Why you need to invest more in employee development

Employee development is the path to success. When you focus on empowering your employees through employee development, you can create greater success for your business because you'll have happier and more effective employees.

If an employee is stuck, tired of their work, or you're afraid of losing your employees because they feel like they're no longer learning anything new, it might be a good idea to do more employee development.

Retain your employees with employee development

Employee development can be many things. It can be courses, training or seminars, but it can also be employee development within the organisation.

When you've been in the same workplace for a long time, you may find that there are days that are similar and days where you're assigned the same role and tasks over and over again.

However, as an employee, you can also expect to change roles several times in your job, so you also need to be robust and adaptable to a changing working life.

This can lead to talented employees either choosing to change jobs due to boredom and lack of motivation, or simply succumbing to stress due to the fast pace and pressure of a changing workday.

To retain your employees and increase job satisfaction, it can be a good idea to invest more in employee development. A greater focus on employee development, competency clarification and employee well-being can help companies that have employees who are stuck, demotivated or unhappy to rediscover the joy of work.

Increased focus on employee development and a good psychological work environment

A manager's responsibility is to ensure that the company functions and that both the company and the employees are successful. The core areas of management are therefore also to ensure that the company's employees are constantly developing and improving their competences, but also that they thrive in the company.

A survey shows that developing and retaining good employees is of high or very high importance to 90 % of the managers surveyed. Motivated employees are crucial to the success of your organisation. The survey also shows that a good psychological work environment is highly valued by seven out of ten managers.

This suggests that there has been a positive development in recent years, with a greater focus on employee development and employee well-being in Danish companies. This is also particularly important. Because when employees thrive and have the opportunity to grow and develop in their jobs, they are motivated and create good results for your organisation.

That's why it's especially important that you take care of your employees when it comes to both the psychological work environment and employee development.

Employee development on the agenda

However, as an employee, you may not always recognise the need for employee development. After several years in the same position, you may not realise what motivates you, which tasks interest you and which you'd rather avoid. And if you do realise this, you may not have the courage to tell your manager that you're not happy with the tasks you've been assigned.

It is therefore your job as a manager to be aware of whether your employees could benefit from attending courses or seminars and whether your employees are happy with their assigned roles and tasks.

Of course, employee development must be done in a way that aligns with the values, desires and goals of the organisation and the employee, creating a balance and alignment between the individual employee's development needs and the organisation's goals and competence needs.

Employee development with a 360-degree analysis

As a manager, it's all about placing employees in the right positions so that they not only thrive, but also perform at their best through the tasks they find most exciting and interesting.

One way to get started with employee development could be to create a 360 degree analysis or feedback that provides insight into employees' strengths and development areas. The analysis gives you an overview of your employees' strengths, competences and development areas, which can help you develop an action plan for your employees with concrete measures for employee and competence development.

Read much more about HR Solutions 360 degree feedback or contact us at 70 26 32 25 to learn more about what solutions your organisation could benefit from for employee development.