How to Create an Employee Development Program
Retention of high-quality employees is something all successful businesses worry about. One way to keep hardworking people is to create an employment-development program that encourages them to improve specific skills and enrich their knowledge of the industry.
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Instructions
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Arrange to meet with two to three employees from each tier of your company's structure (e.g., administrative or associate staff, midlevel management, senior staff and executives) to interview them about their expectations for personal development and advancement at your company.
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Summarize those findings into descriptive statements and make recommendations (for example, a lack of higher-level support can be addressed by incorporating mentoring into employees' annual work plans).
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Create a questionnaire for all employees with a section called "Employee Perceptions." List the summary statements developed in Step 2. Format the questions to generate answers about whether employees have encountered these problems at your company.
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Create a section called "Employee Goals," where employees can list their short-term and long-term goals.
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Create a section for managers to fill out called "Succession Planning." Once the employee has finished her part of the questionnaire, use this section to list the role(s) or position(s) the employee could strive for at your company (for example, a junior marketing associate could expect to become a senior marketing associate and then a marketing manager).
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Another section for managers to fill out could be called "Development Recommendations." In it, list the recommendations that correspond with the summary statements selected by the employee as well as any training or experience would help the employee reach her short-term or long-term goals.
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Tips & Warnings
Survey the participants after your recommendations are made to see if they were implemented and if employees found the process to be helpful.Results of the surveys can be discussed in annual performance reviews or company retreats (if appropriate).
It will take some time to develop this program before rolling it out to employees.
