Career and Business Development

In each business, our growth and success is closely tied to having the right level of talent. To be able to attract great people, we have to start with a vision for where we want our company to be so that we can engage our people and external candidates. It is important to evaluate your current employees to see who has the ability to carry the load for your company’s future. Establish a communication strategy for existing employees and future recruits that energizes more people to have a career with your company. There is power in laying out potential career paths for individuals so individuals know what is possible for them. Through this work, we should establish development opportunities that exist in the company to prepare individuals for the next steps in their journey. We always need to find a balance between achieving our short-term goals and deliverables while we grow our skills preparing for tomorrow. Leaders need to partner with their people to insure that we are working through this in a win–win manner. The most successful companies are able to drive both business outcomes and personal development.

Bob Coulter