Holicent
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The key to developing your employees is to focus on their strengths. People are at their best when they're doing what they do best. If you can help your employees find their strengths, then you'll have a much easier time developing them.
The first step in this process is to identify what it is that makes each employee unique. Take an inventory of each employee's interests, personality traits, and abilities and make a list of everything that sets them apart from everyone else on your team.
Next, look at that list and see if there are any patterns or similarities between the items on it. Do certain skills come up over and over again? Are there any recurring personality traits? Are there any themes that seem to run through all of these things?
Once you've identified these patterns, think about how this information might apply to the work that each employee does every day. How could their strengths be utilized in their current roles at work? What opportunities might exist for them to try something new based on these patterns?
Finally, be sure not only to act on these ideas but also communicate them clearly and openly with each individual employee so they know exactly what you expect from them moving forward.
The first step in this process is to identify what it is that makes each employee unique. Take an inventory of each employee's interests, personality traits, and abilities and make a list of everything that sets them apart from everyone else on your team.
Next, look at that list and see if there are any patterns or similarities between the items on it. Do certain skills come up over and over again? Are there any recurring personality traits? Are there any themes that seem to run through all of these things?
Once you've identified these patterns, think about how this information might apply to the work that each employee does every day. How could their strengths be utilized in their current roles at work? What opportunities might exist for them to try something new based on these patterns?
Finally, be sure not only to act on these ideas but also communicate them clearly and openly with each individual employee so they know exactly what you expect from them moving forward.
