Why companies should help every employee chart a career path?
The current situation
Why?
How?
How to start?
The lack of good career advice leads employees to resign
At the same time, companies struggle to find and retain skilled employees
The solution is help from companies to help employees chart a career path because employees would feel fulfilled and the company would keep talents
Program for high-potential employees
Managers are excepted to develop their people
employees are empowered to "own" their own career development
Problem: A self-service approach doesn't work for everybody
Problem: it helps the high-potential employees but leaves out most
Problem: some managers don't give mentoring enough attention, mentor only their favorites or hoard talents by discouraging their best workers from exploring other options
Three elements
Provide opportunities to learn and practice
Deliver rich feedback and coaching
Make opportunities and pathways visible
Some tools can help employees explore a job change discussing with people who are already in those roles
Employees need ways to learn different skills required by their new roles and helping employees explore new opportunities is in a company's best interest
Providing performance feedback is an essential part of learning. It allow employees to see clearly what they are doing well and where they can improve
Some advices
List for the employee all the opportunities available
Return in career investment will be the most apparent on the positions that are the hardest to fill or have the highest turnover risk
Encourage employees to connect with the workforce development office to learn more
HR should ask employees how they feel about the help they are getting from their managers