Got Succession Planning The Trainers Role in Successful Career Development

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Got Succession Planning?The Trainers Role in
Successful Career Development

• By Christopher Roach
• Learning Organization Development Manager
• Oregon Dept. of Forestry

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Career Development

• Current and future jobs
• Creating a Learning Culture
• Requires a systems approach
• Holonomy Balancing individual needs with
  organizational needs

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Why is Career Development Important?

• Worker shortage
• Generational issues
• Workforce Succession Planning
• Good career development Satisfied employees
  Productivity retention

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Generation Issues What might make Xs and Ys
stay?

• Flexibility
• Fun
• Mentoring
• Autonomy
• Respect
• Sense of belonging
• Training and a chance to apply it to new processes

• OK to question non-rational rules and procedures
• Support in their personal and work goals
• Looking for the perfect job

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Creating Commitment

• Willingness to learn
• Willing to strive
• Sense of belonging

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Succession Planning at Forestry
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Succession at Forestry

• Succession planning for 8 years
• Strategic Organizational Management Group
• Leadership - Commitment vs. Support
• Sound strategic planning to identify future
  trends and workforce needs
• Core of succession planning is talent career
  development

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Succession/Career Development Components at
Forestry

• New Employee Orientation
• New Manager Orientation
• Career Development Tour
• Mentoring
• Agency Leadership Program

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Components - continued

• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Coaching Skills to create intrinsic motivation
• Facilitator, Trainer and Mediator Cadres
• DAS and other agency training
• Developmental jobs/experience

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Career Development at the Workgroup Level

• Make it OK to talk about career goals
• Leads to co-worker support
• Use a process to do this
• Must be sincere about supporting what folks
  really want to do with their careers

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Career Development at the Individual Level at
Forestry

• Individual Learning Plans Guide
• Training Matrix
• Mentoring Program and Guide
• Developmental experiences

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So What is Your Perfect Job?

• Success vs. Fulfillment
• What would you do/be if you had the perfect
  job?
• Define your ideal career goal/timeline
• Identify specific positive actions
• What unresourceful belief is blocking you?
• Ten-Day Challenge

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Lessons Learned

• Creating a Learning Culture requires the effort
  of everyone to happen
• Create a balance between what employees want and
  organizational goals
• Find ways to continuously train, motivate and
  create a sense of belonging for younger workers

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More Lessons.

• Get going on your Succession Planning
• Make it ok to work on future career development
  while maintaining current job
• A primary role of managers is to constantly
  develop their people through coaching and
  planning
• You only get one time through life - Do what you
  really want to do.

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