Being Your Best-A Guide To Career Planning
"A career-planning commitment...from your company to your people...and from your people to themselves."
At a glance...
One-day or two half-day video assisted workshopsAvailable in a self-study formatSkill assessment Identifying values and preferencesAssessing current situationDeveloping a career planSeparate module for Managers to counsel their staff without assuming responsibility for their career decisions.What's unique?
The Manager's workshopPre and post-workshop activitiesComplete set of self-analysis and career-planning toolsThe Challenges
Flattening of the organization is reducing the number of traditional promotion opportunities Employee loyalties have shifted from the company to the individual's own skill sets and career Competitive success is driven by motivated, self-managed individuals at all levels.
The Opportunities...
New ways to enhance productivityNew ways to unlock employee's unexplored potentialNew ways to support the belief that "Our people are our most valuable assets!"Why "Being Your Best"?
The name reflects the challenge and responsibility inherent in employees seeking to fulfill their potential. "Being Your Best" answers two vital questions:
Who am I today?What's my career direction?Your Employees Will Learn...
To identify their own unique potentialTo carry out in-depth self-evaluations of their work today To develop an accurate self-portrait as a person and as an employee To create a comprehensive profile of their skills, preferences, and values To understand their career within a whole-life, whole-person contextTo set personal goals-logical, attainable objectives for who and where they want to be To make informed choices which will take them thereWhat's In It For Your Organization?
The experience of using the "Being Your Best" process has identified a number of major benefits:
Increased productivity...driven by high morale among self-managed, self-motivated employees Consistently high level of job satisfaction in all sectors of the organization Significantly reduced staff turnover and absenteeismEnhanced recruitment activities...in response to a reputation as a people oriented employer Employees' acceptance of responsibility for management and their own careers"Being Your Best" Stops The Talent Drain
In the past, companies expressed concern that providing career-planning tools might lead good people to leave. It is known that the opposite is more often true. Career-empowered individuals discover they are indeed in the right place and can find development paths and job satisfaction within the organization.
"Being Your Best" is a positive, direct expression of your company's commitment to people. It tells all employees that they are highly valued and recognized as individuals...that the company believes in their ability to contribute and find fulfillment beyond the strict requirements of a job description.
How Does "Being Your Best" Work?
The initial step involves the employee's voluntary participation in a one-day "Being Your Best" workshop. The video-based workshop is designed for flexibility. It can be presented in a one-day or two half-day formats...and is also available in a self-study format.
The "Being Your Best" package includes:
Pre-workshop and post-workshop activitiesTraining the trainers Comprehensive workshop manual for each employee Complete set of self-analysis and career-planning toolsWorkshops
Participant's WorkshopManager's WorkshopWe Know It Works-You Told Us!
"People were stopping me in the hallways and saying 'I can't believe the company did this for me!' The Career Planning seminar was very personal. There was a strong feeling that they had been given something that enriched their lives."
There was a time when I felt my next position would just be the next desk in front of me...but I came away from the workshop feeling that there's a whole lot of options I can explore using these skills-because I have that autonomy, that ownership now."
"We're finding that people become more productive, more completely involved in their jobs. That's good for them and certainly that's good for the company. I've found that when people are encouraged to be the best they can and they've taken part in the process, then they can be excited about their work."