Employees, at every level of the business, should have the opportunity to learn fundamental proficiencies and develop as professionals. Employee training isn’t just a nice idea, it’s a necessity to ensure long-term business success. Employees who know the organization cares enough about their success to offer ongoing employee learning and growth opportunities are more likely to improve their own performance, increase organizational productivity, and work to drive the organization forward.

Many high-potential employees will leave an organization that lacks a strong commitment to employee training and professional-development opportunities. They will move on to a company that fosters their growth. This attrition, and the cost of replacing lost workers, eats at the bottom line of organizations that are unwilling or unable to support the development of their employees. There are many options available to help your employees reach their full potential and contribute to team and organization performance objectives. Review the Employee Development options below and discover how you can enhance your employee development program.

Here’s a high-level overview of what the employee development process should look like:

• Organizations should think about the skills they must cultivate in their people to hit target growth objectives
• Employees should consider skills that are important to their own current and future goals
• Managers must help employees lay out career plans through a formalized process that aligns to company goals
• Use tours of duties to make those career plans into career actions
• Organizations need to provide employees with programs and tools to make their career development happen

You may be thinking, “This all sounds fantastic.” And it is! But this process isn’t easy. There are many needs to serve and it’s not simple to provide employees with the programs and tools that are necessary.

That’s why we encourage the use of self-driven, employee development programs that help people take advantage of job shadowing, networking, mentoring, and other experiential activities that involve other people. Yes, these can happen without official programs run by the human resources team. But when companies take them on and drive excitement about it throughout the company, the results are far greater.

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