Episode 55

full
Published on:

2nd Aug 2023

Key Steps for Creating Best of Breed Individual Development Plans

Summary:

Employee turnover in small to midsize organizations is often caused by issues with the immediate manager and lack of growth opportunities. To address this, managers should implement an individual development plan (IDP) for each employee. The IDP should be collaborative and focused on the employee's goals and career aspirations. It should include specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals. Managers should identify the employee's existing skills and areas for improvement and provide opportunities for growth and development within the organization. Regular check-ins and progress tracking are essential, and flexibility should be built into the plan. Celebrating wins is also important to keep the team engaged and motivated.


Key Takeaways:


Employee turnover is often caused by issues with the immediate manager and lack of growth opportunities.

Implementing an individual development plan (IDP) can help address these issues and improve employee satisfaction and retention.

The IDP should be collaborative and focused on the employee's goals and career aspirations.

Goals in the IDP should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).

Managers should identify the employee's existing skills and areas for improvement and provide opportunities for growth and development within the organization.

Regular check-ins and progress tracking are essential to ensure the IDP is on track.

Flexibility should be built into the plan to accommodate changing priorities.

Celebrating wins is important to keep the team engaged and motivated.


Timestamp

[0:00:00] Employee turnover is often caused by managers and lack of growth opportunities.

[0:02:01] Individual development plans (IDPs) should be collaborative and use the SMART format.

[0:03:43] IDPs should include identifying skills and finding opportunities for growth.

[0:04:11] Regular check-ins and flexibility are important for measuring progress.

[0:05:30] Celebrating wins is crucial for keeping the team engaged.

Transcript

[TRANSCRIPT]

**:

**:

**:

**:

**:
Next Episode All Episodes Previous Episode

Listen for free

Show artwork for Principal Office Hours

About the Podcast

Principal Office Hours
Real principals. Real talk. No hall passes required.
Finally—a podcast that proves school principals have personalities (and killer insights, too). Every week, join us for candid conversations with K-12 principals who are navigating the beautiful chaos of educational leadership without losing their minds or sense of humor.

Each 40-minute episode features real principals sharing what actually works in school leadership—from handling helicopter parents and budget nightmares to building school culture that doesn't make everyone roll their eyes. Consider this your professional development that doesn't feel like professional development.

Our guests aren't afraid to share their epic fails alongside their victories. They'll tell you about the initiative that spectacularly bombed during assembly, right before revealing how they turned their school's reading scores around. It's educational leadership with the BS filter turned off.

Whether you're currently wearing the principal badge, aspiring to the big chair, or teaching while secretly taking notes on what you'd do differently, Principal Office Hours delivers actionable strategies you can implement faster than a student being sent to detention.

Subscribe now and join the faculty lounge conversation that's too real for the school board meeting. New episodes drop every week. Warning: May cause spontaneous leadership growth and occasional inappropriate laughter during staff meetings.

About your hosts

CheeTung Leong

Profile picture for CheeTung Leong

Jim Kanichirayil

Profile picture for Jim Kanichirayil
Your friendly neighborhood talent strategy nerd is the producer and co-host for The HR Impact Show. He's spent his career in sales and has been typically in startup b2b HRTech and TA-Tech organizations.

He's built high-performance sales teams throughout his career and is passionate about all things employee life cycle and especially employee retention and turnover.