CAREER DECISIONS
Why Invest?
Investing in career development coaching benefits both businesses and individuals by fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and engagement. Businesses see improved employee retention, performance, and leadership readiness, while individuals experience greater satisfaction, fulfilment, and success in their careers.
From a Business Perspective
Talent Retention and Engagement: Offering career development coaching demonstrates your commitment to employee growth and professional fulfilment. Engaged employees are more likely to stay with your organisation, reducing turnover costs and maintaining continuity in your workforce.
Skills Alignment and Utilisation: Career development coaching helps employees identify their strengths, interests, and career aspirations. By aligning employees’ skills and aspirations with organisational goals, you can optimise talent utilisation, leading to improved performance and productivity.
Succession Planning and Leadership Pipeline: Investing in employees’ career development fosters a pipeline of skilled and motivated talent ready to take on future leadership roles. By nurturing internal talent, you reduce the need for external hires, save on recruitment costs, and ensure continuity in leadership positions.
From an Individual Perspective
Clarity and Direction: Career development coaching provides individuals with the tools and support they need to gain clarity about their career goals and aspirations. By exploring their interests, values, and skills, individuals can make informed decisions about their career path, leading to greater satisfaction and fulfilment.
Skill Enhancement and Professional Growth: Career development coaching helps individuals identify areas for skill development and advancement. Whether it is acquiring new skills, refining existing ones, or exploring new career opportunities, coaching provides personalised guidance and support to help individuals grow and progress in their careers.
Confidence and Empowerment: Career development coaching empowers individuals to take ownership of their career journey. By building confidence, resilience, and self-awareness, individuals can overcome obstacles, navigate career transitions, and pursue their professional aspirations with clarity and conviction.
CAREER DECISIONS
DECIDING THE BEST OPTION
When employees are undecided whether to accept a redeployment opportunity or to accept redundancy, Next Steps Coaching provides confidential third-party coaching to assist the employee in their decision- making process.
Exploring the pro’s and con’s of each option and considering the benefits for the employee’s longer term career plan are critical when making an informed decision.
CV OR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
When one or more redeployment options become available and there is more than one employee eligible to apply, businesses will often ask employees to submit either a full CV or an Expression of Interest.
Communicating competitive advantage along with content, format, and presentation will determine whether the internal applicant is successful in being invited to the interview.
INTERNAL INTERVIEW
There are special tips and techniques that need to be applied when participating in an internal interview where decision makers are likely to already know the applicants. Next Steps Coaching provides interview skills that not only assists the employee but also enables the business to make an objective and informed selection decision.
