Professional Development Dashboard

Measure the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Identify your skill gaps. Set SMART goals. Accelerate your career.

Start your dashboard Register your team or class →

No login required to start.

How it works

A structured, quantitative career tool. Not a personality quiz.

  1. 01

    Rate your competency

    Set your current level and the level your target role needs, from 1 to 10, on nine subcomponents.

  2. 02

    See your gaps

    Every gap is calculated as you go and shown by category and by subcomponent.

  3. 03

    Build SMART goals

    Turn your largest gaps into specific, measurable, time-bound goals.

  4. 04

    Unlock AI insights

    Register for personalized recommendations, a downloadable report and saved progress.

The framework

Three categories, nine subcomponents.

The Professional Development Dashboard was developed by Daniel Stanton in 2010 to help a team identify learning gaps and measure how those gaps change over time.

Context

Industry or Environmental Awareness The environment around your business.
Organizational Strategy and Performance Organization strategy, tactics, goals, and results.
Project or Program Objectives Project or program goals, challenges, and results.

Subject Matter Expertise

Tools, Systems, and Processes Processes, systems, and software.
Rules, Regulations, and Standards Laws, regulations, and standards.
Professional Language and Terminology The terminology used in your field.

Professional Network

Horizontal Peer Relationships Colleagues in similar roles.
Vertical Relationships in Organization Up and down the leadership chain.
Industry or Cross-Organizational Network People in other companies.

Your results

A dashboard for your career.

Overall gap score
One number for the average distance between current and target.
Top three gaps
The subcomponents where closing the gap matters most.
Small, medium, large
Every gap colour-coded, so priorities are obvious at a glance.
Gap by subcomponent Example

For individuals

A personal board-level dashboard for professional growth.

For students, early-career professionals and experienced employees. Quantify your gaps against a target role, then retake the assessment to see how they change.

Start your dashboard →

For teams and classes

A scalable professional development analytics platform.

For professors, supervisors and program leads. Benchmark a cohort and find its largest shared gaps. You see group figures only: no member is shown next to their scores.

Register your team or class →

This practitioner-developed model aligns with established research in competency modeling, goal-setting theory, and workforce analytics.

Build your Professional Development Dashboard.

Start your dashboard