While business goals drive the company, development goals drive you. We are now fully integrated into PLATO, SAS’s dedicated development planning ecosystem.
As a reminder, development goals do not auto-transfer from Workday. If you haven't yet made the switch, you will need to manually migrate existing goals or establish new ones within the PLATO interface.
The PLATO platform helps personalize action plans, enabling you to build a roadmap tailored to your career trajectory. PLATO also helps you access high-level training resources designed to close skill gaps.
For a full walkthrough of the platform’s features, visit the PLATO SharePoint site.
Connecting personal growth to professional impact
It’s helpful to view business goals and development goals as a partnership.
Our business goals focus on JMP’s growth, profitability, and sustainability, while development goals hone your personal skill set and professional fulfillment. Your development goals should be the "engine" that helps you achieve your business goals.
Example: A Software Engineer’s business goal might be to deploy a specific feature by Q3. Their development goal might be to master a new programming framework or improve peer-review efficiency. By sharpening the skill (development), the engineer more effectively hits the target (business).
You can read more about that in the Driving our future by setting goals today article on InsideJMP.
Development conversations and goals
Ongoing development conversations help us stay engaged, build skills, and make meaningful progress in our careers. Q2 is a natural moment to reflect on development goals and keep career conversations going, helping reinforce growth as an ongoing part of how we work. Use the resources below to help you prepare for Q2 development conversations, build a plan, and create goals in PLATO.
Register for Professional Development Week
Professional Development Week (June 8–12) is back for its second year to give you dedicated time to learn, reflect, and grow. Whether you're building new skills or thinking about what’s next, it’s a great opportunity to invest in your development.
See some highlights below and visit the Professional Development Week SharePoint site for the full schedule and registration links.
- Panel discussions on career growth, leadership, and navigating change.
- AI sessions on productivity tools, prompt engineering, agents, and more.
- Leader-focused sessions on development conversations, situational leadership, leading through change, and talent reporting.
- SAS instructor-led sessions on communication, productivity, feedback, and time management.
- On-demand learning you can access anytime during the week.
