Category: Career Development
Develop in Place While Sheltering in Place
As a huge portion of the workforce settles into a new ‘abnormal’, at least one thing is crystal clear: When we come out on the other side of this (and we will come out), we will need to be stronger, more resilient, and ready to perform at unparalleled levels. Because, let’s face it, by all […]
Sunk Time. Sunk Costs. Sunk Talent?
I recently conducted a research study with Samantha Hupp and The Insight Advantage exploring issues related to women and career development today. We asked nearly 400 women to share their most frequently occurring self-limiting beliefs. Despite the broad age range of the subjects (23-70+), the data reflects surprising similarities in the nature of the negative […]
An Updated View on Career Development
(Adapted from Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Want) In the seven years since Beverly Kaye and I originally wrote Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, career development has only become more important. In today’s business environment, talent continues to be the major differentiator. As artificial intelligence […]
Career Development May Mean Career Disruption
We’ve seen it time and again. The products and services that we loved yesterday are old news today… and obsolete tomorrow. It plays out in everything from our voracious appetite for new features and phones to the revolving doors of food providers who ride the taste-of-the-moment waves from cupcakes to fro-yo to poke. That’s why […]
What Does IDP Stand for in Your Organization?
The human resources lexicon suggests that the universal definition of IDP is individual development plan, the process whereby leaders and employees engage in career and professional planning conversations designed to promote growth, engagement, retention, and results. But, in too many organizations, IDP also stands for ‘indifferently declining to participate.’ Busy managers and leaders struggle to […]
Growing Your Business Means Growing Your People
Career development remains a top reason employees give for joining an organization and, unfortunately, it’s a top reason people give for leaving. But to limit development to the realm of retention or recruitment strategies undermines its power and fails to take into account the range of benefits associated with helping others grow. In the spirit […]
