Page 35 - Ideal Roadside Guide to Managment

Employee Development Planning
IMplICAtIons
Leadership
The top item driving engagement is leadership’s commitment to making the organization a great place to work. As the leaders of your organization, you set the tone. And how you develop your talent
is critical to creating a culture that retains employees.
• Work with HR and your leadership team to engrain professional development into your culture through a variety of programs.
• Have regular conversations about career growth with your direct reports.
• Ensure that your reports are also facilitating these conversations with their employees.
11
Human Resources
Be a professional development resource for your employees and managers.
• Include professional development topics and content as part of your regular internal communication pieces like newsletters, Intranet, etc.
• Empower managers with conversation starters and questions to ask employees about their career growth aspirations and interests.
• Include a listing of upcoming professional development opportunities in your newsletter or Intranet, as well as a list of resources for external training opportunities. Include a call to action for employees to talk with their managers about these opportunities.
Managers
Be proactive and discuss professional development before employees ask.
• Incorporate the topic into regular one- on-one conversations with employees.
• Provide ideas for professional opportunities, but also expect them to bring some to the table.
• Give employees the power to be active in controlling their destiny.
• Allow freedom for them to explore a variety of interests.
• Help guide them and weigh pros and cons of various opportunities.
• Give training a positive spin if you’re asking them to develop areas they’re not particularly interested in. Emphasize benefits, and give them the opportunity to choose their next development opportunity.
Make work awesome.
quantumworkplace.com | info@quantumworkplace.com | 1.888.415.8302