Development Centres
Development

Group-focused work is designed to gain an understanding of the overall development needs of a particular set of individuals within an organisation.

For example when considering which of your sales people already have the potential to move into managerial roles and who needs more training and development.

To gain the required understanding of the development needs of the group, a number of pre-determined job criteria and definitions are used and the programme provides systematic and objective assessment against those criteria.

The assessment techniques chosen are designed to elicit a range of job-related behaviours, with the goal of providing feedback during and after the programme, building in elements of counselling and coaching. Feedback focuses on skill and competency development, including career progression.

Precisely how a group development programme is organised will depend very much on your needs.

Working on a group basis offers a range of benefits to both the organisation and the individuals taking part.

Benefits for the Organisation

• It allows the skills and attributes of each person to be compared against the others.
• It helps identify key areas of strength and skill shortages, and so gives the opportunity to address any deficiencies.
• The potential in employees can be more clearly identified than in one-to-one interviews and appraisals.
• It provides greater clarity for succession planning.
• It allows the active involvement of Line Managers in crucial development decisions.
• It provides the opportunity for Managers acting as observers to develop their own skills of assessing behaviour through observation.
• It demonstrates to employees that the organisation is investing in their future.

To the Individual

• It provides an opportunity to dedicate a period of time totally to self-development.
• It offers an opportunity to gain an insight into their existing strengths and development needs.
• It entails a concentrated session of personal feedback, which in turn develops self-awareness.
• It provides a starting point for career development.
• It is very motivational – it actively demonstrates that the organisation is taking a positive interest in their future.

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