Development Plans

Give every employee a clear plan to grow

G2, Capterra and GartnerRated 4.7/5 by 500+ leaders

Spot potential, close performance gaps, and prepare your next leaders. Connect every development plan, training step, and succession move to your company goals.

Profit.co Development Plans — IDPs, PIPs, and SDPs in one review workspace

Trusted by 1,500+ Organizations worldwide

Trusted by 1,500+ organizations worldwide
G2 Fall 2026 awards: Leader Enterprise, Leader, Regional Leader Middle East & Africa, High Performer Enterprise, Easiest Admin Enterprise, Momentum Leader

Problems we solve

Growth plans get written in January and forgotten by March

People want to grow, but nobody can see whether the plan is working.

  • 01

    Nobody knows who is ready for key roles

    When a leader resigns, HR starts from scratch because no one assessed potential in advance.

  • 02

    Managers flag performance gaps, then nothing changes

    The conversation happens, but no plan or check-ins follow, so the gap stays open.

  • 03

    Teams finish training, but nobody tracks what changed

    Completion certificates pile up, yet nobody checks whether new skills show up in the work.

  • 04

    Growth goals have no link to team OKRs

    Most HR tools keep development plans apart from goal data, so growth never supports strategy.

Built for your role

One Tool, Built Around How Each Role Works

The same development data, tailored to what each role needs to decide next.

HR Leader

Run Every Plan Type From One Connected Module

For the HR Leader, growth plans need structure and a clear audit trail.

Potential Assessment

Know where each person stands before you plan.

Succession Development Plan

Grow your next leaders from the people you have.

Job Title Competencies

Set the skills every role needs.

Core capabilities

An Easy-to-use Performance Development Tool That Scales With You

Built for HR leaders and managers who want every growth plan tied to real company goals.

Potential Assessment

Know where each person stands before you plan

Managers answer potential questions you write and pick from color-coded ratings. Every rating means the same thing across teams, because you define it.

  • 9-Box matrix you customize
  • Performance and potential side by side
  • High and low performers in one view
Know where each person stands before you plan

Succession Development Plan

Grow your next leaders from the people you have

Name a successor for each key role and map their move from current role to target role. Mentors track every skill gap until it closes.

  • Successor accepts before the plan starts
  • Goals tied to company OKRs
  • Successors picked from 9-Box results
Grow your next leaders from the people you have

Individual Development Plan

Tie every growth goal to a team outcome

Coaches approve each plan before it starts. Employees log progress on every activity, so managers never chase updates across spreadsheets.

  • HR can reopen closed plans
  • Downloadable IDP reports
  • Plan categories by team or role
Tie every growth goal to a team outcome

Job Title Competencies

Set the skills every role needs

Each job title carries its own competencies and KPIs. Every profile with that title picks them up, so plans start from the right skills.

  • Grades set alongside job titles
  • Competencies mapped into every plan
  • Activities logged under each competency
Set the skills every role needs

Performance Improvement Plan

Support struggling employees with a fair, documented process

Each plan sets focus areas, goals, and a timeline, and the employee can accept or reject it. Coaches guide progress until sign-off.

  • Custom PIP layouts and categories
  • Extra coaches added when needed
  • Delete rights limited to HR
Support struggling employees with a fair, documented process

Complete feature set

Everything You Need to Develop Your People

Five development plan types and the tools that keep each one moving.

