Leaders as Career Agents

A STORY ABOUT A GUY NAMED “MIKE”

DISENGAGED WORKFORCE PROBLEMS• TURNOVER- Costs 100-300% of the base

annual salary of the employee to replace

• LOSS OF PROFITABILITY- Companies with engaged workers report 22% higher profitability than those that do not

BACK TO“MIKE”

CREATE WIN-WIN SITUATIONS WITH LEADERS AS CAREER AGENTS

WHAT CAN LEADERS DO?• ASK & ASSESS• GAME PLAN

THROUGH:– ASSIGNMENTS– PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• EXPOSURE

WHAT CAN HR DO?

• ASK & ASSESS• GAME PLAN

THROUGH:– ASSIGNMENTS– PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• EXPOSURE

TEACH LEADERS HOW TO:

What do you want out of your career?

1 Year:

3 Years:

5 Years:

10 Years:

Strengths Areas to Develop

Work Assignment Strategies Personal Development Strategies

What do you want out of your career?

1 Year:

3 Years:

5 Years:

10 Years:

1. ASK

What do you want out of your career?

1 Year: Grow in my current role/grow the division’s business by creating efficiencies

3 Years: Be a General Manager5 Years:

10 Years: Be Retired

1. ASK

Strengths Areas to Develop

2. ASSESS

Strengths

-Get it done attitude, willing to do whatever it takes

-motivator with employees

-sees how to create efficiency

Areas to Develop

-Abrasive with peers and sometimes customers

-Lack of “professional polish”

-not well versed in financial aspects of the business

2. ASSESS

Work Assignment Strategies Personal Development Strategies

3. GAMEPLANShould accomplish three things: 1. Address areas of strength and weakness in

assessment phase2. Lead to more engagement from the

employee3. Meet business needs

Work Assignment Strategies

ASSIGNMENTS

Work Assignment Strategies

1. Leader of process mapping/efficiency team project

2. Create game plan w/ coworker to transition out of focus on business development focus to concentrate more on developing staff and internal processes

ASSIGNMENTS

Personal Development Strategies

1. Participate in leadership development group through the Chamber of Commerce

2. Study business finance/accounting independently

3. Work with an executive coach for six months

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

To address conflict

management skills

What do you want out of your career?

1 Year:

3 Years:

5 Years:

10 Years:

Strengths Areas to Develop

Work Assignment Strategies Personal Development Strategies

4. EXPOSURE

BACK TO OUR FRIEND “MIKE”

BUT….

AGAPE

256.227.9075P.O. Box 1014 Decatur, AL 35602

Mary Ila Ward, SPHR/ SHRM-SCP, GCDF, CDF

Instructormiw@horizonpointconsulting.co

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