A Career Path Not Taken?
Too many managers fail to discuss career-development options with their employees — and HR is to blame. While tools and processes may be available, HR leaders haven't created a systematic approach or given support for managers to pursue such initiatives.
By Lin Grensing-Pophal
When is the last time your managers had career-planning discussions with their direct reports? When is the last time you had one with one of your direct reports?
That's when Makovsky and Co., Inc., a PR agency in New York, holds such career-development conversations, says Steve Seeman, senior vice president of human resources.
"I think the best way that HR can change the woeful lack of career discussions between workers and managers is to systematize this process," he says. "Numerous studies in our industry have shown that employees leave jobs not for more money, but for greater challenges, responsibilities and opportunities."...
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