Most career conversations end with good intentions and no plan. This template gives an employee and manager one document that sets the goal, scores the strengths and gaps, picks the few skills to build, lists the experiences that will prove them, dates the milestones and names who helps.

The sample follows a production supervisor at a fictional company, Gorsefield Foods, aiming for an operations manager role over 12 months, with a 70-20-10 learning mix and a $1,200 development budget. Replace the goal, scores, dates and people with your own.