How Monitoring Tools Can Improve an Employee Development Plan
Anny David
Last Update hace 3 meses
Creating an employee development plan can not only help to upskill or reskill your employees, but also improve employee retention. According to a LinkedIn survey, 94% of employees would likely stay if training and development opportunities were provided.
Unfortunately many such plans fail to live up to expectations for various reasons. But what you may not realize is that they can be improved dramatically by using employee monitoring tools.
What skills does a given employee need to train most? Answering that is key to target your development plan for each employee and align it with your organization’s goals.
In part this can be achieved by or checking performance evaluations. You can also meet up with employees and discuss their personal goals, issues they’re facing, and what skills they feel they’d like to develop.
However on top of that, data from an employee monitoring program like Controlio can also help. It can track all your employees activities so you know how efficient they are when performing tasks and whether they are facing any bottlenecks – both of which can pinpoint potential areas of development.
On top of that Controlio can also monitor how employees use their time at work and their productivity. This can be useful for development plans focused on time management.
Even after you’ve come up with a development plan, you should continuously monitor how your employees are doing and refine the plan based on that. Typically you’ll want to set milestones for each employee so you can track their progress and see how they’re doing.
On top of that arranging to meet with employees periodically to discuss their progress and any issues they may have can help too. The meetings will give you the means to show that you support your employees and are willing to provide help should they need it.
Employee monitoring tools can also be used to track progress – especially if it involves time management or productivity. In Controlio the productivity score that is calculated for each employee is a great way to see if any progress has been made on that front.
Make it a point to try out different strategies to see what works best for your employees. But keep in mind that each employee is different and may respond differently to different ways of learning new skills.
By working to improve your employee development plans, it will slowly but surely make them more effective. That in turn will let your employees feel that they’re working towards something and making progress as opposed to being stuck in place. It will also let them know that you’re willing to invest in them and plan for their future.
As far as possible try to be upfront and open with employees regarding these plans and ask for feedback. Not only will this make them feel appreciated, but it will help you to further improve your development plans in the future.