Ensuring my personal development in the workplace has always been important to me. In order to ensure my skills are up to date, I enjoy my work, have a challenge and increase my skills, personal development is key. Currently, I am completing a Master’s to increase my skills, add education and eventually change roles. My employer currently has a tuition reimbursement plan that is helping me achieve this. Currently, we also have performance appraisals yearly to ensure we know our targets, understand expectations and strive to meet these goals. These are both very effective for employee development however, I think we need others.
At my organization unless you change roles it is rare to have job javascript:void(0)enlargement. This means we tend to continue in our usual roles with the same responsibilities and expectations in our set roles. If we want to have any job enlargement we need to ask for additional projects or really express what other areas we are looking to learn and expand on. Currently, I am trying to ‘job enlarge’ by asking for additional project to train other staff (Noe, R. A, 2010). . I would really like to pursue a career in Training and Development in the future so gaining experience in my current role in this field would be beneficial and exciting.
At the moment we do not have a mentoring program at work. I think this type of initiate would be an excellent one for helping to push employees into new areas (Noe, R. A, 2010). Also, it would build relationships further within our organization which is always a positive. I would like to be mentored by our Director of Training and Development as I believe he has a lot he could teach me. If he does not agree to this then I will reach out to one of my previous co-workers to help me.
Personal development is an area that we all must take an interesting in to ensure our roles keep us challenged; we enjoy our work and expand our skills. These two additional development initiatives would really ensure everyone at my organization has options for development.
References
Noe, R. A. (2010). Employee training and development (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
All about me.
- Liz v d Burg
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hi All! I am a born and raised Canadian that is currently living a European life. I decided the best way to appreciate Canada was to escape it for awhile and see what other countries have to offer. I spent a year in Dublin and currently reside in Amsterdam. The plan is to live in Amsterdam for the next few years while I complete my Master's in Instructional Design and Technology. I look forward to blogging about my experiences as I begin to get closer to developing my Instructional Design skills and potentially gaining experience in this field. My goal is to complete my program and begin to develop and deliver training programs.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
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Mentoring programs are beneficial but do, however, require ambition and perseverance on behalf of the employee seeking mentorship. Mentors tend to provide guidance but should not 'hand hold' so that the relationship does not become a dependency OR a dictatorship. Pairing with a mentor is a great opportunity when goals are identified and focus is there from both parties.
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