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Work Satisfaction and Renewal Series
Stellar employees may languish if they lack the incentive to
perform. With the Work Satisfaction and Renewal Personal
Development Planner, individuals take charge of their own
professional development and set goals to achieve greater competence
and motivation at work. The Planner offers a self-assessment as well
as reflection questions to consider in creating an action plan. A
companion tool, the Employee Development Planner, gives
managers a guideline to support, motivate, and ultimately retain
employees through feedback, coaching, and on-the-job development.
Learning Outcomes
- Discover the
dimensions of work satisfaction
- Gauge employee
competence and motivation
- Uncover a snapshot
of an individual's current stage of professional growth
- Create a customized
development action plan
- Prepare for a
career-development meeting
Theory
The Work Satisfaction and Renewal Series was developed by
integrating classic research on social cognition with more recent
theories of situational leadership, career counseling, and adult
development. Heider (1958) put forth the theory that success is the
result of ability and motivation. One without the other is
insufficient. The Competence-Motivation Grid illustrates this
concept by combining an individual’s competence and motivation to
perform his/her work. The intersection of these two dimensions
results in four possible phases or “profiles” of personal
development. Each profile is a discrete phase with particular needs
and corresponding development actions that best address those needs.
The 4 Development Profiles
Learning Profile:
Individual is probably an enthusiastic learner who is highly
motivated to perform and hungry for any type of development
opportunity.
Performing Profile: Individual probably has a need to be
recognized appropriately for his or her expertise and
contribution.
Holding Profile: Individual may feel that his or her true
destination is elsewhere but he or she continues in a position
because he or she has attained a comfort zone of sorts.
Struggling Profile: Individual may have performance
problems that have already been addressed by a manager or
supervisor. He or she may be in the wrong place at the wrong
time and need to make an immediate decision to improve or leave.
How It Works
Individuals first identify 4 job skills needed for them to perform
well in their work. Using pressure-sensitive forms, employees then
respond to statements relating to job-specific skills, interpersonal
skills, and motivators. After learning which statements relate to
the areas within the Competence and Motivation dimensions,
individuals score their assessments and create a profile. Worksheets
then provide the means for reflection on strengths, needs, and
future opportunities. The process culminates with an action plan,
created in collaboration with a manager, to establish goals that
meet the needs of the individual and the organization.
An optional exercise in the Personal Development Planner is a
preparation worksheet for meeting with a manager to discuss results
and an action plan.
The Employee Development Planner for Managers contains
important background information and similar components to those in
the employee Personal Development Planner. Features include
worksheets to conduct a reflection process and action planning with
the employee in mind and a meeting planner.
The Facilitator Guide includes separate workshop designs to
train employees and managers.
Uses for the Work
Satisfaction and Renewal Series
The Work Satisfaction and Renewal Series works well as a stand-alone
toolset or as a component of a larger training initiative. It is
flexible enough to be used at various stages of management and
employee development programs.
Use the series to:
- Establish an
employee retention program to support key talent
- Provide employees
with a self-empowering process to manage their own careers
- Impart
employee-development management skills training
- Establish a
complementary approach to an existing employee/career
development program
What to
Order/Product Contents
Order one Facilitator Guide per trainer, one Personal Development
Planner per employee, and one Employee Development Planner per
manager.
Facilitator Guide includes:
- Administrative
guidelines
- Background
information
- The
Competence-Motivation Grid
- Descriptions of the
4 development profiles
- Workshop designs
(Employee and Manager)
- Technical
development
- Transparency
masters
Personal
Development Planner includes:
- Self-assessment
- Instructions
- Pressure-sensitive
response forms
- Dimensions of Work
Satisfaction
- The
Competence-Motivation Grid
- Descriptions of the
4 development profiles
- Interpretive
information
- Reflection
questions
- Action planning
- Preparing to Meet
with Your Manager worksheet
Employee
Development Planner includes:
- The
Competence-Motivation Grid
- Descriptions of the
4 development profiles
- Interpretive
information
- Employee
Development Planner (including reflection questions and action
planning)
- Preparing to Meet
with Your Employee worksheet
- Dimensions of Work
Satisfaction
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