Join BambooHR and 15Five to learn career development principles and practices for long-term employee engagement and retention.

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BambooHR lets you focus
on people, not processes.
HR software
with heart

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A management
system for modern
companies
15Five allows the agile company
to manage and coach employees
as fast you sprint.

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Jeff Smith, PhD
Director, Best-Self Academy
15Five
Cassie Whitlock
Director of Human Resources
BambooHR

5. Agenda ● Why career development should be a focus in your business.
● Managing development expectations
● The role of a manager in career development
● Company programs to promote a career development culture

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71%
of employees use or have used referrals
from an organization’s current employees
to learn about job opportunities.

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Employees who strongly agree they have
had conversations with their manager in
the last six months about their goals and
successes are 2.8x times more likely
than other employees to be engaged.

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de·vel·op
/dəˈveləp/
verb
1. grow or cause to grow and become more
mature, advanced, or elaborate.

10. Is the work challenging?
Do I have good relationships?
Does my work have a purpose?

11. Managing Expectations
Vs.
Forging Agreements

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14. What Employees Need to Know (and Feel) for
Successful Career Development

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Let Employees Own
Their Development
● Let Employees Own Their Development
● Ask them how they want to grow
● Ask them if there’s a job title they want
● Ask early and check in often

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Providing Employees with
a Bigger Perspective
● Company mission and values
● Understanding your management structure
● Size matters for the type of development
● Help them be realistic
● Help them prepare for external opportunities

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PerformanceMetrics
Time
Potential
Performance
Gap
Identify Growth Potential

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Helping Employees
Drive their Development
● Clarify what they want
● Identify a mentor
● Educate yourself
● Setting good goals
● Providing accountability
○ Self-accountability
○ Outside accountability

19. Managers: The Front Line
of Career Development

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21. Show that you care about the whole
person, not only their contributions,
to maximize development.

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Two Types of Growth
Deep Expertise Broad Shoulders

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Coaching for broad shoulders
● Shadowing employees who currently handle
the responsibilities they want to take on
● Let employees be mentors
● Individual research

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Coaching for deep expertise
● Detailed feedback about areas of their craft
● External development opportunities:
○ Certification organizations
○ Conferences and seminars

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Universal coaching concerns
● What title do you want?
● How are you doing on company values?
● How are you doing on hard skills?
● Standard vs. exceptional—what’s the WOW factor?

26. Company Level: Coordinating Individual
Development into Group Progress

27. Are we on a solid footing?
Are we creating a good culture?
Are we meeting our purpose?

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Company-Level
Development Considerations
● Connect work to company goals and objectives
● Job sculpting for position/value alignment
● Communication about growth
○ Clear internal hiring process at every level

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Job Sculpting
and Strengths
Utilization:

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Company-Level
Communication &
Consistency
● Company mission and values
● Best-Self Kickoff
● Regular 1-on-1’s or reviews
● Recognize progress
● Bring positive energy
● Balanced feedback
● Separate pay and performance

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Programs for Development
● Choose the right tools
● Mentor program
● Rewards and Recognition
● Company meetings
● Manager training
● Performance management
● Master classes
● Job shadowing

33. Takeaways ● Create employee ownership in professional development
● Provide clarity through feedback
● Train managers on how to explore career development
● Support career development with company level programs

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Questions?

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15Five Best-Self Academy
https://academy.15five.com/
15Five Best-Self Kickoff
https://www.15five.com/quick-guide/best-self-kickoff/
15Five's Talk Nerdy to Me: Compensation
https://www.15five.com/blog/employee-compensation-alan-colquitt/
15Five buys employees their first ticket to Burning Man
https://www.inc.com/matt-haber/founder-buys-employees-tickets-burning-man.html