<![CDATA[Poets and Dreamers by Anne Tammel - Coaching + Consulting]]>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:45:31 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[The Professional Development Plan (PDP) by Anne Tammel]]>Sun, 26 May 2024 02:05:38 GMThttps://www.poetsanddreamers.com/coaching--consulting/the-professional-development-plan-pdp-by-anne-tammel​First published in the USC Executive Master of Leadership Blog for the Price School of Public Policy May 2021: Picture

​One of the most valuable activities we completed in the Executive Master of Leadership (EML) program was the Professional Development Plan (PDP). One spring, on a Saturday morning, we gathered as a cohort to talk through just what a PDP is and how to get started. Several asked: How will I apply this to my leadership path? and How can a PDP help at this stage in my career? As a leadership coach, having found that writing goals makes them infinitely more attainable, I was intrigued. 

The PDP is a valuable tool for advancement, often provided in coaching engagements, that gives professionals a systematic approach toward future goals and plans. A “professional roadmap,” this tool guides leaders through visualizing the “sweet spot” intersection between their strengths, skills, interests, and leadership paths.

Early in my career at a Silicon Valley public relations firm, I was introduced to the SWOT analysis, a four-quadrant chart designed to outline organizations’ Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Much like the PDP we crafted in EML, we weighed input from tech leaders, their clients, and industry experts to craft SWOTs that guided organizations toward success, exploring critical topics like: Where are we now? Where do we most want to be? and How do we occupy the most ideal space in consumers’ minds? 

Later, when guiding clients through advancing on their leadership paths, I drew from my background in positioning to create individual SWOTs for each. We tackled challenging topics like: What are your strengths as you and others perceive them? How about perceived weaknesses? What are your opportunities (or fit with your desired organization)? and How about your greatest threats (what the competition brings but you do not)? We arrived at success strategies and action plans to close the gap between who they were and who they most wanted to become.

Crafting a PDP in EML was remarkably similar. Working one-on-one with partners, we started with extensive assessments, exploring our accomplishments, the qualities that led us to successful outcomes, and unique leadership traits. We defined the greater purpose that drives who we are and what we do, and called on mentors who shared insightful perspectives while pointing out blind spots.

This activity led to important discoveries for each of us in the cohort. Since we represent a broad range of backgrounds, industries, and personality types, responses were diverse and fascinating. With the messages that came out of this assessment, we then crafted PDPs, modeled after a tool created by Barrett Values Centre, defining the most critical points in four specific quadrants. 

In the first quadrant, alignment, we outlined strengths and development areas “known to ourselves and others.” In the second, we defined blindspots “known to others but not ourselves.” In the third quadrant, we addressed unrealized potential, “what others might not see, feel or know.” In the fourth quadrant, we covered development priorities “not known to ourselves or others.” From these results, we then defined SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely) Goals to create positive impacts on each of our leadership paths. 

Though I have coached many leaders through developing success strategies, it was eye-opening to craft my own roadmap for professional development. My most immediate plans include: connecting with larger networks of potential clients, launching an interview series with leaders I admire, and establishing platforms for online exposure.

A living document, the PDP represents a powerful vehicle that sends us on a series of discoveries, both professional and personal. Once we arrive at these discoveries and set our commitments in writing, we create life-changing paths toward actualization. 

Like many valuable elements of this transformative leadership program, the PDP is a foundational element of EML I was not expecting. I found the PDP a powerful tool not only for coaching clients but also for self-reflection, articulating worth, and actualizing potential as I advance on my leadership path.

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Designed for entrepreneurial and corporate teams and executive leaders, Poets and Dreamers offers neuroscience-based approaches to coaching and strategy consulting.  

As certified executive & business coaches, we guide leaders through competitive differentiation and strategies for long-term success. Through our strategy consultancy devoted to entrepreneurial success and positive team culture, we empower high-conflict teams to work collaboratively through successful outcomes, and we coach senior-level leaders at global corporations, offering creative approaches based on diverse business models and leadership challenges across industries.

For business and entrepreneurial teams, all sessions are personalized and can cover the following (as examples):
  
- Team Assessment
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- Starting a Results-Driven Accountability System
- Planning for Long-Term Sustainability
- Strategic Planning

By combining practical strategies with innovative approaches tailored to each team, we support leaders through building resilient, innovative, performance-driven ventures, and we promote entrepreneurial mindset in founders and business leaders, focusing on strategic planning, adaptability, positive culture, and gratitude-driven leadership. 

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Announcing the opening of our pilot coaching program:

Available to college admissions, career, literary, and life coaching clients with a demonstrated need for academic and career advancement support while working toward their dreams.

In 2024, Poets and Dreamers will launch a need-based service aimed at making coaching services more accessible to applicants and professionals with a demonstrated need f0r support with achieving their dreams. This limited-scope service will also be launched for small business and entrepreneurial teams at a later date. 

For the current (Fall 2023) season, we are accepting a limited number of need-based clients on a case-by-case basis. To receive the Poets and Dreamers pilot coaching rate, follow the links below or share code Poets24 with a concise explanation of the need to access coaching services at these rates. If you qualify and we have space, we will contact you to get started:

College Admissions Coaching: use this link
Career Coaching: coming soon
Life Coaching: coming soon
Small Business/ Entrepreneur Teams
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