On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
What about personal development? Do your managers play an active role in helping their reports develop with objectives, feedback, training, etc?
Yes, of course. There's a standard $ allotment for each employee in the budget to support training, courses, coaching, etc. and managers/employees are encouraged to explore options together. In practice, some people take more advantage of this than others, of course -- and to be fair, some managers do a better job at it than others, which in my experience is more a function of management experience and personality than it is of number of reports.
Gayle's office plays an important role in bringing fairness into the process, sharing info about development opportunities and options, setting standards about goal-setting and performance management, being available for deeper conversations, exploration of coaching options, etc.
Erik