As the world of work continues to evolve, providing employees with the learning opportunities and helping them to develop the skills they need to succeed has become even more important. A key anchor for any learning and development program is competencies. Competencies define those essential behaviours people need to succeed.
Goal setting is often the first step in any learning and development or performance management program. When goals are set correctly, they can help employees see how their own work contributes to the broader organization, keep employees focused on what matters, and motivate employees to reach their objectives.
Whether you are using an interview to evaluate the potential fit of a person for a job or using an assessment to rate someone’s performance in their current job, it is important to ensure that all raters are aware of the common errors people make when evaluating people’s performance.
Providing feedback to others allows someone to recognize what they have done well or what they can improve upon. By providing feedback you can help reinforce positive behaviour so that the person will continue the behaviour and become more confident while doing so. Feedback can also help others to identify actions or behaviours that can be improved and recommendations for how best to develop and to grow.
Succession planning tools are critical to ensure that your employees develop the skills and abilities required to assume higher-level roles in the future.
Career Development allows employees to explore career options, pursue career goals, and ultimately take charge of their own careers. Providing career paths for your employees is one way to grow your people and ensure that they remain happy and engaged.
Performance Management is much more than just reaching financial targets.
Are you looking for tips and tools to optimize your onboarding program? Onboarding generally involves getting new hires up to speed in terms of the requirements of their new role and the culture of the organization.
The interview is the most common tool used for hiring. There are many types of interview questions. Some are very effective, and others are not effective at all. Let’s explore a few types of interviews and why competency-based interviews are so effective.
Defining work in an observable and measurable way by using competencies can become the backbone of your talent management applications. Competencies become a talent management tool that helps to ensure your organization’s talent management strategy is aligned with your business strategy.