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Sketch 3: Creating Opportunities for Employee Growth in a Noble Enterprise
If you were in Jonathan's position, how would you create an environment where employees could grow professionally and personally? Click the choice you feel is best and check your answers (opens in new window).
One day an employee Jonathan knew for many years commented that there were no new opportunities to move up to within the company. He said he always worked in marketing and wanted to learn the operations side of the business. Jonathan hadn't realized that there was no professional growth program in place to encourage employees to grow professionally and personally. There were no ways to cross departmental lines.He decided to discuss with employees how the company could offer more opportunity to improve performance.
Choice 1 Talk to the senior leaders and tell them they are required to give employees five days of training per year. Put the senior leaders in charge of choosing the training and scheduling the dates and times.
Choice 2 Discuss with employees how CA Connect could offer more professional and personal growth opportunities. Establish an interdepartmental council to provide choices of professional and personal training to all employees. Create a work environment that supports both professional and personal growth. Build in ways to help employees cross departmental lines.
Choice 3 Send workers away to school to learn specialized skills. When they return they will be in the same jobs but they will be more productive. This would improve their current job skills.