How will you guide your team in terms of personal development?

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Rachelle Enns · Accepted Answer

"I plan to guide my team in personal development by offering unique learning opportunities. My current company has a learning portal where employees can log-in and learn a variety of new skills, from software to leadership. It's an excellent resource. Do you have anything like this in your professional development arsenal?"

Rachelle Enns · Answer

The interviewer would like to know that you understand the importance of self-development techniques for your team. Some suggestions for employee personal development initiatives: - Roadmapping of a professional growth plan
- Setting learning goals
- Conferences and other off-site learning opportunities
- Related books, audiobooks, and podcast from industry influencers
- Lunch and learns with exciting topics
- Online learning portal or subscriptions to Udemy and other online universities
- Mentorship partners
- Internal volunteer initiatives or supporting their volunteer interests
- Cross-departmental training opportunities

Rachelle Enns · Answer

"I will guide my team members by meeting with them individually and creating a personal growth plan for the year. It's important to me that I understand the desires of each staff member and help them to achieve their professional goals."

Rachelle Enns · Answer

"As a manager, I fully understand the importance of investing in my employees. For that reason, I will provide at least two off-site learning opportunities per year for each team member. This experience may be a conference, a trade show, or a seminar related to their role, goals, and of course - the company's mission."

Rachelle Enns · Answer

"I like to guide my team with learning opportunities. Marketing is always changing, and the rules for digital marketing change overnight. My current agency has an online learning portal, including subscriptions to two online universities. When a team member shows great initiative or has a significant win, we will allocate credits to them to take a course of their choice. These types of continued learning opportunities add significant value to both the employee and the company."

Rachelle Enns · Answer

"Many of my employees are recent graduates or students who work part-time. I like to guide their personal development by suggesting books to read or listing influencers to follow. Even if they can listen to a helpful podcast while they study, or drive to work, all of the information will add up and will help them to succeed in their careers and personal lives."

Rachelle Enns · Answer

"I work with highly competitive salespeople, so one of my favorite ways to help them in their professional development is through in-office contests. I will have up for grabs, tickets to conferences or seminars of industry influencers. These tickets go to the top performers. My team loves these opportunities, and it also boosts their performance!"

Rachelle Enns · Answer

"It's important that I invest in my students regularly. I do not have a large classroom budget, so I often look for book donations from used bookstores so that I can gift new literature to my students. I guide my students' development by encouraging them to discover their world through words."

Anonymous User · Answer

"I like to guide by giving learning opportunities. Continued learning is important to both the company and the team. It adds significant value to all involved."

Anonymous User · Answer

"Through web conferences through our various partners."

Anonymous User · Answer

"I have created an assessment chart for each manager that is based on 15 different criteria; from computer skills to financials, food knowledge, etc.. Each criterion is then ranked from 1 - 5 (5 being the best). We then develop the manager on all the criteria on which they scored the lowest."

Anonymous User · Answer

"I guide my team by through a 1:1 meeting where we review how they are doing and how I can help them."

Anonymous User · Answer

"I would develop a professional growth plan customized for each team member.

Each year we will set learning goals for new skills.

Conferences and other off-site learning opportunities

Lunch and learns with exciting topics - legal, operations, marketing, sales.

Online learning portal or subscriptions to Udemy

Mentorship partners"

Anonymous User · Answer

"Personal development is extremely important to me. I would ask each member of my team annually to share one area that they would like to pursue to enhance their skills and/or increase their knowledge base. I would encourage them to sign up for a class through the HLC or take advantage of LinkedIn Learning which is provided as a free benefit to Emory employees."

Anonymous User · Answer

"By getting to know my team on an individual basis I can help them grow. I will know what direction they are interested in going and give them tools to get there. If that means a class, a book, or just a goal plan, I can help them."

Anonymous User · Answer

"Encourage them to set goals, learn what they want to achieve and encourage them to put a plan together to reach those goals."

Anonymous User · Answer

"In e-learning opportunities."

Anonymous User · Answer

"I will guide my team through motivation, and encouragement. I will meet with team members individually to find out about their plans for personal development. I will encourage them to set goals with a time that works best for them, could be annually or biannually. I will put resources in (online learning portal, mentorship, and one off-site activity annually) place to help the team achieve their goal."

Anonymous User · Answer

"I was thinking we could start a web page just for the NICU RTs. Here we could have videos demonstrating how to set up equipment. We could have a for to share ideas and new studies. I would like to institute a journal club involving willing doctors and Neonatal nurse practitioners and RTs giving more opportunities between them and the RTs."

Anonymous User · Answer

"Personal development is extremely important to me. I would ask each member of my team quarterly to share one area that they would like to pursue to enhance their skills and/or increase their knowledge base and whenever I think my team requires extensive training/ knowledge. I arrange material, provide them with some use full links of personal development. I use to sit with my team to discuss, share their prospects and at the end, I share my experience and knowledge. This kind of practice always helped me and gear up my team."

Anonymous User · Answer

"Job Training, theoretical-based training, knowledge sharing, lunch and learn, and team building are some of my tactical steps to boost the personal development of an individual.
Apart from that, we need to have a periodical catch-up to ensure the individual is within the track and not derail to a different path."

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