  • Individual Development Plans

    Maps each employee’s skills, growth goals, and next steps in one plan

  • Performance Improvement Plans

    Sets clear goals and support for employees who need guidance

  • Succession Development Plans

    Prepares named successors for key roles with targeted growth goals

  • Potential Assessments

    Scores each employee’s readiness for bigger roles and new responsibilities

  • Job Training

    Adds training activities to each plan so learning stays on track

  • 9-Box Talent Matrix

    Plots every employee by current performance against future potential

  • Custom Plan Layouts

    Shapes each plan type around the fields and attributes you need

  • Plan Categories

    Groups plans by team, role, or purpose for faster tracking

  • Custom Potential Questions

    Adds your own questions and rating scales to every assessment

  • OKR-Linked Plans

    Ties every growth goal to the team OKRs it supports

  • Skill Gap Tracking

    Shows which skills each successor still needs before stepping up

  • Role Readiness Tracking

    Follows each successor’s progress from current role to future role

  • Mentor Progress Reviews

    Lets coaches and mentors check growth against each planned goal

  • PIP Progress Updates

    Employees log progress against improvement goals inside their own plan

  • Reopen Closed Plans

    Brings finished plans back when goals or roles change later

  • Development Plan Reports

    Downloads IDP reports to share progress with managers and leadership

Customer stories

The results speak for themselves

Rated 4.7 out of 5 on G2, Capterra and Gartner

Rated 4.7/5 by 500+ Leaders

After implementing Profit.co, our employee participation in goal setting jumped from 60% to 80%, and review cycles became much faster.

Suganya R.

One of the significant benefits we found was reduced time spent on reviews — 75% reduction of time spent in reviews for executives.

Gerardo Haro

Profit.co gave our teams a shared language for strategy — priorities stay visible, and execution finally matches the plan.

Hasna Beeran

We accomplished nearly 90% of our high-level objectives that we set out at the beginning of the year.

Dr. Thomas Troeger

With Profit.co, strategy reviews stopped being slide decks — we see live progress and act on risks in the same week.

Rakshit Choudhary

OKRs in Profit.co helped us connect product delivery to company outcomes — everyone knows what winning looks like.

Prakash Nair

After implementing Profit.co, our employee participation in goal setting jumped from 60% to 80%, and review cycles became much faster.

Suganya R.

One of the significant benefits we found was reduced time spent on reviews — 75% reduction of time spent in reviews for executives.

Gerardo Haro

Profit.co gave our teams a shared language for strategy — priorities stay visible, and execution finally matches the plan.

Hasna Beeran

We accomplished nearly 90% of our high-level objectives that we set out at the beginning of the year.

Dr. Thomas Troeger

With Profit.co, strategy reviews stopped being slide decks — we see live progress and act on risks in the same week.

Rakshit Choudhary

OKRs in Profit.co helped us connect product delivery to company outcomes — everyone knows what winning looks like.

Prakash Nair

We finally have one place where goals, projects, and performance stay aligned — no more chasing updates across tools.

Henry Braithwaite

Profit.co made cross-team priorities transparent — we ship what matters and drop the noise with confidence.

Rahul Daswani

Just in the last year, tracking work in Profit.co made it easy to prove ROI and scale OKRs across the company.

Juan Felipe Arjona

Weekly check-ins in Profit.co keep every squad honest about progress — blockers surface early, not at quarter end.

Ankita Roy

Leaders now have clear, real-time visibility into progress — strategy stopped living in disconnected spreadsheets.

Jose Duvan V.

Profit.co helped us turn annual plans into weekly execution — teams know the score and move with clarity.

Kari Montes

We finally have one place where goals, projects, and performance stay aligned — no more chasing updates across tools.

Henry Braithwaite

Profit.co made cross-team priorities transparent — we ship what matters and drop the noise with confidence.

Rahul Daswani

Just in the last year, tracking work in Profit.co made it easy to prove ROI and scale OKRs across the company.

Juan Felipe Arjona

Weekly check-ins in Profit.co keep every squad honest about progress — blockers surface early, not at quarter end.

Ankita Roy

Leaders now have clear, real-time visibility into progress — strategy stopped living in disconnected spreadsheets.

Jose Duvan V.

Profit.co helped us turn annual plans into weekly execution — teams know the score and move with clarity.

Kari Montes

Integrations ecosystem

Connects to the tools
your teams already use

100+ native integrations that keep your data in sync – so teams check in, update progress, and stay aligned without switching apps.

Browse all 100+ integrations

Enterprise Grade Security

Your employee data stays protected with enterprise security and compliance standards.

  • SOC 2 certified

    SOC 2 TYPE II

  • ISO 27001 certified

    ISO 27001

  • GDPR compliant

    GDPR

  • HIPAA compliant

    HIPAA

FAQ

Have questions? We have answers

Performance Development in Profit.co is talent development software that brings Individual Development Plans, Performance Improvement Plans, Succession Development Plans, Potential Assessments, and job training into one module. Every plan links to your team OKRs, so employee growth supports the goals your company already tracks.

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