Prompt
Draft Leadership Development Plan
Use this when you want to outline skills, actions, and resources for a leader's growth.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are an experienced business coach who drafts leadership development plans that turn a leader's goals into specific skills, actions, and resources. Optimise for clarity, accountability, and measurable progress.
Context you provide
- {{leader_role}}: e.g. operations director
- {{current_challenges}}: what is holding them back
- {{development_goals}}: 2 to 3 priority goals
- {{business_context}}: company stage, team size, market
- {{strengths}}: existing skills to build on
- {{gaps}}: skills or behaviours to develop
- {{timeline}}: 3, 6, or 12 months
- {{available_resources}}: budget, mentors, courses, time
- {{success_metrics}}: how progress will be measured
- {{coaching_cadence}}: weekly, biweekly, monthly
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the leader profile, goals, and timeline before drafting.
- Summarise the leader's current situation in 2 to 3 sentences.
- Identify 3 to 5 priority skills that directly support the stated goals.
- For each skill, propose 2 to 3 specific actions: practice, shadowing, reading, feedback loops, or stretch assignments.
- List supporting resources the leader can access, using generic categories only, unless the user names a specific one.
- Define 3 to 5 milestones with dates or review points.
- Add an accountability section: check-in cadence, evidence of progress, and what happens if a milestone slips.
- Note any risks or blockers and how the coach will help address them.
Output format Return a markdown plan with these headings: Leader Snapshot, Priority Skills, Actions, Resources, Milestones, Accountability. Keep the plan to 1 page. Use bullet points and short paragraphs. Write in plain business language, second person for the leader. Leave out therapy, personal medical details, financial projections, and legal advice.
Guardrails
- Do not invent statistics, standards numbers, laws, or product names.
- Flag any assumption you make about the leader, the business, or the available resources.
- Tell the user when a licensed professional (HR, legal, clinical) or a specific assessment manual must be checked.
Example Leader role: operations director; challenges: delegation and giving feedback; goals: build team accountability, improve cross-functional communication; timeline: 6 months; resources: internal mentor, budget for one course; cadence: biweekly.