Staff Development, Career Coaching & Staff Retention

What challenges are your Managers facing?

There are many challenges that can throw a manager and their team off course.

Low performing staff, underutilised talent, constant changes to the organisation, a lack of team motivation and people not showing up 100% to their roles can seriously impact the culture.

Many managers, whilst technically great at their roles, often struggle with the people aspect of the job.

In many cases, they often lack the right strategies to lead, engage and motivate their people and because they’re so focused on trying to meet their own KPIs, they don’t have the time to create development plans for their people. They end up with ad-hoc plans that tick boxes, but the solutions don’t match the strategy or the problem they are trying to address.

The flow on effect of this includes dysfunction, low morale, and underperformance and the business incurs huge costs because they are constantly having to replace people who leave.

The manager stops enjoying their job and this leads to stress, anxiety and they may end up leaving too.

Could productivity, commitment, retention, motivation or employee engagement scores be improved in your organisation?

Development planning is a powerful leaver for improving the Employee Experience and your engagement scores.

When employees are asked if the purpose of their organisation makes them feel their job is important, only one third answer yes ₍₁₎.

Increase this to 50%, and there is a significant uplift in financial return, turnover and employee wellbeing.

Imagine how these outcomes might benefit your organization:

51% decrease in Absenteeism
64% decrease in Safety Incidents
29% increase in Quality

Have you considered out-sourcing your staff development planning?

Given the challenges time-poor manages face, one solution is to outsource staff development planning to a specialist to boost your team engagement and performance.

Having managed more than 200 employees across her corporate career, Nina understands the pressures that managers are under because she has been in their shoes.

The opportunity when engaging A Perfect Plan, is team members are fully engaged, become creative, enthusiastic and driven when work is matched to strengths, and relationships improve.

“I believe that people are most productive when they are absolutely living authentically – really present in their role” said Nina, “everyone should have the opportunity to show up at work as themselves– it’s a win-win when you do.” - Nina Witenden

A Perfect Plan will deliver a plan and service based on analysis of your business needs, such as

Align organisational, team and individual goals and objectives.
Identify development needs.
Customise a tailored plan based on values, goals, and development needs.
Prepare development plans and career objectives which collaborate staff member’s unique strengths and with the organisation. We help team members appreciate how their roles contribute to the purpose and goals of the group and future career path with the organisation.
Outline a pathway towards best-fit work and roles for each team member, based on their strengths profile with an appreciation of the individual’s role within the team.
Show managers how to use language when discussing goals that resonates with the team and taps into the career goals that they have set.

Challenges

Are these common challenges familiar ?

High staff turnover
Missed deadlines
Unproductive meetings
Poor group decisions
Lack of trust and communication
Low Morale
Exhaustion, Stress and sick leave
Low creativity and engagement

Value

Giving your employees a career path together with an understanding of why they are valued by your organisation provides team members with a clear reason to stay.

Here are five ways staff development plans deliver value:

1. Improved staff retention
2. Reduced absenteeism
3. Increased quality
4. Increased engagement
5. Reduced safety incidents

Cost Benefit

A primary reason employees give for resigning is lack of career development ₍₂₎. With payroll representing around 70% of total costs for many organisations, reducing attrition and increasing team performance delivers quantifiable benefits.

Your organisation will save internal resources by investing in staff development plans and coaching. The result is improved team retention, engagement, a higher level of employee contribution and uplifted business and financial outcomes.

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(1) Employee Experience and Workplace Culture, Gallup

(2) 2020 Retention Report, Work Institute

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