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Your Approach to Developing Others Developing Others Everything DiSC'' Management Profile One of the most important but often overlooked areas of management is employee development. By development we don't mean day-to-day direction on current job duties. Instead, we're talking about supporting people's long-term professional growth by providing resources, environments, and opportunities that capitalize on their potential. Certainly, your employees will need to work through those limitations that are significant obstacles to their growth. Research shows, however, that you'll be most effective as a manager if you can help the people you manage identify and build on their strengths, rather than trying to fix all of their weaknesses. Each manager has a natural approach to this developing task, and your approach is described below. Casey, you encourage people to jump into action and ACTtoN pursue their goals with immediacy. When developing RNco people, you help them set ambitious goals and hold �Ale- them accountable through feedback and encouragement. You likely see the professional r �2 growth of the people you manage as another area in which you can be successful, and you take pride in oominilnte a �tnituenw the accomplishments and advancement of those you r' manage. { l <� Because you are good at inspiring others, you probably enjoy the responsibility of mentoring people c �� and helping them to develop. Your inspirational drive a7 to succeed encourages the people you manage to consc;anuousilo ss stend;nttss reach for the stars. You may feel that providing creative challenges helps them to grow. Since you tend to maintain a fast pace, you probably encourage people to be adaptable and ready to revise their development plans as new opportunities present themselves. Advantages of Your Developing Approach IF Encouraging bold or daring ideas for people's development ■ Encouraging others to think big ■ Pushing people to take chances and be flexible in their development ■ Encouraging people to do what they set out to do ■ Instilling a sense of confidence in others ■ Inspiring people toward ambitious development plans Disadvantages of Your Developing Approach IF Overwhelming people with responsibilities ■ Forcing others to develop in ways that contribute to your own agenda rather than building on their strengths ■ Failing to help people devise a step-by-step development plan • Pushing people at a pace that doesn't allow them time to develop necessary skills ■ Being unrealistically optimistic about some people's development options • Failing to take a long-range view of people's development needs • Failing to slow down to listen to people's real needs m 2008 by Inscape Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. 8eproduction In any form, In whole or In part, Is prohlbited.0Casey Tyler 17