirations, making PDP creation a time-intensive task.
  

Benefits of AI-Based PDPs:

• The integration of AI eliminates the need for HR professionals to spend extensive time coaching managers like you on PDP creation.
  
• Managers can gain a quick understanding of how to create a useful, structured, and effective PDP for their team members.
  
• This technology offers significant time savings, particularly when reviewing multiple employee reports.

The AI-based PDP feature is optional and can be configured in the performance module. The admins have the flexibility to decide whether users can use AI for creating PDPs or not. This setting is available in the Personal Development Plan section under reports configuration.

What is a PDP Framework?

A PDP Framework defines the structure and criteria AI uses to generate a Personal Development Plan. It acts as a guide to AI on what to prioritize, how to approach recommendations, and which organizational knowledge or resources to consider.

A framework would include instructions, guidelines, and resources to ensure AI-generated PDPs are structured, relevant, and aligned with your organization’s development practices.

Learn more about How to Create a PDP framework in Thrivesparrow

Access Control:

Depending on the report generation settings (admin approval, approver approval, or both), corresponding user types will have access to the AI feature. 

How to Create an AI-Based PDP:

Initiating AI Suggestions:

Before approving the report, you can navigate to the Personal Development Plan section and select 'Generate with AI'

GPT- Integration:

Utilizing GPT-3.5, the system generates personalized development plan suggestions for your employees.

Regeneration Options:

You have the option to use 'Wing again' for additional AI-generated suggestions, displayed separately for your review.

Refining Suggestions:

You can use the 'Refine Prompt' option to provide more inputs to GPT-3.5 for better-tailored suggestions.

Your Choice as an Approver:

You can navigate between different suggestions to choose the most suitable one based on your preferences.

Updating the Plan:

Finally, select the 'Update Plan' option to include the AI-generated suggestions in the personal development plan.

Integration with Manual Entries:

If you have entered a review manually, the AI suggestions will seamlessly append to the existing content, providing a comprehensive and enriched development plan.

By leveraging AI for PDP creation, you can optimize your performance review processes, save time, and ensure more effective and tailored development plans for your team members.

FAQs

1. Are the performance development plans created by AI alone?

The performance review is a collaborative effort between the manager and an optional AI program, GPT-3.5. While the manager provides subjective insights, GPT-3.5 generates personalized suggestions for the Personal Development Plan (PDP). The manager has the choice to include or exclude AI insights, ensuring a balanced and efficient performance evaluation. This approach combines human expertise with the benefits of AI, allowing for a flexible and personalized review process.

2. Does each employee get a unique plan?

The feedback generated by the AI program, GPT-3.5, is personalized for each individual. It takes into account various factors such as performance data and managers’ inputs ensuring tailored and specific recommendations for each employee's Personal Development Plan (PDP). This personalization enhances the effectiveness of the feedback, making it relevant and valuable to the unique needs and goals of each team member.

3. Will the AI’s PDP replace the managers’ feedback?

No, the AI feedback generated by GPT-3.5 does not replace the manager's input in the performance review. Instead, it complements the manager's insights, providing additional personalized suggestions for the Personal Development Plan (PDP). The manager maintains control over the final review and can choose whether to include or exclude AI-generated feedback, ensuring a collaborative and well-rounded performance evaluation.

4. Are the AI-based PDPs mandatory?

No, the AI feature is not mandatory. The integration of AI for Personal Development Plans (PDPs) is optional. Admins have the flexibility to decide whether users, including managers, can choose to leverage the AI feature for creating PDPs or not. This setting can be configured in the system, providing users with the autonomy to decide if they want to utilize the efficiency and insights offered by AI in their performance review processes.

5. Is my performance review data safe?

Yes, your performance data is treated with the utmost care and diligence to provide a secure and trustworthy experience. We prioritize the security and privacy of your performance review data. It is stored securely, and we strictly adhere to data protection protocols when sharing feedback, we only share the feedback text itself and do not include any personal identifiers.