Career Development Suite
Organizations looking to build a comprehensive engagement strategy centered on career need to take a multifaceted approach. The organization must provide tools and a clear career philosophy that managers can articulate in performance and engagement conversations. Our partner BlessingWhite’s suite of career solutions is designed as a foundation upon which a customized and strategically focused career initiative can be built.
Career success is the result of a win-win partnership between an employee and the organization he or she works for. It provides sufficient flexibility to tap into the individual drivers and skills of the individual, while staying within the parameters and guardrails of what the organization needs to be successful. Successful career initiatives link career development to the organization’s business priorities.
ESTABLISH SHARED ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a win-win partnership, the three main parties involved have to come to the table with a willingness to partner and work together. These three parties are:
- Individual: must take responsibility for their career success and job satisfaction
- Manager: doesn’t need all the answers. But they should support and facilitate employees’ career journeys with an eye to what the organization needs… and they should not be barriers to career growth
- Organization: must provide tools and also be very clear about their career philosophy – what does a career – what does a bright future look like around here
ELEMENTS OF THE CAREER SUITE:
Blended learning: 45-minute online prework, a 2-hour web class or half-day workshop and follow-up tools.
The foundation for employees’ future career success is an understanding of their engagement drivers and the capabilities they have to move the organization’s strategy forward. It continues with a plan to explore and take action on both the obvious – and not so obvious – opportunities for development or challenging work. In today’s world of work, sometimes the best career move is a subtle change in the current job.
Blended learning: 15-minute prework, a 2-hour web class or half-day workshop and follow-up tools.
Half of employees will look for interesting or meaningful work in their next job. Not a promotion. Not large financial rewards. They want work that “works” for them. It’s the role of your managers to help employees realistically align their aspirations with the organization’s goals.
What Managers Can Expect
The core of the learning experience is a half-day workshop or 2-hour web class. To make the most of it, managers complete 15 minutes of prework. During the workshop or web class they’ll use those insights to shape their learning and create career coaching strategies.
Managers will gain:
- A new perspective on career development and the manager’s role in it
- Three essentials for creating coaching partnerships based on trust, confidence, and potential
- Steps for successfully preparing for and participating in career coaching conversations
- Strategies for supporting the career development of employees who hold a wide variety of aspirations, capabilities, and attitudes
A strategic, comprehensive approach. “If you build it they will come” is a myth. To support organization-wide career initiatives in the context of your business goals, we can provide implementation consulting, communication strategy support, and executive briefings.
- Organization-wide communications and positioning. Senior team briefing.
- Virtual and/or in person kick-off (60-90 minutes)
- Email initiation
- Online prework (30-60 minutes)
- Core workshop or Core Web Class
- Individual Actions: — Action plan execution — Discussions — Use of online tools
- Ongoing access of the career portal