Developing Employees | Origin: ML129
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Developing Employees
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it is important to ask employees to be a part of the process and invite them in. It is also important to make it more informal but more frequent as take advantage of when opportunities present themselves vs scheduled longer meetings
Having employees interactive with cross training and feel open to creating input within a team is critical to the departments overall success. Although some of the less performers my be the backbone of a department and usually have a deeper understanding on how to accomplish goals.
It was great to hear ways to get employees involved with the program and working towards a larger goal. This will help them feel a sense of belonging to the facility as well.
Empowering employees is not only key to their development but also promotes growth that will be beneficial to the individual(s) and the organization.
The idea of learning invitations/commitment emails is something I would like to apply/see applied in my team. It goes beyond just saying we care about development. It can also be a good segue into a development plan or even a tool for checking in on their progress in their plan. I am currently applying for a supervisory role over other academic coaches, and a lot of this course content has given me both ideas and key verbage to highlight my goals and intentions for the role.
Give feedback more often, asking employees what they think can be done to help improvement, listen with an open mind.
Be ready to give feedback often and find ways to provide experential learning opportunties as part of the development plan(s).
Great engaging questions to ask in hopes of producing reflective thought for all parties involved.
Development is a very collaborative process that the employee and supervisor must equally participate in.
