How you construct development paths in your company can support and deepen your company values. Doing it well means heightening employee engagement and improving retention. This talk gives technology and people team leaders a place to start their conversations.
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In a 2015 study by global staffing firm
Randstad, 26 percent of employees
who have left their jobs in the past
12 months cite lack of career growth
opportunities as the primary reason
for leaving a company
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A 2012 Deloitte survey, Talent 2020, found
that when employees were asked to
indicate the top factors that would cause
them to look for new employment over the
next 12 months, lack of career progress
topped the list, whereas lack of challenge
in the job came in at No. 5, suggesting the
need for career development plans.
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● Employee retention
● Consistency in performance management
● Consistency in compensation
● Consistency in hiring
● Reinforce/Support company values
● Employer Branding
Why do we need career pathing?
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A framework isn't a GPS that tells
people exactly what they need to
do to progress. But it's a compass
that they can use to guide them
through their career
- Monzo Career Framework
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● A wonderful opportunity for the people team and technology
leadership team to work together
● An excellent leadership development opportunity for a growing leader
● Should be an inclusive process
Building the career path
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Objective vs
Subjective
• Objectivity is the ultimate goal
• A truly objective framework is nearly
impossible
• Need to find the balance between
reducing bias in the process and
supporting the needs of the people and
roles in the organization
• Focus more on making the process fair
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A fair
promotion
process
• Add reviews of decisions and consistency
checks into the framework, some
options:
• A promotions board
• Review promotions across each level of
the organization
• Promotions to the higher levels require
sign off from senior leadership
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Levels are milestones not destinations
Personal growth is a continuum, not a series
of discrete jumps. A level-change should be a
milestone glimpsed from the rearview mirror.
It lets you know how far you’ve come, but it
is not the destination.
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Complexity • The more complex the pathing system is
the more likely it is to be misunderstood.
• Complex frameworks lead to lack of
fairness or perceived lack of fairness
• Make it consistent