3 Tips to Help Protégés Achieve Goals in Mentoring Programs
Does your company offer a mentoring program? If not, it should. The benefits of mentoring programs are vast and range from individual-focused benefits, such as improvement in critical job skills, to organizational-level benefits, such as reduced employee turnover.
The Importance of Feedback – Why You Should Care What People Think
Do you believe in the importance of feedback? Do you value it and think of it as an important component of your career development? If so, you don’t need to read any further – although this post will validate your perspective. This post is for those of you who do not believe in the importance […]
How To Interview Candidates That Will Own Their Career Development
Updated: December 1st 2023 If you’ve ever hired an employee, whether you’re a recruiter or a hiring manager, you’ve probably experienced the challenge of finding qualified candidates who are willing to take ownership of their career development. You probably have not thought of the issue in this way, or even realized that you have this […]
How To Do Your Own Goal Setting with Limited Information
This may stress you out, but the end of the year is approaching. Along with a million other things, you’ll soon need to think about goal setting for next year – whether you set traditional goals annually or if you use quarterly OKRS (objectives and key results).
How to Own Your Career Development
Does your company offer career development resources and programs? While there are some great companies that do, they are in the minority. Chances are you don’t work for them.
Lies and Truth About Development Planning
When it comes to development planning, there’s no shortage of excuses for falling behind and taking shortcuts. Which of the following sound familiar to you? “I just don’t have the money to spend on developing my skills.” “I wish I could do something but my manager is holding me back.” “I just don’t have the […]
SMART Goal Examples Part 2: Leadership Development Activities
In my last post, I provided a few examples of SMART goals for developing competencies or “soft skills” (as opposed to technical skills). Samples were written for the common yet vague goals to “be a better communicator” and “improve leadership skills.” If you haven’t already done so, I recommend you read that post first before […]
SMART Goal Examples for Competency-Based Development
If you’re reading this blog you’re probably looking for SMART goal examples targeting a competency or “soft skill” for development in your IDP template (or perhaps helping a client to do so.) When setting development goals, people have little trouble translating the tangible ones into SMART goals. “Increase revenue by X% within six months”….”Reduce customer […]
Performance Reviews: Are Adjectives Really Better Than Numerical Ratings?
The redefining of performance reviews and the feedback that goes along with them continue to challenge HR. Companies are continuing to drop or revamp their performance reviews. Some changes are more drastic than others. I recently found this SHRM article describing how some organizations are shifting their performance reviews to be adjective-based as a replacement […]
How to Use HR Tech to Create a Feedback Culture
We often get asked how the features our Fast Mirror platform help motivate people to give and accept feedback. We also get asked how it can be used to hold people accountable for providing feedback. Not just managers, but all levels of employees. They’re trying to create a “feedback culture” and often in the early stages […]