25 Ways You Can Develop Your People
Tips
For Managers
Helping employees set their development goals
Helping
employees create plans to achieve their development goals
Creating
written contracts with employees describing what they and the manager will
do as a result of specific things they learn
Reviewing where employees stand on their plans to achieve their development
goals
Helping employees
understand the standards on which they are evaluated at performance reviews
Helping employees
set performance targets for the work they perform
Participating
in the kind of development activities managers expect from their employees
Ensuring
employees have the skills and knowledge they need before they need it
Ensuring
each project or assignment is a learning experience for employees
Helping
employees have the kind of experiences at work that will help them develop
Giving
employees feedback during performance reviews about the strengths of
their past performance
Giving
employees feedback during performance reviews about the weaknesses of
their past performance
Giving
employees feedback during performance reviews about their personality
strengths
Discussing
employees’ work-related ideas or concerns with them
Teaching
employees a new skill, concept, process, or procedure
Helping
employees apply new skills or knowledge in their work
Helping
employees learn to solve problems
on their own
Serving
as a mentor to employees
Giving employees
advice based on the manager’s own experience
Helping
employees find the training they need
Passing
along information about relevant development opportunities to employees
Passing
along information about job openings in the organization to employees
Helping
employees find solutions to work-related problems
Helping
employees find information to answer work-related questions