ARE YOU MANAGER OR COACH
`Grow your people, grow your business' is a pretty good rule of thumb in
this, the age of the knowledge worker. How much time and effort are you putting
into developing your direct reports? Are you a mere manager maintaining your
business or a committed coach?
- How well do you know each person? What are their goals and aspirations?
Do you have these documented? Do you have a plan for helping people to
get from where they are to where they want to be?
- Have you ensured that they have learned new skills in the past year?
Have they had on the job training? Have they been on a course? Has there
been any structured self-learning? Are you paying attention to their personal
development as well as their technical development?
- Do you spend time with each of your direct reports helping them to
enhance their careers? Do you monitor their progress and delegate new responsibilities
as their competencies grow?
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